Welcome, craft lovers! Sunny days are here and so is a brand new collection of Summer Crafts and DIY Ideas for Kids. Let's explore! A special hello to all the craft-loving parents, grandparents, babysitters, and helpful friends of the family. We hope you are all enjoying warm days and long evenings spent playing with the
Learn how to make a dreamcatcher! These paper plate dreamcatchers are so pretty, and they're incredibly simple to make! Keep bad dreams away as you make this easy kids version of a dreamcatcher. Make a Dreamcatcher A dreamcatcher is a Native American item which is traditionally hung over a child's bed as protection. Dreamcatchers allow good dreams through, while catching and stopping bad dreams. Most kids will enjoy this craft, but a DIY dreamcatcher is particularly great for kids who have trouble with nightmares. You can work through the problem together as you make the craft, and the dreamcatcher will
This craft step by step on how to make paper windmill that spins around, is one of my favorite fun and easy summer craft ideas for kids. Like most of my other crafts these will make a great toy windmill to take outside too, as well as to the beach. My DIY Windmill project comes
This moon sand recipe is so easy to make! With only two ingredients, you'll be playing with this soft and sensory sand within minutes. Moon Sand This moon sand recipe is so much fun. The texture is soft and crumbly, but it also molds really well into different shapes. The kids thought it was the best thing ever! I've tested different kinetic sand recipes before (like this kinetic sand, this moldable play sand and this foam sand), but this one was BY FAR the best. And with only 2 ingredients it's also super easy to make. We loved how the
Fun STEM activity for outdoor play and makes a great science lesson! (Includes a printable rocket template).
A suncatcher craft is just so cheerful. Add them to the windows to add color and cheer to any room. Here are some fantastic Suncatcher crafts for
Use vibrant watercolors and coffee filters to make our Coffee Filter Watercolor Fish Craft. An absolutely gorgeous ocean craft!
These bouncing bubbles are SO FUN! Best of all, they're super easy to make, using simple kitchen items like dish soap and sugar. No special or fancy ingredients needed! Blowing bubbles is always fun, but have you ever made bouncing bubbles?! There's something pretty magical about blowing a bubble you can hold and bounce on your hand. Make our easy bouncing bubbles recipe in only a few minutes to create hours of fun! This post contains affiliate links. If you use these links to buy something we may earn a small commission which helps us run this website. How to
Lately most of our days have been spent cooling off at the pool, eating popsicles, and enjoying the slower rhythms
Are you looking for a free popsicle template or outline for a cool summer craft? These printable popsicle templates are the perfect base for popsicle crafts!
Don't you love simple crafts!? These pipe cleaner butterfly rings are so pretty and they're really easy to make. Pipe cleaner crafts are so much fun, especially when you can make something really awesome in less than 5 minutes using nothing but 2 and a half pipe cleaners! You don't need any glue, and you don't need any fancy supplies. Just pipe cleaners and a pair of scissors. This is such an awesome low mess craft for kids... and tweens, and teens, and adults... it's pretty great for all ages! These pipe cleaner butterflies are Part 2 in our pipe
This butterfly craft is so fun and it's super easy to make! Kids of all ages will love watching the paper butterfly flap its wings just like a real butterfly. The mechanics of the moving wings also add a fun lesson in engineering, making it a great STEAM project. Butterfly Craft We used drinking straws to create the moving wings of our butterflies. It's SO COOL how the butterfly flaps its wings. It really looks like it's flying! This butterfly craft is the perfect activity to go along with a butterfly or insect lesson at school. It's also a great spring
Get ready for the summer months with our summer activities for kids worksheet. Share your favorite summer foods, summer activities & goals.
20 of the most fun Moana crafts and activities from making your own Moana necklace to making ocean themed slime and more!
Free printable summer themed I spy activity page for kids. Use this activity to help kids get excited about summer or get yourself some quiet time.
Fun facts about cicadas and STEM unit study ideas for science! Looking to study insects / learning about bugs, want to create a cicada lesson plan or want to know more about the new Brood emerging this year? Learning about cicadas is a fun STEAM lesson to add to your homeschooling or classroom studies. Get a free printables pack download!
You have 1 hour to escape! Set up an escape room in minutes with this Free Printable Escape Room for Kids and families.
Learn about racing camels as you create this Camel Race STEAM Activity with your child. Discover this tradition in world culture through a storybook inspired by the lives of the Turkana people of north-west Kenya. Here's how we made this Camel Race STEAM Activity...
Spread the loveFrom summer camps to crazy good classes, there’s a lot that the Y is known for. But! Did you realize how much community events, arts and crafts and summer fun…
So many fun sports crafts and activities to do during a week of summer camp! Sports Week is a great theme for kids of all ages!
