9 back to school art and craft ideas

Check out these 9 useful back to school art and craft ideas that kids will enjoy crafting ! Get them excited to go back to school this year!

Summer days are flying by. With the “Back to school” season, most of us as parents have our cameras ready to take the best pictures of our kids on this special day; But let’s get deep into this topic. It is a special occasion for us indeed. However, aren’t kids supposed to enjoy this moment or this season? How can we make them enjoy getting ready to go back to school? Many back to school art and craft ideas for kids are found online to get your child into the mood of school.

Your child can craft a bus with a paper plate or build a school simulation with colorful cardboards, and so on. The list is long. But how about crafting material that they may use across their academic year? In this blog, I’ve got 9 useful back to school art and craft ideas that kids will enjoy crafting and using! Set a working station, and prepare the required material to get your child super excited to go back to school this academic year!

Personalized back to school art & craft:

Back to school photo frame

Never miss taking a beautiful picture of your child as he goes back to school. I wish sometimes I can freeze this moment before time flies. Check this cute photo frame and start making it with your child at home. With colorful pop sticks and cutouts in the form of lights, your child’s photo frame will be ready in no time. Repeat this craft year after year and you will end up with a series of memories that you can cherish with your children as they spread their wings and fly.

ID Tags

Imagine how happy kids will be when they will hand their handmade nametags on the schoolbag. Why buy name tags when you can let your kids develop their creative thinking and improvise as they prepare their name tags.

Pompom pencil topper

Make the back-to-school fun with these pompom pencil toppers. Kids love pompoms and colorful ones are there to make their days and desks bright, colorful, and happy! These pompom pencil toppers are easy and fun to make, especially when made with a range of bright colors. Try this trick and make studying time interesting.

Back to school pencil flags

Need an idea to push kids to complete their homework list? Pencil flags do wonders. Just cut some papers into the form of flags and stick them to your kids’ pencils. You may divide flags per theme such as forest animals, weekdays, favorite characters, and so on.

Pen holder

Do you feel mad as you look at the unorganized desk of your child? Not anymore. Encourage your kids to make this colorful pen holder and let them use it across the year to organize their pens and pencils. Never let them leave their desks messy with this creatively handmade pen holder!

Animal theme calendar

Let’s be realistic. A regular boring calendar will never look attractive for kids, and it will end up left away. Get your kids’ hands busy with this animal theme calendar. Let them identify an animal for each day and see how they will keep on checking their calendar daily!

3D paper apple book craft

A book note may be something useful for kids to write down reminders, to-do tasks, or random notes. So why not making their book notes interesting with this 3D paper apple book trick?

Animal bookmark

Reading is both an interesting hobby and important activity. However, reading time is not, for many kids, a fun exciting time to spend. With these animal bookmarks, let’s entice our kids’ interest and make reading time an exciting activity. Do a favor to other moms and prepare with your kids’ different sets to gift them to their friends!

Pen organizer

If you want to teach your kids how to well organize their pens and pencils, then this DIY pen organizer will help you get started! Get your kids to craft this organizer and add their special touch, then start advising them how to sort out their pens, markers, pencils, a ruler among their other stuff. Nothing feels better than seeing your kids arranging and organizing their material.

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