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.

Lighting our Ice Cream Cone Olympic Torch

by Marie February 15, 2010

The Winter Olympics are here, and as part of this week’s Winter Olympic Games for Kids series, we started things off by lighting our Ice Cream Cone Torches! With sugar cones filled with orange sherbet flames, it’s the perfect treat to get us off on the right foot! However, these torches won’t be lit for [...]

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Weekend Make and Takes: Winter Olympic Crafts for Kids

by Marie February 13, 2010

Let’s the Winter Olympic Games begin! I love the Olympics and am happy to share some sporty crafts, games, and activities to celebrate the games. All week long I’ll be posting an Olympic craft series called: Winter Olympic Games for Kids! First up, I’ve found some fun Olympic crafts for kids from around the web. [...]

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Matching Clever Kids Letter Bites with Letter Sounds

by Marie February 11, 2010

I’m happy to announce I’m a Snackpicks Mom and have partnered up with Kellogg’s Snackpicks to contribute kid crafty posts all year long! They’ve sent me their newest product to sample, Clever Kids Letter Bites, and today I’m sharing a fun letter hunt game using these fruit snacks. Come see how we’re matching these letter [...]

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Mini Ice Cream Sundae Candies

by Heather February 11, 2010

If your kids like miniature stuff as much as I do, uh mine do, they’ll love these mini ice cream sundae candies. They’d be a fun ending to a miniature food meal (make mini hamburgers, serve mini corns, and drinks in tiny plastic shot glasses or Dixie cups). Or just serve the mini ice cream [...]

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Tracing the Letters in Your Name

by Marie February 9, 2010

I love this name tracing activity. I still have memories of doing this myself when I was in 4th grade. It’s a great way to reinforce letter recognition, using a capital at the beginning of a name, and tracing lines. Supplies for Name Tracing Activity: paper colored pencils or crayons Start by writing your name [...]

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My Baby is in LOVE with Babies

by Marie February 8, 2010

Everywhere we go, my baby is saying: “baby” (or “huh huh” as she’s not quite talking!) But she let’s me know where all the babies in the grocery store are with a pointing motion and a smile. Since she’s so happy looking at babies everywhere we go, I came up with a fun DIY Magazine [...]

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A Little Trick for Cutting Symmetrical Hearts

by Marie February 2, 2010

My kids are always asking me to cut out hearts for them, “I just can’t do it” they say! So today I taught them how to cut out a symmetrical heart using this little trick below. Now we’ve got hearts all over the place, ready for Valentine’s Day projects! Supplies for Cutting Hearts: paper, any [...]

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Valentine’s Heart Shaped Leis

by Marie February 1, 2010

I’m contributing over at Craftzine today with a fun Valentine’s craft. You’ll fall in LOVE with these Heart Shaped Leis.

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Cute & Crafty Little Love Birds

by Marie February 1, 2010

Guest Post by Pamela of French Knots Love is in the Air and what better way to send a “love note” than by Love Bird. My boys and I got February off to a good start by making these sweet and easy Love Birds. Bird Necessities: One medium red pom pom ball One small red pom pom ball [...]

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Weekend Make and Takes: Valentine’s Day

by Marie January 30, 2010

If you still need a few ideas for Valentines, whether it’s a treat, craft, or gift, here’s a few ideas I’ve rounded up perfect for your loved ones. A “Colorful” Valentine’s Day Card by The Long Thread (pictured above) Hanging Glitter Hearts by Skip to My Lou Raspberry Cheesecake Brownies by Your Home-Based Mom Peek-a-Boo, [...]

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