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Make art with drawing, painting, paper crafts, and classroom projects. Choose a technique or a practical making activity, with longer artist studies available for guided lessons.

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Squirrel Activity teaching resource preview
Paper crafts & constructionPainting & printmaking

Squirrel Activity

A squirrel-themed craft activity combining a cut-and-assemble model with a fact-writing task.

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Level
3–8
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Arts and Crafts for Letter P, I, and N teaching resource preview
Drawing & designPaper crafts & construction

Arts and Crafts for Letter P, I, and N

Six printable craft templates (two per letter) that reinforce phonics/letter recognition for the letters P, I, and N through hands-on making of a popcorn spring pop-up, parrot, image-strip viewer, insect with movable wings, narwhal, and decorated hand/nails.

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Pre-K–1
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Arts & Crafts Projects for PreK Activity Book teaching resource preview
Drawing & designPaper crafts & construction

Arts & Crafts Projects for PreK Activity Book

Guide young children through hands-on arts and crafts projects (sand painting, paper-strip sculpture, treasure box) with step-by-step instructions and related extension ideas.

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Level
Pre-K, 1–2
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Crafts for Preschoolers teaching resource preview
Drawing & designPaper crafts & construction

Crafts for Preschoolers

Guides young children through simple art and craft projects that build fine-motor and creative skills.

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Pre-K, 1–2
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Be Kind Activity + Writing Worksheet teaching resource preview
Paper crafts & constructionPainting & printmaking

Be Kind Activity + Writing Worksheet

'Be Kind' letter-tracing/coloring craft activity paired with a short writing prompt about showing kindness to oneself and others.

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Level
Pre-K, 1–3
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Pig Spoon Activity teaching resource preview
Drawing & designPaper crafts & construction

Pig Spoon Activity

A simple craft activity where students transform a wooden spoon into a pig using paint and craft materials.

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Level
3–9
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"The Snowy Day" | Picture Book Study teaching resource preview
Paper crafts & constructionPainting & printmaking

"The Snowy Day" | Picture Book Study

A picture book study companion to Ezra Jack Keats's The Snowy Day, providing discussion questions, comprehension and vocabulary printables, crafts/activities, a nonfiction snowflake mini-passage, and hands-on cut-and-glue projects tied to the story's winter theme.

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Level
Pre-K–1
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Art Ideas for Elementary Teachers 1 teaching resource preview
Drawing & designPaper crafts & construction

Art Ideas for Elementary Teachers 1

A collection of ready-to-use art lesson activities for K-2 classroom teachers, each following a consistent lesson format (aim, materials, duration, discussion, method, questions/reflection, finished example).

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Pre-K, 1–2
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Preschool Arts & Crafts Volume 2 Activity Book teaching resource preview
Drawing & designPaper crafts & construction

Preschool Arts & Crafts Volume 2 Activity Book

A hands-on arts and crafts activity book of step-by-step craft projects for young children using crayons, chalk, and watercolor paint, plus related art extension ideas.

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Pre-K, 1–2
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Melting Snowman Art Project teaching resource preview
Drawing & designPaper crafts & construction

Melting Snowman Art Project

A winter-themed 3D craft template for building a 'melting snowman' art project, suggested as a follow-up activity to the read-aloud book Snowmen at Night.

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Level
Pre-K–1
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Art Ideas for Elementary Teachers 2 teaching resource preview
Drawing & designPainting & printmaking

Art Ideas for Elementary Teachers 2

A collection of ready-to-use art lesson activities for upper elementary (Grade 3-6) classroom teachers, each following a consistent lesson format (aim, materials, duration, discussion, method, questions/reflection, finished example).

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3–6
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Antarctica Activity teaching resource preview
Drawing & designPaper crafts & construction

Antarctica Activity

A hands-on craft/science activity where students make fake 'Antarctic snow' and mold it into an Antarctic animal, then research and record facts about that animal.

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Level
3–8
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50+ Phonics Exercise Sheets (s,a,t) teaching resource preview
Paper crafts & construction

50+ Phonics Exercise Sheets (s,a,t)

A phonics practice packet focused on the letter sounds s, a, and t, covering letter/sound recognition, tracing, cut-and-paste, and related arts-and-crafts activities.

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PDF
Level
Pre-K–1
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"Corduroy" | Picture Book Study teaching resource preview
Drawing & designPaper crafts & construction

"Corduroy" | Picture Book Study

Provide a no-prep picture book study unit for the story 'Corduroy' (by Don Freeman), supporting reading comprehension, vocabulary, fine motor, and craft activities tied to the book.

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Level
Pre-K–1
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All About J - Letter of the Week Unit teaching resource preview
Drawing & designPaper crafts & construction

All About J - Letter of the Week Unit

Provides a collection of letter-J activities (crowns, puppets, wheels, tracing, cut-and-glue words, puzzles) for a preschool/kindergarten letter-of-the-week unit.

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Level
Pre-K–1
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Late Lunch with Llamas (Magic Tree House #34 Lesson Plan) teaching resource preview
Drawing & designPaper crafts & construction

Late Lunch with Llamas (Magic Tree House #34 Lesson Plan)

A 5-day homeschool/co-op unit study lesson plan built around the novel 'Late Lunch with Llamas' (Magic Tree House #34), combining reading comprehension, vocabulary, and social studies content about llamas, the Andes, and Machu Picchu.

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Level
1–3
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AN Word Family Flower Craft teaching resource preview
Paper crafts & construction

AN Word Family Flower Craft

A spring-flower craft activity for practicing reading and identifying CVC words in the 'an' word family.

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Level
Pre-K, 1
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