Crafts for Kids - Arts & Crafts for Children Directory

Let the kids help with the summer decorating. Whether its on the screen door, a window screen or your summer gazebo. A few appliques - either bugs, buds or butterflies - a little glue, some poster or cardboard and some magnets and you can have instant decorations all summer long!!!

Materials Needed:
2 Wrights® Butterfly Appliqué (#193-3210-001)
2 Magnets
-- Epoxy or Silicone Sealer

Remember when you created a pencil holder from a soup can for your Mom or Dad? It was as appreciated as a masterpiece of art would have been. Now your kids can make an even nicer version of this gift idea.

Materials Needed:
1 pkg. Wrights® Yellow Rick Rack (#117-410-086)
20" Wrights® 1/4" Blue Satin Ribbon (#223-718-050)
1 pkg. Wrights® Golf Club Appliqués (#852-0)
1 pkg. Wrights® Star Appliqués (package of 4) (#238-0)
1 pkg. Wrights® Red Quilt Binding (#117-706-065)
1 5" x 12" Red Felt
-- Fabric-tac
-- Tin Can (Empty soup can)

Kids, show Mom you love her by handcrafting a Worlds Best Mom flower magnet. All you need is a little yarn and the special Bloom Loom from Boye Needle. Once you master the flowers, you'll want to make a whole flower bouquet for her fridge!!!!!

Materials Needed:

1 Boye® Bloom Loom (#7645)
-- Yarn (color of choice)
1 2" x 2" Pink Construction Paper
1 Pinking Shears
1 Magnet
2 Chenille Stems
-- Fabric Glue
-- Hot Glue Gun and Glue

To make this butterfly and dragonfly decorative clip, you need to string small seed beads onto a wire and keep count to achieve the right effect. When done, this decorative pin crafts project will look like the expensive accessories for hair and jewelry which are now so popular in ready to wear! This makes a great gift idea for Mom or Grandma on Mother's Day or on a Birthday. Girls also will love wearing this pin.

Materials Needed:

12" Wrights® 7/8" Single Face Satin Ribbon (#223725 color of your choice)
8 E Beads (green or blue)
6 Seed Beads (green or blue)
1 spl. 26 Gauge Green Craft Wire
-- Hot Glue Gun and Glue
-- Hair Clip with Plastic Bar
-- Needle and Thread
-- Hot Glue Gun

Carry your favorite things in this secret pocket necklace. Its just big enough to keep your favorite photo, locker key or lunch money. Its so easy to make. All you need is some ribbon scraps from Moms sewing box and a little cord. This is a great gift idea for Mom or Grandma for Mother's Day or for a birthday. This is also very nice for a girl to wear.

Materials Needed:

8" Wrights® Black 2 1/4" Double Face Satin Ribbon (#223-726-031)
36" Wrights® Turquoise Silky Cord (#184-6307-069)
12" Wrights® Feather Stitch Rick Rack (#184-7120-069)
2 Wrights® 1 1/4" Black Tiny Tassels (#183-9053-031)
3 Wrights® Flower Appliqué (#196-1750-001)
-- Fabric Glue
-- Needle and Thread

This memo board is the perfect place to keep pictures, notes, cards and other momentos on display easily and with no fuss. The base is foam board (from your local craft department) with just a few ribbons and bands to hold the items in place! This is a great room decoration or as a gift for Mom or Dad.

Materials Needed:

4 yds. Wrights® 7/8" Printed Satin Ribbon (Sports Fan) (#222-516-079)
4 yds. Wrights® 7/8" Printed Satin Ribbon (Sports Fan) (#222-519-050)
4 Wrights® Star Appliqués (#193-2350)
1 yd. Denim Fabric
1 20" x 24" Foam Board
1 20" x 24" High Loft Quilt Batting
-- Needle and Thread
-- Wire
-- Glue

A craft for girls to make Braided Barrettes for their hair. Done up in red and green for Christmas (or any color combinations for everyday use), these barrettes will look adorable and so festive in any little girls hair. Make them up in colors to match all your outfits.......or your school colors!!!!

Materials Needed:

1 yd. Wrights® 1/8" Green Double Face Satin Ribbon (#223-720-924)
1 yd. Wrights® 1/8" Red Double Face Satin Ribbon (#223-720-908)
1 Double Bar Barrette (2" long)

You can make our snowman family as a table centerpiece for the Dining Room or under the Christmas tree. You can have as many as you like. Create the members of your own family too!! What fun!!! A great craft for Winter Time or Christmas.

