Curated OER
NATIVE AMERICAN WEAVERS
Students explore Native American weavers by making a pattern, repeating that pattern on a strip of paper, and weaving the paper onto a loom.
Curated OER
Reduce and Reuse
Learners conduct a lunch waste audit by recording each item they throw away at lunch. They graph class lunch waste. They use this information to devise a plan of action to reduce lunch waste. There is also an activity to make paper.
Curated OER
Making Paper
Students create paper by adding a few small scraps of paper into the blender pitcher and adding just enough water to thoroughly soak paper.
Curated OER
Weaving
Second graders, after reading the book, Warm as Wool, take part on a discussion about weaving with a guest speaker. They identify at least one specific idea they learned from weaving.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Clifford the Big Red Dog
Highly interactive site all about Clifford! Activities available include games, stories, coloring pages, crafts, letter writing, painting, and music. There's even a special section for parents and teachers with teaching and learning ideas.
Other
Primera Escuela: El Oso
A collection of many Spanish-language crafts and activities about bears.
Other
Primera Escuela: Pinguino
A collection of Spanish-language crafts and activities about penguins.
Other
Mint Museums: Hands on Crafts
Interactive resource about pottery, weaving, quilting, and basketry. Includes informative texts, videos of children dicussing and/or performing their craft, ability to "make" crafts online, and information about places to go to make...
Other
Hgtv.com
Learn about decorating, remodeling, gardening, entertaining, and crafts on HGTV.com. Watch video clips, visit the HGTV store, and learn about new home and garden products.
Other
Dltk Ninos: Dibujos De Invierno Para Colorear
A collection of winter-themed, Spanish-language coloring sheets.
Other
Arkansas Arts Center Museum of Art, Children Theater
The Arkansas Arts Center Museum of Art collection is noted for drawings from the Renaissance to the present and craft objects including teapots, baskets, and toys designed by artists. Thumbnails that include detailed information on the...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: World Cultures Collection
Explore the world with PBS LearningMedia! This collection focuses on food, folktales, and other aspects of cultural heritage. With your class, hear stories, play through situations, and learn how to make crafts from cultures near and far.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Sesame Street
Do you know how to get to Sesame Street? This collection is designed to engage preschoolers in everyday learning by teaching core skills in Math, Literacy, STEM, and Social and Emotional Development. Here you'll find hundreds of videos,...
Art Cyclopedia
Artcyclopedia: The Arts and Crafts Movement
Artcyclopedia gives a brief history of the Arts and Crafts Movement, focusing on William Morris and artists working for the William Morris Company.
Museum of Modern Art
Mo Ma: Stencil Portraits
The Museum of Modern Art presents this classroom or group activity for making stencil portraits. Requires Adobe Reader. [PDF]
Other
Up to Ten: Make an Insect Kite
"Make a giant insect kite that you'll be able to fly around your garden or the local park."
Other
Silicon Valley Art Museum: New Clothes: Self Portrait Lesson With Crayon Rubbing
Silicon Valley Art Museum presents this printable pdf activity "New Clothes: Self-Portrait Lesson with Crayon Rubbing" which teaches the technique of making rubbings.
Other
The Toymaker
Dozens of beautiful paperfolding toys for you and your students to try. Just print, cut, fold, and glue. Many would work well with class themes including animals, flowers, and holidays.
Other
National Gallery, London: Take One Picture Craft, Design & Technology
Some exciting ideas from the National Gallery in London on incorporating various crafts into a fun art lesson.
Other
Doll Classes and Craft Classes Online Crafty College
This site offers on-line classes on many different types of doll making. It has close up pictures and a name for each doll. You can view the dolls for free,but must sign up for a class to get full details on how to make it.
Other
Primera Escuela: First School
A diverse variety of fun activities for toddlers, preschoolers and kindergarteners. Among other subjects you'll find: alphabet, animals, holidays and events, coloring pages (for fairy tales, holidays, vocabulary, etc.) crafts and more....
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Ocean Crafts
Colorful examples and directions are given for ocean crafts designed for kindergarten and elementary school children.
Native American Art and Technology
Native Tech: Native American Technology and Art
Informational site discusses the technology of Native American crafts and the meaning of those crafts. Touches on everything from pottery to clothing.