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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World's Best Grandparents Craft - Pennant Banner
Create a beautiful Grandparents’ Day Bulletin Board with student-made pennant banner templates.
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Grandparents' Day Poem - Fingerprint Art Craft
Show the grandparents how much they are loved with a special Grandparents’ Day Poem and Craft Activity.
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Grandparents' Day Activity - Simile Spinner Craft
Show Grandma and Grandpa how awesome they are with a Grandparents’ Day Simile Spinner!
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Self-Esteem Portrait Digital Activity
Explore positive self esteem with this self-portrait of positive traits.
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World's Best - Grandparents' Day Card Templates
Surprise grandma and grandpa with a “World’s Best Grandparent” trophy with our printable Grandparents’ Day Craft template.
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Grandparents' Day Handprint Gift Templates
Give grandma and grandpa a special keepsake with fun Grandparents’ Day Handprint Crafts!
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Fox Craft Template
Craft a fun Pine Cone Fox with a printable fox template.
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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 Halloween Witch Craft Template
Color and craft a fun witch with fabulous accessories with this funky Halloween Coloring Page and Craft Template
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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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Funky Grandma
Make grandma something extra special for Grandparents’ Day with our Funky Grandma Craft Activity!
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2nd Grade Odd and Even Boats Craft Activity
Create a boat-themed odd and even craft display all while showing an understanding of odd and even numbers.
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Personality Planets – All About Me Craftivity
Encourage students to reflect about what makes them unique and special with this all about me craftivity.
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Spider Outline Template
Create creepy eight-legged arachnids with a printable spider outline template.
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Halloween Silhouette Templates
Use your teacher tricks to make some Halloween treats with a set of printable Halloween Silhouettes.
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Funky School Bus Craft Activity
Go for a ride on the Funky School Bus with a fun Back to School Craft for Kids!
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My Treasures - Getting-to-Know-You Activity
Get to know your new classroom "treasures" with a fun "All About Me" Craft Activity.
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Text Connections Craftivity
Practice making connections to text with your students with this simple craftivity.
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2D Shape Finger Puppets
Use these cute shape puppets when discussing 2-D shape names and their properties with your students.
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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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Memorial Day Collaborative Coloring Mural
Create a beautiful whole class wreath with this Memorial Day collaborative coloring sheet.
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World's Most Huggable Mom - Mother's Day Card Template
Make Mom a special Mother's Day card with a special teddy bear card template.
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Printable Father's Day Cards - Superhero Dads
Make a superhero dad a special Father's Day card this year with a printable card to color.
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Memorial Day Craft - Printable Bracelets
Create a wearable Memorial Day bracelet with these printable wrist bands.
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Mother's Day Silhouette Art Templates
Make Mom a special gift this Mother's Day with a printable Silhouette Art Template.
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Printable Mother's Day Cards
A set of 8 greeting cards for your students to decorate for Mother's Day.
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Funky Easter Egg Craft Template
Create a fun and funky Easter Egg with our Funky Egg Easter Egg Craft!
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Easter Egg Basket – Printable Easter Basket Template
An easy-to-print Easter basket template for kids.
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Mosaic Easter Bunny Art Activity
A creative art activity to use in the days leading up to Easter.
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Easter Bunny Basket – Template
A printable Easter basket craft activity for kids.
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Rocket Template
A rocket template to use in the classroom.
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Knock, Knock! Who's There? April Fools' Craft Activity
Create a fun classroom display of Knock Knock jokes for April Fools’ Day.