Our favorite kids activities are the ones that get our little guy out and moving around. This kite craft is the perfect thing to keep your kiddo occupied for a couple of hours. First, you get to make the craft with materials you probably already have at home. Then, if the wind conditions are right, …
Kids Crafts
When you’re crafting with the kids, you want to stimulate as many of the senses as possible. One terrific way to introduce a more tactile, sensory experience into your art is with bubble wrap. It’s such a fun material to work with. In fact, here are 15 amazingly fun bubble wrap art ideas to inspire …
Let your kids help make some special gifts and ornaments this year. These handprint Christmas crafts are the perfect keepsakes for not only yourself, but for grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and the rest of the extended family. Make a card, a gift, an ornament or a gift tie-on using tiny handprints and a little creativity.
Make some colorful window decor with your kids. These gorgeous suncatcher crafts will look lovely hanging on your windows and sliding glass doors. And the great thing about suncatchers, if you’re new to them, is that once you learn the technique (with tissue paper, crayons and other materials), you can easily adjust the signs for …
With both Memorial Day and the 4th of July coming up, we’ve been into patriotic kids crafts, particularly ideas we can start as 4th of July traditions. And this Uncle Sam Paper Plate Craft certainly fits the bill! You probably have everything you need at home – paper plates, googly eyes, construction paper and felt. …
The minion craze will be back in full force in June, and we couldn’t resist this cute minion paper plate craft for kids. It’s simple, fun and adorable, and it’s the perfect rainy day activity for preschoolers and young children. Don’t forget to check out our other minion crafts and activities while you’re here! Minion …
This parrot paper plate craft is a fun activity to do with the kids when you’re studying rainforest animals or birds. You probably have all the materials at home ready to put this cute little project together. So, what are you waiting for? Start crafting!
Looking for a fun and useful Easter craft for kids? Make a few of these drink koozies! Not only are the Easter chick craft koozies cute to look at, but they’ll keep your drinks nice and cold for hours. What better way to encourage your kids to drink more water than with this fun project?
Now that spring has officially arrived (hooray!), the kiddo and I are enjoying the warmer weather and reading lots of books about bugs, birds, butterflies and gardening. One of our current favorites is The Surprise Garden by Zoe Hall. The pictures are so vibrant and colorful, and the text is short and sweet to keep …
Looking for a fun craft to go along with your child’s favorite story? Look no further! Maggy from Red Ted Art shares some of her favorite story inspired kids crafts to get those creative juices flowing.
This tissue paper and paper plate Valentine wreath is a fun activity for toddlers and preschoolers. Gluing and grasping/placing the tissue paper is excellent fine motor practice. And when you’re done, you have a pretty little Valentine’s Day craft to hang on your door or mantle.
This sweet little heart butterfly craft is a fun idea for Valentine’s Day. Aside from the painting and drying, you can put this together in just a few minutes, and that’s a winner for any busy mom (and kid). And while you’re here, you don’t want to miss our other easy valentine crafts for kids, …
With Valentine’s Day just around the corner (or at least it seems that way)… you may be looking for some quick and easy valentine crafts for kids. Well, you’re in luck. Most of the crafts in this post can be done in 15 minutes or less, and they’re oh-so-cute! Easy Valentine Crafts for Kids Start …
Celebrate winter with this cute little snowman toilet paper roll craft that’s perfect for preschoolers. It’s a wonderful kids’ craft for a snow day! Plus, if you make crafts with your kids fairly regularly, you probably already have everything you need – toilet paper rolls, pipe cleaners, yarn, beads, and paint. These cute little toilet …
This handprint Christmas tree card is a fun craft for the kids that you’ll want to keep for the memory books. It’s a wonderful way to send seasons greetings to grandparents, aunts, uncles and other extended family, too.
With Halloween right around the corner, I can’t help but break out the crafting materials with my son. And usually our crafts center around toilet paper rolls. We always have them, the crafts are easy, and they’re just enough to keep his attention. These Halloween toilet paper roll crafts are cute and spooky (but not …
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with one of these 11 Lucky Leprechaun Crafts for Kids.
You’re trying to clean, but your little superhero is tugging on your shirt once again because his 2,639 toys just aren’t enough to entertain him. He wants to make something. But you also have to start dinner soon… what to do? Take a short craft break! This Iron Man Toilet Paper Roll Craft only takes …
This robot valentine box (aka the Lovebot) is an adorable way for kids to collect their valentines this year. And with nutritious snacks and meals, you can fuel your child’s imagination and creativity all day long.
These snowman popsicle stick ornaments will look adorable on your tree this year! You can also leave the ribbon and beads off to use them as winter bookmarks instead. This is an easy craft for preschoolers!
This double-sided Elmo and Grover ornament is based on the kiddo’s favorite book, Another Monster at the End of This Book. This post contains affiliate links. When we chose our book for the kid-made book-based ornament series, I hoped that my son would choose a really interesting story, but he went for his favorite book (this …
This Christmas tree suncatcher ornament is so fun to make! Leave off the pom pom ornaments for an eye-catching melted crayon suncatcher, or add the “ornaments” for a little more flair if you’re putting it on the tree.
Dooby dooby doo bah! It’s Agent P! My son is obsessed with the Phineas and Ferb TV show (why did they ever cancel that?), so of course, we had to make an Agent P craft. Honestly, this is his favorite craft so far. It’s been about a week since we’ve made them, and he still …
In anticipation of the new Star Wars movie coming out in a couple of months, we decided to do a craft featuring our favorite Star Wars character: Yoda! This paper bag Yoda puppet is easy to make, and it’s definitely lots of fun to play with. Make one with your young Jedi today! My son …