Kick off the fall with back-to-school ideas such as personalized pencil cases and school folders to help students start the year in an organized way. There are arts and crafts projects to celebrate Grandparents' Day, Columbus Day and Halloween. Students will also enjoy the crafts that make us aware of nature's autumn products–leaves, seeds and nuts.
To brighten your winter classroom and warm the hearts of your children, try some of the snowmen crafts along with ideas for Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, New Year's and Valentine's Day. You'll also find imaginative ideas for reusing Christmas cards which can provide the basis for a recycling lesson.
Spring into spring with whimsical crafts for St. Patrick's Day and Earth Day as well as April Fools' hats, Easter bunnies, baskets and bonnets, and creative egg projects.
For a cool summer, youngsters will create May Day and Cinco de Mayo crafts, gifts for Mother's Day and Father's Day and patriotic crafts for Flag Day and July 4th.
What's more, these arts and crafts are not only fun, they're educational! Your students will learn about famous people and events, the natural world and more, as they create these projects individually and in groups. Most activities require only basic materials such as paper, scissors, glue, paints, crayons, containers and items that can be gathered from nature.
