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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Learning Mat Crayons, 5 Assorted Colors Per Pack, 12 Packs
Melissa & Doug
$75.89Design, 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...$75.89 -
Deluxe Double-Sided Tabletop Easel
Melissa & Doug
$77.58Inspire endless creativity with this double-sided tabletop easel, featuring a magnetic dry-erase board on one side, and a chalkboard on the other. The included paper-roll holder with a paper guide and tear-bar accommodates 12-inch paper rolls and adds...$77.58 -
Paper Tubes, Thin, White, 4mm, 1800 Count
Artstraws®
$74.53Artstraws® 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...$74.53 -
Natural Wood Turnings, Assorted Shapes & Sizes, 18 lb.
Creativity Street®
$75.79Natural Wood Turnings are available in an assortment of shapes and sizes. They can be used to create a variety of arts and crafts projects. Includes 18 lbs. of assorted pieces.Key Features : i : Includes 18 lb. of assorted piecesii : Wide variety of...$75.79 -
Adjustable Paper Roll Easel, 48" x 24"
Crestline Products
$124.23The Adjustable Paper Roll Easel is a multi-functional easel has a dry erase board on one side and a chalkboard on the reverse. Includes an 18" x 100' roll of craft paper and two rugged plastic trays. Finger friendly leg brackets hold easel open and...$124.23 -
Colossal Barrel of Crafts, Assorted Colors & Sizes, 1 Kit
Creativity Street®
$82.52The 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...$82.52 -
Wood Crafts Activities Box
Creativity Street®
$87.09A terrific assortment of natural and multi-colored wood crafts includes regular, jumbo and mini sticks, shapes, spoons, turnings, Smart Sticks™ and building sticks. Over 2,100 pieces with idea sheet!Key Features : i : A wonderful assortment of natural...$87.09 -
Classic Crafts Activities Box
Creativity Street®
$114.32This activity box features an extensive assortment of craft products for loads of creativity and fun. Wax Works sticks easily bend into any shape you like. Wiggle eyes move and shake to bring your creations to life. Glitter glue pens dispense nontoxic...$114.32 -
Paper Tubes, Thin, Assorted Colors, 4mm, 1800 Count
Artstraws®
$77.93Artstraws® 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. Assortment includes...$77.93 -
Dot Markers 25-Count Classpack
Do-a-dot Art!
$82.99Explore what's over the rainbow and dot away with this set of Do A Dot Art! markers. Arts and crafts time just got easier and cleaner...with Do A Dot Art! This set comes with 25 washable dot markers in no spill, no splash bottles, which is a dream come...$82.99 -
Paper Tubes, Thick, White, 6mm, 900 Count
Artstraws®
$79.98Artstraws® 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...$79.98 -
Playfoam Class Pack, Pack of 16
Educational Insights
$119.05The 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...$119.05 -
Solid Tempera Paint Stick, Classic Colors, Class Pack of 96
Kwik Stix™
$99.00Tired 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...$99.00 -
Solid Tempera Paint, Master Art Set, 60 Colors
Kwik Stix™
$83.00Tired 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...$83.00 -
Tempera Paint Sticks Classpack, Metalix Color, Pack of 72
Kwik Stix™
$75.00Tired 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...$75.00 -
Tempera Paint Sticks Classpack, Neon Color, Pack of 72
Kwik Stix™
$75.00Tired 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...$75.00 -
Little Masters Washable Tempera Paint, 128 oz. Bottles, 6 Colors
Handy Art®
$139.08Little Masters® Washable Tempera paint is a fine quality and economical washable paint, a great combination for the beginning artist! Opaque blendable colors are bright and rich and wont chip, flake or crack when dry. Washes out of most fabrics with soap...$139.08 -
Big Box of Art Materials
Roylco®
$89.99The 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...$89.99 -
Collage Treasure Craft Box
Hygloss®
$102.99Good-bye boredom; hello fun! The Collage Treasure Box is packed with buttons, sequins, wiggle eyes, gravel, glitter, poms, wood shapes, collage trays, feathers, yarn & colored plates. This open-ended activity kit will ignite endless creativity in young...$102.99 -
Styrofoam Balls, 3 Inch, Pack of 50
Hygloss®
$72.99These exciting crafting tools are available in 3" balls in 50 count packages. Styrofoam ball ornaments make absolutely breath-taking holiday or decor items. This holiday season, get kids into the mood of the festivities by making lovely Styrofoam ball...$72.99