Sculpture Project Ideas for Preschool and Kindergarten Kids

While a lot of kids gravitate to building and sculpting in 3-D, finding an engaging sculpture project for young children can be a real challenge. We gathered sixteen winning sculpture activities from five of our favorite art bloggers.

If you don’t have fancy art supplies handy, many of these ideas will be your friend, asking you to just source the recycling bin, kitchen pantry, or garden.

These sculpture ideas will encourage your child or students to think in three dimensions as they build, imagine, and invent. In short, they foster 21st century skills of innovation and creative thinking.

Beaded Wire Sculpture with Ribbon and a Hanger, Meri Cherry

Wire Sculpture with Styrofoam Beads and Feathers, The Artful Parent

Painted Wooden Tower Sculptures, ArtBarBlog

Alexander Calder Study with Wire and a Hanger, ArtBarBlog

Gumdrop Sculpture with Toothpicks, TinkerLab

Magnet Sculpture, Babble Dabble Do

Recycled Sculpture with a Glue Gun, TinkerLab

Sugar Cube Sculpture with Cardboard, TinkerLab

Colorful Ice Sculptures, The Artful Parent

Art Assemblage with Pinecones and Pasta, ArtBarBlog

Clay Sea Turtles, Buddy and Buggy

Plaster Balloon Sculpture, The Artful Parent

Edible Art Grape and Toothpick Sculpture, The Artful Parent

Foam Strip Sculpture, Buddy and Buggy

Crayon Art Sculpture, Meri Cherry

Wood Sculpture with Paint, Meri Cherry