Arts & Crafts
Art and Craft Supplies for the Classroom and Home
Classroom art and craft supplies makes teaching art to young students a joy, not a hassle. Art and craft supplies can act as tools for capturing student interest and imagination. These supplies can also be used to develop fine motor skills, help students envision concepts, and encourage active participation.
Fine Motor Skills
The creation of art and craft projects demands movement. Students must interact with supplies in order to achieve goals. The actions they perform can develop fine motor skills. For example, threading Fancy Stringing Rings onto a string to create a necklace requires a series of actions: sorting beads by color and shape, placing the rings in an attractive arrangement, knotting a ring onto the end of the string, slipping the beads onto the string in the proper arrangement, and securing the ends of the string together.
Understanding Concepts
When threading rings, asking students to spell out their names or other words with Lowercase Manuscript Letter Beads can add another level of complexity to the project. Students engage in identifying letters and using them to spell. They then take pride when others view their necklaces and recognize the words that the students spelled. Asking students to create patterns with the rings or beads engages them with math and they can visualize concepts such as single numbers, pairs, and groups. This is just one example of an art and craft project that can help students understand basic concepts in various subject areas.
Art Activity Kits
Art Activity Kits target certain topics with preplanned activities that are easy to put into action. Try using the Culturally Diverse 24 People Tag K kit as part of a unit about community and diversity or using the series of Scene-a-Rama diorama kits to teach students about the natural landscape. There’s a kit for every topic and activity – for example, the Mosaica kit is a great addition to a unit about patterns. Teachers who are interested in a general all-purpose kit will find many of their art and craft supply needs met by The Colossal Art Kit by Chenille Kraft.
Supplies and Arts and Crafts Resource Books
Basic supplies such as craft sticks, beads, sponges, Sculptamold, and Styrofoam balls, can be used for many activities. Arts and Crafts Resource Books can help teachers develop effective educational activities using these and other supplies. Art and Craft Resource Books for Teachers and Home Use cover a wide variety of topics and grade levels. Fine Motor Projects by Carson Dellosa contains activities, tips and ideas for developing motor skills and can be used in conjunction with art supplies, including stamps, play dough, paint, and crayons. Art with Anything by Gryphon House contains activity ideas that can be implemented with everyday objects, including buttons, cardboard, and junk mail.
Encourage Active Participation
Arts and crafts capture the interest of students because they must interact with supplies in order to create something. Physical action requires attention and gets students involved. Students must perform actions to complete their project, such as picking up chalk to form letters, applying adhesive or paint, and organizing objects to form patterns. Art and craft projects require students to strategize in order to achieve their goal and to think analytically about each task they encounter, such as arranging objects. When their art and craft projects are finished, students are often left with meaningful visual interpretations of academic topics -- the creation of which has developed fine motor skills and brought a new understanding.
- Product
- Qty in Cart
- Quantity
- Price
- Subtotal
-
Sand Magic Reveal
Educational Insights
$40.48Kids can create their own mesmerizing color reveals, inspired by the viral trend. Includes three pounds of Playfoam Sand in four colors, a design station, cylinder and cube molds, three core molds, three shaped stampers, a cutter, and a scooper.Key...$40.48 -
Hobby Paint Brush Set, Assorted Sizes, 4 Per Set, 6 Sets
Prang®
$23.94Prang® premium wood paint brushes feature high-quality bristles, large grips, and seamless metal ferrules that prevent paint build-up. They are both AP certified non-toxic and conform to ASTM and ANSI safety standards. Each set includes 4 brushes in...$23.94 -
Fidgit Stix, 42 Per Pack, 3 Packs
Wikki Stix®
$26.85Wikki Stix are a tactile, sensory and engaging product which can be used to help children and adults with special needs in myriad ways. Made in the USA, Wikki Stix are non-toxic of course, and bring a fun and colorful approach to challenging issues...$26.85 -
Glitter Washable Paint, 8 oz, Set of 9
Handy Art®
$38.23Handy Art® Glitter Washable Tempera Paint provides easy clean up and super washability. Add extra sparkle, shimmer and shine to art, craft and school projects. Paint is non-toxic, water based and gluten-free and can be used on paper, poster board and...$38.23 -
Metallic Liquid Watercolor, 8 oz, Set of 6
Handy Art®
