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40 Fun and Creative Spring Preschool Activities

spring preschool activities

May 20, 2022 //  by Seda Unlucay

The changes of spring including plants and flowers bursting to life, animals emerging from hibernation, butterflies swirling, and honeybees swarming make for delightful opportunities for student learning.

This collection of spring literacy and math activities, engaging books, sensory bin ideas, and creative crafts will help them appreciate all the beauty the season has to offer.

1. Toilet Paper Roll Fake Flowers Craft

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Preschoolers are sure to love picking out their favorite flowers for this environmentally friendly recycled papercraft.

Learn more: The Best Ideas for Kids

2. Make Colorful Plant Pokes 

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Why not add a pop of bright color to potted plants with these easy and affordable plant pokes? They make a great gift and can also be added to a backyard garden.

Learn more: Moneywise Moms

3. Rainbow Cork Painting

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Give kids a chance to experiment using corks to paint their own bright, colorful rainbows. The free printable makes this an easy project to set up and get started.

Learn more: Messy Little Monster

4. Painted Flower Craft

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Get those paint brushes out to create this stunning flower craft! These fun flowers appear to be popping out from the page, creating a neat 3D effect.

Learn more: 123 Homeschool 4 Me

5.  Loofah Painted Chicks

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This fun, inexpensive and easy craft is also a great opportunity to learn about the life cycle of chicks.

Learn more: Meaningful Mama

6. Classic Coffee Filter Butterfly Activity 

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This gorgeous butterfly craft activity makes for a colorful and unique way to repurpose coffee filters. Add some watercolor paints and pipe cleaners and you're ready to go!

Learn more:Crafts by Amanda

7. Spin Art Rainbow Flower Painting Activity 

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Your preschooler is sure to love using a salad spinner to create these vibrant and unique rainbow flowers. Apart from being lots of fun, this craft is a great way to develop fine motor skills.

Learn more: Messy Little Monster

8. Paper Plate Garden and Bee

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Creating this gorgeous 3D craft is also the perfect time to discuss bee pollination and the symbiotic relationship between bees and plants.

Learn more: Crafts by Ria

9. Spring Blossom Sun Catchers

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This engaging activity is a wonderful way to celebrate the signs of spring all around you. Your preschooler will love picking out their own blossoms and leaves to assemble these radiant creations.

Learn more: The Gingerbread House

10. Paper Plate Bee Craft

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Who doesn't love insect crafts? This fun activity is also a great opportunity to discuss the honey bee life cycle.

Learn more: Non-toy Gifts

11. Handprint Tulips

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This creative twist on a classic flower garden activity uses handprints to create colorful tulips.

Learn more: Fun Handprint Art Blog

12. Sharpen Math Skills With a Plant Number Line

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This preschool spring math activity is a creative way to practice skip counting. Visually seeing the digits on the number line will help make the learning more concrete and memorable.

Learn more: 123 Homeschool 4 Me

13. Ladybug Alphabet Activity 

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This spring-themed literacy activity makes for a fun way to match uppercase and lowercase letters while getting plenty of letter-sound practice.

Learn more: Kindergarten Worksheets and Games

14. Engaging Flower Filled Science Activity 

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This colorful STEM experiment is a great hands-on way to teach young learners about capillary action.

Learn more: Kindergarten Worksheets and Games

15. Flower Planting With Playdough

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What better opportunity to teach your preschooler about different types of flowers? They will love choosing from sunflowers, orchids, daffodils, and tulips to create their own unique planters.

Learn more: Fun with Mama

16. Color Matching Flower Tray

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Flower matching is a great way to practice color recognition skills while developing fine motor skills. This spring printable is easy to use and requires only cardstock to get started.

Learn more: Childcare Land

17. Read a Spring Themed Book

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Planting a Rainbow is the story of a mother and daughter planting assorted flower seeds in their backyard. It's an excellent spring read-aloud for strengthening literacy skills and makes a great addition to any spring literacy center.

18. Insect Sensory Activity 

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This fine-motor sensory activity makes for hours of fun as preschoolers use their digging tools to hunt for insects. It's also a great opportunity to teach them about bug life cycles.

Learn more: My Bored Toddler

19. Colorful Bug Jar Activity

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Strengthen math skills with this preschool spring bug activity. The bug manipulatives can be sorted by color, type, or number.

