20 Spring Crafts for Preschoolers

Spring means new life, bright colors, and eager energy after the long winter months. These 20 spring crafts channel that energy into creative projects preschoolers love.

Each craft uses accessible materials and allows for individual creativity—no two will look exactly alike.

Flower Crafts

Spring flowers are a natural inspiration for preschool art.

1. Handprint Flowers

Paint children's hands in bright flower colors. Press onto paper to create petals around a circular center. Add green stem and leaves.

Materials: Paint in flower colors, paper, green paint or paper for stems

2. Coffee Filter Flowers

Color coffee filters with markers, then spray with water. Colors blend beautifully. Once dry, scrunch the center and add a pipe cleaner stem.

Materials: Coffee filters, markers, spray bottle, pipe cleaners

3. Cupcake Liner Flowers

Flatten or layer cupcake liners for petals. Glue to paper with a button or pom pom center. Add paper stems and leaves.

Materials: Colorful cupcake liners, paper, buttons or pom poms, glue

4. Egg Carton Flowers

Cut egg carton sections into flower shapes. Paint bright colors. Attach to green straw or pipe cleaner stems.

Materials: Egg cartons, paint, straws or pipe cleaners

5. Tissue Paper Flowers

Scrunch small pieces of tissue paper and glue to flower outline. The 3D texture adds visual interest.

Materials: Tissue paper in flower colors, glue, paper with flower outline

6. Flower Garden Collage

Create a garden scene using various techniques—painted flowers, torn paper grass, cotton ball clouds, yellow sun.

Materials: Various papers, paint, cotton balls, glue

Butterfly and Insect Crafts

Spring brings butterflies, bees, and ladybugs back to gardens.

7. Symmetry Butterflies

Fold paper in half. Paint on one side, fold closed, press, open to reveal symmetrical butterfly wings. Add body and antennae.

Materials: Paper, paint, markers or paper for body

8. Paper Plate Butterfly

Paint a paper plate. Once dry, fold in half for wings. Add a paper body and pipe cleaner antennae.

Materials: Paper plate, paint, paper, pipe cleaners

9. Clothespin Butterflies

Clip a clothespin on a coffee filter butterfly (colored and dried). Add googly eyes and pipe cleaner antennae.

Materials: Clothespins, coffee filters, markers, googly eyes, pipe cleaners

10. Fingerprint Caterpillar

Press green fingerprints in a line. Add legs, face, and antennae. Discuss butterfly life cycle.

Materials: Green paint, paper, markers

11. Ladybug Craft

Paint paper plates or circles red. Add black head and spots. Attach to paper or create 3D versions.

Materials: Paper plates or circles, red and black paint

12. Handprint Bee

Yellow handprint becomes bee body. Add black stripes, white wings (paper or doily), and a face.

Materials: Yellow and black paint, white paper or doilies

Growth and Nature Crafts

Spring themes of growth and renewal inspire meaningful projects.

13. Seed to Flower Sequence

Create a sequence showing seed underground → sprout → small plant → flower. Great for science connection.

Materials: Paper, crayons or paint, scissors, glue

14. Grass Head Cups

Decorate cups as faces. Fill with soil and grass seed. Grass "hair" grows over several days.

Materials: Cups, markers or craft supplies for decoration, soil, grass seed

15. Paper Plate Life Cycle

Divide a paper plate into sections. Illustrate stages of a butterfly or frog life cycle in each section.

Materials: Paper plates, crayons or paint, markers

16. Bird Nest Craft

Create nests from brown paper strips, yarn, or natural materials. Add small egg shapes inside.

Materials: Brown paper or yarn, blue paper for eggs

17. Umbrella and Raindrops

Create umbrella from half paper plate or paper cone. Add string raindrops hanging below or raindrop stickers.

Materials: Paper plates or construction paper, string, blue paper or stickers

18. Rainbow Art

Create rainbows using various techniques:

• Painted arcs
• Tissue paper strips
• Fruit loop sorting and gluing
• Handprint rainbow (each finger a different color)

Materials: Varies by technique chosen

3D and Sculptural Crafts

Move beyond flat paper with these dimensional projects.

19. Paper Bag Flowers

Flatten paper bags, roll diagonally, twist bottom for stem, fan out top for petals. Paint or leave natural.

Materials: Paper bags, paint (optional)

20. Spring Mobile

Create mobiles with multiple spring elements—flowers, butterflies, bees, raindrops—hanging from sticks or hangers.

Materials: Stick or hanger, string, various craft materials for hanging pieces

Spring Craft Tips

Material Preparation

Spring crafts often use multiple small pieces. Prepare ahead:

Connecting to Nature

Bring the outdoors in:

• Collect natural materials on walks
• Observe real flowers, insects, birds
• Plant seeds to watch grow
• Compare craft representations to real things

Documentation

Spring growth themes offer great documentation opportunities:

• Time-lapse: Photograph grass heads or plant growth daily
• Before and after: Caterpillar projects vs. butterfly projects
• Process photos: Show the mess and joy of creation
• Child quotes: Record what children say about their work

Display Ideas

Brighten the classroom with spring art:

Adapting for Abilities

Spring crafts can be adapted:

Combining Spring Themes

Create rich learning experiences by combining themes:

Garden Theme Week

Weather Theme Week

Spring Art and Literacy

Connect crafts to books:

• The Very Hungry Caterpillar → Caterpillar and butterfly crafts
• Planting a Rainbow → Flower garden collage
• The Tiny Seed → Seed sequence craft
• It's Spring! → Various spring crafts

Read the book first, then create related art. Children connect literacy and creativity.

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