Kindergarten - 2nd Grade Painting & Drawing Activities

Transform an old chair into a chalkboard canvas! This painting activity is a useful and creative way to add some quirky charm to your existing furniture.

Teach children how to upcycle dried-out markers with this homemade paint-making activity!

Create a self-portrait from natural materials in this collage craft activity!

Your child will have fun creating an Earth Day Plate that he can eat off as often as he likes!

Inspire a love for the written word by creating an illustrated nature poetry book with your kids.

Show your child the solar system and let them explore the stars and space by creating a painting. It's a fun and easy way capture your child's imagination.

Boost those first grade reading and writing skills with this sweet Mother's Day poem idea.

Make a Korean paper fan! This activity is a great way to help your child explore different cultures while she builds her fine motor and arts and crafts skills.

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways ... on my eight limbs and eight hearts!

This life-sized self-portrait activity encourages children to explore what makes them special, and then portray it with arts and crafts!

Learning about how plants grow is a building block in the early grades science curriculum. Put a fun twist on this life science concept with these cup monster friends!

It's easy and fun to make puzzles, and your child can pick any design.

If your child enjoys drawing, here's a fun way to learn about compound words that uses art as a visual aid.

Understanding how a map works is tricky for kids, so why not make it into a fun activity for the whole family?

On Father's Day, delight Dad--and stretch your early reader, too!--with this adorable ABC book of "Fun with Dad."

Ignite your kindergartener's love of adventure and learning with an imaginary trip under the sea.

Show your preschooler how to make a print of a butterfly using her hand as a tool--a great way to stimulate her sense of touch.

Spark your child's interest in international sporting events by creating a banner of world flags.

Children will love this arts and crafts activity. Write an "invisible" message in white crayon, then paint over it to reveal the secret!

Prepare for some scary Halloween counting practice! This game encourages players to knock down cylinders and then add to determine their scores.

Collect 26 rocks and paint each one with a letter of the alphabet for your very own alphabet rock collection.

In this activity you'll use coffee...to paint! It's a wonderful way to provide your child with a hands-on experience with natural dyes.

Your child will decorate a headband with any bugs they can think of, then they'll add antennae so they can pretend to be a bug!

Make a garland of paper flags representing your child's favorite countries.

Cornucopia still life painting is a great activity for your young artist to look at light and shadow, textures and composition in creating art at Thanksgiving!

Travel back to the Jurassic age with this creative dinosaur activity that would make a great addition to any wall or fridge.

Introduce your child to preliminary science concepts by challenging them to do this fun and simple cloud observation activity.

Brighten up your home with this fun activity! Make a summer sun print and teach your child the art of easy print making.

Encourage your child to create a tribute to their past, and explore future dreams and goals with this narrative assemblage.

Create a sun catcher using baby oil and construction paper in this science-experiment-meets-art-project!