Kid activities and kid crafts to keep the kiddos busy and having fun this Spring Break and Summer! These boredom busters can be made with things you may already have around the house and they are easy to make and fun to play with! Let’s have some fun! 1 Make Star Crayons… I love the sparkle …
21 fun summer boredom busters to keep your kids entertained this summer
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Looking for Native American crafts for kids to celebrate Thanksgiving or Indigenous Peoples' Day? Check out this easy spin drum craft!!
Make an easy paper plate bunny using our printable template and half a paper plate. This is a fun craft idea for Spring or Easter!
From Catapults to Light Sabers and everything in between, here are 40 crafts for boys that are a great way to spend the afternoon!
With a few materials, you can make this bird color sorting and counting activity. Kids will love this hands-on math and fine motor activity. What can you do with a bag of feathers? I bought a great
These super-fun Craft Stick Exploding Boomerangs can be easily made with just 4 craft sticks in about 10 seconds or less. They "explode" on contact!
Make beautiful popsicle stick dragonflies for a spring craft! This is a fun art project for kids.
Straw Maze Activity
Autumn is here and there are conkers galore so here are 5 quick and easy conker crafts for kids and activities kids can do with conkers...........
Okay, so I didn’t post two days this week. That is not normal for me, but having the kids home from school all week because of snow days is also not normal for me. It totally throws me out of sync. I cannot just sit and work on my computer, or work on any DIY projects for that matter, while the boys are home. It also doesn’t help that I have been down in my back for almost a week. I could have stressed out about it all, but I chose not to. I’m thankful that I could take a “break” with them this week. They do not have school again today, so I am trying to come up with some new ways to keep them entertained. I found some very cute “snowy day” activities that I thought I would share with you since a good majority of us are covered in snow.
These magic milk colors have been on our to-do list for a long time (like ever since I first got on Pinterest long). I’m sure you can tell by the photo above, this project is the perfect mix of art, science, and fun. I’ve seen the idea several places over the last few months but …
We love spending time together doing fun kids activities without spending a penny! These fun and free kids activities will have the entire family spending
Learn how things GROW with seeds and plants activities for kindergarten. Hands-on plants for kids theme with science, crafts, and more!
Here I am showcasing five free half-term activities which we have been enjoying. Let me know what you've been up to as well.
Looking for a fun Easter craft for the kids, then we have you covered with these super cute bunny origami. Easter fun with this bunny origami is all kinds
We read Hilda Must Be Dancing by Karma Wilson and illustrated by Suzanne Watts and The Hiccuping Hippo by Keith Faulkner and Jonathan Lambert. I also had The HICCUPotamus by Aaron Zens on standby, but didn't end up using it. I found a couple of variations of this hippo craft on Pinterest, but couldn't find a template. So I made one. Click here for the Hippo Template PDF or see the images below: I precut everything so the kids/parents just had to assemble. The head shape was sized so I could
Inside: Kids of all ages will enjoy using leaves, twigs, pebbles, and pinecones to make creative nature art! It’s the perfect fall
Story stones are perfect for writing prompts, imaginative adventures, story-telling around the campfire, on long car rides. Fun & creative for everyone.
Here's another toilet paper craft to join our cardboard paper menagerie: freshly caught fish! Based on these little fellows who are touring the internet, this version is simpler in that it needs less materials and there is less cutting and glueing involved. I toyed with the idea of a tutorial for you but these little fish are so simple to make I decided that maybe instructions were more fitting. So I'll just explain how these were made -for the absolute beginners out there. First draw your fish in pencil on the cardboard tube. I start with the line that seperates the body from the head. Then I draw two large eyes on opposite sides of the tube. I continue by drawing the scales on the body. (It's really up to you what kind of shape you want the scales to be and how they will be repeated over the body of the fish.I really don't think you can go wrong here. Even coloured doodles by a younger child would look great as scales.) Then it's time to decide on the colours for the fish and where each will go. (You can see a previous fish in red-orange hues here.) You can paint them or draw them in a number of ways. You could easily use pencils, markers or paint. These are coloured in with coloured markers and then outlined with a black marker. For the tail, all you need is something that is long and flow-ey. I used colour co-ordinated ribbon on these but I've also used newspaper strips and ribbons cut out of a plastic bag on other occassions. Use what you have that you feel fits your fish and glue the strips under the cardboard tube so that the glued ends are not visible on the outside. Your fish is now ready to be strung! Make two holes on the head of the fish. I estimate the centre between the eyes, poke a hole with a sharp pencil and then poke another hole exactly opposite the first one. Find some string -or ribbon- and thread it through the holes, tie it up and your fish is strung! Congratulations! You've done it! I turned them into a summer mobile and hung them somewhere the breeze can make the tails flutter and float... For other kids craft made out of tp tubes (ie toilet paper rolls) you can see a menagerie of animals here and some cheeky toy frogs here. Linked to: Annemarie's Haakblog, The Dedicated House, The Silly Pearl, Homework, Confessions Of A Serial DIYer
Today I'm so excited to announce the launch of Happy Handmade! This is a brand new kids craft ebook that contains 115 pages of unique and fun crafts to make with and for your kids! If you could see me now, you'd see that I'm grinning ear-to-ear right now because I'm so proud of how this book turned out! To celebrate the launch of this awesome ebook, we're offering it at a discounted price of $9.99 for one week only! Afterwards, the cost of the ebook will return to $12.99. So buy it now, to get it an a discounted price! Woo-hoo for bargains! And, for all you international readers out there, Paypal will take care of the currency conversion for you! This craft book contains a variety of projects designed by 18 craft-loving mom bloggers from all over the world! It's a really great resource, full of inspiring DIY ideas, clear step-by-step guidelines, and great photos. Plus, all the projects are ones that you can easily try at home! Here's a peek at some of the crafts inside: And if you're like me, and you really love the look and feel of real books, this ebook is for you! It's designed to be read like a real book. Everything is also laid out in a clear manner. Materials are listed and all the steps are broken down into bite-size chunks with corresponding photographs! Here's a sample of the step-by-step instructions! You can buy it now, on any device, and then download it when you are ready. Depending on the apps you have installed and your operating system you might be able to go ahead and download the book on your mobile device, but if you have any doubts or problems, I recommend you use a computer to download the book and then share it to your mobile devices I really hope you and your kids love this book as much as we do. Let me know if you try out any of the activities, ok? Happy making, friends!
