Mizzen Education Logo
Mizzen Education Logo

Mizzen for Teams

Donate!

Try "STEM"

Featured

Explore

Collections

Collaborators

QIPs

Visual Arts Activities For 3rd-5th Grade at Home

5 Activities

Mizzen Education, Inc.↗️

Grades 3 - 5

13 Hours 30 Minutes

Categories: Arts, STEM

Overview

This Playlist provides younger students a variety of visual arts activities that encourages creative thinking at home.

Making a Kaleidoscope

Arts, STEM

Grades 3 - 8

Making a Kaleidoscope

OregonASK

3 - 8

1 Hour

Students make a simple, colorful Kaleidoscope and experiment with manipulating light.

Discover Activity

Making a KaleidoscopeArts, STEM
1 Hour•Grades 3 - 8

Make Your Own Chess Pieces

Arts, STEM

Grades 3 - 5

Make Your Own Chess Pieces

Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45 Minutes

Teams collaborate to design and make chess pieces. This activity encourages creative thinking and builds upon design and collaboration skills.

Discover Activity

Make Your Own Chess PiecesArts, STEM
45 Minutes•Grades 3 - 5

Seascape

Arts, Nature and Wildlife

Grades K - 2

Seascape

Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45 Minutes

First, children paint a seascape with water, waves, and a beach. Then, on separate paper, they draw sea animals: fish, crabs, dolphins, sharks, and so on. Next, children cut out the animals, arrange them on their background, and glue them down. They discuss the design element of balance.

Discover Activity

SeascapeArts, Nature and Wildlife
45 Minutes•Grades K - 2

Paper Sculptures (Grades 3-5)

Arts, Social and Emotional Awareness

Grades 3 - 5

Paper Sculptures (Grades 3-5)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45 Minutes

Students create different shapes out of paper and glue them together to make a sculpture that represents themselves. As they create, they learn different ways to manipulate paper and to express themselves.

Discover Activity

Paper Sculptures (Grades 3-5)Arts, Social and Emotional Awareness
45 Minutes•Grades 3 - 5

Book Design (Grades 3-5)

Arts, Literacy

Grades 3 - 5

Book Design (Grades 3-5)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45 Minutes

Students look at and discuss art depicting food and then illustrate a foldable book presenting their favorite foods and how to make them.

Discover Activity

Book Design (Grades 3-5)Arts, Literacy
45 Minutes•Grades 3 - 5

Visual Arts Activities For 3rd-5th Grade at Home

Mizzen Education, Inc.↗️

Visual Arts Activities For 3rd-5th Grade at Home

Grades 3 - 5

13 Hours 30 Minutes

Overview

Making a Kaleidoscope

Arts, STEM

Grades 3 - 8

Making a Kaleidoscope

OregonASK

3 - 8

1 Hour

Students make a simple, colorful Kaleidoscope and experiment with manipulating light.

Discover Activity

Making a KaleidoscopeArts, STEM
1 Hour•Grades 3 - 8

Make Your Own Chess Pieces

Arts, STEM

Grades 3 - 5

Make Your Own Chess Pieces

Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45 Minutes

Teams collaborate to design and make chess pieces. This activity encourages creative thinking and builds upon design and collaboration skills.

Discover Activity

Make Your Own Chess PiecesArts, STEM
45 Minutes•Grades 3 - 5

Seascape

Arts, Nature and Wildlife

Grades K - 2

Seascape

Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45 Minutes

First, children paint a seascape with water, waves, and a beach. Then, on separate paper, they draw sea animals: fish, crabs, dolphins, sharks, and so on. Next, children cut out the animals, arrange them on their background, and glue them down. They discuss the design element of balance.

Discover Activity

SeascapeArts, Nature and Wildlife
45 Minutes•Grades K - 2

Paper Sculptures (Grades 3-5)

Arts, Social and Emotional Awareness

Grades 3 - 5

Paper Sculptures (Grades 3-5)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45 Minutes

Students create different shapes out of paper and glue them together to make a sculpture that represents themselves. As they create, they learn different ways to manipulate paper and to express themselves.

Discover Activity

Paper Sculptures (Grades 3-5)Arts, Social and Emotional Awareness
45 Minutes•Grades 3 - 5

Book Design (Grades 3-5)

Arts, Literacy

Grades 3 - 5

Book Design (Grades 3-5)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45 Minutes

Students look at and discuss art depicting food and then illustrate a foldable book presenting their favorite foods and how to make them.

Discover Activity

Book Design (Grades 3-5)Arts, Literacy
45 Minutes•Grades 3 - 5

Library

CategoriesCollaboratorsExploreAll ActivitiesAll Collections

Community

Our StoryTeam MizzenEventsThe Mizzen Minute

Engage

NewsroomContact Us

Account

Sign InCreate an AccountMizzen for TeamsPrivacy PolicyTerms of Use

Copyright © 2026, Mizzen Education, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit on a mission to empower, uplift and support out-of-school time educators.

Library

CategoriesCollaboratorsExploreAll ActivitiesAll Collections

Community

Our StoryTeam MizzenEventsThe Mizzen Minute

Engage

NewsroomContact Us

Account

Sign InCreate an AccountMizzen for TeamsPrivacy PolicyTerms of Use

Copyright © 2026, Mizzen Education, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit on a mission to empower, uplift and support out-of-school time educators.