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Get Ready for School: Make a Schultüte!
Get Ready for School: Make a Schultüte!
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Get Ready for School: Make a Schultüte!
Celebrate your child's first day of kindergarten with this arts and crafts activity: make a SchultÃte, a cardboard cone filled with candy and other goodies!
Kindergarten
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Tissue Pouch
Tissue Pouch
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Tissue Pouch
Keep school day sniffles at bay with a simple felt tissue cozy that fits neatly in a 3-ring binder.
1st grade
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Pencil Toppers
Pencil Toppers
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Pencil Toppers
Make going back to school a fun time! Let your child create her own pencil topper creatures using everyday materials and a Styrofoam ball.
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
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Letter to Your Teacher
Letter to Your Teacher
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Letter to Your Teacher
Start the school year off on the right foot by treating your child's new teacher to a special heart-felt surprise!
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
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Back to School Party
Back to School Party
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Back to School Party
It's that time of the year again! Celebrate the start of a new school year with a back to class bash, complete with arts and crafts, food and games.
3rd grade
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Make Your Own Notepad
Make Your Own Notepad
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Make Your Own Notepad
This is the perfect recycling project for back to school! Your child will put all those extra paper bags to good use and assemble her own personal notepad.
3rd grade
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Back to School Poem
Back to School Poem
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Back to School Poem
Celebrate the new school year with a back to school poem!
4th grade
Reading & Writing
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Felt Pencil Case
Felt Pencil Case
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Felt Pencil Case
Using only straight-line sewing, your fourth can create a nifty felt pencil case perfect for his busy life.
4th grade
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Washi Tape School Supplies
Washi Tape School Supplies
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Washi Tape School Supplies
Prepare for school the washi tape way with some washi tape school supplies!
1st grade
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DIY Mirror Craft
DIY Mirror Craft
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DIY Mirror Craft
Looking for a customized locker accessory? Try this DIY Mirror Craft and spruce up a plain old mirror with some original designs.
5th grade
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Goal Planning
Goal Planning
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Goal Planning
To reach goals and gain accomplishments, you have to have a plan for success. This activity will help your child to create goals for the upcoming school year.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
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Build a Back to School Bulletin Board
Build a Back to School Bulletin Board
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Build a Back to School Bulletin Board
Here's a homemade bulletin board project to help your fourth grader's school year start off right.
4th grade
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First Day of School Craft
First Day of School Craft
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First Day of School Craft
Make a First Day of School Mobile to help commemorate the big step from preschool to kindergarten and ease those first day jitters!
Kindergarten
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My Back to School Family Photo Collage
My Back to School Family Photo Collage
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My Back to School Family Photo Collage
Help your preschooler to create this artful reminder of home for the first days of school. Using family photos your child can collage a memento of home.
Preschool
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Create a Reused School Supply Collage
Create a Reused School Supply Collage
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Create a Reused School Supply Collage
Instead of tossing old school supplies, turn them into a work of art and teach your kids how to find new uses for old things.
3rd grade
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Make Your Own Ruler
Make Your Own Ruler
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Make Your Own Ruler
This craft activity encourages kindergarteners to explore measuring. Get ready to measure the fun that your child will have creating his own ruler!
Kindergarten
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Create a Classroom Pop-Up Book
Create a Classroom Pop-Up Book
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Create a Classroom Pop-Up Book
Make going back to school fun with this surprising pop up book, perfect for first graders!
1st grade
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Make a "First Day of School" Photo Book
Make a "First Day of School" Photo Book
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Make a "First Day of School" Photo Book
Make a photo book to provide a reassuring guide for your child's first days and weeks of school.
Kindergarten
Social studies
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Make a Lunchbox Magnet Board
Make a Lunchbox Magnet Board
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Make a Lunchbox Magnet Board
Here's a way to bring young children into the process of preparing healthy school lunches, and build up early literacy skills while they're at it!
1st grade
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Decorate Your Own Locker Mirror!
Decorate Your Own Locker Mirror!
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Decorate Your Own Locker Mirror!
The start of a new school year is always a great time to decorate a locker. Here's a way to help your middle schooler get off to an organized, stylish start!
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Kindergarten Readiness: Map The Day!
Kindergarten Readiness: Map The Day!
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Kindergarten Readiness: Map The Day!
Practice early social studies skills and get your child excited about the new school year with this fun activity.
Kindergarten
Social studies
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Map Your Middle School!
Map Your Middle School!
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Map Your Middle School!
Help your middle schooler "map" her complicated day. It's a simple job with big payoffs that will last all through the year!
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Make a Flower Pot Pen Bouquet
Make a Flower Pot Pen Bouquet
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Make a Flower Pot Pen Bouquet
As school starts, there's no better time to get your kid off to a fresh, fun, organized start. Here's a desk craft for style-minded students!
4th grade
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Make a Homework Caddy Kit
Make a Homework Caddy Kit
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Make a Homework Caddy Kit
For kids who prefer to do homework flopped on a rug, this practical caddy can make all the difference!
4th grade
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Decorate a Homework Clipboard!
Decorate a Homework Clipboard!
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Decorate a Homework Clipboard!
This school year, have your child decorate his very own clip board and watch him do his homework in style!
4th grade
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Prepare for back to school season with our back to school activities that will help your students get organized and start the year off right. From decorations to organizational materials to arts and crafts, we have everything you need to be ready on the first day of school.