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22 Crafts for Elementary School Kids

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These crafts are perfect to make with your elementary schooler. All of these tutorials are easy, educational, and ideal for little hands. Anytime you need an activity , from rainy days to weekends, these crafts are the best for the job.

Easy Pirate Cork Boats

Red Ted Art

These adorable pirate cork boats are made with old wine corks and will float. It's a super fun craft to make with your little sailors and they are a perfect bath time toy.

Easy Pirate Cork Boats from Red Ted Art

Easy Fake Snow

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Maybe it’s a warm winter or your kids just want a little holiday spirit in July, but this fake snow is a creative workaround for the weather and it's super easy to make. More fun than playdough or clay, you’ll amaze your little ones with this one.

Easy Fake Snow from The Spruce

DIY 3-D Glasses

Got a movie night coming up? DIY 3-D glasses will be a total hit to make with your kids. Print and cut them out and then use red and blue markers on plastic bags to make the colored lenses. You can customize them as you wish.

DIY 3D Glasses from The Spruce

Woven Rainbow Fish

Crafty Morning

For fans of the rainbow fish books, this is a sweet and unique craft. Paper weaving looks complicated but is super easy—and your kids will love picking out their favorite colors for their fish.

Woven Rainbow Fish from Crafty Morning

Painting Fireworks Activity

Learning 4 Kids

Fireworks aren’t just for the Fourth of July. Bring some spark into your day all year round with this super creative firework painting craft-tivity that involves paints, with no risks of fire or burns.

Painting Fireworks Activity from Learning 4 Kids

Recycled Juice Carton Birdhouse

Design Dazzle

Give a warm welcome to the birds in your neighborhood by making and setting out these adorable recycled juice carton birdhouses. Have some fun with the design and fill it with scraps of fabric and cotton for the birds to make a nest.

Recycled Juice Carton Birdhouse from Design Dazzle

Craft Stick Airplane

Making Life Blissful

Kids will love this take on a model airplane from Making Life Blissful. This is a craft you can make over and over again, and it's super easy with great results.

Craft Stick Airplane from Making Life Blissful

Fish-In-a-Bag Slime

My Frugal Adventures

Take your slime game to the next level with this fish-in-a-bag slime craft. Find some dollar store fish toys, or get creative with other sea life.

Fish-in-a-Bag Slime from My Frugal Adventures

Paper Lanterns

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The youngest children might need help with this one, but with a bit of guidance, any child can create these fun paper lanterns. Hang them for birthday parties or in your child's bedroom.

Paper Lanterns from The Spruce

Caterpillar Pom-Pom Craft

Easy Peasy and Fun

This craft is perfect for spring. Take your kids on a nature walk to look at all the creepy crawlies and then make this craft at home with just some paper, glue, pom-poms, and google eyes.

Caterpillar Pom-Pom Craft from Easy Peasy and Fun

DIY Mini Flower Garden Pots

Any green thumbs in your house? It’s so easy to decorate a little flowerpot with paint, washi tape, or anything else you have around the house. These garden pots are great for planting little flowers or sprouts.

DIY Mini Flower Garden Pots from The Spruce

Toilet Paper Roll Butterfly Craft

Where Imagination Grows

The toilet paper roll butterfly craft is a classic—and for good reason! It’s easy, cute, and timeless.

Toilet Paper Roll Butterfly Craft from The Spruce

Noodle Sunflowers

Noodle crafts are a well-loved genre of crafting, from necklaces to collage cards. These noodle sunflowers are perfect for summer or brightening up your house year-round.

Noodle Sunflowers from Crafty Morning

Yarn Monsters

Blue Bear Wood

What’s better than an adorable, do-it-yourself yarn monster? Make a whole flock of monsters with your little ones.

Yarn Monsters from Blue Bear Wood

DIY Dinosaur Excavation Sensory Craft

Hello Creative Family

This craft will require a little more on your end, but if your kids are dinosaur obsessed, this is the perfect craft for them. They’ll love digging up these fossils.

DIY Dinosaur Excavation Sensory Craft from Hello Creative Family

Itsy Bitsy Spider Hand Puppet

Hands on as We Grow

This is a great learning tool for teaching the “Itsy Bitsy Spider” song. Make this craft with your kids and teach them the song. They can use the puppet to mime “climbing up the water spout.”

Itsy Bitsy Spider Hand Puppet from Hands on as We Grow

DIY Sponge Bombs

A sponge bomb is tons of fun outside in the summer or the bath year-round. Help your kids cut up sponges and let them run wild. Keep towels at the ready.

DIY Sponge Bombs from Pars Caeli

Creative DIY Paintbrushes

Spice up your painting projects with some unique DIY paintbrushes. Make a brush out of anything you can imagine for different and exciting results.

Creative DIY Paintbrushes from The Inspired Home

Egg Carton Flower Craft

Bring some spring into the house with an old egg carton and some paint. No watering required!

Egg Carton Flower Craft from The Spruce

We Built a Zoo! Craft

At Home With Sweet T

This is a super sweet craft for any little animal lover. Make a zoo enclosure out of popsicle sticks and cardboard for animal safekeeping.

We Built a Zoo! Craft from At Home With Sweet T

Pet Rock Tic-Tac-Toe

One Creative Mommy

Customized pet rock tic-tac-toe is a great game. Paint your special boards and pet rocks however you want for hours of fun.

Pet Rock Tic-Tac-Toe from One Creative Mommy

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Need ideas for your pet rocks? These adorable zoo animals are the perfect way to bring any rock to life.

Pet Rocks from The Spruce

Twenty Ideas for Engaging Projects

Twenty ideas for getting engaging projects going in your classroom.

The start of the school year offers an ideal time to introduce students to project-based learning. By starting with engaging projects, you'll grab their interest while establishing a solid foundation of important skills, such as knowing how to conduct research, engage experts, and collaborate with peers. In honor of Edutopia's 20th anniversary, here are 20 project ideas to get learning off to a good start.

1. Flat Stanley Refresh: Flat Stanley literacy projects are perennial favorites for inspiring students to communicate and connect, often across great distances. Now Flat Stanley has his own apps for iPhone and iPad, along with new online resources. Project founder Dale Hubert is recently retired from the classroom, but he's still generating fresh ideas to bring learning alive in the "flatlands."

2. PBL is No Accident: In West Virginia, project-based learning has been adopted as a statewide strategy for improving teaching and learning. Teachers don't have to look far to find good project ideas. In this CNN story about the state's educational approach, read about a project that grew out of a fender-bender in a school parking lot. When students were asked to come up with a better design for the lot, they applied their understanding of geometry, civics, law, engineering, and public speaking. Find more good ideas in West Virginia's Teach21 project library.

3. Defy Gravity: Give your students a chance to investigate what happens near zero gravity by challenging them to design an experiment for NASA to conduct at its 2.2 second drop tower in Brookpark, Ohio. Separate NASA programs are offered for middle school and high school. Or, propose a project that may land you a seat on the ultimate roller coaster (aka: the "vomit comet"), NASA aircraft that produces periods of micro and hyper gravity ranging from 0 to 2 g's. Proposal deadline is Sept. 21, and flight week takes place in February 2012.

4. Connect Across Disciplines: When students design and build kinetic sculptures, they expand their understanding of art, history, engineering, language arts, and technology. Get some interdisciplinary project insights from the Edutopia video, Kinetic Conundrum . Click on the accompanying links for more tips about how you can do it, too.

5. Honor Home Languages: English language learners can feel pressured to master English fast, with class time spent correcting errors instead of using language in meaningful ways. Digital IS, a site published by the National Writing Project, shares plans for three projects that take time to honor students' home languages and cultures, engaging them in critical thinking, collaboration, and use of digital tools. Anne Herrington and Charlie Moran curate the project collection, "English Language Learners, Digital Tools, and Authentic Audiences."

6. Rethink Lunch: Make lunch into a learning opportunity with a project that gets students thinking more critically about their mid-day meal. Center for Ecoliteracy offers materials to help you start, including informative essays and downloadable planning guides . Get more ideas from this video about a middle-school nutrition project, "A Healthy School Lunch."

7. Take a Learning Expedition: Expeditionary Learning schools take students on authentic learning expeditions, often in neighborhoods close to home. Check out the gallery for project ideas.

8. Find a Pal: If PBL is new to you, consider joining an existing project. You'll benefit from a veteran colleague's insights, and your students will get a chance to collaborate with classmates from other communities or even other countries. Get connected at ePals , a global learning community for educators from more than 200 countries.

9. Get Minds Inquiring: What's under foot? What are things made of? Science projects that emphasize inquiry help students make sense of their world and build a solid foundation for future understanding. The Inquiry Project supports teachers in third to fifth grades as they guide students in hands-on investigations about matter. Students develop the habits of scientists as they make observations, offer predictions, and gather evidence. Companion videos show how scientists use the same methods to explore the world. Connect inquiry activities to longer-term projects, such as creating a classroom museum that showcases students' investigations.

10. Learn through Service: When cases of the West Nile virus were reported in their area, Minnesota students sprang into action with a project that focused on preventing the disease through public education. Their project (PDF) demonstrates what can happen when service-learning principles are built into PBL. Find more ideas for service-learning projects from the National Youth Leadership Council .

11. Locate Experts: When students are learning through authentic projects, they often need to connect with experts from the world outside the classroom. Find the knowledgeable experts you need for STEM projects through the National Lab Network . It's an online network where K-12 educators can locate experts from the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

12. Build Empathy: Projects that help students see the world from another person's perspective build empathy along with academic outcomes. The Edutopia video, "Give Me Shelter" , shows what compassionate learning looks like in action. Click on the companion links for more suggestions about how you can do it, too.

13. Investigate Climate Science: Take students on an investigation of climate science by joining the newest collaborative project hosted by GLOBE , Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment. The Student Climate Research Campaign includes three components: introductory activities to build a foundation of understanding, intensive observing periods when students around the world gather and report data, and research investigations that students design and conduct. Climate project kicks off Sept. 12.

14. Problem-Solvers Unite: Math fairs take mathematics out of the classroom and into the community, where everyone gets a chance to try their hand at problem solving. Galileo Educational Network explains how to host a math fair . In a nutshell, students set up displays of their math problems but not the solutions. Then they entice their parents and invited guests to work on solutions. Make the event even more engaging by inviting mathematicians to respond to students' problems.

15. Harvest Pennies: Can small things really add up to big results? It seems so, based on results of the Penny Harvest . Since the project started in New York in 1991, young philanthropists nationwide have raised and donated more than $8 million to charitable causes, all through penny drives. The project website explains how to organize students in philanthropy roundtables to study community issues and decide which causes they want to support.