$41.75These concentrated liquid dyes can be used directly from the bottle or diluted with up to four parts water to achieve a lighter color. Ideal for watercolor paintings and tinting and dyeing craft materials such as scrapbook paper, papier-mâché, glue, sand...$41.75 -
Metallic Acrylic Paint, 16 oz, Set of 5
Handy Art®
$67.48Handy Art® Student Acrylic is a high quality, economical classroom acrylic. This full spectrum of brilliant colors dry to a permanent, water resistant and flexible semi-gloss finish. Can be used on most any surface: paper, fabric, wood, plastic, glass,...$67.48 -
Fluorescent Acrylic Paint, 8 oz, Set of 8
Handy Art®
$70.38Handy Art® Student Acrylic is a high quality, economical classroom acrylic. This full spectrum of brilliant colors dry to a permanent, water resistant and flexible semi-gloss finish. Can be used on most any surface: paper, fabric, wood, plastic, glass,...$70.38 -
Acrylic Pouring Medium, 16 oz, Pack of 3
Handy Art®
$24.00Handy Art® Pouring Medium create unique, vibrant artwork with this acrylic pouring medium. Add pouring medium to transform the consistency of acrylic paint, allowing paint to take on a smooth and fluid form while preserving the vibrant colors. Great for...$24.00 -
Stretched Canvas, 9" x 12", 2 Per Pack, 3 Packs
Simply®
$28.05This is a triple primed, medium grain texture, and 100% acid free cotton canvas for durability. The heavy-duty surface holds color and prevents seepage through the back. It is ideal for oil and acrylic painting and suitable for mixed media, collage,...$28.05 -
Sticker WOW! Sticker Stamper & Activity Pad - Unicorn, 2 Sets
Melissa & Doug
$34.07Melissa & Doug Sticker WOW!™ is a whole new way to play with stickers! Let the adorable, collectible Cupcake the Unicorn stamp, stamp, stamp its way through 24 pages of fun-filled, fantasy-themed counting, matching, and search-and-find activities. The...$34.07 -
Pip Squeaks Stamper Markers, 16 Per Pack, 3 Packs
Crayola®
$31.14Get ready to stamp it out! Take your emotion icons from the screen to the page with portable Pip Squeaks Marker Stampers! These mini markers are packed with color, perfectly sized for small hands, and great for coloring books, crafts, school projects,...$31.14 -
Glitter Chalk, 24 Per Pack, 3 Packs
Crayola®
$21.66Get ready to add some glitz and glam to your outdoor playtime with the Crayola Glitter Chalk Set! Each set includes 24 dazzling Glitter Chalk sticks in bright and bold colors, each with its own special glitter effect. With 12 Gold and 12 Silver...$21.66 -
Art Paper, Radiant Gradient, 50 Sheets
Now You See It!®
$38.09Now You See It! Art Papers and Color Cards are a fun art project kids of all ages will enjoy. Use the included etching stick to reveal the color underneath. Each package also includes illustration and design suggestions. Each pack includes 50 sheets and...$38.09 -
Sticker WOW! Activity Pad Set - Dog, 2 Sets
Melissa & Doug
$34.07Melissa & Doug Sticker WOW!™ is a whole new way to play with stickers! Let the adorable, collectible Cocoa the Dog stamp, stamp, stamp its way through 24 pages of fun-filled, animal-themed counting, matching, and search-and-find activities. The...$34.07 -
Stencil Montessori
Headu
$15.99This box contains many stencils that children can use to create different characters, combining shapes and colors. In this way children challenge their own imagination and develop fine manual skills. Includes 35 stencils, 35 shapes, 6 colored markers,...$15.99 -
Step by Step Drawing School
Headu
$15.99An original kit for teaching children to draw animals step by step. Included in the game is a special little board complete with felt-tip pen for drawing and erasing, for developing creative skills. Includes 10 progressive puzzles involving animals, draw...$15.99 -
Aqua Brush Duo Art Markers, 24 Colors
Lyra®
$70.80Lyra artist supplies are superior products for serious artists of all ages. Lyra Aqua Brush Duo is a pen with a brush-on effect especially made for artists, designers, and hobby painters. The unique tips are extremely stable. There is a broad tip on one...$70.80 -
Aqua Brush Duo Art Markers, 12 Colors
Lyra®
$35.40Lyra artist supplies are superior products for serious artists of all ages. Lyra Aqua Brush Duo is a pen with a brush-on effect especially made for artists, designers, and hobby painters. The unique tips are extremely stable. There is a broad tip on one...$35.40 -
Washable Broad Line Markers Classroom Pack, 256 count
Cra-z-art®
$107.97Cra-Z-Art Washable Broadline Markers Bulk Class Pack comes with 256ct in 16 assorted colors. This classroom pack set comes with 16 washable broadline markers each of red, orange, yellow, blue, green, purple, brown and black. Cra-Z-Art bulk classpack...$107.97 -
Dual-Tip Creative Markers, 15 Colors
Bazic Products®
$14.99Perfect for both beginners and experienced artists, these markers allow you to unleash your creativity. Whether it's decorating your journal or underlining your notes, these markers are your trusted companions for artistic exploration. Each marker...$14.99