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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Year in Review Glyph
Encourage student self-reflection with this end-of-the-year glyph.
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End of Year Writing Craftivity - Summer Plan Gumball Machine
Excite your students for the upcoming summer with a writing and craft activity.
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Last Day of School Craft- Printable Crown
Get crafty on the last day of school with a Last Day of School Crown to make and wear!
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We're So Lucky Clover Chain Activity
Encourage students to think about their good luck with this charming St Patrick’s Day writing prompt.
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Paper Cut Tiger Template - Lunar New Year
Hone fine motor skills with this tiger-themed cutting activity for Lunar New Year.
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New Year's Crafts - Make Your Own Firework Show Art
Make a unique, eye-popping New Year's Craft and art project to celebrate the new year.
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End of Year Lapbooking Templates
Build reflection into the last days of school with an end-of-year lapbook.
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Funky Astronaut Craft Template
A fun craft activity using an astronaut with funky accessories.
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Funky Alpaca Craft Template
Teach about Zentangle art patterns with a fun (an funky) printable alpaca template for teachers.
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Funky Bunny Craft - Extra Accessories
A range of additional accessories to use when creating Teach Starter's funky craft items.
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Learning Primary and Secondary Colors – Craft Activity
A painting craft activity to help students learn about primary and secondary colors.
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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 - 'O' is For Octopus
An activity to assist young students with letter recognition, phonemic awareness and fine motor development.
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Cubism Guitar – Template
A paper craft template of a Cubism style guitar.
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Mosaic Poppy Art Activity
Use this creative art activity when commemorating Memorial Day or Veterans Day in the classroom.
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New Year's Pop-Up Card
Ring in the new year in your classroom with this engaging 3-D cityscape craft activity for students.
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Funky New Year's Party Hat
Create a stylish party hat to ring in the new year in style.
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Fabulous Florals - Paper Towel Roses Craft Activity
Help your students say thank you to someone special by crafting a beautiful bouquet of colorful paper flowers.
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Mosaic Easter Egg Art Activity
A creative art activity to use in the days leading up to Easter.
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Chinese New Year - Rat Puppet Template
A fun template for students to make their own rat puppet.
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Punctuation Puppets
A set of punctuation characters to cut out and use as puppets.
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Valentine's Day Bag Decorations
Choose from two charming craft templates for a decorative Valentine’s bag or box.
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Narrative Setting Craft Templates
A set of circular diorama templates that combine to create three scenes.
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Father's Day Decorative Square Templates
Use these decorative notecard templates and frames to create an exploding gift box for Father's Day.
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Year of the Ox – String Puppet Craft Template
A Lunar New Year-themed ‘Year of the Ox’ string puppet template.
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Year of the Ox – Paper Lantern Craft
A Year of the Ox craft activity to help celebrate Lunar New Year!
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How to Make a Twirling Spinner – Craft Activity
A procedure article showing how to make a twirling spinner.
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Olympic Torch – Craft Activity
A printable Olympic torch craft activity template.
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How to Make a Tessellation Artwork
An article instructing students on how to make a tessellation artwork.
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Paper Bag Pirate - Puppet Making Activity
A fun, hands-on craft activity making paper bag pirates!
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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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Science Inspired Photo Booth Props
Set up a science inspired photo booth in your classroom with a printable set of photo booth props.