16. Gather Stories: Instead of teaching history from textbooks, put students in the role of historian and help them make sense of the past. Learn more about how to plan oral history projects in the Edutopia story, "Living Legends." Teach students about the value of listening by having them gather stories for StoryCorps .

17. Angry Bird Physics: Here's a driving question to kickstart a science project: "What are the laws of physics in Angry Birds world?" Read how physics teachers like Frank Noschese and John Burk are using the web version of the popular mobile game in their classrooms.

18. Place-Based Projects: Make local heritage, landscapes, and culture the jumping-off point for compelling projects. That's the idea behind place-based education, which encourages students to look closely at their communities. Often, they wind up making significant contributions to their communities, as seen in the City of Stories project .

19. News They Can Use: Students don't have to wait until they're grown-ups to start publishing. Student newspapers, radio stations, and other journalism projects give them real-life experiences now. Award-winning journalism teacher Esther Wojcicki outlines the benefits this post on the New York Times Learning Network . Get more ideas about digital-age citizen journalism projects at MediaShift Idea Lab .

20. The Heroes They Know: To get acquainted with students at the start of the year and also introduce students to PBL processes, High Tech High teacher Diana Sanchez asked students to create a visual and textual representation of a hero in their own life. Their black-and-white exhibits were a source of pride to students, as Sanchez explains in her project reflection . Get more ideas from the project gallery at High Tech High , a network of 11 schools in San Diego County that emphasize PBL. To learn more, watch this Edutopia video interview with High Tech High founding principal Larry Rosenstock.

Please tell us about the projects you are planning for this school year.

20 Elementary STEM Science Projects

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Looking for some fun hands-on STEM education ideas? Need ideas for your next science fair project? Look no further! This is a round-up of 20 Elementary STEM science projects from my site. Check them out and try some for yourself!

For even more ideas, be sure to check out my 200+ Elementary STEM projects , for even more ideas!

Awesome Elementary STEM science Projects for Kids- Science experiments

Elementary school is a fabulous time to introduce kids to tons of cool experiments. These STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) projects help them understand the world around them and learn how things work. The following projects include one or more of the STEM components to help you plan your next experiments and projects.

1. Dirt Battery Experiment – make a battery that lights up an LED light with dirt?! Cool.

2. Play Dough Human Anatomy – Build the human organs out of play dough with your kids.

3. Milk Cap Magnet Boats – Make these little magnetic boats out of milk caps to explore magnetism.

4. Water Clock – Learn how to build a water clock that keeps time.

5. Water Filtration Experiment – Make a simple filter to clean water.

6. Lemon Battery – Build a battery out of lemons, wire and nails!

7. Easy Engineering Experiment – Try this simple experiment with paper and pennies to learn what can hold more weight.

8. Solar Powered Lego Car – Build a car out of Legos and a solar panel that can actually go! Awesome.

9. Periodic Table Battleship – This is a game, but it teaches amazing science information as kids play!

10. Blooming Paper Flowers – This is one of my favorites- learn how water absorption affects paper and makes it move.

11. Green Eggs Chemistry Experiment – This simple chemical reaction turns eggs green- and they are still edible!

12. Lego Earthquake Experiment – Can you build a building out of Legos to withstand an earthquake?

13. Food Chemistry- Turn Juice into Solid – Try out this food science experiment to make gummy noodles out of juice & a few other ingredients.

14, Hold up Books with Paper – A roll of paper is stronger than you think! How many books will your tower hold?

15. Leaf Transpiration – Did you know leaves transpire, or sweat? Try this experiment out on a warm sunny day.

16. Insect Hotel – Make a home for bugs to come and stay, then observe their living patterns.

17. Rock Candy Geodes – These geodes are all edible and so much fun to make. Learn about real geodes and how they are formed in the process.

18. Star Viewer Craft – Learn about constellation and build your own star viewer!

19. States of Matter – Solids, liquids and gasses are an important topic to understand. This post has ideas for making this lesson fun!

20. DNA Teaching – Do you know how to extract DNA from food? Check this out and more in this post.

Science projects are some of my favorite things to do with my kids. Many of these science activities can be used in science fair projects, in STEM classes or just for fun learning activities at home. Older kids will love them, too. They are not all just for young kids!

How are you learning STEM with your kids? Learn more about How to Teach STEM & Why it Matters . What’s your favorite project?

I co-authored a STEAM book to help kids get excited about learning these important topics. Learn more about the STEAM Kids book HERE .

Find even more STEAM education ideas!

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Thanks so much!

I am new to homeschooling this year and I don’t know what we’ll be doing for a STEM program. My children love hands-on activities, so I know I need to figure something exciting out soon! I love your blogs and posts with ideas that I can use at home!

I love STEM! Our favorite project so far has been creating rockets and roller coasters. With rockets each child was given one piece of paper and a roll of tape. The object of course was to make it fly. After some trial and error they did. There were a lot of great aha moments. With roller coasters they were gone foam pipe insulation cut in half, marbles and tape. Third goal was to create a coaster that had one loop and one jump where the marble landed in a bucket at the end. Lot of fun!

We love STEM projects here. Gak is always a favorite with the youngest. But my older two really enjoy physical engineering challenges, like boat or bridge building with limited materials. I love watching them be create.

We love marshmallow and toothpick STEM building challenges!

My son loves to take apart anything that doesn’t work. We try to figure out what the different parts do ( which is quite hard with some of the electronic items) but we have learned a lot. And even fixed a few things!

We use a variety of blocks and craft materials regularly and come up with challenges as a family. We also have a science book of experiments that we like to pick from too.

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One of my favorite STEM activities is creating square foot gardens with my children. Using a seed package can yield a wide variety of mathematic concepts. The square foot garden concept allows for measuring, adding, multiplication, and division– and al of this on top of the scientific nature gardening gifts children. Children use technology to plan the design, capture changes, and share their learning.

Stem is such a great addition to homeschool. We like to incorporate art as well (steam). This year we will have weekly stem challenges. The kids will choose from a bin of pre prepped bags and complete the challenge inside.

I was teaching 5/6 science and math. I connected the two subjects and incorporated other subjects to create STEM projects. This past year we created gravity cruisers and presented our projects to the entire community. This year I was moved to 4th grade the week before school started! STEM is still something I want to incorporate so I am looking for new ideas for a different grade level.

Using an extra large suntan lotion bottle ( which I received from a friendly drug store display) we compared the size of items for a person who used a regular sized suntan bottle Most of which are are about one human hand tall. This introduced our nut on ratio and proportion. It also used estimation and opened their eyes to actual applications.

As we are entering this wonderful world of STEM in our homeschooling, I am so excited to have this opportunity to enter such an awesome give-away! Thank you thank you!

Such great ideas. My guys love chemistry. Making bouncy balls and goop are a favorite. I need to try some of these other experiments.

My favorite STEM based activities are biology and chemistry based. We’ve even done crime scene investigation science studies as my father is a retired police officer.

I give a building challenge every day and that is our favorite stem activity!

I love having my students in eighth grade learn about velocity by building their own marshmallow guns using a variety of materials and then testing the effectiveness.

I need help with stem, we don’t do it enough!

Making a volcano is one of our favorites

We love to do anything related to physics. My kids had fun hitting a plate out from under an egg and watching the egg drop straight down into a cup of water.

We’ve really enjoyed garden projects this season. Music lessons are in their honeymoon stage & I’d be excited for ways to continue their enthusiasm. We’re looking into Rube Goldberg now! I’d love to play more games with our 7 & 10 year old kids.

Dr. Bonyfide! Everything on my science list! Thank you!

Love all of these, especially the solar-powered lego car!

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What is your favorite STEM project to do with your kids/students? We are beginning to enjoy loads of stem activities. We have made a rocket and launched it, put together a jumping frog robot, and constructed bridges and volcanoes and towers. We are planning on adding a ton more stem activities this year as my kids have showed an incredible interest in these areas. This would be a terrific asset. Thanks for the opportunity.

I’m totally new to this STEM concept, so I haven’t done any projects yet, but I’m looking forward to incorporating some this school year!

So many great experiments to choose from…..Lately we have been doing lots of exploding Chemistry on our Table of Science (said in a loud, booming voice!). Elephant toothpaste has been a HUGE hit!

My boys love anything they can build/create with their hands. I am looking forward to seeing their minds blossom this year as we increase these kinds of projects.

My boys love all types of robotics and putting together electrical components. However, I prefer life science projects so we mix up our activities to cover all types.

My favorite STEM projects are anything with legos.

Our favorite STEM activity is making oobleck! Also, breaking open geodes!

My boys love to work with the snap circuits, and Legos.

I’m fairly new to science, but last year my 7th grader students loved making goop that was runny unless under impact. Probably their favorite!

My kids love hands on building activities. Legos, cubes, systems.

We have enjoyed gardening projects, along with many other projects.

SO we just organized my youngest rock collection into buckets on a toy shelf by type, color, etc. He now has his own geology station! One of my twins loves all things physics and experimented with flight one at science fair for his explanation of overcoming gravity. Basically, some people run, dance, read, paint……ummm… we science.

Haha!! I love this!!! We Science, too. 🙂

Love building roller coasters!

I don’t have a favorite, yet, but I’m looking forward to doing a sink/float activity that is connected to our summer book James and the Giant Peach!

Anything SCIENCE 😀

Great stuff.

We haven’t done any STEM projects yet, just starting kindergarten this year!

We love making volcanoes, but are kind of new to the STEM world. I am really looking forward to incorporating more in our home school this year. thanks for the opportunity to win!

We haven’t had the chance to do any STEM projects. Hoping to get started on some soon. This is my first year, and I’m still getting a feel for things.

My 6 year old daughter loves any hands on science experiment.

Love science and can’t wait to get my student more involved.

My kids love to play with polymers.

Volcanoes, explosions, etc.

Nice ideas!

We need to do more STEM projects! Our biggest thing right now is technology so we work on web design and making simple computer games.

Anything involving Legos 😉

This is so exciting!! My kids love stem!!!!

My kids love creating things with legos and snap circuits.

All the things! All the books. 🙂 Ahhh!

She reads books as one would breathe air, to fill up and live. -Annie Dillard

What is your favorite STEM project to do with your kids/students?

Last school year we made a paper skeleton with the bones and organs. We learned a lot along the way and plan on putting “her” on poster board so we can refer back to what we learned.

Thanks for the opportunity to enter this great giveaway!

STEM is new to me. Thank you for all the great ideas!

Our favorite stem project so far has been the robotic fuel cell car that we made from a kit last year. This year we plan on building different types of bridges and seeing how they fare during earthquakes!

Free periodic tables battleship? Free STEM giveaway? Yup, sign me up please!

My 10 year old is a budding engineer, this would be right up his alley.

My kids are still young so we are very much still exploring STEM. They love building things – legos have been great, marble runs, etc. Still so much to discover, though!

