Clothing & Fabric Crafts

This year, little ones can use their imagination to tell Dad I love you with this creative Fathers Day project. Whether its through pictures or words, kids will have a gift to be proud of as they get ready for this special holiday. And Dads will love these personalized gifts that come straight from the heart.

Materials

* Fabric crayons
* Paper
* T-shirt, book bag, pillowcase, or other fabric item
* Iron

Make your own natural dye or food coloring with this craft project for your kids. If you like, use half of a large red cabbage instead of the beet.

Materials

* Large beet
* Saucepan
* 1 quart water
* Sieve
* Bowl
* 4 tablespoons salt
* White cotton socks or other cotton items
* 1/2 large red cabbage (optional)

Let the sheet dry, then use it for a holiday tablecloth.

Materials

* 2 spray bottles
* Water
* Red and blue food coloring
* White cotton sheet or tablecloth
* Red and blue fabric paint (optional)

Encourage the kids to use their imaginations when celebrating Halloween with their friends. Just provide them with dress-up selections and let them put together their own creative costumes!

Materials

* Variety of clothing articles, such as scarves, hats, gloves, shoes, vests, wraps, fancy dresses, ruffly shirts and silky pants
* Mirror

Viola! Create a new apron for the barbeque cook in the family. Great gift for Fathers Day. Also a fun craft for kids to make so they can help you in the kitchen.

Material:

white apron
fabric paint
sponge shapes

Make this easy Fathers Day gift for your dad that loves to grill! Dad will love to do the cooking this summer with
these unique Barbeque Chef tools made especially for him! Make the apron, mitts, tools or all three for a
great set he’ll cherish all summer long.

Easy Tie Dye project with coffee filters and food coloring for preschool and kindergarten children. Easy Tie Dye with Coffee Filter

You'll Need:
Coffee Filters
Food coloring
Medicine dropper or
small paint brush and a muffin tin
to hold the water and color.

Craft ideas for families and kids homemade napkin rings craft. A great new kids craft idea... personalized craft foam napkin rings. "Using the sticker foam letters ensured our napkins would never get mixed up."

You'll need:
All of these supplies can be found at a craft store.
A few sheets of craft foam in various colors
Scissors
Craft foam alphabet stickers and shapes
Permanent Markers (optional)
Hole Punch
Plastic Lanyard

This is a kids craft to make Mini Fabric Backpacks. These Children's mini backpacks. Only 2" big, you can wear these back packs with a pin or hang them around your neck. You can even hang them from your back pack or key chain. Great for keeping spare change.

You Need:

* Backpack Pattern
* 9" x 12" Fabric Scrap
* 9" x 12" piece of Medium Weight Fusible Interfacing (Pelon)
* Iron
* Inkjet Printer
* Scissors
* Fabric Glue
* 1/4" Velcro Scrap
* Beads, Craft Foam or Fabric Markers for Decorating

Kids Can Make Their Own Plastic Lace Backpack Decoration - With these arts and crafts instructions. These are so fun for children to make, you'll want to give one to all your friends.

You need:

* 18' of Plastic Lace (9'each of two colors)
* Plastic Clip
* 3 Pony Beads
* Scissors

Kids will love making this Jeans Leg Purse Craft for Girls and Teens. Making cut-off shorts out of an old pair of jeans? Save the legs to make a trendy purse. Anna from Kings Park, NY made this purse with some help from her mom and grandma.

Materials You need:

* Old Jeans
* Needle and Thread or Sewing Machine
* Applique or Trim (optional)
* Scissors

This is a great craft for kids who love camping or who are a boy scout or girl scout. Compass Neckerchief Slide or Compass Swap Here's a unique project to represents scouting and adventure.

Materials You need:

* Toy Compass
* 10" Suede Cord
* Low Temp Glue Gun
* 3 Pony Beads
* 4" Pipe Cleaner (for Neckerchief Slide)
* Jewelry Craft Pins (for Swap Pin)

Kids can make their own Bikini for their Bean Bag Bear or other type of stuffed animal. This is a fun craft for kids.

Ages 8 & up.

Materials You need:

--Fixative
--Medium or Heavy Weight Pelon Interfacing (from Fabric Store)
--Markers
--Scissors
--Velcro
--Glue Gun

This is an easy craft for kids who want to wear hats to celebrate Thanksgiving or St. Patrick's Day. Your children will have a great time creating these handmade Pilgrim Hats or Leprechaun Hats with you. Ages 5 & up.

