20 Preschool Crafts for Spring

Winter finally ends. The flowers bloom, the birds return, everything feels fresh.

Spring is perfect for crafting. Nature provides free supplies. The themes write themselves: butterflies, flowers, rain, rainbows.

These preschool crafts celebrate the season. They're toddler art projects that capture spring's energy.

Why Spring Crafts Matter

Crafts connect kids to what's happening outside their window.

When they make paper flowers, they notice real flowers. When they create butterflies, they look for them outside. These are preschool arts and crafts that build awareness.

1. Handprint Flowers

Paint their hand, press onto paper, add a stem. Instant flower garden from their own prints.

2. Coffee Filter Butterflies

Color coffee filters with markers, spray with water, watch colors blend. Clothespin in the middle for the body.

3. Paper Plate Rainbow

Half a plate, paint stripes of color, cotton ball clouds on each end. These are daycare crafts that display beautifully.

4. Caterpillar Egg Cartons

Cut egg carton sections in a row. Paint green, add googly eyes, pipe cleaner antennae. Great for preschool art activities.

5. Rain Stick

Paper towel tube, rice inside, paper over the ends. Shake for rain sounds.

6. Flower Pot Painting

Simple terracotta pots painted with bright colors. Plant real seeds inside after.

7. Bird Nest

Paper bag shredded into strips, shaped into a nest, add small eggs (pom poms or jelly beans).

8. Smart Sketch Spring Pages

The Smart Sketch Workbook PlayBright Visuals can be colored in spring colors. The ScreenFree SkillGrooves guide butterflies and flowers. These are toddler arts and crafts that build skills.

9. Umbrella Craft

Paper plate cut in half, painted, cupcake liner on top. Add raindrops falling around it.

10. Bug Magnets

Bottle caps painted as ladybugs or bees. Glue magnets on the back for the fridge.

11. Pressed Flower Art

Collect flowers, press them in books for a week, glue onto paper. Real nature preserved.

12. Rainbow Suncatcher

Contact paper, tissue paper squares in rainbow colors. Hang in the window to glow. These are preschool art activities that decorate.

13. Paper Plate Bird

Cut and fold plate into bird shape, paint bright colors, add feathers and beak.

14. Garden Markers

Painted rocks or popsicle sticks to mark what's planted where. Functional spring craft.

15. Kite Making

Paper, sticks, string, ribbons. Simple kite they actually made themselves. Builds fine motor skills through cutting and tying.

16. Tulip Stamping

Fork dipped in paint, stamped onto paper makes perfect tulip shapes. Add green stems.

17. Raindrop Mobile

Cut raindrop shapes from blue paper, hang from a hanger or stick. These are toddler art projects that move.

18. Seed Collage

Glue different seeds onto paper in patterns or pictures. Nature supplies the materials.

19. Sun Craft

Paper plate painted yellow, handprint rays around the edge. Bright and cheerful.

20. Butterfly Life Cycle

Four sections showing egg, caterpillar, cocoon, butterfly. These are preschool arts and crafts that teach.

Spring Creativity Continues

The Smart Sketch Workbook keeps the creating going after crafts dry.

The EverWrite Surface works again and again. The ScreenFree SkillGrooves channel spring energy into focused hand movements. Preschool art activities that last beyond the season.

The Bottom Line

Spring hands you craft themes on a silver platter.

Flowers, bugs, rain, sunshine. It's all right there waiting.