We love science in our household 🙂 <3

Our co-op is doing a STEM class this year and my daughter is super excited. Science experiments is an area I struggle in teaching, so this could really help.

The younger kids definitely enjoy the edible ones 🙂

I’d love to get these items, to share in a coop setting I’m in as well as the fun I find in exploring in these ways with kids!

My favorite STEM project to do with my kids is making and building stuff. Real stuff, not just projects I come up with. They design and build Lego, Minecraft, their own toys, forts, kites, coding, small engine repair, and so on.

We love the experiments but I’m not sure if we have a favorite. Love anything with magnets.

We love all science projects.

We are new to STEM but have done several experiments that are hands on that my boys love.

My husband and son love doing projects together to see how things work!

Honestly I am new to this so I don’t have a favorite yet, but I see you have a lot of great ideas and I am book marking your site!!

We don’t have any one favorite, they just love anything science related!

My daughter’s favorite thing is “chemistry experiments” (i.e. a tray of many ingredients from the kitchen, with bowls for mixing and experimenting).

Thanks for the chance to win!

Our favorite activities are definitely building challenges.

Circuits & robotics are favorites around here but regular sink volcanos never fail to please!

My 4 boys love any STEM project involving Lego or changing states of matter.

Blocks and crafting.

We love to do kitchen science while cooking.

i like playing stem like toys with the kids

I am excited about beginning more STEM activities. We are new at homeschooling so just beginning to discover so much that we can do.

We need to do many more STEM projects. But we love anything volcano related and my boys build rockets with my husband and love that.

anything that explodes

I have to agree!! 🙂

My boys love any STEM project that involves building, or making a mess. Volcano was their favorite last year 🙂

THe 3d pen looks neat. We are starting to homeschooling this year.

Lego Physics Kits!

Volcano, solar oven, and slimy polymer experiments are her favorite STEM activities.

My kiddos and I recently read “String, Straightedge and Shadow” and experimented with dividing a circle into six segments with a compass!

oh! I have not heard of that book! Off to check it out!

Last week it was nature study! Next week it might be physics! 🙂

We are working on chemisty this year. My daughter loves stem projects

All of this looks pretty great. 🙂

My kids like anything that explodes (the messier the better!) or flys.

I love doing snap circuit Jr. with my oldest.

My favorite STEM project to do with kids is Fireworks In A Jar.

I love to do building challenges with my boys.

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Discover the Joy of Science: 16 Experiments Perfect for Elementary Students

When I am continuously going over worksheets or books with my elementary class, I notice my students’ long and bored faces, their eyes drifting away from the material. Because of this observation, I try to integrate at least one hands-on science experiment into my weekly schedule. This approach not only keeps the children entertained, engaged, and focused but also fuels their innate curiosity. The objective is to spice things up every once in a while to keep my classroom fun and the learning experience vibrant.

The Ultimate List of 16 Science Experiments for Elementary School

The future is dependent on humans who know how to use science to make sound decisions, innovate, and take part in cultural, political, and civic conversations. Understanding this, I felt a responsibility. With that being said, I wanted to help other teachers around the world learn how to introduce science in fun, practical, and interactive ways for their elementary-aged students. Therefore, I am sharing my ultimate list of 16 science experiments for elementary school in this article.

This is how experiments are held at Northridge Elementary School:

WOW! The 5th graders at Northridge Elementary School participated in our lesson NEWTON’S 2nd LAW OF MOTION. Their experiments helped them understand force, mass, and acceleration. https://t.co/IRMc0iv6RJ pic.twitter.com/a93gleNPnL — WPAFB EO Office (@wpafbeo) March 2, 2022

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“Everything begins with an idea.” – Earl Nightingale

When I started on my Project-Based Learning journey, I always wondered what other teachers were already doing with PBL in classrooms around the country and world. I remember joining Ning sites and finding other teachers who were doing PBL, it was like a dream come true to chat and discuss and learn.

With the growth of Twitter, blogging, and conference I was able to meet educators from around the world who have inspired me to go deeper into Project-Based Learning. Their ideas were what got me started documenting projects and step-by-step practices that would enhance any PBL experience.

PBL is growing because it engages and empowers students to learn experientially and share that learning in new and unique ways that go well beyond the classroom. Yet, many teachers are asking: How do we plan and implement PBL? How do we “fit it in” our current curriculum? How do we assess it using our current grading guidelines? How do we manage this type of learning?

These are all real concerns and questions that cannot be dismissed. PBL takes time to plan, implement, manage, and assess. Then it takes time to tweak, improve, and highlight.

If you asked any teacher, administrator, parent, school board member, student, or community member to list their top goals for an academic program, you would see achievement, 21st-century competencies, equity, and motivation all at the top.

Project-based learning is shown to work in all kinds of schools, in all different grade levels, with students of varying backgrounds and abilities.

So, if this is what the research says about PBL, then why do we still have so many schools falling into the test prep trap? Why do some many teachers feel like they cannot make the jump into PBL? Why haven’t we seen a nationwide movement towards PBL as a best and effective practice for all students?

It comes back to HOW to do PBL in the midst of standards and curriculum. I’ve put together a free workshop to show you the 5-step process to do just that.

I’m holding three workshops this week (for K-5, 6-12, and school leaders):

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14 Brilliant STEM Activities for Elementary

A common question I get is around where to start with STEM Activities for Elementary. Which activities do I recommend? Well here it is! My top picks for STEM Activities for Elementary!

Elementary is a fantastic time to introduce STEM activities. Science, Technology, Engineering and Math combine to create some fascinating lessons that really get kids excited to learn. Plus, we always like to throw in a little Art (making STEAM), whenever we can. Adding in art helps to promote creativity and innovative thinking. Something that adds a lot to the critical thinking and logical problem skills developed through STEM.

Top Pick STEM Activities for Elementary

Our Top picks for STEM activities for elementary students

So where to start with STEM in Elementary ? With young kids it is very important that all activities work towards fostering a love of learning and an understanding of the scientific process . It should help them develop skill sets in inquiry , so they become strong critical thinkers .

But above all, they need to have fun.

I like to use the term passion pursuits. Where we let kids dive down rabbit holes. Exploring the topics and areas that fascinate them and capture their attention.

Another facet of STEM that is important to keep in mind is that it needs to incorporate at least 2, preferably more, of the 4 pillars. The best STEM activities are integrated and use skill sets the way they are used in the real world. Not as single subject silos.

So with all of that, here are some of our favourite STEM Activities for Elementary aged kids. This is far from an exhaustive list. There are so many cool activities you can do with your kids. I’ve picked activities that should work with a wide range of abilities and ages since Elementary includes such a large age range. Need more ideas? Check the bottom of this article for links to even more ideas.

Make It Move

This Make it Move activity is always a huge hit with kids. Especially if you are working in groups and can set up some races to test the designs. Although not an Art project, this one does encourage a lot of creativity and out of the box thinking. Plus it is a lot of fun!

Wind Power LEGO STEM Challenge

This Windmill STEM project has a fantastic book tie in, making it a wonderful unit study that has global appeal. The book, The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind, is also available at a variety of reading levels so the project can be easily adapted for different ages and abilities. In this STEM activity, kids harness the power of the wind by creating a windmill that will rescue a Lego minifig.

Wind Power STEM Challenge - Mission: Lego Rescue. A fantastic STEM challenge that encourages the creation of mechanical energy with a tinker box windmill to "rescue" a minifig.

Make Plastic From Milk

We have made plastic a few different ways but the reason I pick this one for elementary is due to a few reasons. First, younger kids usually love their milk, which makes it fun to use it in experiments. Milk can also be turned into plastic without the need for a stove (although you do still need a microwave to warm the milk), which makes it easier for younger kids to be in charge of all the steps. Plus this way of making plastic is quite easy and the finished pieces can be painted and kept as keepsakes.

Bottle Rockets With Launch Pad

All kids LOVE launching bottle rockets ! It is a fun and explosive science experiment that always results in whoops of joy. In this activity we are not only exploring the science behind the chemical reaction, but also the physics of the forces behind the lift off, plus students are challenged to build launch pads to hold their rockets as they prepare for launch. This is definitely an outdoor activity and one that they will ask to do over and over again.

Bottle Rockets - Simple and Fun Summer STEM with Chemistry and Engineering

Homemade Slushies

Thirsty? Well just give me an hour or two and I can make you a very special science slushie! Yes, this DIY Slurpee activity might take a bit of time, but it really excites kids when they get a sweet treat to enjoy at the end of their science lesson. Students use technology to explore the process of heat transfer and the science behind how salt and ice interact.

Sweet slurpee science is a fantastic activity for kids, with a tasty result they will love. This simple heat transfer experiment is perfect for all ages.

Why Does Water Rise? STEM Investigation

In this ‘Why Does Water Rise?’ activity kids are introduced to a concept that seems like magic, until we do a bit of investigation. Using some simple technology we explore how heat and temperature changes create a vacuum. The best part is that even understanding the science behind this activity, doesn’t change how fun it is to watch!

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Circuit Wands

Kids love a little magic! This circuit wand activity is inspired by Harry Potter and teaches them how to build a simple circuit with a break so they can cast Lumos and Nox. The simplistic design of this circuit makes it great for kids new to circuit building and electricity science experiments.

Harry Potter Wands project for kids using STEM principles

Bartholomew and the Oobleck Inspired STEM

Elementary kids love this Oobleck STEM Activity featuring a wonderful Dr. Seuss book! Oobleck is a non-Newtonian fluid, which means it is sometimes solid, sometimes liquid, depending on pressure. For this lesson kids are challenged to engineer their own village with a special “sky”. Then it’s time to put those math skills to the test as they perfect the ratio of ingredients and make oobleck. Once they start the oobleck raining down on the village they can study the cool non-Newtonian properties as it transitions from solid to liquid.

Bartholomew and the Oobleck STEM Activity

Lemon Battery

Do you think you can power a light bulb with a lemon? You bet you can! In this STEM activity kids build a lemon battery , learn about electrical circuits, battery cells and light a bulb! All with lemons. A fantastic group project, just are fascinated with this process. It also involves using some technology, a multimeter.

Don’t forget to save those Lemons and make Lemon Volcanoes when you are all finished!

Lemon science experiment creating a beautiful, sensory rich exploding lemon volcano

Glow Salt Circuit

This is a fairly simple activity that involves a little art as students make their designs. Science is then explored as students learn how salt is conductive and helps move electrical currents. Finally, we end the experiment, sitting in a dark room with a glowing circuit and lit LED bulbs!

Elephant Toothpast e

This classic experiment is a foamy blast of educational experimentation that will have kids engaged, learning and having fun! Using simple supplies from around the house, you can make this foamy fountain we affectionately call Elephant Toothpaste .

