Crafts for Kids - Arts & Crafts for Children Directory

Make Your Own Paper Chinese Yo-Yo Game Craft for Kids - This really works! Make it from wrapping paper and a dowel. Thanks go to Joan of New York for this project.

You need:

* 1/8" or 1/4" Dowel
* Roll of wrapping paper
* Tape or Glue

Dinosaur Feet Craft for Kids - Your kids will love using these Dinosaur feet as a costume or to make a lot of noise. Got a little monster in your family? He will just love these dinosaur feet for dress up.

You Need:

* Two Empty Tissue Boxes that are the Same Size
* Craft Foam Scraps
* Glue
* Scissors
* Cardboard
* Green Paint
* Foam Brush

"Love Potion" Perfume Container Necklaces Craft for Girls. Little girls will love to make and wear these necklaces all year round.

You need:

* Heart Bottle Necklace
* Labels for Bottles
* Inkjet Label Stock or Glue
* Rosewater
* Red Food Color
* Glitter
* Funnel
* Scissors

Homemade Lip Gloss and Holder Craft for little girls. Turn old lipstick ends into lip gloss and make this cute container you can clip to your back pack or belt loop. Film containers should be washed in the dishwasher or boiled before using.

You Need:

* Lip Gloss
* Plastic Clip
* Lace and Ribbon Scraps
* Low Temp Glue Gun
* Empty, Clean, Film Canister or Mini Paint Pots

Birthday Party Tee Shirt Craft for Kids
Kids love to wear their own art work. Here's an idea for decorating a tee shirt that will be a big hit at your next party. Great for boys and girls of all ages. This is a great clothing craft for your children.

You Need:

* Tee Shirt
* Fabric Paint
* Black Fabric Marker
* Sponge Letters and Numbers
* Plastic Disposable Plate
* Cardboard

Leprechaun Treats Craft for Kids - It never hurts to have leprechaun treats on hand for St. Patrick's Day. You never know when you might need them!

You need:

* Mini Zip Lock Bag
* Green Tic Tacs
* Small Beads
* Glitter
* Star Paper Punch Outs
* Safety Pin

Unity Pins Veterans Day Craft for Kids
Make unity pins to wear them with pride and to send to our volunteers. Kids love to be patriotic and this gives you a chance to teach them about our past wars.

For 1 Set You need:

* 1 Medium Circle Woodsies
* 1 Medium Square Woodsies
* 2 Mini Craft Sticks
* 4 Small Rectangle Woodsies
* 3 Small Stars Woodsies
* Red, White and Blue Paint or Markers
* Tacky Glue
* 1" Jewelry Craft Pin
* Pattern

Sleepover Autographed Pillow Craft Girls. Little girls, older girls such as tweens, and teenage girls will love making this pillow for a sleepover party and then keeping this pillow as a keepsake. Make one for each girl to take home as a party favor! Great for beginner fabrics & sewing project.

You need:

* Sewing Machine
* Two 14" Squares of Fabric
* Straight Pins
* Needle and Thread
* Iron
* Fiber Fill or Pillow Form
* Fabric Glue
* Feather Boas
* Fabric Paint

Decorated Trash Pails Craft for Kids
Kids can decorate their bedroom with this trash can craft with their favorite characters on it. Decoupage your favorite characters to a plastic trash pail for any useful decoration for your room. Makes great gifts!

You need:

* Magazines, Catalogs or Wrapping Paper
* Scissors
* Plastic Trash Pails
* Decoupage Solution
* Foam Brush

Your children will love making this arts and crafts project idea - Foam Door Hangers Craft for Kids - Design one to look just like you!

You need:

* Foam Door Hanger
* Craft Foam is your Skin Tone
* Foam Letters
* Foamie Cool Shapes
* or Foamie Sports Shapes
* Tacky Glue
* Two 15mm Wiggle Eyes
* Yarn
* Scissors

Your children will love making this arts and crafts project idea - Jester's Hat Craft for Kids for Mardi Gras or to Be Silly or for part of a Jester costume -
Making your hat for Mardi Gras? Make it in purple, green and yellow foam.

You need:

* Jester Hat Pattern
* 4 pieces of
Craft Foam
* Low Temp Glue Gun
* 36 Jingle Bells - 3/8"
* Scissors
* Stapler

Your children will love making this arts and crafts project idea - Pasta Fossils Craft - Help teach your child about dinosaurs, fossils, and science while they are having fun making a cool craft.

