Preschool - 2nd Grade Construction & Sculpture Activities

Use natural materials to try out a new kind of weaving. Your child will enjoy gathering their materials outside and then using them to create a piece of art!

Make a peace dove to commemorate Black History Month and hang it in your home as a quiet reminder of the spirit of the movement.

Take some of the spirit of musical chairs and incorporate it into an indoor obstacle course that will fine tune your child's motor skills!

This fun craft will teach your child a little bit about the human skeletal system and can be adapted to teach the biology of many different living animals.

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.

This creepy, crawly spider fiber arts project is a great way to practice combining different materials to create an interesting work of decorative art.

This Valentine's Day, spend a couple of hours with your child constructing a colorful, spring-limbed "heart man"!

During Chinese New Year festivities, you see lanterns everywhere. Your child can make her very own red and gold lanterns to display at home.

These spaghetti ornaments take seconds to make and are a great addition to a tree, gift or window.

A Valentine's Day pop-up card is the perfect way to show your love on February 14th. Get creative with a fun 3-D paper art project.

Celebrate Groundhog Day with this cute groundhog pop-up toy. All you need is construction paper, a craft stick, and a paper cup to get started.

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

How do you turn an everyday object into a scary skeleton? This project is the perfect way to practice counting while using cotton swabs to create a skeleton.

Get into the Halloween spirit by creating creepy (but cute) spiders from paper egg cartons, paint, and pipe cleaners.

Design a colorful leprechaun trap—and make some memories—with this fun St. Patrick's Day craft project!

Valentine's Day means an avalanche of cards and candy, but where to put them all? This is the perfect solution to help your kid keep track of all his goodies.

This unique project will help your child learn the basics of assemblage and he'll create a perfectly festive pumpkin in the process.

Building a rocket ship is a great way for kids to learn about measuring and construction. It'll fuel their creative side too!

This heart paper chain is the perfect way to celebrate Valentine's Day. Include some decorations in a simple AB pattern and work on pattern recognition.

Help your child make a festive woven basket using paper bowls and yarn that is sure to please and fun to make.

Create a giant octopus from cardboard that holds onto a sea of creatures from its tentacles!

This 'handy' Thanksgiving wreath gets your child to focus on things he's grateful for all year. Create a Thanksgiving wreath with your child this November.

Make scented sensory cloud dough. Add it to a sensory table, activity station, or put it in a baggie for extra at-the-park entertainment!

This valentine bag craft makes a chic little pouch that holds cards and treats. Fall in love with this valentine bag craft this February.

Use simple items to create a kindergarten "grow box" that lets a kid see just how salad plants send down their roots and grow underground.

This activity spotlights everyone's favorite reindeer, Rudolph, and preserves your child's handprints in his "antlers".

Sweets are for the sweet, but this pretty frame will last longer than a box of chocolates.

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

Valentine's Day is a great day to show loved ones how much you appreciate them, and this love bug craft is an adorably simple way to spread the love.

Your child will boost her gross motor skills as she has fun playing with your easy-to-make and totally safe dart board and dart balls.