Circuit Bugs (or Circuit Flowers … why not both!)

This is a great project for upper elementary students. It involves a little more advanced circuit building and can be a bit finicky, but the results are fantastic! Circuit Bugs and Circuit Flowers have been built by students all over the world.

The original Circuit Bugs a circuit craft and activity

Balloon Rockets

This is such a fun activity, especially when kids have ants in their pants and need to MOVE! Challenge kids to decorate their balloons, then explore Newton’s laws as they race balloon rockets . Add in a little math by having them time the races and see how they can improve their decorations and designs to make their balloons faster. The kids are going to get moving with this one!

Exciting, hands on physics activities that explore Newton's Laws of Motion. An inquiry based lesson plan to facilitate deeper learning and retention.

Have a blast incorporating STEM into your lessons and watch those faces light up with passion and a love for learning!

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50 of the Best Science Fair Project Ideas for Kids

February 10, 2021

So you have a science fair coming up at school and want to make a project that’s sure to win a prize ribbon? Well, you’ve come to the right place. Choosing the right project requires plenty of research. That’s why we’ve rounded up the best science fair projects ideas to help you along your search.

50 STEM Experiment Ideas for Kids

These 50 science fair project ideas are all great for kids- early and older elementary school students, with a few suitable for middle school students as well. Make a topic that fascinates you, come up with a hypothesis, and see what happens next!

Plus, once you’ve chosen your topic, use this science fair project how-to video from NASA as a helpful guide.

Important note: Some of these science fair projects require the help or supervision of an adult. Always make sure an older family member is nearby and knows what you’re doing as you work on these projects.

1. With this science fair experiment , you can learn what factors affect melting ice.

2. Try this magic milk experiment for an easy science fair project that younger students can accomplish.

3. How much sun does a seed need to sprout? Discover the answer by trying this project you can easily complete from home.

4. Build your own water clock and see how well you can get it to measure time.

5. If you’re interested in a little microbiology, try out this egg cell experiment .

6. What’s the best way to prevent apples from browning? Find out for yourself and make sure to record the results.

7. Do birds eat more food if it is a certain color? Find out with this intriguing experiment .

8. Discover how clouds turn water vapors into rain and diagram a few common types of clouds through this kid-friendly science fair project .

9. Make your own plant cell model using styrofoam and playdough.

10. Learn about aerodynamics by experimenting with paper airplane shapes and seeing which one flies best.

11. Learn how to accelerate the rusting process with this quick and thought-provoking science project .

12. Want to learn about water and density for your project? Perform this floating egg experiment and try out the follow-up questions at the bottom.

13. This project about bending light is perfect for older elementary school students who want to dip their toes into physics.

14. This biology-based science experiment asks, “Will plants grow towards a specific light source?”

15. Learn about greenhouse gases with this science fair idea .

16. Experiment with what makes fruit ripen quickly and write down your results to present at your science fair.

17. Use this hands-on experiment to explore how carbonated drinks affect teeth.

18. Which factors affect evaporation? Find out for yourself with this project that’s perfect for students who can complete it with a little adult supervision.

19. Find out which types of toothpaste work the best and, after measuring your results, try and come up with a conclusion.

20. If the weather is warm out during your science fair, try building a solar oven .

21. For a simple chemistry project , you can make sugar crystals and see what material works best for growing them.

22. Which common material is the best heat conductor? Find out with this science fair project that can be done with adult supervision, as it needs boiling water.

23. Craft your own thermos bottle and test it out for a project all about insulation.

24. Make a DIY thermometer and test it out for a practical and hands-on science project.

25. Try this celery experiment to learn how plant capillaries work.

26. How does the air temperature affect movement? Try one of these fun science fair project ideas as a model for your own experiment.

27. If you’re passionate about the environment, try this recycling experiment for your science fair project

28. How does paint color affect drying time? Make your predictions and test it out for yourself.

29. Learn which soil is best for growing tomatoes if your science fair takes place during warm weather.

30. Build your own lemon battery and see if you can get it to work to learn about electricity.

31. If you want to try the epitome of science fair projects, try making a science fair volcano.

32. How much sugar is in different popular foods? If you’re interested in health science, try this fascinating experiment .

33. If you’d rather look at prompts and create your own project, use these science fair questions for inspiration.

34. Does music affect plant growth? Discover for yourself with this project .

35. Do you need science fair project ideas that will encourage others to recycle? Learn about how to make your own paper .

36. If you have a few furry friends in your neighborhood, consider testing if dogs are colorblind with this project .

37. How does temperature affect air pressure in a ball? Find out the answer with this sporty science project .

38. Build your own pulley and see what kinds of objects you can make it carry.

39. Learn a little about chemistry with this science fair experiment that asks which paper towels are the most absorbent.

40. What is the dirtiest spot in the average home? Find the answer by cultivating bacteria growth in this experiment .

41. Discover how to test thermal energy by observing water temperature.

42. Can you grow seeds with liquids other than water? Find out with this kid-friendly science experiment .

43. This Sun or Shade science fair projec t is perfect for elementary school students.

44. This cool science fair project asks an intriguing question about insect biology: what sweetener do ants prefer?

45. Make a working model of lungs for a science fair project that’s sure to fascinate.

46. Want to try a science fair project that can only end with tasty treats? Bake some cookies and try one of these sweet experiments .

47. Interested in astronomy? Try out this experiment that teaches why the moon’s shape seems to change every day.

48. What are the effects of disinfectant on germs? Use this science fair project as inspiration for your own.

49. Put your math skills to the test with this science fair project centered around the game tic tac toe.

50. What’s stronger: magnetism or gravity? Find out with this science fair experiment that’s perfect for early elementary students.

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36 Fun & Engaging After-School Activity Ideas For Elementary

November 10, 2023 // by Rachel Cruz

After a long day at school, your kids may not want to do anything but watch TV or play video games, which can be detrimental to their development. Instead, why not engross them in various crafts or games that promote their mental and physical health? Below, you’ll find a wide range of ideas that’ll engage your young learners’ minds as they dabble in some amazing art projects, science experiments, and problem-solving games. Try these 28 enchanting after-school activities to keep your elementary-aged kids off the screen and actively learning!

1. Create a Catapult

Calling all of your little engineers! Challenge your students to design a functioning catapult using popsicle sticks and rubber bands! In their last step of construction, they’ll attach a bottlecap to their catapult to hold their projectile in place- marshmallows and paper balls work well!

Learn More: Kids Discovery Place

2. Spaghetti Towers

Two food items that don’t naturally go together can make for an exciting STEM activity! Dry spaghetti noodles and marshmallows are the perfect materials for your kids to build sturdy towers. If you don’t have the required materials on hand, your littles can use straws and tape. As they experiment with design techniques they can compete to build the tallest tower!

Learn More: RIGB

3. Build a Ball Drop Maze

Building a ball drop is an excellent way to use recycled materials and promote critical thinking in your pupils. To do so, they’ll take empty paper towel rolls, wrapping paper, and toilet paper rolls, and tape them to a wall with painter’s tape; constructing a fun maze for a ball to travel through. Your elementary students won’t even realize that they’re working on their fine and gross motor skills while creating this fun contraption.

Learn More: Cambridge Montessori

4. Magnetic Slime

Making slime is an activity that ALL students love. Change it up from the regular recipe by adding black iron oxide powder and liquid starch to make it magnetic! We bet your kiddos will be impressed by the new properties of their gooey toy; making it perfect for an interactive and engaging after-school activity.

Learn More: Little Bins For Little Hands

5. Minute To Win It Games

Minute to win it games are exhilarating, competitive games that can be played individually against a timer, or with teams! There are hundreds of exciting games for your kids to choose from- like stacking as many dice as they can on a popsicle stick that’s balancing in their mouth. They’ll feel the pressure as they only have 60 seconds to complete each of the tasks!

Learn More: Tiny Beans

6. Can You Fit Through An Index Card?

When asking your kiddies- can you fit it through an index card… most children will say no! Hand them a pair of scissors and see if they’re up for the task! After they struggle through a few tries, cutting different shapes and holes- offer them up the trick! They’ll see how, with the proper cuts, they can expand the size of the paper and fit their bodies through it! They’ll definitely think it’s magic and want to show all of their friends!

Learn More: Parent Vault

7. Build a Hovercraft

Your kids will surely be on board for building a DIY hovercraft after school! They’ll start by gathering the necessary materials; a balloon, duct tape, a rubber band, a straw, a CD, a pencil, a skewer, and a piece of packing foam to create their flying machines! The construction process is only half the fun; once they add their air supply they can play games and race their hoverboards all afternoon long!

Learn More: PBS Kids

8. Make a Lava Lamp

Lava lamps are a great after-school craft that’s suitable for any age. Plus, they can be used for mindfulness and calming down. All your kiddos need is some vegetable oil, colors, glitter, and anything else that they’d like to see floating around in their jars. Once they’ve mixed everything, they can seal it and watch in awe as the lava flows!

9. Egg Drop Challenge

I’m sure you’ve seen, or even remember doing, the classic egg drop activity yourself! Provide your elementary kiddos with an egg, a cup, a bag, a string, and something to cushion their egg with. Then, task them with creating a special design that can be used to house an egg and protect it from breaking when dropped from a height. Whether successful or not, prompt them to analyze their designs based on the outcome of the experiment!

Learn More: There’s Just One Mommy

10. Pop Up Cards

We all see the value in teaching our kids to be thoughtful and kind humans, right? In this activity, your students will design a pop-up card and write a sincere note to a friend or family member. Prompt them to add their own artistic touch with a pop-up flower, superhero, or any other image of choice!

Learn More: Tinker Lab

11. Make A Balloon Car

Balloon cars are a fun children’s activity promoting higher-level thinking and problem-solving skills. Challenge your older elementary kids to make the fastest car from an empty, plastic bottle and a balloon! Once they’ve added some bottle cap wheels- they’ll be all set to race all of their friends!

Learn More: Science Buddies

12. String Puppets

We love these unique string puppets, and we know your kids will too! Essentially, they’ll thread string through straws to make jointed limbs and add a paper face to decorate their puppets. Then, they can pull the tabs to make their puppets dance and move around as they entertain you with a puppet show!

13. Finger Knitting

You and your kiddos may be surprised to know that you can knit with just your fingers and some yarn! Finger knitting is an excellent fine motor activity that will calm your students down after school. Following step-by-step guides, they’ll be able to knit blankets, hats, and animals by wrapping yarn around their fingers!

Learn More: The Craft Train

14. Foil Art

Foil art is a fantastic art project that your little ones will love! All they’ll need is a piece of aluminum foil and some paint! Simply have them crumple up the foil for some texture, and then get to work painting their very own masterpieces!