Ages 4 & up.

You need:

--Potting Soil
--White Glue
--Misc. Macaroni
--Zip-Lock Bag
--Paper or Plastic Plate
--Foam Brush

Your girls will love making this arts and crafts project idea - Lace Headband Hair Craft for Girls. You can use the lace from your box of Valentine's candy to make a pretty headband.

You need:

* Plastic Headbands
* Low Temp Glue Gun
* Scissors
* 12" Piece of 1" Red Ribbon
* Empty, Lacey Valentine Candy Box

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Your children will love making and playing with this arts and crafts project idea - Firefly Flashlight Craft for Kids. This craft is especially fun for little kids who love fireflies - kids favorite bug. Really, really cute! Turn a little plastic flashlight into a firefly buddy. Makes a great camping project.

You need:

* 3" Flashlight
* Low Temp Glue Gun or Ultimate Craft Glue
* Two Wiggle Eyes -- 10mm
* "AA" Battery
* One Yard Cord
* Glow-in-the-Dark
Pony Beads
* Permanent Marker
* Yellow Craft Foam
* Scissors

Your children will love making this arts and crafts project idea - Dinosaur Egg Hunt Craft for Kids - A good project to talk about Dinosaurs and Science and of course to play a scavenger hunt game. Add excitement to your Easter egg hunt. Make dinosaur eggs and watch the kids have fun smashing them open to get the baby dinosaur inside.

You need:

* Coffee Dough
* Small Plastic Dinosaurs
* Hammer

Lucky Charm Bag Craft for Kids
Keep your favorite good luck charm safe in an easy-to-make felt bag.

You need:

* 1 Square of Green Felt
* 1 Yard Rat-tail Satin Cord
* Hole Punch
* Gemstones
* Bag Pattern
* Tacky Glue

Back Pack Flag Craft for Kids -
Go back to school with pride in the USA. Make a plastic canvas flag to glue to your back pack. A patriotic craft for Children.

You need:

* Red, White & Blue Plastic Lace
* Plastic Canvas
* Low Temp Glue Gun

Rock Necklace Craft for Kids - A craft with a rock used from nature. It can be kept as a meaningful keepsake to take back from a fun camping trip with your family. Use a rock collected from a special place or during a special outing.

You need:

* Rock
* #20 Hemp
* Low Temp Glue Gun

Foam Beads Craft for Kids to Make a Bead Necklace or other Jewelry. A great Mother's Day present for kids to make.
Your preschoolers will love to string beads you've made from foam scraps. A good craft for learning about stringing beads.

You Need:

* Craft Foam Scraps
* Low Temp Glue Gun
* Tacky Glue
* Satin Cord

Mini Coffee Filter Butterflies Craft for Kids - These pretty little butterflies make nice mobiles or hat pins.

You need:

* Coffee Filters
* Water Based Markers
* Tiny Clothespins
* Spray Bottle with Water
* Jewelry Craft Pins
* Tacky Glue

Make Your Own Mini-Dog House Craft for Kids for Teeny Bean Bag Stuffed Animal or other stuffed animal.

You Need:

* Teeny Bean Bag Animal
* Empty Half Gallon Milk Carton
* Paint
* Pictures of Bean Bag Animals from magazines or printed from Ty's web site
* Glue Stick
* Hot Glue Gun
* Scissors

Hanukkah Tzedakah Box Craft for Jewish Kids - Make a Tzedakah Box to remember the needy during the holiday season.

You Need:

* Empty, Clean Nut Container
* Silver Paint and Foam Brush
* Sequins
* Tacky Glue and Toothpick
* Small Craft of Shiney Blue Wrapping Paper
* Craft Knife and Adult
* Scissors

Geography Fun Craft for Kids - Help your children learn about Geography with this craft project / game. This is a great classroom project!

You need:

* Large map of US (or your country)
* Glue Stick
* Postmarks from Envelopes*
(Send a self addressed stamped envelope to
MakingFriends Geography Fun
7 Dogwood Road
Kings Park, NY 11754
and we'll get you started with a dozen postmarks from across the country -- while they last.)
* Atlas

Mini Beach Scene Swap Craft for Kids -
A terrific idea for Summer SWAPping.

