Kids Crafts

If you don’t know how to make candy ropes you’re in for a real treat. Candy ropes are bite size pieces of your favorite candy wrapped in saran wrap and tied off with ribbons to make a candy rope....

Step back in time and make potholders with cotton potholder loops. This fun craft is great for kids of nearly all ages. Even the youngest children can help an older sibling or parent by helping...

A fun craft project for the children. This is a great way to keep them busy on Christmas Eve or during a Christmas party before opening the gifts. Plus they can decorate their own hat after making...

Kids love working with clay. For thousands of years, clay has been used by most cultures to make vessels for food, water, household supplies and much more. Clay's flexibility combined with its...

Crafting with children can be very rewarding, but it can also be a little daunting. It's possible to enjoy homemade craft projects with children and avoid big messes or complicated disasters....

No toy soldier costume is complete without the signature black hat. You can make your own toy soldier hat out of thin cardboard very cheaply. This is a project kids can make themselves and can be...

Consider making bread decorations with your children instead of buying new Christmas ornaments. Bread decorations are simple to make and provide endless hours of fun for young children. There are...

Children of most ages, and a lot of adults, love pirates. They like reading about them, watching pirate movies and playing pirate games. There's something fascinating about thieves in garish...

Make a child's craft table to provide your children with a surface to complete their crafts that prevents you from worrying about stains and spills on your carpet and furniture. Make the table...

Seagulls are scavenger birds common to Northern America, easily recognizable by their simple white and grey coloring and often loud presence. Children may enjoying watching seagulls at the beach....

You can easily make your own glow-in-the-dark paint for children. By mixing your own paint, you can control the brightness as well as the medium you use for painting. You can buy glow-in-the-dark...

Dirt shirts are a fun project to add color to your plain white T-shirts. Dirt shirts turn white T-shirts into unique colors produced by soil. Places such as Costa Rica and Hawaii sell dirt shirts...

Here's a simple project for using up the extra pictures of your kids or grandchildren. Instead of using magnets to put their pictures up on the fridge, turn their pictures into magnets to hold...

Evoke the feeling of spring any time of year with colorful and fluffy tissue-paper flowers. The lightweight and inexpensive accents are easy to create, and you can make them with your kids as an...

"Count Down to Christmas Links" are a fun and simple arts and craft project to make this December with your children. These links create an easy way for even young children to know that...

Don't settle for plain ribbons when you need to tie your daughter's hair off of her face. Design hair accessories that are as decorative as they are functional. Adorn ribbon or strips of colorful...

Making wristbands with yarn is an age-old activity for children and adults. Wristbands and bracelets may look alike, but a wristband is tight around the wrist and a bracelet is loose to move...

You can make beautiful Christmas tree ornaments from items you pull from your trash or recycling can. This tutorial will explain how to take a lid from a peanut butter, peanut can, jelly or other...

Take your trash and turn it into a Christmas treasure you will enjoy for years. Old, burnt out light bulbs can be turned into terrific Christmas tree ornaments. This tutorial will explain how to...

My father was a genius at coming up with great fun stuff to do with his kids. He could take just anything and turn it into a day of fun and a totally charming work of art. When I was still...

Every art project can be fun and educational. Teach your children about the construction industry and the tools workers use to build. Make a 3-D sledgehammer out of paper products around your...

Are you wondering what to get the grandparents this holiday season? Well, how about having the kids create some homemade Christmas card placemats? Here is a festive craft that’s fun for the...

Pegasus is a winged horse of Greek mythology. The Greek myth tells the story of how Pegasus "sprang from the blood of the Gorgon Medusa as she was beheaded by the hero Perseus," according to...

Ironing Girl Scout patches onto a vest is easy as long as you know where to properly place each patch--each one has a specific place to go on the vest. Girl Scout patches display accomplishments...

Making a children's craft wedding canopy allows children to express creativity while being introduced to the concept of tradition and ceremony. A wedding canopy has four poles topped with a frame...