Learn More: Toddler Approved

15. Suminagashi

Suminagashi is an art technique from Japan that will keep your kiddos entertained for hours on end! They’ll need marbling paints, brushes, and a bin filled with 2 inches of water. To begin, get them to place a piece of paper into the bin filled with water. Next, they can load their paint brushes with colored ink and tap the surface of the water; watching the ink instantly spread into a beautiful work of art! Finally, they can remove their sheet of paper and hang it up to dry.

Learn More: Inner Child Fun

16. Make A Kaleidoscope

These DIY kaleidoscopes are the perfect after-school activity for your kiddos to create and then play with! To make them- they’ll need a toilet paper tube, a straw, paper, and mylar strips of mirrored paper. They’ll follow the steps to piece together the eyehole before spending time coloring unique designs on the piece of paper that they’ll gaze at.

Learn More: Buggy And Buddy

17. Rubber Band Art

Rubber band art is an excellent activity for after-school time and best of all it requires minimal supplies. All your pupils need is cardstock paper, rubber bands, and a sponge. To create their masterpieces, they can wrap rubberbands around the piece of paper, dip sponges in paint, and apply them to their sheet of paper. Once the paint dries, they can cut the rubber bands and reveal all of the cool lines and color splotches!

Learn More: Babble Dabble Do

18. Popsicle Stick Weaving

Popsicle weaving will surely keep your kids busy and calm after school! With 2 craft sticks tied together in a T shape, they’ll weave yarn around the sticks to create a mandala-like design. This is a great fine motor activity with an end product that can be hung in their rooms as a decoration.

Learn More: Pretty Opinionated

19. Popsicle Stick Harmonicas

Who knew that you could make a harmonica out of popsicle sticks? This musical instrument is easy to make and only requires popsicle sticks, a straw, rubber bands, and loom bands! Your students will be surprised when they blow into their craft and it makes a melodic sound!

Learn More: My Baba

20. Leaf Rubbing

This autumn-inspired art project invites you to take your students on a walk to collect a variety of attractive leaves after school. Then, they’ll be ready to apply the leaf rubbing technique by placing their leaves underneath a piece of parchment paper and coloring over the top with crayons. The veins and intricate details of the leaves will pop into a texturized fall collage!

Learn More: KC Edventures

21. Raised Salt Painting

Your kiddies will be obsessed with raised salt painting! To start, they’ll squeeze glue onto cardstock. Then, they’ll sprinkle salt all over the lines of glue. Finally, they can carefully apply watercolors to each of the lines and let their art pieces dry. Completing this simple art activity is a quiet way for your pupils to spend the afternoon.

Learn More: Artful Parent

22. Watermelon Chess

Despite the name, this strategy game that’s been derived from China is nothing similar to the classic game of chess. This is a 2 player battle game that requires a few counters and a printable board. Your elementary kids will need to engage their problem-solving skills to be the first to immobilize their opponent’s markers!

Learn More: What We Do All Day

23. Snowflake Suncatcher

This after-school activity is sure to brighten your children’s winter days!! They’ll have tons of fun cutting snowflakes out of colored paper and adhering them to clear plastic wrap. After tearing up a rainbow of tissue paper, your students can glue the pieces into a mosaic design and cheerfully watch the sun shine through once they’re hung in a nearby window.

Learn More: Kids Activity Zone

24. Roll A Monster

Time to bring out your little one’s inner monster with this fun dice and art game! To prepare, print out the instructions and give your kids dice and colorful felt pieces. According to the number they roll, they’ll then follow the directions to craft a unique felt monster. For example, rolling a 4 means that they’ll have to add one horn, and a 5 allows them to add one leg. The fun part is that they can play this multiple times and they’ll always end up with a different Frankenstein-like monster!

Learn More: HomeMade Heather

25. Breathing Exercises

Breathwork is a beneficial practice that teaches your young ones to calm their minds and improve their mental health. A simple and effective breathing exercise is inhaling and exhaling in the shape of mountains. Another fun technique allows them to practice breathing like a cute, little bunny!

Learn More: La Mesa-Spring Valley Schools

26. The Floor is Lava

Here’s a great activity to expel your students’ energy at the end of a school day! To play, begin by scattering paper or felt stepping stones across the “lava” to protect your young one’s feet. Add some numbers or words to get them to practice math facts or recite sight words as they hop along; trying their best not to fall into the burning lava!

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27. Animal Yoga

Yoga combines physical activity, mental awareness, and emotional skills all rolled into one. Pick a card and have your little ones practice flowing their body to become an elephant, crocodile, or even a tiger! To boost self-esteem, they can rehearse positive mantras to fully bring mindfulness to their thoughts!

Learn More: Washington State University

28. DIY Trees

This tactile activity is a wonderful way to bring nature to life. Begin the sensory play by having your kids crush up dry leaves from outside. Then, they can cut and paste paper in the form of a tree and glue all of their different leaf crumbs to make a colorful 3D tree!

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29. Dreamcatchers

Chase your little one’s nightmares away by keeping this intricate dreamcatcher next to their bed at night. To create, they’ll simply need to cut the middle out of a paper plate before weaving yarn between punched holes along the circumference. Then, they’re free to decorate their dreamcatchers using markers, beads, and glitter- maybe even hanging feathers to add some finishing flair!

Learn More: One Little Project

30. Robot Dance

Dust off that boom box and get your kids ready to move!! In this musical gross motor skills game, your littles will be able to show off their best robotic dance moves as you call out different movement commands. For example; walk in a rectangle, take on giant step, and spin in a circle- all while acting as a stiff robot!

Learn More: Sara J. Creations

31. Exploring Colors

This colorful activity merges science and art as it invites your kids to explore the hues created from a chemical reaction. To set up, they’ll need to fill a tray with baking soda and an ice cube tray with vinegar and different watercolors. Then, they’ll use droplets to blend the vinegar colors with the baking soda; resulting in an awesome reaction.

Learn More: Buggy and Buddy

32. Nature Bracelet

All you need for this creative activity is a piece of tape and the beautiful outdoors. By turning the sticky side up and wrapping tape around your child’s wrist, they can walk around sticking a variety of natural textiles to their bracelets. They can use flower petals, blades of grass, and even clovers for good luck!

Learn More: Sprouting Wild Ones

33. Who We Are On the Inside

Teach your children that what truly makes them unique is their thoughts and feelings with this introspective spin on a self-portrait! First, they’ll need to fold a small portion of the top of the paper down and illustrate their faces- with their forehead meeting at the fold. Once complete, they’ll open the fold to reveal a space at the crown of their head where they’ll write or draw everything that flows through their beautiful mind!

Learn More: Art with Mrs. E

34. Water Drop Race

Get ready, get set, H2O! This is a super cool way to introduce your little scientists in training to the idea of surface tension. For experiment tools, they’ll need water, straws, and parchment paper. Challenge your students to move water from a start to a finish line by blowing the droplets across the wax paper with a straw!

35. Coffee Filter Wall Hanging

Your students will be dying to hang their coffee filter art projects with pride! Grab some coffee filters and have your elementary-aged children decorate them with a mix of watercolors. Once dried, they can attach the painted filters to a branch with string. Pottery Barn can’t compete with this colorful display!

Learn More: Art Bar Blog

36. Seussian Sculptures

Calling all Dr. Seuss fans! This activity will unlock your child’s creativity when you present them with a colorful mix of media such as pipe cleaners, beads, pool noodle pieces, and any other whimsical material. They’ll enjoy fusing the most interesting ideas into these non-traditional sculptures!

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37 of Our Favorite Easy Art Projects for Kids

Get their creative juices flowing.

East art projects for kids, including dictionary drawing of the word ignorant and a woven paper rainbow fish.

The stress of tests and social dynamics can prove challenging for students, and for this reason, they need an opportunity to express themselves freely. Art provides a powerful outlet for creative expression while also proving therapeutic. Plus, a good art project can be particularly effective at getting kids to unplug from their devices. A simple art project can even fill some of downtime during the day for early finishers. Regardless of whether you teach preschool or high school, there is an art project for everyone. So gather some art supplies and try one of these easy art projects for kids!

Easy Art Projects for Pre-K Students

1. paper bag jelly fish.

Text at the top says Paper Bag Jellyfish. Four paper bags have been painted with googly eyes glued on them. The bottom of the bags have been shredded with scissors.

As far as easy art projects for kids go, this one is perfect for preschoolers since it works on their hand-eye coordination and their cutting skills in particular. In addition to paper bags and scissors or pinking shears, you will need some paints, paintbrushes, googly eyes, and glue. If you’re really feeling ambitious, you can grab some sparkles too!

Learn more: Paper Bag Jelly Fish at No Time for Flash Cards

2. Tissue Paper Apple

A piece of paper has two apples on it that are created from little squares of red and green tissue paper that have been glued onto the apple outlines.

Since everyone associates apples with fall and the start of school, this will be the perfect craft to start the school year off on the right foot. Simply draw an apple outline on a piece of paper and have small red and green tissue paper squares ready to be crumpled and glued by tiny hands.

Learn more: Tissue Paper Apple at Burlap + Blue

3. Fork Print Tulips

Several pieces of paper have tulips that are made from different colored paints dipped in the top part of forks to make the flower head. green stems and leaves are painted underneath.

This project is both cute and simple, requiring only a fork, some heavyweight paper, and some paints. This project would be especially perfect for a Mother’s Day gift.

Learn more: Fork Tulip at Toddler at Play

4. Paper Bag Monster

Three paper bags are transformed into brightly colored monsters.

First, paint the bag any color you want. Once dry, cut out shapes from card stock and assemble your monster!

Learn more: Paper Bag Monster Puppets at I Heart Crafty Things

5. Paper Plate Lion

This easy art project for kids shows a paper plate that is painted orange with simple eyes, mouth, and nose painted on in black. The edges of the plate have been cut with slits to look like a mane.

All you need to re-create this adorable lion is orange and black paint, paintbrushes, paper plates, and scissors. Grab some Popsicle sticks to glue to the back and you’ll have a ferocious puppet show on your hands in no time!

Learn more: Paper Plate Lion at My Bored Toddler

6. Popsicle Stick Rainbow

This easy art project for kids shows white circles glued to a piece of light blue construction paper as clouds. Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple popsicle sticks are coming out of the clouds as a rainbow.

Grab some blue card stock, cotton circles, and Popsicle sticks and have your students work on their gluing skills. This craft will prove effective at teaching little ones their colors. Choose either colored Popsicle sticks or have kids color them themselves.

Learn more: Popsicle Stick Rainbow at My Bored Toddler

7. Paper Plate Octopus

An orange and a blue octopus are made from paper plates painted with faces on them and the octopus legs are made from strips of construction paper.

Kids love octopuses, especially adorable ones like these! This craft would be perfect for little ones still learning to count since they have a whopping eight legs to make.

