These crafts projects are for preschool, kindergarten and elementary school children. The crafts use materials found around the house, like egg cartons, cardboard, paper, boxes, string, crayons, paint, glue, etc. See a page about color mixing to see how to combine paint to make all the colors of the rainbow.

PAPER PLATE FLOWER Make colorful flowers from handprint cut-outs and a paper plate.	Pressed and Dried Flowers Stationery and Cards Craft You can press and dry delicate flowers and then use them to make beautiful cards and stationery.	POP-UP FLOWER GARDEN CARD A beautiful card for Spring.	FLOWER CROWN An easy-to-make Spring hat.
HANDPRINT PAPER LILIES Simple paper flowers made from a child's handprint.	EGGSHELL PLANT POTS Make tiny eggshell plant pots for Easter and grow tiny plants.	EGGSHELL TULIPS Make a bouquet of delicate eggshell tulips for Easter, using eggshells (or foam egg carton sections) and pipe cleaners.	BOUQUET IN HAND CRAFT This simple paper craft made from a child's handprint, paint or markers, and construction paper makes a great gift for a birthday or Mother's Day.
FESTIVE FLOWER NAPKIN RINGS Simple to make. Cut 3 pieces of felt and slip them together - no sewing and no gluing!	DINOSAUR EGGS Make a huge dinosaur egg that you can decorate and later hatch.	EGG CARTON ANIMALS Make animal crafts from egg cartons and pipe cleaners. Make a ladybug, spider, a bat, a caterpillar, and a camel.	BUTTERFLY WAND Make a butterfly wand with a popsicle stick, a pipe cleaner and a coffee filter.
PRETEND STAINED GLASS Make a beautiful window hanging using waxed paper, crayon shavings, spring flowers, and pictures.	PINE CONE BIRD FEEDER Make a really simple bird feeder from a pine cone.	PENCIL FLOWER CRAFT Make cute paper flowers to decorate the end of your pencil.	CANDY BIRD NESTS Make little candy bird nest treats.
PAPER PLATE DUCK A simple-to-make duck.

Spring Books to Print:

Spring Words Mini Book A Printable Writing Book A tiny, printable book about simple words related to spring-- for early readers and writers. The book has 2 pages to print and makes 8 pages for the student to cut out, color, and write in. The words are: egg, tulip, robin, daffodil, butterfly, showers, and "Can you think of another spring word?"	Spring Activity Book A Spring activity book for early readers with connect the dots, color by number, solve a maze, fill in the missing letters, match the butterflies, finish the drawing, and unscramble words.	Spring Colors Book A Spring colors book for early readers with letters to fill in and sentences to copy.	Spring Counting Book A Spring counting book for early readers on the numbers 1 to 10.
Spring I See... Book A signs of Spring book for early readers, with pages on a bird, flower, bunny, caterpillar, butterfly, tadpole, frog, egg, and rainbow.	Spring Question Book A short spring question book for early readers with pages to color and sentences to finish -- circle the right word to finish the sentence.	This Butterfly... A short printable book for early readers about colors. The pages are: This butterfly is blue, yellow, red, pink, purple, orange, green, brown, gray, stripes, and dots.	Butterfly Life Cycle A short printable shape book for early readers about the life cycle of a butterfly, with pages on the egg, caterpillar, pupa (chrysalis), and adult.
BUTTERFLY COLORING BOOK A butterfly and caterpillar book you can print out and color.	(Painted Lady) Butterfly Life Cycle Book A Printable Activity Book A short, printable activity book on the life cycle of the painted lady butterfly for fluent readers (with tabs).	BIRD COLORING BOOK A bird coloring book you can print out and color in.	My Egg Book A simple egg-shaped coloring book about eggs to print (for early readers). Pages on the robin, chicken, peafowl, goose, emu, ostrich and and Sauropod dinosaur egg. Each page is a different size.
I Can Draw an Egg Book I can draw an egg that is blue, yellow, red, pink, purple, orange, green, brown, gray, with stripes, or with dots.	How Many Eggs Book Count the eggs from one to eleven.	How Many Colorful Eggs Book Count the colorful eggs from one to eleven, with the colors blue, yellow, red, pink, purple, orange, green, brown, gray, white, and colorful.	The Bird and the Cloud Prepositions A short, printable book about simple prepositions for early readers. The book has pages for the student to cut out, objects to color, and a short phrase to copy (like, "The bird is under the cloud."). The prepositions include: over, under, near, through, away from, toward, and around.
Birds: How Many Colorful Birds? Printable Number Book A short, printable book for early readers, about colorful birds and the numbers from 1 to 10, with pages for the student to cut out, items to count and color, and a short phrase to copy.	Colorful Flowers Printable Book A short, printable book for early readers about the colors and flowers, featuring a yellow daffodil, purple crocus, white lily, red tulip, pink rose, blue bluebells, and a green bud.	Frog Life Cycle A short printable shape book for early readers about the life cycle of a frog, with pages on the eggs, tadpole, tadpole with legs, froglet, and adult frog.	Ladybug Life Cycle A short printable shape book for early readers about the life cycle of a ladybug, with pages on the eggs, larva, pupa, and adult ladybug.
Spring Fractions Printable Book A short, printable book about fractions of spring items, including butterflies, birds, eggs, caterpillars, flowers, tadpoles, frogs, ducks, and rabbits.	Sprouting Bean Shape Book A short printable shape book for early readers about the germination and early growth of a bean seed.

