Kids Crafts

Welcome to our Kids Crafts page. Here you'll find all kinds of fun crafts, projects, tips, and activities for kids, many centered around the current holiday or season. Check out a few of our most popular posts here, or scroll down for the most recent projects.

9 Kids Craft Websites You’ve Got to Know

by Marie April 8, 2011

I HAVE to share some of my favorite kids craft website with you all today. Each are full of amazing, entertaining, and educational crafts for kids. I’m in awe of the wonderful things they all post, very inspiring. You must check them out! Tinker Lab: Lots of tinkering going on. These are the good and [...]

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Featured Spotlight: Polly Pocket Charm Bracelet

by Marie April 5, 2011

I can’t get over how brilliant this Polly Pocket Bracelet is I found from over at the M&T Spotlight by Quirky Momma! It’s the perfect way to keep those tiny little polly pocket accessories all in one place. My girls are going to love this project, we’ll be making one today!

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Miniature Flower Pots for Spring

by Amanda April 4, 2011

In the past I have made many different hat crafts using foam cups that I shrank in the oven. Yes, much like a Shrinky Dink! However, because shrinking the cups isn’t an exact science, there are often some misshapen hats with curled up brims. Instead of tossing those into the garbage as a failure, I’ve [...]

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Easter Chalkboard Cards

by Marie March 29, 2011

We’re making cute little Easter pictures with these chalkstock postcards from Canvas Home Basics I received as a fun freebie back at CHA. I thought these would be a perfect activity with pastel chalk for Easter. For the Easter eggs, I drew the oval and my girls designed the inside. We kept erasing them and [...]

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Spring is Here, Get your Craft On

by Marie March 28, 2011

Spring is here and I’m loving it. Here are just a few of the projects we’ve created in the past to help us get a jump start on the spring season. Growing Wheatgrass: this is one of my favorite spring activities. It’s so easy to grow, comes in within a week or so, and looks [...]

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Glue Yarn Ball Tutorial

by Kami March 22, 2011

This simple project might bring back memories of Elementary school, but it turns out to be not only a fun craft to do with the kids, but a darling Spring time decoration. Decorative balls like this can cost at least a few dollars each in the store, but if you make them yourself, you can [...]

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Marcel the Shell Craft

by Marie March 21, 2011

Ever since my brother-in-law introduced us to this adorable video of Marcel The Shell with Shoes On, my kids want to watch it everyday. We decided we had to make a Marcel of our own, complete with pink shoes. Supplies for Marcel the Shell craft: small shell 1 googley eye 1 pink pipe cleaner glue [...]

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Saturday Spotlight: Birds

by Marie March 19, 2011

Our feathered friends, the birds, seem to inspire so many fun projects. I’ve gathered 6 ideas from the M&T Spotlight that I think are the cat’s meow. A few fun kids crafts, as well as some home decor projects perfect for spring. *Next week I’ll be featuring Breakfast, as it’s my favorite meal of the [...]

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Learning Letters with Pipe Cleaners

by Marie March 14, 2011

Were using pipe cleaners to form letters today. This is helping my Kindergartner make letter shapes, talk about the sound of letters, and putting letters together to form words. Supplies for Pipe Cleaner Letters: pipe cleaners, aka chenille stems or fuzzy sticks kid scissors Decide what letters you want to create. Talk about how the [...]

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Saturday Spotlight: Green

by Marie March 11, 2011

The color green is alive and well on the M&T Spotlight. These crafts and recipes are the perfect shade of green and I’m happy to feature them. There are also some really fabulous rainbow crafts and recipes over there, so make sure to check them all out.*Next week I’ll be featuring projects with birds, so [...]