Materials You need:

* For Pilgrim Hat: 2 Brown paper bags or a large sheet of kraft mailing paper
For Leprechaun Hat: Green Gift Wrap
* Masking Tape
* Old Belt (or paper or cloth strip)
* Beach Bucket

Your children will love making this arts and crafts project idea - Sit-Upon Craft for Kids .. It is Fun to make, fun to use! It is a little like a bean bag chair or a mat...it is to take a long to sit on when you go somewhere that has a hard floor. This is a great gift idea for a friend or sibling.

You need:

* Sewing Machine
* Old Jeans
* Polyester Fiberfill
* Something for a Belt such as Rope, Bandanas or Leather Strip (We used a Old Lace Scarf)

Your children will love making this arts and crafts project idea - Tie Dyed Beach Towel Craft for Kids - A great fabric craft for Summer.

Ages 4 & up with 15 minutes of preparation by adult.

You need:

--1 White (or Light) Beach Towel
--2 or 3 Colors of Fabric Paint
--Spray Bottle
--Laser Printer Letter-Sized Labels

How to Tie Dye Tutorial for Kids to Learn About Tie Dying Shirts with this article about Tyin and Dyin - Learn how to tie-dye! Here are basic tie-dye techniques, supply lists, and easy projects you can do.

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED:

# Rubber Gloves

# Large Pot or Bucket

# Squirt or Spray Bottles

# Long-Handles Utensil

# Soda Ash

# Salt

# Plastic Bag

# Newspaper and/or Plastic Garbage Bag

# Rags, Paper Towels, Cleanser

Do you want to learn a cool kids' arts and crafts project and activity that children love? Tie-Dye is the name of this kids' crafts project. Why not tie-dye a shirt? You can even tie-dye aprons, shorts, placemats, napkins and other similar items. Tie-dying is fun and easy. Just remember to pro tect your work area before you begin. The directions below use a shirt as an example. Tie-Dye items are a great gift idea for your Mom, Dad, Sister, Brother, Friends, Grandmother, or Grandfather.

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED:

White or light coloured 100% cotton t-shirt. You can also tie-dye pillowcases, bandanas or anything else you would like.
Fabric dyes, any colour(s)
Rubber bands
Plastic sheet
Bucket or bowl, you will need one each for each colour you choose.

Learn how to Tie Dye with these Tie Dye Kids Crafts Instructions and Projects - Here are some tie dye crafts projects that you and your children will love to make with each other.

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED:

# White T shirt tank top or cotton dress
# 2 rubber bands
# 3 colors powdered dye
# 3 squeeze bottles
# Soda ash (if required)
# Plastic bag
# Scissors

Learn how to Tie Dye with these Tie Dye Kids Crafts Instructions and Projects - Here are some tie dye crafts projects that you and your children will love to make with each other.

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED:

# White T shirt tank top or cotton dress
# 2 rubber bands
# 3 colors powdered dye
# 3 squeeze bottles
# Soda ash (if required)
# Plastic bag
# Scissors

Children can celebrate Thanksgiving by crafting this Turkey Made from their own Glove. This Craft for Kids is called the Glove-ly Gobler. Your kids can Turn a glove into these googly-eyed gobblers for a jaunty addition to your Thanksgiving decorations.

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED:

# 1 glove or mitten (in an autumn hue such as orange, yellow, brown, or red)
# Poly-fill stuffing*
# 1 wooden thimble*
# Paintbrush
# Black acrylic paint
# 2 googly eyes*
# 1 scrap orange felt
# 1 scrap red felt
# Thin red ribbon (about 1 inch)
# Gold ribbon (about 1 inch)
# Multicolored ribbon (about 7 inches)

Hey kids, you can make your own Hand Puppet from a Garden Glove and it is easy enough that you can make this arts and crafts project all by yourself. This craft for kids is a Garden Glove Puppet... you Make this puppet using a glove and other materials listed below:

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED:

# 1 Garden Glove
# Pom Poms
# Felt
# Hot Glue Gun
# Odds and Ends for Embellishments

Hey kids, do you want to make a spooky ghost hand puppet craft for Halloween? This arts and crafts activity for kids is to create a spooky Ghost Glove Puppet. This craft for kids to create a A spooky Halloween ghost glove puppet calls for the following materials:

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED:

A 12 inch square of white fabric or an old handkerchief
3 elastic bands
Black pencil or pen