Preschool - 1st Grade Arts & Crafts Activities

This homemade pom-pom garland requires very few materials and instantly brightens up a room with Easter-themed pastels.

Reuse and recycle your CDs by having your kid turn them into colorful, eye-popping suncatchers.

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

Make a spring collage with your child to get them outside and those creative juices flowing!

Kids can put old magazines and unwanted clothing to good use by creating an Earth Day-themed multimedia collage in this eco-friendly arts and crafts activity.

Use these pretty egg carton flowers to decorate a spring table. They don't require water, they'll never wilt, and they're perfect for Easter.

Craft butterflies from coffee filters in this sweet spring craft project!

Recycle your cereal boxes and engage your child's creativity with this fun arts and crafts project.

This Earth Day, create an adorable litter bug while learning about the importance of recycling.

Take advantage of the spring and summer sun in this arts and crafts activity that has your learner creating pretty flower prints.

Your child will love making this adorable clover clock that will help him learn how to tell time.

Create a soda bottle garden that defies gravity! This hanging terrarium is housed in a soda bottle and perfect for crafty kids with a growing green thumb.

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

Jump into pretend play this Easter with a classic preschool arts and crafts activity: make a bunny paper bag puppet!

Help Mother's Day feel special for weeks and months ahead, while giving your child some good writing practice, too.

Teach your kindergartener or first grader about the art of correspondence by guiding them to create their own postcards out of favorite family photographs.

Help your child discover the difference between his wants and needs using this poster.

This two-ingredient dough, sometimes called "moon sand," is a quick and cheap way to let kids explore their senses, build fine motor skills, and play.

Help your child keep track of his pledges to be more environmentally friendly with a calendar made entirely out of recycled and reused materials!

This Rudolph craft will help your kid make a goofy and memorable ornament. Make a Rudolph craft this winter to bring some added merriment to your Christmas.

Try this fun and interactive collage activity with your preschooler to teach her the "building blocks" of math and architecture.

Celebrate Earth Day with a decorative tree made out of strictly reused and recycled materials.

Help your kindergartener review shapes - and build early reading skills - with this creative book project.

What if your child couldn't see the pictures of a picture book? In this activity, she'll listen to a story without looking at the images, and create her own.

Looking for a noisemaker that's more musical than your kid's typical banging and clanging? Make a paper plate tambourine!

Music instruments can be expensive. Sidestep steep prices with this art project that uses recycled materials to create a melodious music maker!

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.

This alphabet bottle is fun to make and a great activity to keep your child busy, while helping them recognize letters in a creative way.

Children use their design thinking skills and powers of observation to create and construct a bird nest.

There's no need to buy musical instruments when you can make your own castanets in less time than it takes to click your way through a percussive song.