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.

Summer Camp for Kids: God’s Eye

by Marie July 18, 2011

Summer Camp guest post by Steph of Modern Parent Messy Kids The God’s Eye is a quintessential summertime project. Whenever I see one it sends me straight back to my childhood summers spent at Camp Roganunda crafting and exploring nature. I love the idea of passing down this tradition to today’s generation. And while we’re [...]

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Saturday Spotlight: Birthday Parties

by Marie July 16, 2011

I’ve got a birthday party coming up in a few weeks and I’m now armed with some really fabulous ideas thanks to those who submitted over at the M&T Spotlight. I’ve chosen a few to highlight, but make sure to check all the birthday party spotlights out. **Next week: I’ll be featuring your ideas on [...]

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Summer Camp for Kids: Photo Scavenger Hunt

by Marie July 15, 2011

Summer Camp guest post by Marisa of MakeHappy My kids love scavenger hunts. I love scavenger hunts, too, because it can turn a mundane walk to the grocery store into a fun outing. (I live in a teeny tiny town, you see, and we walk everywhere. The grocery store, the library, the post office, school, [...]

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Summer Camp for Kids: Toy Camp

by Marie July 14, 2011

Summer Camp guest post by Amanda of OhAmanda.com and Impress Your Kids Welcome to Camp! Yeah, it’s Summer Camp here at Make and Takes. But at our house? We’ve been having Toy Camp! And just what is Toy Camp? And what do do we do there? Well, let’s have a look around, shall we? First, we’ll begin with [...]

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Eye-Popping Fun with a Googly Eye Finger Puppet

by Marie July 12, 2011

You probably already know by now that googly eyes and pipe cleaners are my 2 favorite kid craft supplies! Here they are together as a perfect pocket-sized puppet. All you need is a little glue and you’ve got a cute hand puppet ready for adventure. Supplies for Googly Eye Hand Puppet: 1 pipe cleaner, any [...]

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Summer Camp for Kids: Tie-Dye Baby Wipes

by Marie July 11, 2011

Summer Camp guest post by Melissa of The Chocolate Muffin Tree We’ve been working with Kool Aid lately for many art projects! We’ve made Microwave Kool Aid Play Dough and we have made Kool Aid paintings! We are even planning to have a Kool Aid stand some time over this Summer. So today we decided to [...]

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Summer Camp for Kids: Fancy Fans

by Marie July 7, 2011

Summer Camp guest post by Vanessa of I Never Grew Up From the title of the post you can already tell I have a house full of girls. There are plenty of tea parties, dressing up and making up dances over here. I thought a Fancy Fan would be the perfect addition to all of [...]

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Summer Camp for Kids: Buzzing Bee Hand Puppet

by Marie July 5, 2011

Summer Camp guest post by Christie of Childhood 101 Puppets are a staple play item in our home. As a teacher and a mama, I love that puppets have the capacity for so much playful learning; promoting language skills, imagination, creativity, social awareness, they are even excellent for building confidence and self esteem. Puppets are [...]

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Summer Camp for Kids: Paper Plate Frisbees

by Amanda July 4, 2011

Summer means spending time outside enjoying the nice weather and hanging out with friends. Sit down and make these fun frisbees from paper plates, and even on days when it’s too hot, you can play a summertime game! Because these frisbees are made from paper plates, they are reasonably safe to use inside and are [...]

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Science Journal: Does it Sink or Float?

by Marie July 1, 2011

We’re getting out our rusty trusty science journal as we make another science observation with today’s activity. Previously, we’ve investigated a tree seed, Observed what happens to snow when we bring it inside, and explored edible science with making butter. For our next scientific observation, I’ve recently guest posted over at Skip to My Lou for [...]

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