Crafts for Kids: Activities
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Doodling On Paper Plates Craft For Anytime!
Doodling on paper plates is just about one of the simplest craft ideas I’ve every come up with, and yet it is really so much fun! So put out some plates and even something as simple as ball point pens, and watch as everyone gets to work decorating their plates! I actually did this drawing…
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Travel Journals For Kids!
At the beginning of our month long vacation I had the idea that maybe my three littlest would enjoy making travel journals to document our adventures, in Canada and the United States. And guess what? It was a huge success, as all three, ages 12, 10 and 9 diligently recorded our activities, well at least…
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Modeling Clay Craft For Kids: A Pink Rabbit With Carrots
A cute little pink rabbit made from modeling clay appeared in our house last week, and of course I just had to share it with you! Sculpting with modeling clay is a great little activity or craft, (depending on the child’s age) that is quite different from most of the other projects I share with…
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Melted Crayon Art On Rocks
Here’s a great little craft activity that my kids loved — drawing with crayons on hot rocks! Yes, not recommended for little ones, but so much fun! I had my kids hold a crayon in one hand and a spoon in the other so that they’d use the spoon for turning the rock if necessary!…
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Finger Knitting Is For Boys Too, Yippee!
Last week I shared with you the great news that my craft starved daughter got really into finger knitting. And guess what, I can’t believe it myself, but it turns out that my boys ages 7 and 8 actually got into it even more….infact they were downright obsessed! You should have seen the huge grin…
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Drawing On Baking Paper!
Drawing on baking paper is a fun way to encourage your kids to draw, as variety is always part of any recipe for success! I’ve been trying to encourage a few of my kids to draw, as for some reason the desire just doesn’t come naturally, who would have thought? This lovely pattern was actually…
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Melted Plastic Hama Bead Bowls
Yesterday as we were recovering from a wonderful Shavous holiday weekend, we made some melted hama (perler) bead bowls! You see, a good friend who stayed with us for the holiday just couldn’t resist mopping my floors and doing some general cleaning, so when she suggested that maybe the kids could do a project, I…
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Craft Dye From Old Markers
Dear thrifty readers, don’t toss your old markers as I was just about to do, open them up and save the ink cartridges to make some great dye for crafting. Now, if you’ve been paying attention over the past few years, this is not the first time I’ve posted about this great idea of upcycling…
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Make Doodle Coloring Pages From Connect The Dots
Ya see, I told you to expect some doodling around here! Once you add some doodling to your life you may even find it quite useful! Last night as I was preparing dinner, my daughter was copying the designs on my doodle envelopes, but this turned out to be too challenging for my sons 6…
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Classic Parachute Birthday Party Favor Fun
Remember these? I saw some of these classic parachute man birthday party favors at Target on our last trip to the US and snagged a package because I always loved them! And any toy that uses the wind as opposed to batteries is a winner in my book! My kids had fun this morning dropping…
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Fun Birthday Party Games
For my daughter’s birthday party back in July I thought it would be fun to come up with some birthday party games no one had every heard of. After a bit of a search I came up with three games that seemed like they had good potential. The results? Two out of three were 100%…
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Tie Dyed Tissue Paper
Here’s a great craft activity that you’re gonna love! Large sheets of tissue paper are folded into little triangles, the corners are dipped into full strength food coloring and voila! All you need besides these basic supplies is just a little patience, and you can make some gorgeous tie dyed papers to use as gift…