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Egg Carton Spiders
Egg Carton Spiders
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Egg Carton Spiders
Get into the Halloween spirit by creating creepy (but cute) spiders from paper egg cartons, paint, and pipe cleaners.
Preschool
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Candy Corn Pumpkin
Candy Corn Pumpkin
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Candy Corn Pumpkin
This Halloween, encourage your child to create a super sweet mosaic. They'll make a candy corn pumpkin and then decide if they want to eat it, or keep it!
Preschool
Math
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Make a Straw Skeleton
Make a Straw Skeleton
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Make a Straw Skeleton
This fun craft will teach your child a little bit about the human skeletal system and can be adapted to teach the biology of many different living animals.
Kindergarten
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Make Pumpkin Apple Stamps
Make Pumpkin Apple Stamps
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Make Pumpkin Apple Stamps
Bring out your child’s creative side with this fun Halloween-themed craft.
Preschool
Math
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Corn Maze STEM Challenge
Corn Maze STEM Challenge
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Corn Maze STEM Challenge
Learn all about balance and motion as your child designs a corn maze!
Preschool
Science
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Spooky Slime
Spooky Slime
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Spooky Slime
In this fun science project your child will get practice following directions and getting messy as they learn all about slime!
Kindergarten
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Halloween Rock Painting
Halloween Rock Painting
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Halloween Rock Painting
Reinforce your child’s foundational math skills while creating small works of seasonal art with this creative Halloween rock painting activity!
Kindergarten
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Dalmatian Costume
Dalmatian Costume
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Dalmatian Costume
This dalmatian costume is simple for expert crafters and novice dog lovers alike. Make a dalmatian costume with your child for Halloween or play time.
Kindergarten
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Make a Haunted House
Make a Haunted House
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Make a Haunted House
Learn how to make a haunted house with this Halloween craft. See how to make a haunted house with a project that is fun for ghosts and ghouls alike.
3rd grade
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Make Spooky Bat Wings
Make Spooky Bat Wings
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Make Spooky Bat Wings
Here's a Halloween arts and crafts activity for your preschooler, pre-kindergartener, or kindergartener: make bat wings of poster board and ribbon.
Preschool
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Create an Egg Carton Penguin
Create an Egg Carton Penguin
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Create an Egg Carton Penguin
Egg cartons are known to have abundant uses. As you get into the cold winter months, discuss penguins with your child by creating these adorable egg carton penguins!
Preschool
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Zombie Kit
Zombie Kit
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Zombie Kit
Help your kid pack her lunch in style with a recycled show box redesigned as a zombie survival kit.
5th grade
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Reuse Markers to Create Liquid Watercolors
Reuse Markers to Create Liquid Watercolors
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Reuse Markers to Create Liquid Watercolors
Teach children how to upcycle dried-out markers with this homemade paint-making activity!
Preschool
Fine arts
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Make a Monster Hand Print
Make a Monster Hand Print
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Make a Monster Hand Print
This activity will encourage your child to discover the scientific process, compare sizes shapes, and build shape recognition skills.
Preschool
Fine arts
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Halloween Skeleton
Halloween Skeleton
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Halloween Skeleton
How do you turn an everyday object into a scary skeleton? This project is the perfect way to practice counting while using cotton swabs to create a skeleton.
1st grade
Math
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Trick or Treat? Smell My Feet!
Trick or Treat? Smell My Feet!
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Trick or Treat? Smell My Feet!
Make sure your child is prepared for Halloween by having him create a stamp-printing that says: "Trick or treat? Smell my feet!"
2nd grade
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Make Your Own Flag!
Make Your Own Flag!
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Make Your Own Flag!
Here's a fun activity that will allow your child to express himself by making a flag of his own design, then writing an accompanying story.
3rd grade
Social studies
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Scary Ghost
Scary Ghost
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Scary Ghost
Practice counting to five with your child while making this adorably "scary" ghost to celebrate Halloween.
Preschool
Math
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Create Your Own Pumpkin Person!
Create Your Own Pumpkin Person!
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Create Your Own Pumpkin Person!
Get creative with this engaging activity where kids are asked to create their own pumpkin person and tap into their creative writing skills! Include all family members by having them create their very own pumpkin people.
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
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Painted Cookies
Painted Cookies
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Painted Cookies
Painting cookies is a fun way for your child to exercise his fine motor skills and be creative at the same time.
Preschool
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How to Make a Pig Nose
How to Make a Pig Nose
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How to Make a Pig Nose
Bring barnyard fun to a rainy day by making this simple pig nose, or make several noses and round up two of your child's friends to act out Three Little Pigs.
1st grade
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Sunflower Card
Sunflower Card
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Sunflower Card
Need another reason to celebrate Thanksgiving? Now kids can create a sunny, textured sunflower card to remember the day!
2nd grade
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Make an ALL ABOUT ME! Book
Make an ALL ABOUT ME! Book
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Make an ALL ABOUT ME! Book
Spark your kids' interest in writing by helping them write a mini-book about their favorite subject: themselves!
1st grade
Reading & Writing
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Pumpkin Wreath
Pumpkin Wreath
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Pumpkin Wreath
This year, celebrate the season with a pumpkin wreath! Have your kid trace and cut patterns to create multiple pumpkin shapes from a single sheet of paper.
3rd grade
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Frankenstein Bolts
Frankenstein Bolts
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Frankenstein Bolts
Make Frankenstein bolts for your trick-or-treater this Halloween. These homemade Frankenstein bolts make your child look just like the popular monster.
3rd grade
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Arts and crafts are great for learners of all ages. From preschool paper plate tambourines to fifth grade homemade thermometers, the Education.com arts and crafts activities below will keep students’ learning fun and engaged. With a wide range of DIY, decorative, and scientific arts and crafts activities below, your arts and crafts classroom ideas list will never be empty again.