3rd grade craft ideas

It's so fun to make a DIY spinner toy! These spinner toys are so bright and colourful, and they're so cool to play with! Watch the colours combine as the string spinner whirls through the air. This is such an easy craft to make, especially when you download our free spinner templates (find the links below!). Decorate and colour your spinner disc however you'd like, and create hours of fun for mere pennies! This post contains affiliate links. If you use these links to buy something we may…

Cute yarn pumpkins are a fun-to-make pumpkin arts and crafts to try in October with a technique using a balloon, orange yarn, and glue.

Learn how to make a dreamcatcher! These paper plate dreamcatchers are so pretty, and they're incredibly simple to make! Keep bad dreams away as you make this easy kids version of a dreamcatcher. Make a Dreamcatcher A dreamcatcher is a Native American item which is traditionally hung over a child's bed as protection. Dreamcatchers allow good dreams through, while catching and stopping bad dreams. Most kids will enjoy this craft, but a DIY dreamcatcher is particularly great for kids who have…

Engage kids in a fun fall themed art activity with beaded corn crafts using cleaners and pony beads. Encouraging creativity, and fine motor skills.

MUST TRY spinning Christmas trees expeirment is super cool and EASY! This holiday science project is perfect STEM idea for December.

Paper plate fans for the spring and summer. These hand fans are a simple arts and craft project that is perfect for toddlers, preschoolers and kids of all ages.

Beautiful paper lantern craft for Diwali and Christmas. Easy DIY home decoration idea to make with kids for the festival season.

To begin class, we talked about the basics of portrait drawing: your eyes are in the middle of your head, your head is 5 eyes wide, your neck is as wide as your pupils, etc. I had the students make…

I found this easy little hand art project on theforestroom last week and thought it would be a clean and a simple project to do in my daughter's 3rd grade class... Well, it's not as easy as it looks- they had to really concentrate to complete. This is a really clever way to also document your child's hand size/age. My lines were not the straightest! Simple Instructions: With a pencil, trace your hand & fingers perpendicular (or exactly vertical) to the paper. Start at the top of the paper…