Learn more: Paper Plate Octopus at Simple Every Day Mom

8. Macaroni Necklace

This image of an easy art project for kids shows 5 multi-colored macaroni necklaces made from painted macaroni, string, and some beads.

A staple of many of our childhoods, macaroni necklaces work on the dexterity of little fingers while also making perfect gifts. Add in some large beads as well for variety.

Learn more: DIY Macaroni Necklaces at Made To Be a Mama

Easy Art Projects for Elementary School Students

9. paper plate snake.

A paper plate is cut into a spiral and painted with watercolor paints. Googly eyes havebeen glued on.

Have your students paint a paper plate with watercolors and then once dry, help them cut it in a swirl shape. Finally, add some googly eyes.

Learn more: Colorful Paper Plate Snakes at Pink Stripey Socks

10. Paper Roll Koala

This easy art project for kids shows a cute koala made from a paper roll, construction paper, and pom-poms.

This super-cute koala would make an adorable desk buddy since it stands up on its own. Kids will enjoy personalizing their koala’s face!

Learn more: Paper Roll Koala at Arty Crafty Kids

11. Leaf Pattern Drawing

The outline of a leaf is divided into different sections in this easy art project for kids. Each section is brightly colored with a different pattern in it.

We just love art projects that fill the entire page, and this one certainly fits the bill. The combination of crayon and watercolor paint create this multi-dimensional leaf print.

Learn more: Leaf Pattern at Art Projects for Kids

12. Woven Rainbow Fish

An image on the top shows a white cutout of a fish with a stack of strips of brightly colored paper. The bottom image shows the final product with the strips woven inside the fish.

This project is perfect for working on students’ hand-eye coordination while being a cursory introduction to sewing. It’s challenging enough for even upper elementary school students while still being relatively simple.

Learn more: Rainbow Fish at Crafty Morning

13. Thumbprint Bugs

This easy art project for kids shows three steps to making green thumbprints turn into a caterpillar.

These thumbprint doodles are just so sweet and would perfectly complement a science lesson all about bugs. After having students try their hand at some of the thumbprint examples, let them use their imagination to see what other ideas they can cook up. You can even have them create bug jars out of card stock to put their new friends in!

Learn more: Thumbprint Bugs via Toot’s Mom Is Tired

14. Umbrella With Rain

A rainbow umbrella is constructed from a half of a paper plate.

Another fun art project that is really affordable to create since you only need paper plates, some paints, a roll of string, and some blue beads. We just love this clever approach to creating raindrops!

Learn more: Umbrella With Rain at Easy Peasy and Fun

15. Popsicle Stick Pencil

A pencil is made from construction paper and yellow popsicle sticks.

Nothing says back to school more than a cute pencil-themed craft. Have students add their names to them and then use them to decorate a September bulletin board in your classroom.

Learn more: Popsicle Stick Pencil at Crafty Morning

16. Craft Stick Airplane

Two small airplanes are shown made from a clothespin, different size popsicle sticks, and a wooden bead. They are painted.

Kids will unquestionably go crazy over these clothespin-and-Popsicle-stick airplanes. Regardless of whether they choose paint or permanent markers, students will enjoy personalizing their tiny flying machines.

Learn more: Craft Stick Airplane at Making Life Blissful

17. Pom-Pom Caterpillars

Two caterpillars are made from pom poms and sit on construction paper leaves.

Since kids love pom-poms and caterpillars, this will be the perfect craft to grab their attention. Make sure to supply them with a fun variety of pom-poms and googly eyes.

Learn more: Pom-Pom Caterpillar at Easy Peasy and Fun

Easy Art Projects for Middle School Students

18. chalk christmas lights.

A string of Christmas lights is shown on a black backdrop. The lights are created from chalk smudges in blue, yellow, pink, green, and purple.

This is the perfect easy art project to do around the holiday season. You’ll need to create a stencil from card stock so you can create your light shapes. Once that is done, you can begin creating “light” with some chalk pastels. A silver Sharpie can be used to create your light string since it will show up nicely against the black paper.

Learn more: Christmas Light Chalk Stencil Art at Buggy and Buddy

19. Gratitude Journal

The front of a journal is shown with an abstract painting on the cover of this easy art project for kids.

This project doubles as an art and writing activity since students can use their finished journals for writing prompts. These personalized journals beat store-bought ones any day!

Learn more: Handmade Gratitude Journal at Kids Activities Blog

20. Textured Hot-Air Balloon

Two hot air balloons are constructed from a variety of different materials.

This project is the perfect excuse to use up all your crafty odds and ends like feathers, glitter, and sequins. We love how unique each creation will be once they’re done.

Learn more: Textured Hot-Air Balloon at Artsy Momma

21. Layer Cakes

Four multi layer cakes are shown cut into. They are drawn using oil pastels.

Regardless of students’ experience with oil pastels, this project will be a good introduction to the medium. Have students follow a step-by-step tutorial for drawing the outline of the layer cake, then let them use the pastels to bring their drawings to life.

Learn more: Cakes at Little Yeti

22. Chalk Planets

Four different planets are shown drawn on black backgrounds in this easy art project for kids.

This is an inexpensive way to enhance a science unit on space while still getting creative. It’s inexpensive too since all you will need is some black paper and chalk.

Learn more: 18 Awesome Art Projects for Your Classroom at Teach Junkie

23. Back-to-School Rocks

Eight rocks are painted as various back-to-school items including a purple crayon, a pink eraser, and a pencil.

Kids love painting rocks so why not make it school-themed? Show students some of these examples to copy or let them come up with some of their own, then spread them around the school’s grounds.

Learn more: Painted Rock Ideas at Color Made Happy

24. Dictionary Page Drawing

A dictionary page is the backdrop to a drawing of the word Ignorant. A strange looking cartoon man is shown.

Easy art projects for kids that also double as vocabulary lessons? Yes, please! This project will prove especially educational as students are tasked with illustrating a word on an old dictionary page.

25. Paper Collage Painting

A green coffee mug with steam coming out of it is sitting on a pink surface with a yellow background. This easy art project for kids is made from pieces of different colored paper.

Students will enjoy creating their collages from a variety of materials. Even better—this project is a great way to encourage recycling since old cereal boxes and other food labels can be ripped into strips and repurposed.

Learn more: Painting With Paper at Megan Coyle Artist & Illustrator

26. Crayon Resist Art

This easy art project for kids shows multiple pieces of paper with different doodles and words in white crayon with paint surrounding it. An actual white crayon and watercolor paints are on top of the paintings.

This simple project can be done without a lot of instruction and will work for students of any age. This project runs on the same idea as some Easter egg–decorating kits in that the paint or dye sticks to the areas not covered in wax, or in this case, crayon.

Learn more: Fun Watercolor Resist Art at Kids Activities Blog

27. Number Art

An image shows several number stencils layered upon one another and the sections are colored in many different colors in this easy art project for kids.

If you have some math whizzes in your class, they will likely enjoy this number-themed art project. Grab some large number stencils and paints and you’ll be ready for this low-setup project.

Learn more: 5th Grade Number Project at Art Room Blog

28. Woven Baby Turtle

Several turtles are made from popsicle sticks with brightly colored yarn wrapped around them. Faces are drawn on them with sharpie.

Select three mini Popsicle sticks, paint them, and then glue them together to form your turtle’s body. Finally, select your yarn and weave it around your turtle. Be sure to have a lot of fun colors to choose from!

Learn more: Weaving Cute Baby Turtles at Pink Stripey Socks

Easy Art Projects for High School Students

29. yarn-wrapped letter.

A letter M made of cardboard is wrapped with different colored yarn. Several rows of yarn are in the background.

All you will need to create this craft is some leftover cardboard, a bunch of different yarns, and some scissors. Teens especially will enjoy this project as the end result can be used as decoration in their bedrooms and eventually their dorm rooms!

Learn more: 14 Crafts for Teens and Tweens at Art Bar Blog

30. Elevated Macaroni Necklace

Two macaroni necklaces are shown. One is teal and the other is pink and both are on actual chains.

Some easy art projects for kids and teens can even double as fashion! Despite their association with preschool, these are definitely not your little brother’s or sister’s macaroni necklaces. Swapping out twine with an actual chain makes these necklaces look surprisingly high-end.

Learn more: 12 Pasta Necklaces We Need Right Now at Mum’s Grapevine

31. Neuro Doodle Design

Black squiggles on a white paper form different size shapes, some of which are colored in purple and green in this easy art project for kids.

This is a simple and mindful art project that can be enjoyed by students regardless of their art experience. This art process was invented by Russian psychologist and architect Pavel Piskarev in 2014.

Learn more: Simple Mindful Art Project at Inside Out Art Teacher

32. Crepe Paper Flowers

A glass plate has a variety of flowers on it which are made from crepe paper.

This is the perfect project for early finishers to do since each flower only takes 5 minutes to create. In addition to being a fun project, these flowers would also make for beautiful classroom decor.

Learn more: Easy Crepe Paper Flowers at DIY Candy

33. CD Fish

Two fish are made from CDs with eyes and tissue paper fins added.

Easy art projects for kids that utilize outdated technology? Why not? Although this project could work for any age group, older kids will be able to personalize their fish using a variety of add-on materials. Be prepared to explain to your students what CDs are since they were born long after their demise!

Learn more: Make Your Own Fish Aquarium at Super Simple

34. Pencil Sculpture

A sculpture is made from 72 pencils that have been arranged in a dome shape.

While this project can get complicated, simpler structures can be completed using fewer pencils. The preparation is minimal, requiring just a bunch of pencils and elastics, but the reward will be big when you see what your students create!

Learn more: Geometric Sculpture From 72 Pencils at Instructables

35. Ribbon Garland

A garland is made from pastel ribbon pieces tied together.

This project is another good time-filler since it can be worked on and then picked up again later and continued. It’s also a good lesson in recycling since you can ask students to bring in any fabric or ribbons that may be sitting around their houses unused.

Learn more: Easy DIY Fabric Garland at Project Nursery

36. Origami

Hands are shown holding an orange origami fish and a neon yellow origami fish in this easy art project for kids.

Origami paper is inexpensive and can be bought in bulk, making this an affordable and low-preparation art project. Additionally, it is perfect for high school students who are better equipped to follow along with an instructional video.

Learn more: 12 Origami Projects for Kids at Mom Loves Best

37. Layered Landscape

A landscape is created by layering different scraps of brightly colored paper.

Keep those cereal boxes and old magazines since they’re perfect for ripping up to create layered art! We especially love how much room there is in this project for individual creativity.

Learn more: Layered Landscape at Art Camp Studio

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Art provides a creative outlet for kids while also reducing stress. Try incorporating one of these easy art projects for kids into your day!

