7 Spring Crafts for the Classroom
In the ClassroomWith spring in full bloom, it’s time to start planning some spring-themed crafts for the classroom or daycare to encourage creativity, keep the mind active, and improve fine motor skills!
Here are 7 of our favorite spring crafts that are perfect for children ages 4-10. Of course, the young ones will need an adult to do the cutting!
Rain Cloud Craft
Here’s what you need:
- Blue paper
- Cotton balls
- Streamers (assorted colors)
- Scissors
- Glue
Instructions:
- Draw a cloud on the colored paper.
- Stick cotton balls all over the cloud.
- Cut out the cloud.
- Cut the streamers into strips.
- Glue the streamers onto the back of the cloud.
Bunny Hats
Here’s what you need:
- Cardstock paper in various pastel shades
- Scissors
- Permanent marker
- Glue dots
- Craft knife
- Twine
Instructions:
- Make the party hats with this template.
- Cut out eyes and noses for the bunny with simple circles and triangles and long thin pieces for the whiskers.
- Attach the eyes and nose with glue dots.
- Draw in a simple mouth with your permanent marker.
- Cut slits in the side of the hat with your craft knife.
- Cut out ears and fold at the bottom about ¼” up.
- Insert the ears and secure them with tape inside.
- Attach twine to the sides of the inside of the hat to tie around the head. Secure with tape.
Silly Rock Painting
Here’s what you need:
- Paint and paintbrushes
- Clean rocks
- Googly eyes and/or stickers
Instructions:
- Have the children paint and decorate the rocks!
- Leave to dry for about an hour, depending on how thick the paint is and then they can take them home!
Coffee Filter Monsters
Here’s what you need:
- 2 Regular sized coffee filters
- Washable markers (we used Crayola)
- Scissors
- An eye dropper or spray bottle filled with water
- Googly eyes (in various sizes)
- Crafter’s tape and regular tape
- Colored construction paper
Instructions:
- Layer two filters together, one on top of the other and flatten them.
- Color the filters as desired.
- Use an eyedropper or spray bottle to drop/spray water onto the filters to make the colors bleed together in almost a tie-dye fashion.
- Let the filters dry naturally, or dry them in the oven at 115F for 30-40mins.
- Once they are completely dry, use scissors to cut thin strips, creating a fringe around the filters (make sure the two filters are still stuck together.
- Now decorate your monster! To create the legs, fold paper strips like an accordion and make sure to fluff the fringe!
Bubble Wrap Flowers
Here’s what you need:
- Bubble wrap
- Paint
- Cardboard
- Bottle caps (optional)
- Stickers
- Paper
Instructions:
- Create stamps by gluing bubble wrap to cardboard and cutting them out into flower petal shapes. You can even glue a bottle cap to the back as a handle for the stamp.
- Dip the stamps into the paint and begin making your flowers.
- Add a stem, leaves, stickers, and as many colors as you’d like!
Paper Plate Bees
Here’s what you need:
- Black and yellow paint
- Googly eyes
- Cotton balls
- Clothespins
- Dot paint or any round object such as bottle caps for the stamp
Instructions:
- Paint the paper plates yellow (or if you can find yellow paper plates, great!)
- Paint 2 clothespins black. After they dry, glue cotton balls to the very top of the clothespins.
- After the yellow paint dries, use dot paint or a round object (such as cotton balls or bottle caps) and dip it in black paint to stamp the dots onto the plate to create the lines on the bumblebee.
- Glue googly eyes onto the plate.
- Fasten the clothespins to the paper plate.
Paper Plate Umbrellas
Here’s what you need:
- Paper plates
- Pipe cleaners (assorted colors)
- Dot paints or markers
- Scissors
- Tape
Instructions:
- Cut the paper plates in half.
- Decorate your half of the plate with dot paints or markers.
- Take 2 pipe cleaners & twist them together.
- Curve the one end to look like an umbrella handle and tape it to the paper plate.
To find more spring-themed crafts and activities that children are sure to love, check out our blog post from last spring!