Spring-Related Printouts and Activities:
Drawing Worksheets:

Draw Four Spring Items Draw four spring items. Below each object, write its name.	Symmetrical Spring Pictures: Finish the Drawing Worksheet Finish each of the four drawings around the line of symmetry. The spring pictures are an egg, butterfly, tulip, and tadpole. Or go to the answers	Draw and Compare Butterflies Draw two butterflies and then answer simple questions comparing them, for example, "Which butterfly would fly better?"
Butterflies: Follow the Instructions Draw and color butterflies according to simple directions, such as, "Finish drawing the butterfly in the center square; color it green." Or go to the answers.	Spring Scene: Draw and Write Worksheet Draw a picture of a spring scene and write about it.	Draw and Write: Spring Favorite Draw a picture of your favorite thing about spring. What is the best thing about this season?

Spelling Worksheets:

Match Spring Words and Pictures Match 10 Spring vocabulary words to their pictures. The words are: egg, butterfly, umbrella, baseball, frog, bee, rabbit, bird, rain, rainbow. Or go to the answers.	Picture Cloze for Spring Words - Printable Worksheet Fill in the missing words in the text given a picture prompt, using the spring word bank. The words are: baseball, bunny, egg, frog, rain, rainbow, robin, tadpole, tulip, umbrella. Go to the answers.	Circle the Correctly-Spelled Spring Words Circle the correct spelling of Spring words, and then color the picture of the words. The words are egg, rain, robin, grass, tulip, bloom, umbrella, butterfly, flower, and rainbow.	Missing Letters in Spring Words Find the missing lettters in winter words, and then color the picture of the word. The words are egg, rain, robin, grass, tulip, bloom, umbrella, butterfly, flower, and rainbow.
Unscramble Spring Words Unscramble the Spring words, and then color the picture of the words. The words are egg, rain, robin, grass, tulip, bloom, umbrella, butterfly, flower, and rainbow.	Find Spring Words Find eight spring-related words. Sample answers: bud, bloom, flower, egg, rain, puddle, umbrella, grass.	Label 10 Signs of Spring Label the pictures of 10 signs of Spring on this worksheet. The words are: butterfly, frog, umbrella, egg, rabbit, bee, baseball, bird, rainbow, rain (no word bank). Go to the answers.	Spring Words in English Label the spring words in English, including flower, egg, butterfly, bee, rabbit, frog, bird, rainbow, umbrella, rain. Answers
Spring Word Pieces Puzzle In this puzzle, combine pairs of word segments to make spring-related spelling words. Words: blossom, butterfly, caterpillar, daffodil, eggs, flowers, rabbit, robin, showers, tulips, umbrella. Or go to the answers.	Spring Wordsearch Puzzle Find the words in the Spring wordsearch puzzle, then use the extra letters to find the secret message. Secret Message: "March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb." Or go to the answers.	Flower Wordsearch Puzzle Find the words in the flower wordsearch puzzle, then use the extra letters to find the secret message. Secret Message: "Pretty flower." Or go to the answers.	Butterfly Wordsearch Puzzle Find the words in the butterfly wordsearch puzzle, then use the extra letters to find the secret message. Secret Message: "Butterflies are flying insects." Or go to the answers.
Put 10 Flower Words in Alphabetical Order - Worksheet Put 10 flower words in alphabetical order. The words are:aster, carnation, daffodil, daisy, lilac, lily, peony, rose, tulip, zinnia. Go to the answers.	Put 10 Spring Words in Alphabetical Order - Worksheet Put 10 Spring words in alphabetical order. The words are: bloom, butterfly, egg, flower, grass, rain, rainbow, robin, spring, umbrella. Go to the answers.	Plural Spring Nouns Write plural spring nouns for tulip, crocus, butterfly, rainbow, grass, sprout, egg, bloom, robin, umbrella. Then rewrite each sentence with the underlined noun made into a plural -- baby, blossom, puddle, tadpole, frog, bird, chick. Or go to the answers.	Match the Components of Spring Compound Words Draw a line from the word of the left to the word on the right that make a Spring-related compound word. Words: rainbow, bluebird, buttercup, snowmelt, sunshine, thunderstorm, grasshopper, bullfrog, flowerbed, springtime. Or go to the answers. Or go to a pdf of the worksheet and answers.
Find a Spring Word for Each Letter See if you can think of and write down a spring word for each letter of the alphabet. Or go to a sample answer page.