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Posted: March 14, 2024 | Last updated: March 14, 2024

<p>Crafting is a fantastic way for kids of all ages to spark creativity and imagination. This is especially true of elementary-aged kids. Crafting projects can provide hours of fun while helping them develop important skills. In this article, we’ll explore 18 exciting crafting projects that are perfect for elementary-aged kids to enjoy and get creative with.</p>

Crafting is a fantastic way for kids of all ages to spark creativity and imagination. This is especially true of elementary-aged kids. Crafting projects can provide hours of fun while helping them develop important skills. In this article, we’ll explore 18 exciting crafting projects that are perfect for elementary-aged kids to enjoy and get creative with.

<p>With just a little bit of paint, construction paper, glue, and creativity, paper plates can be turned into a menagerie of cute animals. For example, draw a cute face in the middle of the plate and glue brown and gold fringe-cut construction paper around the edge for an adorable lion. From lions to birds to fish, the possibilities are endless with this fun and easy crafting project.</p>

Paper Plate Animals

With just a little bit of paint, construction paper, glue, and creativity, paper plates can be turned into a menagerie of cute animals. For example, draw a cute face in the middle of the plate and glue brown and gold fringe-cut construction paper around the edge for an adorable lion. From lions to birds to fish, the possibilities are endless with this fun and easy crafting project.

<p>Kids love slime, and creating their own slime station can be a fun project – but it will be just as messy as it sounds, so you’ll want to make this an outside sport. By mixing food coloring into just a few simple ingredients, kids can mix and match them to make their own custom slime creations. See the next slide for how.</p><p>Mix an 8oz bottle of Elmer’s glue with one and a half tablespoons of contact saline solution and one tablespoon of baking soda. Then separate into different bowls and add various food coloring shades to each bowl. Mix well, and make a mess!</p>

DIY Slime Station

Kids love slime, and creating their own slime station can be a fun project – but it will be just as messy as it sounds, so you’ll want to make this an outside sport. By mixing food coloring into just a few simple ingredients, kids can mix and match them to make their own custom slime creations. See the next slide for how.

Mix an 8oz bottle of Elmer’s glue with one and a half tablespoons of contact saline solution and one tablespoon of baking soda. Then separate into different bowls and add various food coloring shades to each bowl. Mix well, and make a mess!

<p>Popsicle sticks are versatile crafting materials that can be used to create adorable puppets. Kids can use buttons, fabric, construction paper, glue, and other crafting materials to make their own unique puppet toys. Let their imaginations run wild, creating puppets for puppet shows and storytelling. Take care that younger kids don’t swallow small materials.</p>

Popsicle Stick Puppets

Popsicle sticks are versatile crafting materials that can be used to create adorable puppets. Kids can use buttons, fabric, construction paper, glue, and other crafting materials to make their own unique puppet toys. Let their imaginations run wild, creating puppets for puppet shows and storytelling. Take care that younger kids don’t swallow small materials.

<p>Take a nature walk with your kids to collect leaves, flowers, small rocks, shells, and other natural items to create a beautiful collage. Kids can glue the items onto a colorful poster board with a short description of where each piece was found. This DIY kids project encourages creativity while connecting kids to the world around them.</p>

Nature Collage Art

Take a nature walk with your kids to collect leaves, flowers, small rocks, shells, and other natural items to create a beautiful collage. Kids can glue the items onto a colorful poster board with a short description of where each piece was found. This DIY kids project encourages creativity while connecting kids to the world around them.

DIY Bird Feeders

Help your kids attract feathered friends to the backyard by creating DIY bird feeders. Using simple materials like pinecones, peanut butter, and birdseed, kids can craft their own feeders and watch as birds flock to enjoy a snack. You can also cut large holes into the sides of old milk jugs to place bird seed inside, letting kids use markers to color the outside of the jug. Check the jugs often to make sure the seeds aren’t wet and molding.

Painted Rock Garden Markers

Get kids involved in gardening with painted rock garden markers. Using smooth rocks and acrylic paint markers, kids can create colorful garden stones to label their plants and add a touch of whimsy to the garden. You can also use much larger, flat stones and allow them to make a garden path.

Homemade Playdough

Making homemade playdough is a fun and easy project that kids will love. Simply mix 2 cups of cornstarch with half a cup of unscented hair conditioner and gradually add in water as you knead. Once it is the right consistency, kids can mix up their own batch of playdough in any color they choose by adding drops of food coloring. You’ll need to be sure that the kids don’t eat this particular recipe, but there are others online that are toddler-safe!

<p>Your family will need to save up tubes from paper towels or toilet paper for this DIY kids craft project. You’ll also need construction paper, glue, and googly eyes, or you can use scrap materials from your sewing room, such as buttons and fabric scraps, to create adorable cardboard tube animals. With a little bit of imagination, kids can bring these creatures to life in their own mini-zoo!</p>

Cardboard Tube Animals

Your family will need to save up tubes from paper towels or toilet paper for this DIY kids craft project. You’ll also need construction paper, glue, and googly eyes, or you can use scrap materials from your sewing room, such as buttons and fabric scraps, to create adorable cardboard tube animals. With a little bit of imagination, kids can bring these creatures to life in their own mini-zoo!

<p>Friendship bracelets are a classic crafting project that never goes out of style. Using beads and embroidery floss in a rainbow of colors, kids can create personalized bracelets to gift to their friends and family. Younger kids can simply string beads on their threads, while older kids can learn various braiding patterns. </p>

DIY Beaded Friendship Bracelets

Friendship bracelets are a classic crafting project that never goes out of style. Using beads and embroidery floss in a rainbow of colors, kids can create personalized bracelets to gift to their friends and family. Younger kids can simply string beads on their threads, while older kids can learn various braiding patterns.

<p>Pipe cleaners are cheap, versatile crafting items that can be twisted and shaped into all kinds of fun sculptures. From animals to abstract shapes, kids can let their creativity shine with this project. Choose pipe cleaners in various colors and thicknesses to make their sculptures even more creative. </p>

Pipe Cleaner Sculptures

Pipe cleaners are cheap, versatile crafting items that can be twisted and shaped into all kinds of fun sculptures. From animals to abstract shapes, kids can let their creativity shine with this project. Choose pipe cleaners in various colors and thicknesses to make their sculptures even more creative.

<p>Another great way to put on a puppet show is to turn plain paper bags into colorful and quirky puppets. Younger kids can use crayons or washable markers, while older kids can glue on fabrics and buttons. Then, you and your children can put on puppet shows and let their puppet personas come to life. Kids can have cheap fun for hours with this simple crafting project.</p>

Paper Bag Puppets

Another great way to put on a puppet show is to turn plain paper bags into colorful and quirky puppets. Younger kids can use crayons or washable markers, while older kids can glue on fabrics and buttons. Then, you and your children can put on puppet shows and let their puppet personas come to life. Kids can have cheap fun for hours with this simple crafting project.

DIY Felt Board

Create a DIY felt board for kids to use as a storytelling and creative play tool. Older kids can even cut out shapes and characters to use on their felt board for endless imaginative play. Simply glue a sheet of felt to a framed corkboard, and then cut small pieces of felt into shapes and animals. Or you can purchase felt letters and numbers for learning fun!

Yarn-Wrapped Letters

Personalize a child’s room with yarn-wrapped letters spelling out their name or favorite words. Kids can wrap colorful yarn around cardboard or wooden letters to create unique and eye-catching room decor. Most craft stores sell small wooden numbers and letters, yarn, and glue to seal the end of the yarn once the letter is wrapped.

Paper Weaving

Introduce kids to the art of paper weaving with this simple and engaging crafting project. Using strips of colored paper, kids can weave intricate patterns and designs to create their own unique works of art. This is a great introduction to basket weaving and other projects that use this amazing activity to create functional and beautiful works of art.

<p>You can teach your kids about the cultural significance of dream catchers while they create their own with this crafting project. You will need embroidery hoops, yarn, beads, and feathers. Allow the kids to design and decorate their own dream catchers to hang in their rooms. This can also be a terrific help for kids who suffer from nightmares, letting them create their own “trap” to keep their dreams at bay.</p>

DIY Dream Catchers

You can teach your kids about the cultural significance of dream catchers while they create their own with this crafting project. You will need embroidery hoops, yarn, beads, and feathers. Allow the kids to design and decorate their own dream catchers to hang in their rooms. This can also be a terrific help for kids who suffer from nightmares, letting them create their own “trap” to keep their dreams at bay.

<p>Buttons are not just for fastening clothes—they can also be used to create beautiful button art. With a canvas, glue, and an assortment of buttons, kids can design colorful and textured button art pieces to display at home. Draw whimsical animals, fruits, or other cutesy art onto the canvas and allow kids to glue buttons on them. These can also be framed and hung in the children’s rooms.</p>

Buttons are not just for fastening clothes—they can also be used to create beautiful button art. With a canvas, glue, and an assortment of buttons, kids can design colorful and textured button art pieces to display at home. Draw whimsical animals, fruits, or other cutesy art onto the canvas and allow kids to glue buttons on them. These can also be framed and hung in the children’s rooms.

Origami Animals

Origami is the art of paper folding, and kids can have fun creating their own menagerie of origami animals. From frogs to birds to cranes, origami animals are a great way for kids to practice precision and patience. There are tons of YouTube videos that you can watch together and learn to make various paper animals!

<p>Most kids have to bring their own bags to daycare or school, so why not make them? Let your kids showcase their creativity and style by designing their own personalized tote bags. They can use fabric markers, paints, or scraps from your sewing room, such as buttons and fabric scraps that can be glued on. Kids may choose to add cute animal shapes or fabric cut into the letters of their names.</p>

DIY Personalized Tote Bags

Most kids have to bring their own bags to daycare or school, so why not make them? Let your kids showcase their creativity and style by designing their own personalized tote bags. They can use fabric markers, paints, or scraps from your sewing room, such as buttons and fabric scraps that can be glued on. Kids may choose to add cute animal shapes or fabric cut into the letters of their names.

<p>For elementary-aged kids, crafting is a fun way to pass the time. It offers a chance for them to explore their creativity and develop their artistic skills. Whether it’s painting, paper crafts, jewelry making, or using sewing scraps to create art, there are endless possibilities for kids to express themselves through crafting. Encourage your child to try out different projects, experiment with colors and materials, and, most importantly, have fun while crafting!</p>

Let’s Get Crafting!

For elementary-aged kids, crafting is a fun way to pass the time. It offers a chance for them to explore their creativity and develop their artistic skills. Whether it’s painting, paper crafts, jewelry making, or using sewing scraps to create art, there are endless possibilities for kids to express themselves through crafting. Encourage your child to try out different projects, experiment with colors and materials, and, most importantly, have fun while crafting!