Materials Needed:

(enough for 1 snowman):
2 pkgs. Wrights® White Wide Single Fold Bias Tape (#117-202-030)
3 1/2" Black Buttons
1 4" Styrofoam Ball
1 6" Styrofoam Ball
9 Mini Black Pom Poms
-- Orange Acrylic Paint
1 3/4" Wooden Cone
-- White String
-- Common Pins
-- Hot Glue Gun
-- Accessories: Felt Hat, Scarf, Eye Glasses

Make your own haunted house using nothing more than some cardboard and a few packages of bias tape. Once you get the first house done, its easy to do a whole Haunted Halloween centerpiece. Make it a family project where everyone can contribute a building to add to the spooky scene!!!

Materials Needed:

1 pkg. Wrights® White Single Fold Bias Tape (#117-200-030)
2 pkgs. Wrights® Silver Single Fold Bias Tape (#117-200-070)
1 pkg. Wrights® Black Single Fold Bias Tape (#117-200-031)
1 pkg. Wrights® White Door Appliqué* (#193-7520-001)
1 pkg. Wrights® Church Window Appliqué* (#193-7440-001)
3 pkgs. Wrights® White Window Appliqué (#193-7400-001)
1 Cardboard or Foam Board
-- Double Sided Adhesive Tape
-- Kraft Knife or Scissors
-- Pinking Shears
-- Fabric Glue

Kids can have fun when they paint and decorate the paper mache box to go with their room's decor. Ours, in hot pink, is trimmed with grape colored chenille rick rack and flowers. Great craft for little girls or to make for Mom or Grandma on Mother's Day or a Birthday or Valentine's Day.

Materials Needed:
1 spl. Wrights® Purple Chenille Rick Rack (#117-432-064)
1 spl. Wrights® Bright Pink Chenille Rick Rack (#117-432-022)
1 spl. Wrights® Pink Shiney Cord (#183-6308-902)
1 Heart Shaped Papier Mâché Box
-- Floral Leaves and Baby's Breath
-- Assorted Color Plastic Beads
-- Hot Pink Acrylic Paint
1 Paint Brush
-- Sewing Needle and Thread
-- Fabric Glue

All you need is a little cord, some pony beads and your fingers. Its that simple. Finger crochet is like regular crochet without the hooks...so quick and easy, you'll want to trade colors with your best friends! This is a great gift to give to your best friend or special friends. It is also a nice craft to give to your Mom, Sister, or Grandma for a gift.

Materials Needed:

1 spl. Wrights® Cord of your choice 3/8" or smaller in diameter.
1 bag Assorted Color Plastic Beads

Kids can make one or several bags decorated in different styles. Its so simple with Iron-on fabric. All you do is wrap cord and beads around your finger in a Finger Crochet method. Its quick, easy and fun. Have a sleep over party and let everyone design their own bags with a fun party craft activity! This is a fun craft for girls and teens.

Materials Needed:

1 pkg. Bondex® Iron-on Fabric Mending Tape (#230-002-055)
1 pkg. Wrights® Bright Pink Chenille Rick Rack (#117-432-022)
1 pkg. Wrights® Purple Rick Rack (#117-432-064)
1 pkg. Wrights® Bright Pink Shiney Cord (#183-6308-902)
1 pc. 7 3/4" x 15 1/4" Medium Blue Denim Fabric
1 spl. Purple Crochet Yarn
1 bag Assorted Color Plastic Beads
1 Hook and Loop Dot or Snap Closure
-- Darning Needle, Sewing Needle and Thread
-- Fabric Glue

Here is one for the kids!!! Make a door or wall decoration from a straw hat bought in the craft store. Ours can be made in a short while with the turkey parts from felt and the fine feathered looking tail from short pieces of grosgrain ribbon. A great craft for a Thanksgiving decoration or an Autumn decoration.

Materials Needed:

3 1/2 yds. Wrights® 1 1/2" Brown Grosgrain Ribbon (#223-149-538)
3 1/2 yds. Wrights® 1 1/2" Orange Grosgrain Ribbon (#223-149-058)
3 1/2 yds. Wrights® 1 1/2" Yellow Grosgrain Ribbon (#223-149-079)
1 16" Straw Hat
1 6" x 8" Red Stiffened Felt
1 6" x 8" Brown Stiffened Felt
1 8" x 8" Yellow Stiffened Felt
1 set Googly Eyes
-- Stapler
-- Glue

Kids can make their own statement with these Funky Necklaces. All you need is a little piece of Wrights' Chenille Rick Rack and a few buttons, beads and imagination! This is a great gift idea and a lot of fun for girls and pre-teens to make.