Learn more: Pre Kinders

20. Milk Carton Bird Feeder

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This recycled bird feeder activity is a fantastic way to teach kids how to take care of the wildlife in their own backyard. Why not combine it with a bird-themed lesson plan to identify all the visitors they spot?

Learn more: Oompa

21. Edible Butterfly Life Cycle 

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Studying the butterfly life cycle is a classic spring activity. Combine some colorful marshmallows, raisins, and licorice for an edible lesson your students will never forget!

Learn more: Science Sparks

22. Counting Flowers Printable Book 

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This spring-themed lesson plan combines dice and circle stickers for a fun flower counting and number recognition activity.

Learn more: Preschool Play and Learn

23. Spring Sensory Bottle 

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This spring sensory bottle requires only some glitter and your choice of plastic butterflies, ladybugs, caterpillars, and flowers. Toss them all together for hours of sensory play!

Learn more: The Chaos and the Clutter

24. Spring Read Aloud

Spring is Here makes a wonderful read-aloud as it's full of simple sight words and plenty of repetition. Why not combine it with some favorite spring songs to welcome the new season?

Learn more: Ms. Dorismonds Virtual Corner

25. Sing Some Spring Songs 

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This collection of spring songs and chants can be combined with dance steps and instruments to celebrate spring in style!

Learn more: Teaching Mama

26. Spring Pond Sensory Bin

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This hands-on pond sensory bin is a great way to enjoy the sights and sounds of spring. It's also a wonderful opportunity to learn about the life cycle of frogs and pond habitats.

Learn more: Fun Littles

27. Butterfly Alphabet Craft

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This simple but beautiful letter of the week craft combines the shape of a butterfly with the letter B for a visual lesson kids won't soon forget!

Learn more: Crystal and Comp

28. Cherry Blossom Painting With Cotton Balls

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This cherry blossom craft requires only cotton balls and paint but creates a beautiful spring landscape effect.

Learn more: Projects with Kids

29. Explore Rainbow, Lights, and Color 

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Light is fascinating for children to explore because they can see it but can't touch it, creating an endless stream of questions about how it functions.

Learn more: A Little Pinch of Perfect

30. Play Spring Bingo

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This themed bingo game is a great way to reinforce spring vocabulary and can be used for parties or as an end of lesson wrap-up activity.

Learn more: Artsy Fartsy Mama

31. Butterfly Printable Mask Craft

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This wearable mask is a great way for kids to express themselves through acting or mini theatre production.

Learn more: Red Ted Art

32. Animal Habitat Activities

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These hands-on science matching activities help students differentiate between mammals, birds, and other animals while also learning about their habitats.

Learn more: 24 Animal Habitats Activities Kids Will Love

33. Spring Garden Carrot Counting 

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Students practice counting to ten in this hands-on matching game. Why not turn the cards face down to add a fun element of surprise?

Learn more: Teach Beside Me

34. Practice Seed Sorting

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This educational activity can be accomplished with any seeds you like, including dried beans, peas, corn, or pumpkin seeds. It's an amazing opportunity to learn about spring changes and plant growth.

Learn more: Pre Kinders

35. Develop Gardening Skills With a Fine Motor Sensory Activity

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Kids are sure to have tons of fun digging up carrots, fruits, or flowers from this sensory garden. All you need is some potting soil, a sorting tray, and some tweezers.

Learn more: Hands On As We Grow

36. Practice Bumblebee Counting

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Bumblebees are a fun theme for counting and practicing number recognition. Laminating these sheets and combining them with dry-erase markers will make them reusable and give your young learner plenty of number writing practice.

Learn more: From ABCs to ACTs

37. Spring Alphabet Match 

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This spring-themed printable provides great practice in letter recognition and identifying uppercase and lowercase letters. Young learners can also improve their fine motor skills through cutting and pasting.

Learn more: Made by Teachers

38. Build A Bird Nest

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Combine some moss, craft eggs, paper shreds, dried grass, and whatever sparks your imagination to create this sensory nest tray. Kids will love assembling their own nests while learning about this important part of a bird's habitat.

Learn more: Mama's Happy Hive

39. Try a Spring Brain Break

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Give kids an opportunity to move with these fun spring-themed exercises.  They also make a great brain break throughout the day to get learners reenergized.

Learn more: Pink Oatmeal

40. Swirling Snail Art

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This fun, affordable and easy craft makes for a great opportunity to talk about snails coming out of hibernation in the spring.

Learn more: My Frugal Adventures

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