First grade crafts

Kids will go nuts over this fun, EASY how to make a homemade kaleidoscope craft project at home. This activity is fun for all ages!

The August art session with my little "firsties" was a HUGE success. We created "Wild About 1st Grade" self-portraits. They turned out so dang cute! It was a lot of fun to combine some guided art along with "do your own thing" directions. The bulletin board is adorable. We'll be adding their writing prompt responses to "I'm WILD About 1st Grade Because..." as soon as we finish the edit process. I created a file with the guided art directions, supply list, and writing prompts. Feel free to…

The Great EGGscape Craft by Jory John is a great book for spring or Easter. The craft is easy and can be done at home!

Step by step tutorial on how to make coffee filter butterflies with cheap supplies. This coffee filter butterfly craft is an easy craft idea.

Growing Rainbow Experiment This experiment gives plenty of observation time as kiddos watch 2 sides of a rainbow grow together and make one big rainbow! Find more about this experiment here! Material ready! Kiddos will love working with the markers! Draw a rainbow on each side of the towel! Don't leave too much space between the 2 rainbows or they may not 'grow together' well. Fold the coffee filter. Put each side in a cup with a bit of water. Then it's observation time! This would also be a…

Use low-prep writing crafts to get students excited about writing and showcase everything they have learned.

Hi friends. :) I have a fun little spring adjective craft to share with you today! It's the perfect craft for a rainy day! Your kiddos will each secretly decorate their own umbrella and write clues to describe it. When everyone is finished, hang them on the board and the kids read their clues. (I hang about 10 at a time so it's not too overwhelming.) The rest of the class has to guess which umbrella belongs to each of their classmates! It's so fun and engaging - the kids forget they're even…

Bring the spirit of spring to your math centers or activities! Keep your preschool, kindergarten, first grade students excited about learning with these fun rainbow-themed math activities that use colored cereal to help them practice counting, sorting, one-to-one correspondence, comparing numbers, addition, and more.

Beautiful, fun-to-make pasta crafts with dyed pasta! This super pretty mosaic pasta project is a fun craft for kids of all ages!

Try this easy engineering and science project making a Popsicle Stick Catapult! This STEM project for kids uses materials you have at home.