<p>This free <a href="https://swoodsonsays.com/sheep-softie-free-pattern/" rel="noreferrer noopener">sheep softie pattern</a> is so much fun; fast and easy to sew. The simple shapes would make it a great sewing project for kids and the size makes it perfect for hugging.</p>

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Forgot to get solar eclipse glasses? Here's how to DIY a viewer with household items.

By now, everyone has heard that the rare 2024 total solar eclipse is coming – and it's got people excited.

While cities brace for traffic, schools brace for absences and space enthusiasts are planning parties, the glasses that enable safe viewing of the eclipse have become something of a hot commodity.

Peeking directly at the eclipse before it reaches totality without proper eye protection can cause permanent eye damage, experts have warned, making glasses a necessity for safe viewing. But, as the day approaches, they may become harder to find .

Luckily, people who didn't manage to get their hands on glasses are not completely down and out. There are other safe ways to view the eclipse, say experts, and a lot of them only require a little bit of craftiness and items you can find lying around the house.

Here are a few DIY eclipse viewers you can make at home.

As a reminder, none of these options allow you to look directly at the eclipse: you need special eclipse glasses for that.

Solar eclipse guide: When is the 2024 total solar eclipse? Your guide to glasses, forecast, where to watch.

NASA's DIY cereal box viewer

This NASA project uses components you almost certainly already have at home. Using a cereal box, cardboard, foil, paper, scissors and tape or glue, you can put together this projection eclipse viewer.

As always, NASA advises not to look directly into the sun using this tool.

Steps to make the cereal box eclipse viewer:

Get an empty, clean cereal box.
Cut a white piece of cardboard that will fit snuggly in the bottom of the box, or secure it permanently by gluing it in place.
Cut the top of the cereal box, removing both ends and leaving the center intact.
Put a piece of tape across the center of the top to securely hold it closed.
Tape a piece of heavy-duty foil or double a single layer for additional strength, covering one of the openings at the top of the cereal box. The other opening will remain open for viewing.
Using a small nail (approximately 3mm in diameter) push a hole in the foil.
Cover the entire box with construction paper, leaving the single-viewing opening and the foil uncovered.

How to use the DIY viewer :

The finished box should be held with the pin-hole side facing the sun. It may take a little practice pointing the box.
With your back facing the sun, look through the viewing opening. A small image of the sun, about ½ cm in diameter can be seen projected on the white paper inside the box.

Watch the demo here:

The Planetary Society DIY paper viewer

While the Planetary Society also offers instructions for box or projector viewers that are more "fancy," as they put it, it doesn't get easier than their simple pinhole paper projector.

To make it, you only need two index cards (3-by-5 or A6 or A7 size) or small paper plates for each person and basic pushpins. Simply use the pushpin to punch a small hole close to the middle of one of the cards and you're done.

Another super easy version that requires no crafting? A kitchen colander. An ordinary kitchen colander can easily be used to view a solar eclipse in the same way as other projector viewers; the colander's circular holes project crescent images of the sun onto the ground.

To make the "fancier" version, you'll need 2 index cards (larger, 5-by-7 or A5 cards work better for this) or small paper plates for each person, a pencil, pushpins and a towel, sweatshirt, blanket, flattened corrugated cardboard box, carpet, or other soft substrate to place underneath card during pin pushing.

To make the fancier version:

Draw a simple design on a card. The lines should not be too close together
Place the card on top of something soft (blanket, towel, etc)
Using the push pin, make small holes along your design lines. Not too close together – about 5 millimeters (1/4 inch) apart.

To use it, you'll again want to avoid looking directly at the sun:

Go to your eclipse observing spot and make sure you can see the shadow of your head and shoulders clearly.
Hold up the card with the hole on top of your shoulder so that you can see the shadow of the card above the shadow of your shoulder.
Now hold up the other card and make sure you can see its shadow, too.
Move the second card and watch how its shadow moves. Keeping the card in front of you, move its shadow until the second card's shadow overlaps the first card's shadow.
Now look at the second card. You should see a dot on the card for every hole you punched. Those dots are actually images of the sun.

Cardboard or paper tube eclipse viewer

Sticking with the theme of using items you can easily find around the house, tube viewers can be made using cardboard tubes from household items like paper towels or toilet paper rolls. You can also use thick cardstock rolled up and taped to make your own tube.

To make one, you'll need a cardboard tube, white paper, aluminum foil, tape and a pushpin or something else sharp to poke a small hole. According to "Let's Talk Science," you can put this viewer together with these steps :

Trace the opening of the tube on a piece of white paper. Draw a slightly bigger circle around it. Cut around the bigger circle. Cut small slits to the inner circle.
Cut an opening near one end of the tube to make a viewing window.
Tape the paper circle to the end of the tube near the viewing window.
Cut a piece of aluminum foil that is a bit larger than the opening of the tube.
Poke a small hole in the center of the aluminum foil.
Tape the aluminum foil over the other opening of the tube.

How to use the viewer:

With your back to the sun, hold the tube parallel to the path of the sun. Look through the viewing hole. Move the viewer until a small white circle appears on the paper.

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$20 million still needed to build new uvalde elementary school after robb tragedy, still no date set for the demolition of the robb elementary school campus.

Leigh Waldman , Reporter

Dale L. Keller , Photojournalist

UVALDE, Texas – Work is underway in Uvalde at the site of what will be a new elementary school.

This project stems from the tragedy at Robb Elementary in May 2022.

We are here at the construction site for the new Uvalde elementary school (still hasn’t been named). After the initial groundbreaking in October, there was a delay in construction because the original bid was coming in more expensive than expected. @ksatnews pic.twitter.com/yxBCV88Zt1 — Leigh Waldman (@LeighWaldman) March 26, 2024

“We should have the cafeteria and the other areas done by next week. And so, once the pad is done, complete, then we’ll start looking at pouring concrete,” said Tim Miller, the executive director for the Uvalde CISD Moving Forward Foundation, while standing in front of the active construction site.

It’s a night and day difference between the site of the new Uvalde elementary school and how things looked five months ago at an emotional groundbreaking ceremony.

After months of planning and several delays, we are at the ground breaking for the new elementary school in Uvalde. Many have described this day as bittersweet because of the why behind the day. This elementary school is being built out of the tragedy that happened at Robb pic.twitter.com/Dbz76nTTQq — Leigh Waldman (@LeighWaldman) October 28, 2023

Heavy machinery packed the earth, laying the groundwork for the first school built in this district in decades.

The campus will be adjacent to Dalton Elementary School at Fourth and Leona streets.

“For example, Batesville is 94 years old. It has not been touched for renovations — significant renovations for many, many years,” Miller said.

The Uvalde CISD Moving Forward Foundation is creating the new campus, working alongside the architecture firm Huckabee to design the school that’ll meet the needs of the community with the latest in safety.

The project itself comes with a big budget of $60 million.

On Tuesday, John L Nau III and Silver Eagle Beverages donated $1 million.

“It’s overwhelming to be a part of this project in an amazing way,” said Katie Reynolds, director of corporate affairs for the company.

There’s still $20 million that needs to be raised for the project.

Although ground was broken in October, just a few months later in December , it was announced there was a delay in the construction.

At the time, Miller said the budget to build the new school was set at $55 million and the first bid came in at $64 million.

In January, the foundation decided to move forward with a new construction company, Satterfield and Pontikes.

“Public school is the center of a community, there’s no doubt about that. And to see the community support come out for this, which is a special project it’s really gratifying,” said John Marshall, the chief revenue officer with S&P.

At this point, the new elementary school does have a name, but a committee has been formed to come up with one.

The design of the school incorporated elements of the 21 lives lost at Robb Elementary on May 24, 2022.

From an oak tree in the library with 21 branches to their names written for all to see, the legacy of the 21 will be lasting.

“Our target date for substantial completion is September of 2025. And then, after we get the sign-off to get into the building, we’ll need to put the desks and other furniture fixture equipment,” Miller said.

From there, the district will make the decisions on when the school is ready for students and teachers.

As for the demolition of Robb Elementary, that decision is at the discretion of Uvalde CISD.

District officials are waiting on clearance from the Uvalde County District Attorney Christina Mitchell to move forward.

About the Authors

Leigh waldman.

Leigh Waldman is a news reporter at KSAT 12. She joined the station in 2021. Leigh comes to San Antonio from the Midwest after spending time at a station in Omaha, NE. After two winters there, she knew it was time to come home to Texas. When Leigh is not at work, she enjoys eating, playing with her dogs and spending time with family.

Dale L. Keller

Dale Keller is senior news photographer at KSAT-12.

These Texas school districts have canceled Monday classes for the 2024 solar eclipse

Editor's note: This story has been updated to clarify that Edgewood ISD in Edgewood, TX will be closed, while Edgewood ISD in San Antonio will remain open Monday, April 8.

The highly anticipated 2024 solar eclipse is less than a week away, and Texans of all ages are preparing for the astronomical event. In consideration of the expected influx of tourists, large gatherings, traffic issues and strain on resources , many of the state's school districts have decided to cancel Monday's classes.

Will your child attend school on April 8? Here's what we know:

See original story: Some Texas schools are canceling classes for the solar eclipse on April 8. Is yours?

Which Texas school districts are closing for the 2024 solar eclipse?

Correction: A previous version of this story listed Edgewood ISD among those closed Monday for the solar eclipse. This closure only applies to the district in Edgewood. The Edgewood ISD of San Antonio will remain open and classes will proceed as normal.

Here’s a list of school district closings on April 8:

Bullard ISD
Burnet CISD
Cameron ISD
Cherokee ISD
Comfort ISD
Como-Pickton CISD
Corsicana ISD
Del Valle ISD
Dripping Springs ISD
Edgewood ISD − Edgewood, TX
Fredericksburg ISD
Fruitvale ISD
Greenville ISD
Jarrell ISD
Johnson City ISD
Kerrville ISD
Killeen ISD
Lago Vista ISD
Lake Travis ISD
Lampasas ISD
Liberty Hill ISD
Marble Falls ISD
Medina Valley ISD
Mt. Vernon ISD
Pittsburg ISD
Saltillo ISD
San Marcos ISD
San Saba ISD
South San ISD
Sulphur Springs ISD
Texarkana ISD
Waxahachie ISD
Wills Point ISD
Wimberly ISD

Solar eclipse 2024: What time is the April 8 total solar eclipse in Texas? Find out here with your ZIP code

Texas school districts hosting activities

A handful of other Texas school districts have chosen to turn the 2024 solar eclipse into a learning opportunity. Larger ones like the Austin school district plan to hold classes while offering special activities so students can engage with the solar eclipse.

Frisco' ISD's district will have classes on April 8, but student absences with a parental note will be excused, CBS News Texas reports . Most schools in the Arlington district will have instruction based on the solar eclipse.

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