Kids will be amazed when they learn how to make their own homemade bouncy ball. Use our easy, DIY bouncy balls recipe for a fun activity!
Sun prints are so easy, fun, and exciting to make with kids. They are also called cyanotypes and can be made on fabric as well as paper.
Print this I spy insects activity to help kids stay busy and learning on a hot summer day or a rainy winter day while stuck inside.
Learn about France with this France preschool unit! Activities, crafts, food, songs, etc to give your child a taste of France.
These coffee filter butterflies are such a classic craft! I love how easy they are to make and how the bright colours of the Mr. Sketch markers blend together to make gorgeous looking butterfly wings! (Don't worry, you can use regular washable markers too). Do you remember Mr. Sketch markers from when you were a kid? I was walking down the craft aisle at Walmart last year and saw them on display -- I was so excited to see that they still make them! I opened up the package, took the lid off of one of the markers and smelled
This Torn Paper Cactus Art Project is a fun kids' craft idea that is also a great fine motor activity for kids.
Have some easy fun with kids using this free printable soccer cootie catcher! Great for your favorite soccer player, team, classroom, family, & homeschool.
The best crafts keep kids occupied while helping them develop fine motor skills. Check out our 8 terrific (and cheap) tissue paper crafts that do just that!
These Phenomenal Philippines Crafts for Kids are perfect to learn more about the amazing culture of this island country in South East Asia!
Each Olympic Games has its own medal design. On one side is a picture of Nike, the goddess of victory, and on the other is a design unique to the Games. Design a medal for the upcoming Games or perhaps design a medal for the Olympic Games if they were to be held in your town.
Free printable Pop art templates for learning to create in the style of Andy Warhol. This free art tutorial for kids will have your students begging for more....and you can give it to them! We've included three different templates that are sure to delight your budding artists.
Your kids are going to cheer for these sports-themed crafts! Sports are a great way to keep kids active and engaged with other kids. They teach discipline, hard work, team work, and so much more.
Another project in my big Art History unit with my students is finally all displayed and ready to be shared! The two above were chosen for Youth Art Month at the Portage County Library! I found this project via pinterest (which is the worst kind of pinterest post). JUST an image. However, this image was actually pretty useful for understanding the project. Day 1: Picasso intro! Short and sweet powerpoint with a YouTube video of Picasso in action. I did stop it a minute early because he paints a naked lady (and I wasn't ready to tackle that). They really seemed to enjoy this short clip, makes the artist a lot more real to them. If only we had video of Van Gogh! After the video we played "Roll a Picasso" here is a version on Teachers Pay Teachers but I made my own to add a view more parts to it. My students absolutely loved this. They did it for 30 minutes without getting bored! I told them there was no mistakes, they didn't need to erase, and they would take them with them when they left. If they got sick of drawing they could switch to coloring them. I really wish I would of taken some pictures. There was really great ones! Day 2: I show them a little poster that I put together reminding them of some things about Picasso and showing some of his other works. Then I demo drawing the different features on the paper scraps using oil pastels and finishing with a black crayon. I saw such a higher level of confidence of this project and I think it was because of the Roll a Picasso. They had come in knowing what their strengths were with what features, and I didn't limit them to the ones on the sheet either. If there was a way they wanted to draw a feature or knew how, they did it. Day 3: Showed the poster once again just to remind them of Picasso (seeing as we only see each other once every six school days)! And started with a short demo of creating the head shape and coloring and assembling it. Started with drawing the head, arranging the pieces, traced them, took them off and colored the sections of the face with oil pastels. If it didn't naturally break into sections they did it where they thought best. Last step was glue sticking them on and tracing the added paper and lines in black crayon. I am so excited to share these with you, I just LOVE how these turned out! McDill Elementary... Kennedy Elementary... Jefferson Elementary...
Make an origami frog that really jumps! These easy to fold origami jumping frogs are so much fun to play with! Click through for step by step folding instructions.
A collection of the most hilarious and fun camping games for kids, for adults, and even for teens! Everything from tag style games to the cup game!
FUN End of the Year Art Projects- It's the end of the year-go out having FUN! I know how it goes at the end of the year-your tired, the kids are tired...EVERYONE is ready for summer break! Go out with a bang with these super fun end of the year art projects!
STEM activities are a great way to engage children as they learn. This huge collection of 60 Best STEM Activities kids are sure to love.
Here is a silly drawing games that is a lot of fun for kids to play. In this drawing game, you use dice to decide what parts of the drawing you will draw. We have included a face drawing game and a landscape drawing game. This is a lot of fun and it helps children who might not be able to draw freely and creatively...this will help them draw more freely and creatively. This will also increase silliness.
