- These Angry Bird bookmarks are a cute craft ,but they also work well too! They fit right onto the corners of book pages so they fit any book just right and won’t leave unnecessary marks in your kids’ books.
- For a really fun kids craft and activity, make some slime! All you need is 1 cup of corn starch, one cup of water, and a little bit of food coloring (any color they would like). Mix them together and they will have so much fun. When they bunch it up in their fist it solidifies, but as they open their hands it turns into a liquid slime.
- Homemade lip balm can be a really fun project to make! Your kids can pick their own flavor (from Kool-aid) which will also determine the color of the lip balm. Not only can they make the lip balm, they can also decorate the outside of the case they want to put it in too.
- Melted crayon art is tons of fun! Kids can line a canvas with the crayon colors of their choice and then use a hair dryer to melt the crayons across the canvas. Each piece turns out unique and can be displayed in their room as a fun piece of artwork.
- This felt heart mobile is great for kids’ rooms. Although it’s hung from a straight dowel, you can make it have a mobile feel by changing the lengths of the strings where the hearts are attached.
- Paper bag puppets are a classic! These craft projects can use all kinds of supplies like coloring utensils, felt, tinsel, googely eyes, string, or anything you have lying around. Kids love this type of craft project because it’s fun to make and even more fun to play with after!
- Paper tulips are a fun project for kids to learn some basic origami skills while having fun. The tulips look great in every color too!
- Making masks is a really fun project for kids. They can decorate them to transform into whatever kinds of characters, people, or animals they would like. When they finish making them, they can plan a skit to perform using their masks.
- These tin can lanterns look cool, and they’re practical. They are a great craft project but can also be helpful to use as a night light or even on your next family camping trip.
- Have your kids transform some boring, old pens into beautiful ones using duct tape. Duct tape comes in all kinds of bright, fun colors as well as fun patterns. You could even attach duct tape flowers to the ends!
- Using Borax and watercolors, plain rocks can turn into beautiful crystallized ones! These are a cheap craft to make but so much fun. Your kids will want to make more than one!
- Decorate a mason jar and put tealights inside of them! They can paint them any color or design they would like and then flip it upside down to have the light sit on the lid. It makes a really pretty light that will illuminate the colors used to paint the jar.
- Kids love to make marbled paper! It turns out looking so cool and each sheet is different. You can make this using shaving cream and a variety of colors.
- Have your kids make their own dolls using paint sticks! They are a good size to draw on and a great shape to make mini people out of. You can also had small pieces of yarn to make hair or accessories for the people. Creativity helps this craft go a long way!
These sun catchers are so neat! They look really pretty and are made from melted beads. It’s so fun for kids to see what their sun catcher will turn out like in the end.
Kids can make their own bookmarks from Elmer’s glue! All you need to do is find a small tray (with your desired shape) and fill it with the glue using a thin layer. You can add some drops of coloring to it too! Then let the glue dry and once it is done, peel it out of the tray. It will make a nice bookmark!
- These little ships actually float! They are made from wine corks and rubber bands which is super easy to assemble. The sails can be customized! Then place them in water and the kids can have boat races.
- Cut some paper plates in half to make some watermelons! Kids can color the trim green and the middle part red to look just like a watermelon. Give them some beans they can glue on to look like seeds and they will be set.
- These paper plate kites are fun for little ones. Just cut out a hole in the middle of the plate, and let them decorate the trim however they would like. Next, attach some ribbon to the ends.
- Let your kids help you bake some homemade fortune cookies. This is good for them to get some practice in the kitchen. While the cookies are being made, they can write their own fortunes to stick inside and you can have them as a treat later.
- Stress balls can be a fun craft to make because they are addicting to squish and are funny to look at. Your kids can add some funny faces to them and even add a little bit of hair!
- If your kids love the outdoors, they might like making some garden stepping stones. They can put concrete in a disposable pan (circular or square work best) and put rocks, beads, shells, or other embellishments inside to make them look beautiful.
- Star Wars has rightfully made a huge come back. This light saber craft is fun to make, fun to reenact the movie with, and they are also edible. What’s not to love?
- Friendship bracelets are good crafts for kids to make for themselves and their BFFs. If the friends are together, they can each make one for each other, or if they are by themselves they can make one for themselves and one to give to their friends.
- Have your kids do a monogram letter craft by decorating a giant letter (usually the first letter in their first name or their last name) that they can put in their room. Kids can use all kinds of scrapbooking paper or other materials to customize their initials.