Materials Needed:

-- Wrights® Chenille Rick Rack - color of choice (#117-432-xxx)
-- Buttons or Beads of Choice
-- Glue or Needle and Thread

Kids can make their own pillow the shape of the popular dinosaur. All you need is a piece of felt, some ribbon and glue. Its all no sew and by following our pattern and easy instructions they can make one or make two back to back; one to be a little pillow and the other to make a pajama bag - just leave the top open and add a handle. Little boys tend to love these dinosaur pillows.

Materials Needed:

2 yds. Wrights® 1 1/2" Double Face Satin Ribbon (#223-729-079)
1/2 yd. Green Felt
-- Fibre Fill
2 Wiggly Eye Button
-- Stapler or Fabric Glue

OPTIONAL (for Pajama Bag):
1/2 yd. Belting (for handles)
-- 6" x 9" Lining Fabric
-- Velcro Strip

Kids, you can make your own basket/barnyard full of baby chickens / chicks for the Easter Holiday. Help Mom with the decorations by adding your own little baby chicks. FUN to make and QUICK too! Use some yarn and felt pieces and the Boye Pom Pon Maker and create a bunch!

Materials Needed:

1 Wrights® Pom Pon Maker (#7460)
1 2" x 2" Black Stiffened Felt
30 yds. Yellow Yarn
1 Yellow Chenille Stem
-- Fabric Glue and Adhesive Tape

Heres an angel made from heart appliques. Add a decorative pin back (bought in the bead dept. in Craft Stores) to the back where the wings cross. Wear it yourself or make one for your favorite Valentine. A great gift for kids to make!

Materials Needed:

2 pkgs. Wrights® Red Appliqué Hearts* (#196-6980)
8 1/2" Wrights® Gold Trim (for wings) (#183-5002-046)
3" Wrights® Gold Trim (for crown/halo) (#183-5007-046)
1 1" Red Pompom
1 1" Head Bead
1 Pin Back
-- CeramcoatTM Acrylic paint (Black, Red and Flesh)
1 Flat and Liner Brush
-- Bumples Red Bumpy Doll Hair by One & Only Creations®
-- BeaconTM Permanent Adhesive
-- Monofilament Thread
-- Toothpicks, Needles and Thread
* Only available at JoAnn's Stores

Here is the perfect home for all those little beanie babies - make several and stack them up on a shelf or dresser. Buy the most inexpensive box of tissues possible and build on the boxes. They are the perfect size! Makes a great birthday or sleep over party project! This is a cool building for your pet stuffed animals.

Materials Needed:

3 pkgs. Wrights® Plum Single Fold Bias Tape (#117-200-572)
1 pkg. Wrights® Black Single Fold Bias Tape (#117-200-031)
1 pkg. Wrights® Brick Single Fold Bias Tape (for chimney) (#117-200-087)
1 yd. Wrights® Trim (Color of choice) (#183-8813-xxx)
2 pkgs. Wrights® Window Appliqué (#193-7410 or 193-7420) *Or Make Your Own!
2 pkgs. Wrights® Floral Cluster Appliqué (optional) (#193-256-262 or 193-256-263)
1 8 1/2" x 11" Cardboard
1 Small Square Facial Tissue Box
(4 1/2" x 4 1/2" x 5 1/3")
-- Double Sided Adhesive Tape or Sheet
-- Craft Knife or Scissors
-- Fabric Glue

Start making a garland for your Christmas tree now! No time to do the whole thing? Close-up of garland. Do a small section for the front and have fun adding to it each year - as the tree grows and the kids grow, so will your garland grow!

Materials Needed:

4 yds. Wrights® 7/8" Gold Ribbon (#222-5125-046)
4 yds. Wrights® 7/8" Red Double Face Satin Ribbon (#223-725-065)
-- Stapler, Fabric Glue or Double Sided Tape

Scare up some great fun with this creepy crawly spider! Great for decorating or hanging in the window.

Materials Needed:

4 yds. Wrights® 3/16" Black Rayon Twisted Cord (#183-6141-031)
3 1/2 yds. Wrights® 2 ply Black Twisted Cord (#183-6320-031)
1 pkg. Wrights® Orange Medium Rick Rack (#117-401-058)
1 set Googly Eyes
8 pcs. 24 Gauge Wire (12" long)
-- Hot Glue or Fabric Glue
-- 3" Styrofoam Ball
-- 1 1/2" Styrofoam Ball

Here is a bracelet for any age group. Make a few and trade them with your friends, or make matching ankle bracelets and chokers. You can have lots of fun mixing and matching cool colors and dress it up with beads! This is a great craft idea for girls and teens.

