Craft Activities for Teachers
Hey Teachers! The craft activities for kids and printable templates you need for your holiday celebrations, classroom parties, art projects and a whole lot more are here! You'll even find free printable crafts!
Explore a collection of printable craft templates created by teachers for teachers like you to bring out your students' creative sides this school year.
From craftivities to engage students in learning about our home planet this Earth Day to printable gift templates to use around Mother's Day, Father's Day and a whole lot more, we've got your entire classroom calendar covered. Plus, you'll find arts and crafts you can use to make your core subject instruction more engaging with craft projects students can complete in ELA, science, math and even their social and emotional lessons.
Curious about using craft activities in the classroom? Read on for some tips and tricks from our teacher team, including bulletin board ideas for November, January and more — all incorporating classroom crafts!
10 Craft Activities to Use For Hallway Bulletin Boards This School Year
Are you using crafts on your bulletin boards? If you aren't, this may be the school year to start!
Adding a craft element to your bulletin board — especially a school hallway bulletin board — gives you a chance to show off your students' work, and it also reduces the total amount of decorating you have to do. It's a win-win!
Here are just a few of our team's favorite crafts to use for bulletin boards:
- Back to School Bulletin Board — Print out our Funky Apple Back to School craft template for your bulletin board, and challenge students to write about one important thing they learned over the summer.
- Science Bulletin Board — Use our funky scientist craftivity (it's got a Zentangle element), and have your students write their own rules for the science classroom.
- March Bulletin Board Idea — Has March Madness taken hold of your school? Lean in with a bit of "math madness" with our printable math basketball craft, and show your spirit on your bulletin board.
- Grandparents' Day Bulletin Board — Download our Grandparents Rock craft template, and challenge students to write about their grandparent. Holding a grandparents tea? Students can invite their special someone to view their work on your bulletin board!
- November Bulletin Board Idea — Print our free "bound to be thanked" craft printable (it's free!), and have students write thoughtful messages of thanks to school staff members. As staff pass by throughout the month of November, they can open the flap for a lovely surprise.
- Another November Bulletin Board Idea — Use our printable sugar skull mask craft templates while teaching students about calaveras, short and silly poems often written around Dia de los Muertos. Students can decorate their own masks for you to hang up for the Day of the Dead, along with their own calaveras.
- January Bulletin Board Idea — It might be cold outside, but there's plenty to warm the heart when you have students fill out our End of Year Review glyph before winter break. Hang the completed crafts on your bulletin board, and take the time to read through them yourself as a reminder of the incredible impact you've already had on your class. This is a great board to keep up throughout the month of January, especially if your school holds parent-teacher conferences during the first month of the year!
- Another January Bulletin Board Idea — Use our printable New Years writing crafivity, and challenge students to write their goals for the year. Hang the crafts on your bulletin board to inspire other students.
- April Bulletin Board Idea — April showers bring us Earth month, and our recycling craft template printable is a great way to get students thinking about — and writing about — ways to recycle and reuse items. Put all the crafts together on your bulletin board, and you have the perfect April bulletin board to celebrate Earth Day at the end of the month.
- Spring Bulletin Board Idea — Celebrate spring and teach students about life cycles with a butterfly craft! Our printable accordion book covers the stages of life that a butterfly goes through — from egg to fully formed butterfly — and it makes for an eye-catching display in the spring.
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Chinese Dragon Puppet – Craft Activity
Bring the Chinese dragon to life with this dragon puppet craft activity.
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Year of the Dragon – Paper Lantern Craft
Celebrate the Year of the Dragon with this Chinese New Year paper lantern craft activity.
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Get to Know Me Collaborative Tessellation Art Activity
Invite your students to get to know each other by creating a collaborative About Me Tessellation Art Project.
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I'm Outta This World - About Me Kids' Craft
Create an easy paper craft that is out of this world with a printable Alien-themed All About Me template.
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Funky Santa Craft Template
Add a bit of ‘funk’ to your Christmas crafting sessions with a printable Funky Santa Craft template.
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All About Me Activity - Library of Learning Book Stack Craft
Get to know your students by building a library of “About Me” book stacks with a unique All About Me activity
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I Am Thankful Quilt - Thanksgiving Art Project
Create an “I Am Thankful” Quilt to display for Thanksgiving with a printable collaborative quilt template.
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Memory Suitcase - End of the School Year Craft Template
Take a trip down memory lane and end the school year with a suitcase full of memories from the school year with a printable memory craft template.
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Memory Jar - End of Year Reflection Craft
Capture all the amazing memories from the school year and place them inside a memory jar with a fun end-of-year craft.
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Thankful Crafts for Thanksgiving - Spinner Template
Spin and share what you’re thankful for this year with a spinning Thanksgiving paper craft.
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I Am Thankful Mug- Printable Thanksgiving Craft
Use an “I Am Thankful For” printable craft template to display gratitude during the Thanksgiving season.
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Printable Turkey Template Pack
Create a flock of fun Thanksgiving turkeys with a set of printable turkey templates.
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How to Make a Sundae - Informational Writing Craftivity
Inspire students to write informational text with a fun, summer-themed end-of-year writing assignment and craft.
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Veterans Day Craft - Poppy & Flag Agamograph
Create an amazing optical illusion with this printable Veterans day craft activity.
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Paper Spiderweb Template
Build scissor skills and create creepy crawly Halloween classroom decorations with a printable paper spiderweb template.
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Kandinsky Trees - Circle Art Activity
Create seasonal trees in the artistic style of Wassily Kandinsky with a fun Dot Day Art Project!
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Dot Day Pointillism Art Activity
Celebrate Dot Day and introduce your students to the artistic style of Pointillism with an exciting National Dot Day art activity.
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Bat Outline Template
Craft a colony of bats this Halloween with a printable outline of a bat.
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Funky Grandpa - Grandparents' Day Craft
Make grandpa something extra special for Grandparents’ Day with our Funky Grandpa Craft Activity!
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International Dot Day Textured Mandala Template
Celebrate International Dot Day in style with a printable Dot Day Textured Mandala Template.
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Funky Grandma
Make grandma something extra special for Grandparents’ Day with our Funky Grandma Craft Activity!
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Tattle Monster - Tattle Telling Tissue Box Template
Create a tattle monster out of a tissue box for your classroom using this cute template.
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Groundhog Day Paper Bag Puppet Template
Download a printable Groundhog paper bag puppet template for kids — the perfect kindergarten or 1st grade craft for Groundhog Day!
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Year of the Dog String Puppet Craft Template
A Lunar New Year themed 'Year of the Dog' string puppet template.
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Ocean Pollution Art Activity
Inspire discussions about ocean pollution and environmental impact with an Earth Day art project.
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Printable Halloween Masks – Assorted
Get crafty and create fun Halloween costumes with printable Halloween mask templates.
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Welcome to Our School - About Me Glyph
Celebrate the first day of school, get to know your students, and create an amazing bulletin board display with a Welcome to our “School” Fish Glyph.
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Letter Craft Activity - 'U' is For Umbrella
An activity to assist young students with letter recognition, phonological awareness, and fine motor development.
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Spiderweb Plates – Craft Activity
Use a fun spiderweb craft activity to bring spider fun into your classroom this Halloween.
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Letter Craft Activity - 'A' is For Ant
An activity to assist young students with letter recognition, phonological awareness, and fine motor development.
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Mindful Coloring and Breathing – Pinwheel Activity
Practice mindfulness through coloring and breathing with this paper pinwheel craft activity.
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Polar Bear Craft Template
Pair a polar bear craft and informational writing to create a fun winter animals bulletin board.