Easy and Fun Crafts for Kids
Easy and Fun Crafts for Kids
Here’s a fun, cute Valentine’s Day craft that the kids will love. (No pun intended 🙂 ) All you need are markers, paper towels, construction paper, scissors, a glue stick and a little water. The craft is easy to make, so even young children can do a great job with this one. I love the …
Here’s a fun and easy way to get the kids excited about veggies. Yeah. Vegetables. I know. Don’t play with your food and all that. But making veggie mosaics always gets the kids excited about biting into their cool creations. So if your kids are turning their noses up at veggies, try having them make …
​Valentine’s Day is not too far off. Here’s a fun craft that your kids will love, not only because it’s fun, but also yummy. The secret (and simple) ingredient in making a bugs and kisses Valentine’s Day card is paper towels. Yeah, plain old paper towels.  You’ll need construction paper, scissors, a glue stick, tape, …
Toddlers love crafts but there are definitely types of crafts that work better for toddlers than others. The two operative words are simple and fun.  And, of course, you’ll need to help your little one with the craft. So here three of my favorites. 1. Play FoodCraft foam is great for making pretend food; it’s bendable …
A cute winter craft is a snowflake necklace. It’s really designed for older kids or teens, but if with your help, even the younger kids can take part. Materials You’ll Need* Necklace wire* Needle nosed pliers* Beads of various sizes and shades of blue, clear, and white First, make the snowflake pendant. Bend the wire …
A fun craft that isn’t as popular as it was in my youth is macaroni jewelry. So we’re going old school today. Why? Because, well, it’s just plain fun and your kids will have a blast making these easy and colorful crafts. Here’s what you’ll need. Various types of macaroniFood coloringRubbing alcoholNewspaperBowl or Zip-Lock bagString or …
If you’ve ever taken your kids to a festival of any sort, you seen it there with a long line of children. It’s the person making balloon animals. Some of those folks can make pretty incredible things with balloons. It is truly a craft—even an art form. The thing is that kids can learn how …
If you have kids, you have crayons. And if you have crayons, you have a bunch of ground-down nubs of crayons. They’re old bits and pieces that the kids can barely grip. Throw them out? No way. As they say, when you get handed lemons, make lemonade. So when the kids hand you those nubby …
If your toddler sees you sewing or painting clothes with fabric paint, she may want to try her hand at designing clothes. But needles are small and sharp, and fabric paint is messy. What to do? Just break out the markers. Your toddler can have a blast decorating a plain white t-shirt with colorful markers. …
Kids love their craft projects. (Heck, we big kids love craft projects.) But as a former teacher, I’m a firm believer that children, especially younger children, like to have their projects less structured. I totally think this is true because they can be more creative and have more fun that way. Let me be clear: …