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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Constitution Day Activity - Bill of Rights Banner
Help your students understand their citizens’ rights with a Constitution Day Bill of Rights Pennant Banner project.
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Funky Bat Halloween Craft
Create a classroom colony of adorable Funky Bats with a Halloween craft for kids!
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Grandparents' Day Craft - Photo Teapot Card
Surprise Grandma and Grandpa and tell them how “Tea-Riffic” they are with a fun Grandparents’ Day Craft!
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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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Funky Cat - Halloween Paper Craft
Print this fun Halloween craft activity and use Zentangle pattern art to create a cat with funky accessories.
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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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Cut-Out Owl Template
Create a whole parliament of owls with a printable owl outline 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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International Dot Day Textured Mandala Template
Celebrate International Dot Day in style with a printable Dot Day Textured Mandala Template.
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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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Cooperation Station — SEL and Character Education Craft
Make your classroom a better “space” with cooperative learning and a fun Cooperation Station craft!
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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 Mother's Day Cards
A set of 8 greeting cards for your students to decorate for Mother's Day.
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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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Rocket Template
A rocket template to use in the classroom.
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About My Emotional Heart Craft- Printable SEL Activities
Teach feelings and big emotions to your young learners with a heart-shaped printable feelings book.
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Australian Christmas Bush Craft Template
Introduce your students to one of Australia’s Christmas traditions and decorations with a printable Christmas bush craft template.
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3-D Christmas Tree - Printable Craft Template
Try combining geometry and Christmas with this fun holiday craft!
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Day of the Dead - Sugar Skull Mask Template
Promote cultural awareness and introduce Dia de Muertos to your students with a Sugar Skull mask craft.
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Letter Craft Activity - 'M' is For Monster
An activity to assist young students with letter recognition, phonemic awareness and fine motor development.
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Printable Skeleton - Halloween Bulletin Board Craft
Craft a bit of creepy classroom decor for Halloween with a build-a-skeleton template.
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Printable Grandparents Day Card - Flowers
Say thank you to all of the grandparents with a printable Grandparents Day card.
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Grandparents Rock! Grandparents Day Craft Activity
Celebrate National Grandparents Day in the classroom with a rockin’ Grandparents Day craft activity and writing prompt.
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Let's Celebrate! Classroom Birthday Crown
Get crafty and celebrate your students’ birthdays in style with a printable birthday crown craft activity.
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Father's Day Exploding Pop-up Card
Make a pop-up Father’s Day card that is bursting with excitement!
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Sweet Memories - End of Year Ice Cream Sundae Craft/Reflection
Reflect on the sweet memories of the school year with an End-of-School Ice Cream Craftivity.
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End of Year - Buckets of Fun Writing and Craft Activity
Reflect on the school year that was Buckets of Fun with a printable last day of school craft activity.
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Year in Review Glyph
Encourage student self-reflection with this end-of-the-year glyph.
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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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Funky Alpaca Craft Template
Teach about Zentangle art patterns with a fun (an funky) printable alpaca template for teachers.