Crafts for Kids

  • Corrugated Paper Animal Craft For Kids

    Corrugated Paper Animal Craft For Kids

    Making adorable little animals with strips of colored corrugated paper is a great craft to try out with the kids, and very full of creative possibilities! And if you choose to make a little lamb and a chick, you'll get a head start on some spring crafting. The lamb of course could be a paschal…

  • Hanukkah Craft For Kids With Cut Paper Silhouettes

    Hanukkah Craft For Kids With Cut Paper Silhouettes

    Here's a super simple hanukkah craft to keep the kids busy this holiday, using simple supplies you probably have on hand: paper and glue! Silhouette art using cut paper does look the best with black paper, but don't sweat it if you don't have any, use what you have on hand for slightly different and…

  • Watercolor Dreidel Craft For Hanukkah Is So Much Fun!

    Watercolor Dreidel Craft For Hanukkah Is So Much Fun!

    My kids had a great time painting these simply lovely watercolor dreidels last night, and the results are fantastic! We'll use our watercolor dreidels to make a hanukkah garland, a simple mobile or as elements in an as of yet undetermined hanukkah craft. I really don't think one can possibly make too many of these,…

  • Hanukkah Dreidel Craft Using Corrugated Cardboard!

    Hanukkah Dreidel Craft Using Corrugated Cardboard!

    Now is the time to get serious as far as Chanukah crafting goes, but doesn't necessarily mean you  have to run out and buy a bunch of supplies — try using recycled cardboard and anything else you might already have on hand! Corrugated cardboard (used with the ridges running vertically) makes a great base and…

  • Make Fun Chanukah Gift Tags With Washi Tape!

    Make Fun Chanukah Gift Tags With Washi Tape!

    Chanukah is coming and I've got a bunch of chanukah craft ideas using Washi tape, starting with these sweet little washi tape gift tags — perfect for adorning your holiday gifts, or even using as napkin rings or hung here and there! So now you have a great excuse to go out and buy some…

  • Hankkah Crafts For Kids Round Up From The Archives

    Hankkah Crafts For Kids Round Up From The Archives

    Now is the time to start making some serious plans for Hanukkah crafting, and here are a bunch of my best projects to get you started! A fire resistant cardboard tube menorah hanukkah craft might be a great place to start, or at least start collecting those tubes, either from paper towels or toilet paper.…

  • Giant Geometric String Star Craft For The Holidays!

    Giant Geometric String Star Craft For The Holidays!

    With Chanukah just a month away, as well as a number of other holidays that many of you celebrate, it is truly time to get crafting, and I'd recommend getting started with these clever geometric string stars that you can hang now, and enjoy for months to come! Their unspecific look can go in any…

  • No-Sew Fleece Bunting And Garland Tutorial

    No-Sew Fleece Bunting And Garland Tutorial

    This year create some fantastic and festive holiday and/or party decorations using just fleece! You can certainly upcycle a garment or blanket, use scraps from a fleece sewing project, or choose to buy some fleece to make these oh so simple fleece decorations! And, since this project was originall created with kids in mind, any…

  • No-Sew Fleece Garlands and Bunting Banners For The Holiday Season!

    No-Sew Fleece Garlands and Bunting Banners For The Holiday Season!

    Great news, I now have the perfect answer to that voice in your head that wonders whether you should hang on to little scraps of fleece left over from all your fun fleece crafting? The answer is YES, because look dear readers, one can use them to make adorable garlands and bunting banners, yippee! And…

  • No Sew Fleece: A Super Simple Doll Blanket Kids Can Make Too!

    No Sew Fleece: A Super Simple Doll Blanket Kids Can Make Too!

    The cooler weather has arrived, and suddenly the desire to craft has hit me like a storm, which means it is certainly a great time to share with you some no sew fleece crafts! Lets start with this super simple and adorable fleece doll blanket, that is a great fleece craft for kids as well,…

  • Cut Paper Rooster Craft For Yom Kippur!

    Cut Paper Rooster Craft For Yom Kippur!

    Yom Kippur is almost here and by some small miracle I was able to grab my 9 year old son this morning to create a cut paper rooster picture for Yom Kippur. Roosters are a great thing to illustrate anytime, and they happen to be a Jewish symbol for atonement, which is what Yom Kippur…

  • Stamped Polka Dot Wrapping Paper For A Ping Pong Birthday Party

    Stamped Polka Dot Wrapping Paper For A Ping Pong Birthday Party

    Homemade wrapping paper using blank newsprint paper and simple bright green children's paint was the perfect compliment to the ping pong themed birthday party that I made for my 11 year old son just before Rosh HaShana. And while we are not big on birthday gifts in our home, I thought I'd surprise the birthday…