Crafts for Kids - Arts & Crafts for Children Directory

Star of David Napkin Holders Craft perfect to decorate the Hanukkah Table.
Make clever little napkin rings for Hanukkah.

You Need:

* Six Mini Craft Sticks for Each Napkin Holder
* Blue & Silver Paint
* Tacky Glue

Pilgrim Hat Craft for Thanksgiving.

You Need:
--28 Black Pony Beads
--4 Silver Pony Beads
--2' Satin Cord
--1 Lanyard Hook

Memory Wire Jewelry Craft for Kids to Make. A great craft for older kids and teens. This craft is perfect for Mom or Grandma to make as a Mother's Day or Valentine's Day gift. Make jewelry like the professionals with a few simple tools and supplies.

You need:

* Memory Wire
* Fimo Beads
* E-Beads
* Needlenose Pliers
* Wire Cutters

Recycle your Girl Scout Vest and make these decorative Pillows Arts & Crafts Project to decorate your room with. Juniors turn your Brownie vest into a pillow a display your vest for years to come without ruining it. Great project for your sewing badge.

You need:

* Sewing Machine or Needle and Thread
* Tee Shirt
* Polyester Fiberfill and/or Pillow Form

Kids and teens will love creating these Decoupage Sneakers Arts & Crafts Project. How kewl are these sneakers? Use the right decoupage solution and they will stay looking good months and months. This is a great project for kids to do when they are bored.

You Need:

* Canvas Sneakers
* Tissue Paper
* Outdoor Mod Podge
* Pony Beads
* Foam Brush

Boy Scout Candy Lolli-Pops Recipe Craft for Boys to make. Make them with your Boy Scout troop or for your troop. This is a great treat / candy recipe.

You need:

* Candy Molds
* Candy Melts in two Colors
(One pound makes about 12 boys scout pops or 9 girl scout pops)
* Lollipop Sticks
* New Paint Brush

Kids really love this arts and crafts project for kids who love Dr. Seuss and The Cat in the Hat. Kids can make a Cat-Wearing-a-Hat Bead Pattern craft. This is a great gift idea.

You need:
--16 Red Pony Beads
--23 Ivory Pony Beads
--13 White Pony Beads
--69 Black Pony Beads
--2½ Yards of Satin Cord
--Small Red Bow for Neck
--1 Lanyard Hook

To celebrate Christmas, how about having your kids make this Santa Clause Christmas Ornament out of your child's handprint. This is a real keepsake. Look at the picture for this cool Handprint Santa Clause Ornament made with your child's handprint -It's just adorable! Especially when you realize the beard is made by tracing around your little one's hand. From our friends at FreeKidsCrafts.com.

You need:

* White Card Stock
* Black Marker
* Scissors
* Hole Punch
* Ribbon
* Printable Santa Face

This is a great craft for best friends to make, especially little girls, tweens, and teens who love their best friends. This is a Best Friend Puzzle Necklace Craft for Kids who have a special friend. This is a great gift to give to your best friend to show how much you care. Make one for your best friend to wear and one for yourself!

You need:

* Pieces from an Old Puzzle
* Paint
* Satin Cord
* Mini Pony Beads
* Hand Hole Punch
* Tacky Glue and Toothpicks
* Low Temp Glue Gun
* Scraps of Craft Foam
* Markers or Letter Stickers

Your children will love this arts and crafts project to create a Hiking Necklace with a compass, flashlight, and magnifying glass for going on a hiking or camping trip. This is a great craft to use when going outside into nature. Make your next hike a safe -- and fun -- adventure!

You need:

* Assorted Pony Beads
* Magnifying Glass
* Flashlight and Battery
* Compass Key Ring (Not Shown)
* Whistle
* Hole Punch

Make a beaded Cowboy Hat craft for kids with this Pony Bead Pattern

You need:

* 13 Tan Pony Beads
* 5 Brown Pony Beads
* 2 Feet of Satin Cord
* 1 Lanyard Hook

A kid's craft to create a Hanukkah Dreidel craft with this cool Pattern.

You Need:
--40 Blue Pony Beads
--11 White Pony Beads
--2 Yards Satin Cord
--1 Lanyard Hook

This is a craft for children to make neat refrigerator magnets, it is for Picnic Perler Bead Magnets. These Perler bead magnets are adorable! Stick one on your refrigerator to hold your notes this summer.These make a great gift for Mom or Grandma on Mother's Day or a birthday.

You need:

* Perler Beads and Pegboards:
Square for Hamburger
Round for Watermelon
Square and Hexagon for Cherry
* Picnic Patterns
* Low Temp Glue Gun
* Magnetic Sheet
* Iron and Adult

Kids will love making and wearing this Frog hat arts and crafts kids project.
Fun for dress up or to wear everyday!

You need:

* Frog Pattern
* Green and Pink Craft Foam
* Green Visor
* Two 1½" White Pompoms
* Two ½" Black Pompoms
* Small Plastic Bug
* Black Permanent Marker
* Low Temp Glue Gun
* Scissors
* Staple

Kid's Bumble Bee Pony Bead Pattern Craft for Kids.

You need:

* 12 Yellow Pony Beads
* 39 Black Pony Beads
* 2 Yards Satin Cord
* 1 Lanyard Hook

Marshmallow Halloween Guys Craft for Kids. Your children can make these marshmallow guys into decorative pins, refrigerators magnets or pencil toppers.

You need:

* Marshmallow Foamies
* Acrylic Paint and Brush
* Pipe Cleaners
* Wiggle Eyes -- 10mm
* Ultimate Craft Glue or
Low Temp Glue Gun

Boy Scout Emblem Pony Bead Pattern Craft for Children.