Everyone has a story, and that story matters. Teach your children the importance of knowing heritage and embracing individuals' unique attributes by making a biography wheel out of construction...

Children grow quickly. You can have a precious reminder of them as they grow older with the preservation of their once small handprints. Simple mementos such as clay handprints make an ideal way...

Totoro is the main character of the 1988 Japanese animation flick "My Neighbor Totoro." The film was dubbed with English subtitles and released in 2006, using the voices of actors such as Dakota...

A Christmas reindeer craft shirt transforms your child’s foot and handprint into wearable art. Enjoy this holiday craft as a family or group project; once the paint is out it is easy to make more...

Do you want to create a special memory for the kids in your life? You can do just that by hosting a Gingerbread House Party. You can host this for just your own children or you can also invite...

Washington on the Delaware. . .Sherman at Shiloh. . .MacArthur in the Pacific. Turn an ordinary lesson about the United States' military history into a creative art project by teaching your...

If your children have recently finished reading a book together, consider constructing biography wheels for the main characters. Biography wheels teach children how to dig deep in the books they...

Learning to make Styrofoam animals for flowers is an easy and creative way to decorate a plant or flower pot. The mini animals can peak out from under the leaves or petals to add a humorous...

Every child's dream is to have a pony. In most cases, it is impossible due to not having the facilities or because of it not being a practical thing for the moment. You can solve the problem by...

Making bear ears for a costume or play is an easy project. By using a purchased headband, you can glue craft fur into quick bear ears in under 30 minutes. Once you master bear ears, improvising...

Rain sticks are musical instruments that originated in South America. Traditional rain sticks are made from hollow tubes of dried cactus in which the cactus thorns have been pushed to the inside....

Making Bible scrolls as a craft is an excellent idea for a Sunday school lesson, or for any children's activity. Making the scrolls is not terribly difficult, and can be fun for kids and adults...

Everyone likes to decorate for Christmas even the children. Christmas Snow Globes are a great way to be able to show Mom and Dad their child’s picture and give them a great ordainment for their...

Turn an afternoon craft project into a unique science project by teaching your children how to make their own perfume. Don't worry if you have a boy, he will definitely appreciate watching a few...

Reusing items that we normally throw away or recycle helps reduce crowding in our landfills and pollution created in processing recyclables. Milk cartons have a thousand uses in kids' craft...

Creating custom balloons is a fun activity to complete with your kids on birthdays, holidays or on a rainy afternoon when your family needs something fun to do. You can take a plain balloon and...

Easy chalk to make at home! For hopscotch, tic-tac-toe or just plain doodling, this chalk is just the thing! Keep a stash of this chalk made from plaster of paris and tempera paints to inspire...

Ever wonder what to do with those empty egg cartons? With just a few household supplies, you can create an egg carton train. Not only can you have fun designing the train, you can also use the...

Ever wondered how to make a symbol with your kids or friends. Here is an easy way to do it just follow the directions i wrote and you'll have your very own symbol to show to all your friends.

If you are looking for a craft the kids can help with, this homemade key holder might be for you. It's an easy do-it-yourself project for everyone to work on together. Let the kids paint and you...

There are a million different ways to make a craft toy car. You can carve it from wood, blow it from glass, mold it from clay or weld it from metal. However, these methods can take years of...

Creating crafts from everyday objects can become a fun hobby in which your entire family can participate. Children have a connection to animals from watching television, having stuffed animals,...

Make glow-in-the-dark slime using a few ingredients and you have created an engaging craft that children will want to do over and over. This easy project makes an enjoyable classroom activity for...

Geography is an important part of a child's education. Globes help children see their world and learn the locations of all the countries. Helping children make globes gives them a craft project as...

Kid always want to rewards parents. This crafts idea can brighten up any day and is perfect of holidays and birthdays. There are several way to do up this plaques but the two most important...