Materials Needed:

(enough for 7" bracelet):
18" Wrights® Green Silky Cord (#184-6307-204)
36" Wrights® Pink Silky Cord (#184-6307-541)
3 3/8" Jump Ring
1 Jewelry Clasp (spring ring or lobster claw)
-- Fabric Glue

Attach these fish to a wire or stick and use as a plant poke or hang these fish in your window. You can also do a nautical theme party and use them as a table centerpiece or hang them in an empty fish tank for a conversation piece!

Materials Needed:

1 pkg. Wrights® Orange Medium Rick Rack (#117-401-058)
1 8 1/2" x 11" Yellow Stiffened Felt
1 8 1/2" x 11" Red Stiffened Felt
1 pkg. Medium Animal Eyes
-- Fiber Fill
-- Green Magic Marker
-- Fabric Glue

This butterfly makes a neat decoration to wear as a decorative pin - glue it to your baseball cap, barrette or back pack ...or decorate things in your room! Girls will love wearing this craft or you can make them for Mom or Grandma on Mother's Day or a birthday.

Materials Needed:

1 1/2 yds. Wrights® 1 1/2" Double Face Satin Ribbon (#223-729-064)
2 Straight Pins With Plastic Heads
2 Clothespins (real ones work better than the craft type)
2 Twist Ties (the type from bread bags)
-- Paint (in various bright colors)
1 Paint Brush
-- Glue

Here is another easy project you can work on. Make Pom pons with scraps of yarn in your favorite colors or your school colors. Tie them on your backpack, your school locker or trade them with your friends. Just ask Mom or Grandma for some of their leftover yarn scraps and join the fun...its easy!

Materials Needed:

1 pkg. Boye® Pom-Pon Maker (#7460)
-- Yarn
-- Scissors
-- Optional: Plastic Yarn Needle
NOTE:
Large ring - makes 3" Pom-pon
Medium ring - makes 2" Pom-pon
Small ring - makes 1 1/2" Pom-pon
To make in-between sizes, simply interlock the large and medium or the medium and small rings, drawing yarn through center and around both rings.

A colorfully striped pinwheel that can be used as a favor at a child's party or as a room wall decoration or you can place it outside as a yard decoration.

Materials Needed:

3 pkgs. Wrights® Bias Hem Facing (1 each your choice of 3 colors) (#117-100-xxx)
7 Wrights® Pressure Sensitive Nylon Parka Repair Patch (to match Hem Facing) (#230-045-xxx)
7 Wrights® Soft and Easy Seam Binding (to match Hem Facing) (#117-330-xxx)
-- Fusible Interfacing (crisp-not heavy)
1 pkg. Flexible drinking straw
7 3/16" wooden dowel (12" long)
-- Spray Starch
-- Paper Hole Punch
-- Pinking shears (optional)
-- Glue

Dress up your baseball hat and give it your own personal flair! All you need is some bias tape and buttons and you're ready to decorate! Make your baseball hat your own with this great arts and crafts activity for kids, older kids, and teens.

Materials Needed:

1 pkg. Wrights® Red Tubular Bias Tape (#117-102-065)
-- Buttons (one for each flower)
1 Baseball Cap
-- Needle & Thread or Fabric Glue

Create this woven ribbon basket and fill it with your favorites. Use as a decoration or give as a gift for Easter or May Day! This makes a great Easter basket...and your kids can make it with these craft instructions and materials list.

Materials Needed:

(for basket approx. 4" high, 3" wide):
6 1/2 yds. Wrights® 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon (#223-143)
1/2 yd. Wrights® 1/4" Satin Ribbon (#2232-120)
-- Straight Pins
-- Glue

Fishy Yarn Printing or Painting Techniques - Creating an underwater scene while building fine motor skills with paint or ink.

What You Need:

* scissors
* glue
* yarn
* cardboard or oaktag
* paper
* printing ink or paint
* crayons

Kids, with the help of Mom or Dad, can make these great Halloween Yarn Wigs to wear with their costume. Teens can probably Make their own Halloween Yarn Wig without any help.

Materials Needed:
Bed Pillow
1 skein of yarn (color of choice)
sewing machine
1 piece of sturdy fabric (4"x 5").