This floating craft stick rainbow boat craft for kids would make a great, easy craft to do with kids any time of the year. Plus it doubles as a handmade toy!
Today I am going to share with you a quick and super fun Kid’s Activity that I guarantee kiddos of all ages are going to love. I came up with the crazy idea to make Spaghetti Slime and our kids had a blast playing with it. These are the best couple of dollars I have ever spent! Look …
This treehouse is quick and easy to make, with just a few materials. Makes a great dollhouse alternative for pretend play fun.
One of the reasons why we do so much science for kids here at Kids Activities Blog is because basic science is simple play! Many favorite childhood
A collection of 40 frog craft projects that are perfect for kids.
Princess Pea and I have been making a cardboard box puppet theatre and Gruffalo puppets!
Sweet Girl and I did LOTS of Valentine's day crafts this week!! Our house is covered in pink and red hearts!! Marshmellow Heart The marshmellow snowflakes were such a big hit, I thought we would do a marshmellow heart! We worked on counting to five with the marshmellows. I made her count out five and put them on before she could eat one! And again, she loved this craft!! Heart sponge painting I grabbed some sponges from the dollar store and cut them into heart shapes. We used red and pink paint and made a heart collage. Salt dough heart ornaments These were really fun to make. We made up a batch of salt dough, rolled it out like cookie dough and then used our heart shaped cookie cutters to cut out hearts of all different sizes. After they cooked and cooled, we painted them and added some sparkles!! Aren't they cute??? Thumbprint Heart Magnets We used the leftover salt dough to make thumbprint heart magnets. First we rolled out the dough and cut out our shapes, then we used Sweet Girl's thumb to make a heart impression. After they cooked and cooled we painted them and added a magnet to the back! These are little gifts for the grandmas in our life!! We read all of our Valentine's day books many times this week. Some of our favorites are: Kisses, by Barney Saltzberg Love and Kisses, by Sarah Wilson Kiss Kiss, by Margaret Wild and Bridget Strevens-Marzo (Sweet Girl's favorite!!) And of course.... Dora's Valentine Adventure Oh...and here's our letter "B" craft. B is for...Bumblebee We only managed to do one letter B craft this week. This craft is from No Time For Flashcards. We read Buzz Buzz Busy Bee to go along with this craft. Is your house overflowing with pink and red hearts too??? xoxo
Cold day? Here are some fun activities that kids can do in the winter to keep busy! {Click the pictures to be taken to the posts they come from}: *** *** *** *** *** ***
Explore Earth Science with basic LEGO bricks! Build the layers of soil and learn about the different layers of soil!
How to Teach a Toddler Their Colors (37 Different Creative Activities!)...lot's of great ideas, hands-on activities, creative, and fun... variety of easy to make crafts.
Simple DIY Cardboard box Activities for kids. Color, Alphabet, Number Match using a recycled leftover box craft as a learning activity for preschoolers.
Paint bombs. Yep. That's what I said! Here's some crazy outdoor art that the kids made! First: Get Your Supplies! Next: Get To Work! I'm not really known for messy activities, so this was quite out of my comfort zone! It started with me seeing a pack of water balloons and actually buying them. I've never played with water balloons before, and nor has my son. But why stop at water, why not add paint as well? So this is what we used: Water balloons Washable paint Squeeze bottles White sheet Metal tent pegs (garden stakes I'd love to report that
All you need to make safe slime at home without borax is glue, baking soda, contact solution, and a little glitter. It's a fun and safe activity for kids.
Simple DIY Cardboard box Activities for kids. Color, Alphabet, Number Match using a recycled leftover box craft as a learning activity for preschoolers.
Having fun isn't always top priority as a parent. There is plenty of structure, rules and reasons. But, sometimes there is room for some
Here’s an easy guide to show you how to make a rainstick musical instrument. How to make a rainstick musical instrument Have you ever heard a rainstick? It makes a lovely, gentle sound which does sound just like a shower of rain, and is very soothing. It’s a great accompaniment to the more lively noise makers in […]
Are you ready for the 2012 Summer Olympics? Are your kids into it at all? Hopefully this Olympic craft idea will begin to get them in the spirit of the games! Do you have time for a short story?…
Say and Spray was a HUGE hit at our house and I have no doubt it would be a huge hit at your home or in your classroom.