You need:

* One Large Circle Woodsies
* Sand
* Seashells and Pebbles
* Jewelry Craft Pins
* Tacky Glue

Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals Craft for Kids - Everyone can feel like an Olympic medal winner with one of our shrink art medals.

You need:

* 1st Place Pattern
* 2nd Place Pattern
* 3rd Place Pattern
* Ink Jet Shrink Art (or Regular Shrink Art with crayons or pencils)
* 1 Yard Red, White and Blue Ribbon
* Scissors
* Glue

Mardi Gras Half Mask Craft for Kids -
You can't go wrong this project. Just give the kids all your left over craft supplies and let them create!

You need:

* Plastic Mask
* Sequins and/or Gemstones
* Feathers
* Glue Dots or Ultimate Craft Glue

Pressed Flower Paperweight Craft for Kids - Just beautiful! Easy to make too! Girls love this craft.

You Need:

* Large rock with a smooth surface
* Decoupage Solution
* Pressed Flowers and Leaves
* Foam Brush

Coiless Brownie Bear Decorative Pins Craft for Kids - These quick and easy SWAPs are just right for little fingers.

You Need:

* 2¼" Coiless Safety Pins
* Assorted Pony Beads
* Bear Bead

Pumpkin / Gourd Heads Craft for Kids - Here's a project where the kids can just go crazy with any supplies you have.

You need:

* Small Gourds
* Misc. supplies such as:
Yarn, Ribbon, Lace, Wiggle Eyes, Pompoms, Gemstones, Pipe Cleaners, Craft Foam Scraps
* Tacky Glue
* Small Disposable Cups (to keep some gourds upright)
* Small Miniature Cap (Optional for Cub Scout cap) Get directions for the cap on our yarn bug page)

Ice Cream Cone Cut Outs Food Recipe for Kids - Stack up your choice of favors and top it off with whipped cream and a cherry.

You need:

* Ice Cream
* Ice Cream Cones
* Glue Stick
* Scissors
* Paper

Bible Christmas Ornaments Craft for Kids
Make brightly colored ornaments... enough to cover your entire tree. Great for Sunday schools.

You Need:

* Foamie Circles and Ovals
* Bible Foamies
* Metallic Cord
* Hole Punch

Mardi Gras Mask Craft for Kids - Your children will love making this Mardi Gras arts and crafts project idea.

You need:

* Mask Pattern
* Purple Craft Foam
* Sequins and/or Gemstones
* Feathers
* Wooden Skewer or Dowel
* Glitter
* Metallic Pipe Cleaners
* Low Temp Glue Gun

Potpourri Wreath Candle Holder Craft for Kids - Your children will love making this Christmas Potpourri Candle Holder arts and crafts project idea.

You need:

* Candle
* CD that you don't need
* Potpourri
* Gold Beads
* 6" Wreath (or Garland to form into a wreath)
* Felt or Craft Foam
* Low Temp Glue Gun or Tacky Glue

A craft for kids that is a Christian Cross Wind Chimes with Flowers Craft for Outside Decoration and musical sounds. These wind chimes are just beautiful! Makes a great Easter project or any time in Sunday School.

You Need:

* Wooden Cross with Wind Chimes
* Tacky Glue
* Paint and Paint Brush
* Silk Flowers

Foam Flower Refrigerator Magnets Crafts for Kids. Easy to make from pre-cut foam pieces. Design your own or use our designs.

You need:

* Foamie Shapes
* Low Temp Glue Gun
* Magnets

Lucky Stones Craft for Kids to make around St. Patrick's Day. You don't have to be Irish to have fun making these! A craft made from nature.

You need:

* Stones
* Glitter
* Tacky Glue
* Gemstones

Litter Bug Craft for Kids - This is a great craft to teach bugs to reuse their trash and to recycle items. Got some recyclables? Clean them up and make some Litter Bugs.

You need:

* Trash (Newspaper, String, Straws, Bottle Tops, Caps)
* Tacky Glue or Low Temp Glue Gun

A great craft or kids to make for Mom on Mother's Day. This is a craft recipe for Bath Fizzies. It is a Craft Recipe for Bath Bubble Fizzies.

Color Wheels Spinning Toy Craft for Kids to Learn about Colors and Color Blending. It is a great educational art lesson that is a lot of fun. Hands-on learning for preschoolers about color and color blending.

Ages 3 & up.

You need:

--Color Wheels
--Scissors
--Pencils or Straws