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.

Pressing, Drying, & Sorting Leaves

by Marie

We’re getting some leaves ready for crafting. We’re pressing, drying, and sorting the leaves we’ve collected. Later this week, I’ll be sharing a few fun crafts we’ve been making with our collected dried leaves. For Pressing Leaves: Place a fresh leaf in between two paper towels. Then place a few heavy books or magazines on [...]

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Counting Down to Turkey Time

by Marie

We had so much fun counting down to Halloween last month, that we had to do it again for November (and I’m sure for December too!) We’re removing one feather each day, counting down until the turkey gets gobbled on Thanksgiving. Supplies for Turkey Countdown: Brown paper – preferably cardstock for the turkey’s body and [...]

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Alpha Mom – Adding Flare to a Witch Hat

by Marie

Alpha Mom, a great site for moms, has just started a new holiday column featured on Thursdays called, Once Upon a Holiday. Fun ideas for every holiday will be shared and I’m lucky enough to add my contribution once a month on Alpha Mom. Today, I’ve taken a simple witch hat and added a little [...]

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Mini Halloween Witch’s Brooms

by Marie

These Mini Witch Brooms, a type of yarn Pom Pom, are the perfect size for Barbie or Spiderman. Whether your kids use them for their toys to take flight or you add them as a decoration to your own little witch, they’re easy and fun to make. Supplies for Witch Broom: Yarn – brown or [...]

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Blissful Kids Launch

by Marie

If you haven’t been to the incredible website Blissfully Domestic yet, you’re in for a treat. It’s got everything you need for being Blissful & Domestic. They’ve now started a new channel called Blissful Kids and I’m the new editor, Hooray! There’s going to be me and lots of other crafty contributors posting all about [...]

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Ideas for Your Halloween Class Party

by Marie

When I was teaching school, I had great classroom moms in charge of organizing our class’s holiday parties. Now as a parent, I’m on the other end trying to get ideas for the upcoming class party. Here’s some ideas I’ve gathered that can be done for your child’s Halloween Class Party. Most ideas can be [...]

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Kid-Sized Spider Web

by Marie

After making our Laced Spider Webs and sticking flies to our Sticky Spider Webs, we thought it would be fun to make a Giant Spider Web to lace and stick ourselves into. The kids were trying hard not to get “stuck” on the spider web as they crawled through to the other side. Supplies for [...]

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Decorating Recycled Jars

by Marie

The gals from The Tip Spot are here to share a fabulous craft with us today. Christie and Lizzy are the brains behind The Tip Spot, letting us in on great tips for everyday life. Today they’re getting our kids involved in crafting and recycling with decorated glass jars. Also, today I’m lucky enough to [...]

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Creepy Candy Halloween Houses

by Marie

We love to make these fun Candy Halloween Houses. These turned out to be the best we’ve made yet. My son really gets into it. At first glance you may not know what he’s got going on, but there’s a story behind every piece of candy with graves, boobie-traps, and a cannon. For how-to instructions [...]

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More Spider Crafts – Lacing Spider Webs

by Marie

We can’t get enough of spider crafts at our house. The kids love playing with the yarn and wrapping it around everything. (I’ve even have another Spider Web idea coming next week.) These spider webs are easy for the kids to lace around and we love those plastic spider rings, perfect for spooky crafts. Supplies [...]

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