Kids Crafts

Create a playful and imaginative space for your little girl by including a craft table in her bedroom or playroom. Make the most of the table by combining features of a girls' dress table or...

Fabric book covers offer colorful ways to protect your child's schoolbooks, favorite novels or personal journals from wear and tear. Fabric comes in various colors, prints and finishes, allowing...

Chariots were used by the ancient Greeks, Romans and Egyptians. Making a paper chariot is a great way to teach history, physics, or it can serve as a simple craft. Depending on the culture,...

Creating a nice fluffy chef hat is simple and fun. Kids love to create them, and it’s a safe and inexpensive craft project that doesn’t take much time from start to finish. Best of all, you...

Making Thanksgiving pilgrim hats can be a lot of fun for the whole family. This can be done with newspaper, regular paper, or old magazines. A little silly, but a whole lot of fun too. We even...

First-graders often learn about America's history and its ideal of liberty. A fun craft project for children this age that imprints the lesson is to make a Statue of Liberty crown. According to...

You don't have to spend a lot of money to spend an afternoon creating wind spinners at home with your kids. With a couple of everyday items (and a few inexpensive finishing touches), you can...

Help children celebrate the beauty of spring with hand print lilies made from construction paper. These flowers are quick and easy to make, and most children can do them independently beyond the...

Christmas is a favorite time of year for children. The smells, sights and sounds of Christmas provide endless excitement and anticipation. For the Christian, Christmas time carries special...

Help your kids create simple musical instruments that evoke the sounds of a rainstorm. Design colorful rainsticks with recycled materials and basic craft supplies, like decorative paper, markers,...

Looking for a cute and fun Halloween craft idea? Get the family together and follow these easy instructions to turn your boring ballpoint pens into witches brooms!

Looking for a cute Halloween or theme party pen idea? Follow these easy steps to turn your boring ballpoint pens into Harry Potter Nimbus 2000 broom pens!

When looking for fun but inexpensive play and craft ideas for kids, you sometimes need to think outside the box. But then again, many creative crafts can be made by thinking about the box--the...

A kite is a fun toy for children and grown-ups alike. Whether you use it at the park, the beach, or just in your backyard, kites can provide hours of fun on windy days. Although store-bought...

Not only are Vikings an important part of Scandinavian history, they also make a great kids' party theme. Most children love to make crafts, and what better way to uphold your Viking theme than...

A kitchen may be full of waste materials that can be recycled into creative projects. Every family will have some empty plastic 20 oz. bottles in their possession at some point. Instead of...

Hats offer a fun way for kids and adults to play role-playing games. Whether it be pirates, cowboys, circus folk or a host of other characters, the kind of hats they wear can be easily made with...

Psalm 98:4 tells us to, "Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise" (King James Version). That sounds like something that many preschoolers...

Anyone teaching Sunday school classes with young students will need to know how to make some Christian crafts. Arts and crafts and kids activities can be tailored to accompany a lesson. Choose an...

Make a Native American drum for kids to enjoy fantasy play. Most kids will eagerly work to make crafts that provide them with a toy in the end. A Native American drum can be crafted from common...

A Duck Tape bracelet is a fun way to use duct tape in a craft. Although this bracelet was invented by the Duck Tape brand, you can use any duct tape to make it, assuming the tape comes in several...

Many schools teach children about Johnny Appleseed. Students learn that he was a man who traveled America planting apple trees, and that he often wore a pot on his head. Having the children make a...

A pirate ship is a sure way to encourage creative play with your kids. Make a detailed model from cardboard that is large enough for the children to play inside of. Ask an appliance store for an...

Sometimes kids can be entertained by the simplest object. Toilet paper rolls provide hours and hours of fun and inexpensive craft ideas. They're great for doing with a group of kids at school,...

In this article you will learn how to create personalized locker reorganizers that can be used for multiple things. You can even use one of these organizers as a mail box!!!!

You’re current wallet just got chewed on and gulped up by your dog. Never fear! For centuries through the ages of time people have been constructing wallets solely out of duct tape. It’s easy to...

Cutting cardboard boxes is helpful for fine motor development in preschoolers and kindergartners, and one project to help them hone those skills is to make a cardboard gondola. The process is...

Are you having a hard time keeping your toddler out of the pots and pans? Great! Encourage your kids even more, by making them a paper chef hat that they can actually wear while cooking! ...

Making play blocks for childern with these easy to do steps and some creativity. These keep childern busy for hours and show them to be resourceful.

Bees are fascinating little creatures, found in many childrens' stories, songs and games. Making bee crafts can be a great activity to incorporate into lessons about bees, or can just be a fun way...

Don't throw away those cereal boxes! Using scissors, tape, and following these easy steps, you can create fun and colorful organizers for papers and magazines. This is a great way to incorporate...

You often see flower pens everyplace, offices, banks.. stores they are just fun! Flower pens make great gifts or party favors, and are fun to make it while at it!

Robots are amazing inventions that can do just about anything as long as they are programmed correctly. When made from re-purposed cardboard boxes, they make good collaborative classroom writing...

As a paper maker and art teacher I am always looking to create fun projects for my kids. This simple Illuminaria was requested from a teacher in Washington to have her students do. This one uses a...

Tired of shelling out ten, twenty, even fifty bucks every time you need a new billfold? Buy a four-dollar roll of duct tape, and you can "MacGyver" a new one every few weeks for years....

This paper chef's hat craft is easy, no-sew and will help the littlest foodie of the house look and feel the part.

Instead of wasting your money on items like magazine or book racks try making your own with this simple idea. You are also helping save the environment at the same time instead of tossing the box...

Several arts and crafts projects with a Chinese theme are easy for children to make, and can even be educational during the process of making them. Look to children's magazines, websites and...

Dragonflies are a common summer insect that can be fascinating to many children. Spend some time learning facts about dragonflies and then enhance the simple lessons with a fun and easy dragonfly...

Shelter is a basic human necessity, and humans have a stunning variety of ways to create it. Introducing children to structures like igloos, teepees and lean-tos not only gives them an...

Every year thousands of 3 and 4 year old girls go through a Princess phase wherein they eat, sleep, drink and dress like Cinderella, Snow White, Jasmine – you name it. This fairy princess crown...

Children have a natural sense of rhythm, so banging on pots and pans is often their first step in creating a "house band." Expand their repertoire by helping them make their own rattles, shakers...

Making a duct tape baseball cap is a perfect parent-child project for a rainy afternoon. Allow the child to help with the duct tape as he/she will enjoy helping with this fun project. Duct tape...

Vikings bring to mind fearsome warriors of ages past who pillaged and plundered like ancient pirates. For kids who like to dress up and play, or adults who like to root for a particular football...

For an easy craft project, you might want to make a cardboard mailbox. Read the steps below to find out how to make cardboard mailboxes using empty cereal boxes and other simple supplies.

This is a fun activity to do with budding chefs. The process to make a chef's hat is simple, and you likely have everything you need in your home office. While they are usually left white, you can...

Building a cool pyramid is easy. It makes an educational school project or fun rainy day activity. Kids can decorate their pyramids however they want.

At some point during childhood, all little girls love to pretend they're princesses. One of the most exciting parts of playing princess is wearing the crown or tiara. You can make a tiara for your...

The famous pyramid at Saqqara in Egypt was built by the pharaoh Djoser more than 4,500 years ago. Though considered the first of the great pyramids, it is not a true pyramid but a step pyramid....

Making a catapult out of wooden craft sticks (also known as "Popsicle sticks") is a project that can keep a child occupied. He will be delighted when he discovers the catapult actually works to...