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.
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Resin Flower Coasters
Art 101
$37.99Embrace the cottagecore crafting trend with our Flower Resin Coaster Kit from Art 101® Crafts! Inside this all-inclusive project kit you will find all the supplies you need to craft six beautiful pressed flower coasters, including a circular and...$37.99 -
Wall Collage Kit
Art 101
$25.99Customize your space and display your personality with Art 101 Gallery's Wall Collage Kit! Your kit includes 125 assorted designs carefully curated by our design team to bring you only the most trendy and cool prints. Each design is printed on...$25.99 -
Resin Glitter Coaster Kit
Art 101
$32.99Explore the latest resin craft trend with Art 101 Craft's Resin Glitter Coaster Kit! Your box set includes 23 total pieces to create a sparkly coaster set, including 3 fl oz of resin, 30 fl oz of resin hardener, 4 packs of glitter, 5 stirring sticks, 2...$32.99 -
Budding Artist Pop-Up Easel 150 Piece Doodle & Color Art Set
Art 101
$37.99Our Art 101 Budding Artist Pop-Up Easel 150 Piece Doodle and Color Art Set is equipped with a built-in, pop-up easel, making it easy for your child to color and create anywhere you can open your case! Take it on a road trip, to Grandma's house, or open...$37.99 -
Ultimate Scratch Kit with 126 pieces
Art 101
$32.99Art 101 Budding Artist's Ultimate Art and Scratch Art Kit with 126 Pieces in an handy organizer case includes a variety of artistic tools for young artists. This kit features a portable case which allows artists to stay organized and continuously create...$32.99 -
Paintable Circle Hanging Canvas Wall Art 2-Pack
Art 101
$17.99Art 101 Gallery Paint and Hang Paintable Canvas Wall Art includes everything you need for the perfect piece of hanging art! This Two Pack comes with two designs, each with 2 circle canvases on rope with beautiful trendy designs for you to paint. This...$17.99 -
Colorable Canvas Wall Art Set 2-Pack
Art 101
$20.99Unleash your inner artist and unwind after a long day with our Art 101 Gallery Colorable Canvas Wall Art Set Two Pack with Perma Markers! This set comes with two 10 inch by 10 inch stretched cotton canvases with trendy designs, carefully curated by our...$20.99 -
Let's Roll, Nursery Rhymes
Yellow Door
$22.95These playful rollers will delight children as they sing along to the rhymes they create, while at the same time developing important early language and fine motor skills. The six much-loved rhymes include: Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, Hickory Dickory...$22.95 -
Acrylic Paint Half Gallon, Turquoise
Handy Art®
$31.68Handy 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,...$31.68 -
Animal Face Forms, Pack of 5
Roylco®
$22.39Fill the see-through molds with papier mâché, let dry then pop them out. Decorate with paint. Plastic molds are sturdy, clear, and ready to decorate. Kids can design animals realistically for multi-cultural look or in exaggerated bold colors for fun. Can...$22.39 -
Mexican Pottery Self-Hardening Clay, 25 lbs.
Amaco
$62.00Our rich terra cotta premium quality self-hardening clay is formulated for handbuilding, sculpture and wheel throwing. Modeled objects with resemble Native American or Mexican Pottery with little or no decoration necessary. Moist, ready-to-use. Pieces...$62.00 -
Mini Watercolor Set, Pack of 24
Prang®
$33.00Prang® Mini Watercolors are perfectly small and portable. These high quality, wax-free pigments are easy to activate with just a little water. Each set includes 15 assorted color palettes and one brush. Sold as a pack of 24 watercolor sets.Key Features :...$33.00 -
Sticker WOW! Refill Stickers - Dog - 300 Per Pack, 6 Packs
Melissa & Doug
$45.53Melissa & Doug Sticker WOW!™ is a whole new way to play with stickers! Pop each of the convenient sticker stacks of 300 assorted Dog pets-themed stickers into any Sticker WOW!™ Sticker Stamper cartridge, and stamp away, anywhere, anytime! With 100 unique...$45.53 -
Sticker WOW! Refill Stickers - Tiger - 300 Per Pack, 6 Packs
Melissa & Doug
$45.53Melissa & Doug Sticker WOW!™ is a whole new way to play with stickers! Pop each of the convenient sticker stacks of 300 assorted Tiger safari-themed stickers into any Sticker WOW!™ Sticker Stamper cartridge, and stamp away, anywhere, anytime! With 100...$45.53 -
Sticker WOW! Refill Stickers - Unicorn - 300 Per Pack, 6 Packs
Melissa & Doug
$45.53Melissa & Doug Sticker WOW!™ is a whole new way to play with stickers! Pop each of the convenient sticker stacks of 300 assorted Unicorn fantasy-themed stickers into any Sticker WOW!™ Sticker Stamper cartridge, and stamp away, anywhere, anytime! With 100...$45.53 -
Sticker WOW! Refill Stickers - Dinosaur - 300 Per Pack, 6 Packs
Melissa & Doug
$45.53Melissa & Doug Sticker WOW!™ is a whole new way to play with stickers! Pop each of the convenient sticker stacks of 300 assorted Dinosaur prehistoric-themed stickers into any Sticker WOW!™ Sticker Stamper cartridge, and stamp away, anywhere, anytime!...$45.53 -
Modeling Clay, 1 lb. Per Pack, Green, Pack of 12
Prang®
$50.88Prang Modeling Clay is a perfect creative material for preschool and elementary aged children. This pliable, non-hardening clay lets kids mold shapes easily, and is an excellent way to build fine motor strength and skills. It features a non-staining...$50.88 -
Modeling Clay, 1 lb. Per Pack, Yellow, Pack of 12
Prang®
$50.88Prang Modeling Clay is a perfect creative material for preschool and elementary aged children. This pliable, non-hardening clay lets kids mold shapes easily, and is an excellent way to build fine motor strength and skills. It features a non-staining...$50.88 -
Modeling Clay, 1 lb. Per Pack, Orange, Pack of 12
Prang®
$50.88Prang Modeling Clay is a perfect creative material for preschool and elementary aged children. This pliable, non-hardening clay lets kids mold shapes easily, and is an excellent way to build fine motor strength and skills. It features a non-staining...$50.88 -
Acrylic Paint Tube, 120 ml, Naptholene Carmine, Pack of 6
Sargent Art®
$27.30Sargent Art acrylic tube paints offer superb quality and a wide range of color choices at an affordable price. Rich pigments and smooth bodied acrylics for artists and crafters! Vibrant and opaque colors. Dries to a waterproof finish. Non-Toxic. Conform...$27.30