Your kids will love painting with yarn, what? You children will Paint Like Picasso with Yarn / Embroidery floss in several colors or with heavy yarn in many colors for younger children. Your kids will make a beautiful picture / poster that looks like a piece of art.

Materials Needed:
Embroidery floss in several colors; heavy yarn in many colors for younger children;
scissors;
Elmer's Glue-All;
colored construction paper;
colored lightweight cardboard;
pencil;
toothpicks;
Elmer's 3-D Glitter Gel

Kids can make this great Yarn Jar craft. It is a patriotic red, white, and blue American craft. This yarn jar makes a great gift for Fourth of July, Veteran's Day, President's Day, or Memorial Day.

Materials Needed:
Empty glass jar
tissue box or toilet paper tube
4 oz Elmers Glue
white yarn
food coloring

This is an adorable Yarn Lion Crafts for Kids - Make a paper lion with yarn hair - adorable. Teach your child how to read with this crafts project.

Materials Needed:

Two or three Styrofoam dinner plates or heavy duty paper plate for each cat
one small paper plate
acrylic paint
glue or staples
large paper clip
sticky note paper or plain paper.

Kids will love making and playing with this Yarn Octopus - Spin a yarn as you settle down to create this yarn octopus. The finished craft makes a great source of inspiration for young imaginations to make up stories about their particular octopus.

Materials Needed:

# Two different colors of yarn
# Small ball of cotton
# Glue
# Wiggle eyes
# Felt, optional
# Ruler
# Scissors
# Glue

Kids will love making these SeaShell Windchimes - Make your own Seashell Windchimes. This is a great outside musical decoration. There are many things you can make with seashells. The Seashell wind chime will make a lovely sound when the wind blows through it.

Materials Needed:

8 seashells (available from the beach, or at craft supply stores)
1 plastic coffee-can lid
knitting yarn scraps
liquid white glue
sharp pencil or paper punch.

This Valentine's Day, bewitch the object of your affection with a bejeweled charm bracelet. This is a great Valentine's Day gift to give to someone you love or care about.

Craft Materials Needed:

20-gauge wire (available at bead stores)
Scissors
Pliers
Beads

BigHearted Valentine's Day Hello Card Craft - Inspired by the movie"Monsters, Inc."and a package of oversize googly eyes, this bighearted cyclops includes an in-sight-ful inscription:"Ive got my eye on you!"

CRAFT MATERIALS NEEDED:
Scissors
Red card stock
Hole punch
Heavy red yarn (we used chenille)
Tacky glue
40-millimeter googly eyes
Markers
White paper or card stock

Childrens craft for kids to make their Moms a Book of Love...this makes a great gift for Valentines Day and it is almost certainly going to be a keepsake. a Kids already have Mom's heart pretty well sewn up, but there's no sense taking chances, and this whimsical notepad leaves no doubt as to who holds the strings.

CRAFT MATERIALS NEEDED:
Red paper
White paper
Scissors
Tapestry needle
Yarn

Kids can make this easy Craft Stick Jewelry Box as a gift for Mom or Grandma on Mother's Day or a birthday or if your child is a little girl or a teen, then she might want to use this herself. Want to give Mom or Grandma a thoughtful gift shell always cherish? Well, grab some craft sticks and glue because were putting you to work at making this fun jewelry box that doubles as a cherished keepsake.

CRAFT MATERIALS NEEDED:

# 1 package of craft sticks, size of your choice
# White craft glue
# Pony bead or buttons
# White acrylic paint (optional)
# Pink glitter glue (optional)
# Craft jewels (optional)
# Paint brush
# Wax paper

This is a great gift to give to Mom or Grandma on Mother's Day...it is a Cookie Cutter Valentines Day Heart Craft. This is one Valentines Day gift that keeps on giving: a heart-shaped cutter to make cookies or clay hearts all year long.

CRAFT MATERIALS NEEDED:
Heart-shaped cookie cutter
Card stock or paper
Markers
Ribbon

Crayon Hearts Valentines Day Craft - Gather crayon nubs and recycle them into swirly, useable Valentines Day gifts with this crafts project for kids. We cant think of a better way to say,"I melt for you."

CRAFT MATERIALS NEEDED:
Crayon pieces
Heart-shaped metal cookie or muffin tin (our hearts are about 1 1/2 inches across)
Scrap paper
Double-sided foam mounting tape
Scissors
Colored card stock
Marker