Writing Worksheets:

Write a Spring Acrostic Poem Write a poem about spring. Start each line with a letter from the word "spring."	Flowers Acrostic Poem Write a poem about flowers. Start each line with a letter from the word "flowers."	Picture Prompt - Migrating Birds Write a story about the picture showing a flock of birds flying in a vee-shaped formation.	Picture Prompt - Birds and Nest Write a story about the picture showing a bird feeding a hatchling in a nest containing eggs.
Picture Prompt - Tadpole to Frog Write a story about the picture showing the stages in a frog's development, from egg to tadpole to froglet to frog.	Picture Prompt - Spring Flowers Write a story about the picture showing a growing daffodil, rain, and bees.	Spring: Write a Question for Each Answer In this worksheet, the student is given a series of short answers. For each answer, the student writes an appropriate question.

Math and Sorting:

Sorting: Color and Count the Eggs Color and then count the plain, speckled, striped, and starred eggs. Go to the answers.

Graphing Jellybeans Printout Sort by color, count, and graph your jellybeans.

Spring Alphabet Code Use the alphabet to find the secret Spring message. Answer: "April showers bring May flowers."

Daylight Saving Time Alphabet Code Use the alphabet code to find the DST-related sentence. Answer: "Spring forward, fall back."

MIscellaneous:

Spring Letterhead Print your own flowery Spring stationery.	Speckled Eggs Matching Printout Draw lines between the eggs that have the same number of dots. Or go to the answers.	Which Senses Do You Use? Spring Printable Worksheet A printable worksheet on which senses we use to examine objects, with a chart to fill in. Describe how you sense each object. If you don't use a sense for an object, put an "X" in that box. Objects: tadpole, flowers, rain, rainbow, and pick another Spring object.
Butterfly Theme Page Rhymes, crafts, printouts, and information on butterflies.	Egg Theme Page Rhymes, crafts, printouts, and information on eggs.	Flower Theme Page Rhymes, crafts, printouts, and information on flowers.

Spring Words in Many Languages:

Spring Words in Arabic Label the spring words in Arabic, including flower, egg, butterfly, bee, rabbit, frog, bird, rainbow, umbrella, rain. Answers	Spring Words in Dutch Label the spring words in Dutch, including flower, egg, butterfly, bee, rabbit, frog, bird, rainbow, umbrella, rain. Answers	Match French Spring Words and Pictures Match 10 Spring words to their pictures. The words are: l'oeuf/egg, le papillon/butterfly, le parapluie/umbrella, le base-ball/baseball, la grenouille/frog, l'abeille/bee, le lapin/rabbit, l'oiseau/bird, la pluie/rain, l'arc-en-ciel/rainbow. Or go to the answers.	Spring Words in French Label the spring words in French, including flower, egg, butterfly, bee, rabbit, frog, bird, rainbow, umbrella, rain. Answers
Match German Spring Words and Pictures Match 10 German Spring words to their pictures. The words are: das Ei/egg, der Schmetterling/butterfly, der Regenschirm/umbrella, der Baseball/baseball, der Frosch/frog, die Biene/bee, das Kaninchen/rabbit, der Vogel/bird, der Regen/rain, der Regenbogen/rainbow. Or go to the answers.	Spring Words in German Label the spring words in German, including flower, egg, butterfly, bee, rabbit, frog, bird, rainbow, umbrella, rain. Answers	Spring Words in Italian Label the spring words in Italian, including flower, egg, butterfly, bee, rabbit, frog, bird, rainbow, umbrella, rain. Answers	Spring Words in Portuguese Label the spring words in Portuguese, including flower, egg, butterfly, bee, rabbit, frog, bird, rainbow, umbrella, rain. Answers
Spring Words in Spanish Label the spring words in Spanish, including flower, egg, butterfly, bee, rabbit, frog, bird, rainbow, umbrella, rain. Answers	Match Spanish Spring Words and Pictures Match 10 Spanish spring words to their pictures. The words are: el huevo/egg, la mariposa/butterfly, el paraguas/umbrella, la pelota de béisbol/baseball, la rana/frog, la abeja/bee, el conejo/rabbit, el pájaro/bird, la lluvia/rain, el arco iris/rainbow. Or go to the answers.

The Seasons:

The Seasons Printout (Simple Version) A coloring page of the seasons (for younger students).

The Earth's Seasons Read about why the Earth has seasons (for older students).

A Quiz on the Seasons (A Printout) A 10-question quiz on why the Earth has seasons (for older students). Or go to the answers.

Time: Cloze Printout A fill-in-the-blanks activity on the year, seasons, months, weeks, days, and hours. Or go to the answers.

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