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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Watercolor Colored Pencils Classpack, 240 Pencils
Crayola®
$98.33Stock up on Crayola Watercolor Pencils for the whole classroom to share! This 240ct Bulk Watercolor Colored Pencils set features 12 assorted colors including: Sky Blue, Red, Blue, Magenta, Orange, Violet, Brown, Yellow, Green, Yellow Green, White, and...$98.33Qty in Cart: 0Price:$98.33Subtotal: -
Metallic Acrylic Paint, 16 oz, Set of 5
Handy Art®
$71.48Handy 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,...$71.48 -
Fluorescent Acrylic Paint, 8 oz, Set of 8
Handy Art®
$74.38Handy 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,...$74.38 -
Aqua Brush Duo Art Markers, 24 Colors
Lyra®
$74.80Lyra 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...$74.80 -
Washable Broad Line Markers Classroom Pack, 256 count
Cra-z-art®
$111.97Cra-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...$111.97 -
SuperStar Seasonal 4-Die Set, Set #2
Sizzix
$123.99Sizzix Bigz Dies are excellent at cutting a variety of materials. With steel-rule construction, a Bigz die cleanly cuts thick materials, including cardstock, chipboard, fabric, foam, magnet, leather, metallic foil, paper and sandpaper. Its wider size...$123.99 -
Disappearing Blue Glue Sticks, Washable, .28oz, 60 Count
Prang®
$82.00Prang® Glue Sticks provide clump-free application that dries wrinkle free to give your project a clean, professional look. Handy twist-up applicator makes all projects easier. Rubs on blue and dries clear. Each stick contains .28 ounce of blue glue...$82.00 -
Clear Glue Sticks, Washable, .28oz, 60 Count
Prang®
$82.00Prang® Glue Sticks provide clump-free application that dries wrinkle free to give your project a clean, professional look. Handy twist-up applicator makes all projects easier. Washable and odorless. Each stick contains .28 ounces of clear glue. AP...$82.00 -
Deluxe Art & Doodle Wood 168-Piece Art Set
Art 101
$79.99Art 101's 168 Piece Deluxe Art and Doodle Set is the ultimate collection of creative tools for beginner or advanced artists! This set includes 18 of our 2-Tips Markers, which have dual-sided nibs for more doodling and drawing options! Use the bullet nib...$79.99 -
Kwik Stix Christmas Limited Edition, 12 Per Pack, 6 Packs
The Pencil Grip™
$100.00Celebrate the Holidays with limited edition Christmas Kwik Stix - 12 festive colors great for Christmas cards, decorations, and countless other holiday crafts. Kwik Stix also make great stocking stuffers! Kwik Stix Tempera Paint Sticks take the mess out...$100.00 -
Paint & Dough Tools Pack
Ready 2 Learn™
$84.94Create patterns in paint, clay and DIY projects with paint & dough stampers, rollers and spheres! These art tools are durable for endless painting, modeling and creating. Use them to decorate cards, notebooks and clay creations! As children create, they...$84.94Qty in Cart: 0Price:$84.94Subtotal: -
Kwik Stix Global Skin Tones, Class Pack Set of 72 Colors
The Pencil Grip™
$76.00Tired of the endless mess of painting? Fear not! Kwik Stix Solid Tempera Paint sticks take the mess out of painting while keeping all the fun! Simply uncap, twist, and paint! Kwik Stix have a fast drying formula that allow them to dry in 90 seconds while...$76.00 -
Feelings & Emotions Stampers Set with Stamp Pads
Ready 2 Learn™
$79.47Feelings and Emotions Stampers Set with Stamp Pads includes a Jumbo 6-in-1 Skin Tones Washable Stamp Pad, a set of 4 Primary Colors Jumbo Circular Washable Stamp Pads, a set of 12 Easy Grip Emotions Stampers, and a set of 10 Giant Feelings Stampers...$79.47 -
Learning Mat Crayons, 5 Assorted Colors Per Pack, 12 Packs - LCI4279-12
Melissa & Doug
$70.16Design, draw and color on learning mats or other non-porous surfaces then, wipe off and begin again! The color-coded crayon holders are easy to grasp and easy to slide the crayons up to draw and down to store. Each pack includes 5 assorted colors. Sold...$70.16 -
Sparkling White Play Sand, 25 lb (11.3 kg) Per Pack, 2 Packs - SND025-2
Sandtastik®
$73.90PLAY SAND WITH PEACE OF MIND Children are naturally inspired by the simplicity of soft granular sand - a boundless medium. Watch as they will dig, pile, sift, compact and more. Sandtastik® Sparkling White Play Sand provides tactile and sensory...$73.90 -
Big Box of Art Materials - R-2101
Roylco®
$93.99The Big Box of Art Materials™ contains so many unique art products that an entire class can create many wonderful and interesting projects. Throughout this guide, you will find ways to use one or several products together to create fun project...$93.99 -
Playfoam Class Pack, Pack of 16 - EI-1876
Educational Insights
$123.05The whole class can get in on the fun with this super-sized Playfoam® set. Preschoolers are free to express their creativity—plus no mess to clean up afterward! Just squish the Playfoam®, shape it however you like, squash it back down, and start all over...$123.05 -
Paper Tubes, Thick, White, 6mm, 900 Count - CK-9031
Artstraws®
$83.98Artstraws® are paper straws used for engineering and construction, as well as arts and crafts projects. Artstraws® can easily be combined with glue, or simply pinching and threading it into another Artstraw. No connectors are needed. Artstraws measure 15...$83.98 -
Paper Tubes, Thin, White, 4mm, 1800 Count - CK-9030
Artstraws®
$78.53Artstraws® are paper straws used for engineering and construction, as well as arts and crafts projects. Artstraws can easily be combined with glue, or simply pinching and threading it into another Artstraw. No connectors are needed. Each package contains...$78.53 -
Colossal Barrel of Crafts, Assorted Colors & Sizes, 1 Kit - CK-5602
Creativity Street®
$86.52The Colossal Barrel of Crafts includes a tremendous assortment of popular craft items in a durable, reusable storage container. Includes Feathers, Pom Pons, Chenille Stems, Wiggle Eyes, Buttons, Dough Cutters, Modeling Clay, Glitter Poms, Jumbo Craft...$86.52