Back to School Crafts
Get ready to kick off the new school year with some fun and creativity! The first day of school is just around the corner, and what better way to celebrate than with some adorable and easy-to-make Back to School Crafts? We’ve gathered a collection of charming and clever ideas that will surely ignite excitement for the beginning of a new academic adventure!
Picture this: colorful yellow school buses zooming through your living room, shiny red apples ready to be painted, and cheerful crayons bringing your crafting table to life! From whimsical pencil holders to artistic glue creations, we have something for everyone to enjoy. These crafts are perfect for preschoolers, kindergarteners, and elementary age kids, providing not only a fun activity but also an opportunity for children to express their creativity and excitement for the school year ahead.
Encourage your little ones to explore their imagination as they gather supplies like construction paper, glue, and scissors. They can create their own interpretations of classroom essentials, making the transition back to school even more special. Not only are these crafts a wonderful way to bond with your kiddos, but they also help set a cheerful tone for the upcoming year!
So, gather your crafting materials and get ready to unleash some creativity! We can’t wait to see the amazing projects that your children create. Let’s make this back-to-school season memorable and full of joy! Share your crafting pictures and experiences in the comments below. Happy crafting!
Plus don’t miss our back to school activities including school bus activities for preschoolers, cute first day of school printables, and school themed free printable lacing cards.
Back to school crafts for preschoolers
- Create school bus notebooks
- Printable Crayon Colors Math Craft is a super cute craft that also helps kids to learn their colors
- Bookworm Colored Pencil / Crayon Holder Craft is as cute as it is practicle
- Complete a back to school pencil craft
- Celebrate the first day of school with a school bus card
- This back pack craft is such a fun back to school craft to help kids get excited about the first day of school
- Kids will love making this unique Back to School Apple Core Craft out of popsicle sticks
- This adorable back to school footprint craft is a fun way to celebrate the first day of school.
School Craft Ideas
- Make mini-notebooks with locks
- Adorable Tissue Paper Apple Craft is perfect for an easy first day of school craft
- Toilet Paper Roll Pencil Craft (with secret storage inside)
- Try a DIY mini-notebook using one sheet of paper
- Store pencils in an adorable DIY pencil holder
- Kids will love making this Apple Core Craft using a paper plate and torn pieces of paper!
- Try a paper weaving school bus craft
- This adorable apple and worm paper plate craft is sure to be a hit with your kids!
Back to school crafts for kindergarten
- These Apple Bookmark Corners are a great way to keep your place in books you are reading together
- Check out this fun DIY unicorn pencil holder
- This adorable apple lacing craft helps kids practice their ABCs while making a fun back to school craft
- Make bookmark corners for schoolbooks
- This adorable handprint apple craft is sure to be a favorite for years to come!
- Create ornament keyrings to hang on backpacks
- This adorable school bus puffy paint craft is such a fun project to make together
- Help kids learn their shapes with this super cute paper plate school bus craft
- Decorate your school supplies with mermaids
- Adorable Paper Strip Apple craft is super easy to make with stunning results!
- Kids will love making their own First Day of Preschool or 1st Day of Kindergarten hats
Back to School Crafts for Kids
- Or try a fuzzy monster backpack charm
- This upcycled School Bus Craft from Newspaper is as cute as it is clever
- Don’t miss this pom pom fox
- Get ready for the first day of school with this Back to School Crayon Photo Prop
- Fun-to-make Bubble Wrap Apple Tree Craft
- How adorable is this Elmers Glue Wreath Craft to make for back to school.
- Save your child’s school photo in a DIY school bus photo frame
- Capture the many phases of your child or each of your child’s faces in this School Bus Keepsake Frame Craft
- Or make a schoolhouse photo frame
- Sponge painted Apple Core Craft is super fun for young kids to make
- Nothing says Back to School like school supplies! Kids will love making this glue craft out of popsicle sticks.
Back to School Printables
- Glue Number Bonds Worksheets – practicing addition within 20
- Practice what comes next with these Back to School Math pencil counting strips
- Work on color recognition with these adorable Crayon Box Craft for Preschoolers and Kindergartens
- Record your child’s favorite as they head off to school with these All about me printable poster for kindergarten
- Celebrate the 1st day of School with these First Day of School Hat.
- Back to School Rhyming Activities for Kindergarten
- Count to 20Â Clip Cards
- Back to School Counting Puzzles
- Printable Back to School ABC Games
- Back to School 1-10 Number Worksheets
- Back to School Color by Number
- Free School Supplies Tracing Worksheet
- I Spy Back to School Printable
- Free Back to School Worksheets Preschool
- Back to School Theme for Preschoolers
- Crayon Colors Printable Crafts for Kids
- Apple Worksheet Preschool
- School Bus Beginning Sounds Activity
- Free Back to School Coloring Pages
- Free printable first day of school signs
- School Supplies Tracing Lines Free Printables
- Super Cute and Easy Pencil Craft
- Free Back to School Worksheets – Crack the Code
- School Supplies Free sudoku printables
- Back to School Printables Bundle
- Super cute, Free All About Me Printable Poster for Kindergarten
Kindergarten Crafts
- Paper Roll Bunny Craft
- 100 Amazing Zoo Animal Crafts
- These tin foil art projects are fun-to-make and so pretty!
- Folded Paper Elephant Craft Bookmark
- Painted Flower Craft Preschool
- Creative Pipe Cleaner Crafts kids will want to make
- Stunning Tissue Paper Rainbow Craft
- Bubble Wrap Painting Rain Craft
- Outrageously Cute Googly Eye Crafts
- Tissue Paper Butterfly Suncatcher Craft
- Star Wars Crafts that are from a galaxy far, far away
- Super cute Thing 1 and Thing 2 Craft
- Must-try Popsicle Stick Crafts
- Over 100 Fun Spring Crafts for Kids
- Super fun Spin Art Flower Craft for Kids
- This Monet art project for kids is a fun way to introduce famous artists for kids with a stunning project!
- Lovely Coffee Filter Crafts for kids
- Check out these toilet paper roll crafts
- Try these paper plate crafts for all occasions
- Clever Fall Crafts for Kids
- Silly Monster Crafts for kids of all ages
- Cute Handprint Alphabet Crafts from A to Z
- Letter Crafts sorted A-Z
- Learn your letters with these free printable alphabet crafts