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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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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Friendship Flower Template
Reflect on how a good friend acts with this charming friendship writing exercise.
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Easter Basket Printable
Bring creativity and excitement to your Easter celebrations with this Easter basket printable.
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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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Bunny Easter Baskets – Craft Template
Spark creativity, build fine motor skills, and celebrate the Easter holiday with our printable bunny Easter baskets.
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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.
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Easter Bunny Craft for Preschoolers
Celebrate Easter while encouraging imaginative storytelling with this bunny craft for preschoolers.
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Solar System Mobile – Craft Activity
Use this printable solar system craft when learning about the planets and their position in relation to the Sun.
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St. Paddy's Synonyms - St. Patrick's Day Craft
Practice identifying and matching synonyms with a fun St. Patrick’s Day Craft Activity.
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Funky Fraction Craft Activity (Halves)
Use this craft activity to encourage students to color, match, and discuss two halves of a shape.
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"March Mathness" Basketball Math Craft - Addition
Practice 2-3 digit addition (with and without regrouping) with a fun "March Mathness" craft activity.
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Happy Friendship Day! - Printable Paper Hat Templates
Bring your students together and say Happy Friendship Day with a fun crown template!
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President's Day Crafts - Biography Writing Template
Encourage students to dive into writing a biography Abraham Lincoln or George Washington with a printable Presidents’ Day Craft template.
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Thanks For Helping Us Grow Flower Craft for Kids Templates
Print these "thank you for helping us grow" flower craft templates for your students to make thank you gifts for teacher's aides and other support staff on Teacher Appreciation Week, gifts for mom on Mother's Day, or even thank you gifts for Grandparents Day!
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Factor Craftivity
Create a fun craft while determining factor pairs of a given number.
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Craft Bunny Rabbit – How to Catch the Easter Bunny
Get your students excited for Easter with this engaging craft bunny rabbit activity.
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Presidents' Day Craft - If I Were President
Learn about Presidents’ Day with an “If I Were President” writing and craft activity.
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Mother's Day Craft - Super Mom!
Celebrate the women in your students’ lives with a Mother's Day craft to show them just how “Super” they are!
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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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Groundhog Day Writing Craftivity
Celebrate Groundhog Day in the classroom and show off your predictions with a printable Groundhog Day Craft.
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Ocean Animals Report - Crab Writing Template
Research, write and create a crab report with a printable crab-themed animal report template.
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Gallon Man Template
Build a Gallon Man to help your students visualize the units of capacity and use when converting between units.
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All About Me Instagram - Get to Know Me Template
Get to know the students in your class with this fun All About Me Instagram - Get to Know Me Template.
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Printable First Day of School Crowns - Free
Get crafty and celebrate the new school year with free printable first-day-of-school crowns.
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Puppy Dog String Puppet Craft Template
A simple puppy dog string puppet template.
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100 Sprinkles for 100 Days Cupcake Craft
Sprinkle in some sweet counting practice on the 100th Day of School with a printable 100th-day celebration craft activity.
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Build-a-Quokka Report Writing Template
Research, write and create a quokka report to build informational writing skills using a fun Build-a-Quokka report template.
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Build-a-Groundhog -Craft and Report Writing Template
Celebrate Groundhog Day with a fun groundhog report and craft template. Students will research, write and create a report on this weather-predicting animal!