Preschool - 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!

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.

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.

This imaginative art activity will help your child to better understand symmetry and explore color and shape.

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!

Make frog feet sponge prints with your child for a fun and educational crafts activity.

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!

Teach your child how to create lots and lots of line designs by wrapping string around wooden blocks, and using them to create line-filled prints.

Encourage your preschooler's creativity with this exciting art project! Every "scratch art" drawing is unique and colorful!

You kid can count from one to ten, no problem. They can even do it backward. Work on their addition and subtraction skills with this fun fruit picking activity.

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."

Design a fruit-inspired artwork using paints, paper plates, and real watermelon seeds in this seasonal craft project!

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.

Use marbles and paint to explore the wild world of shapes and color...and build writing strength, too.

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.

Draw letter people with your child to help her take a closer look at the letters, and see the differences between them.