You need:

* 65 Ivory Pony Beads
* 39 Blue (or Green) Pony Beads
* 3 Yards Satin Cord
* 1 Lanyard Hook

Irish Charm Decorative Pins Craft for Saint Patrick's Day. This is a Great Girl Scouts SWAP for St. Patrick's Day or Thinking Day.

You Need:

* 1-1/2" Coiless Safety Pin
* Assorted Beads
* Irish Charms

Snowman Bell Necklace Arts and Crafts Project for a Winter Crafts project or Christmas. Complete kit makes eight. All you'll need is glue dots.

You need:

* Snowman Kit
* Glue Dots

Valentines Card with Heart-Shaped Envelopes Arts & Crafts Project for Kids to Make for Friends & Loved ones on Valentine's Day.

You need:

* Envelopes
(printed on Pink Card Stock)
* Cards
(printed on Red Card Stock)
* Glue Stick
* Pink Milky Pen
* Scissors
* Black Markers

Australian Koala Bear SWAPs Craft for Girl Scouts (or anyone for that matter).
Need an idea for Australia? Make a decorative pin with a cute koala bear.

You need:

* Coiless Safety Pins - 2¼"
* Letter Beads AUSSI
* Foamie Bear
* Fine Point Permanent Marker

Your little Girl Scout can make SWAPs with Girl Scout Charms - Everyone will be asking. "Where did you get those?" and no one will believe you made these charms yourself with a neat kids arts and crafts project that you found online. These are perfect gifts for Mothers or Grandmothers for Mother's Day, Valentine's Day, or her birthday.

You need:

* Pattern for Girl Scout Charms and Shrinkles
or Precut Scout Shrink Art
* Coiless Safety Pins - 1½" Gold
* Jump Rings
* 4mm Round Beads
* Chrystal Faceted Beads
* 6mm Jingle Bells
* 5mm Rhinestones
* Low Temp Glue Gun
* Metallic Gold Paint Pen
* Fine Line Permanent Marker
* Hole Punch

Children can now make their own Beaded Penguin arts and crafts project with this neat Pony Bead Pattern.

You need:
--31 Black Pony Beads
--18 White Pony Beads
--3 Orange Pony Beads
--1-1/2 Yards of Satin Cord
--1 Lanyard Hook

Now your little boys can make this cool Cub Scout Tool Box with this free arts and crafts project for kids. Customize your toolbox to make it a special scouting experience. This is a great gift for your Dad or Grandfather, especially for Father's Day or a birthday.

You need:

* Toolbox Kit
* Wood Glue
* Two Medium Scout Foamies
* Blue & Gold Paint
* Foam Brush
* Gold Thumb Tacks
* Hammer and Soft Mallet

Your kids can now make this great Memory Wire Bracelets Craft as a gift for your Mom or Grandmother for Mother's Day or a birthday. This kid's craft make pretty, stylish bracelets. Memory wire makes it easy.

You Need:

* Silver Beads
* Memory Wire Bracelet
* Long Nose Pliers
* 4mm Faceted Beads

YUour girls and teens will love making this Jelly Jewelry arts and crafts project. The cool thing about our Jelly Craft Sheets is they stick to themselves. Bracelets stay wrapped around your wrist with no snap or tie needed. Give this as a gift to someone that you love. It is great for Mom or Grandma for Mother's Day.

This project is one of 4 included in our Sparkly Art-to-Wear "Badge in a Bag".

You Need:

* Jelly Craft Sheets
* Gemstones
* Gem Glue or Ultimate Craft Glue
* Scissors

Make your own Straw Hat Scarecrow for a Fall Decoration. This would be great to hang on your door, wall, or window. Design a happy scarecrow face from a straw hat. Makes a great Fall decoration.

You need:

* Straw Hat
* Wiggle Eyes -- 20mm
* Pipe Cleaners
* Craft Foam Scraps
* Raffia
* Tacky Glue
* Scissors

Girl Scouts can make these Chinese New Year Red Envelopes SWAP crafts project.
Children receive red envelopes with good luck coins for Chinese New Year.

You need:

* Good Luck Coins
* Red Card Stock
* Scissors & Markers
* Optional Safety Pins if making SWAPs

This is a St. Patrick's Leprechaun crafts project from this Pony Bead Pattern

You need:
--26 Green Pony Beads
--4 Ivory Pony Beads
--7 White Pony Beads
--6 Black Pony Beads
--2 Silver Pony Beads
--4 Feet Satin Cord
--1 Lanyard Hook

Kids can make these Thanksgiving Turkey Hats arts and crafts project with your kids. Gobble, gobble, chuckle, chuckle. This turkey hat will be the talk of your Thanksgiving dinner.

You need:

* Fall Colored Paper
* Orange Turkey Pattern,
Another Orange Turkey Pattern
Yellow Turkey Pattern
Red Turkey Pattern
* Glue
* Stapler
* Scissors

Children can make this very easy to make, No-Sew Fleece Pillow. The pillow shown in the picture would be a great pillow to make for girls, tweens and teens. No sewing! Just tie together together make a cute pillows from a complete kit. Make one for your friends! Make this as a gift.

Yikes - This is a Scary black spider, perfect for a Halloween decoration. Make this arts and crafts children's project with with Pipe Cleaners to scary Spiders. Great classroom craft! No scissors or paint needed to make bouncy Daddy-Long-Leg Spiders.

You need:

* 4 Black Pipe Cleaners
* Wiggle Eyes -- 10mm
* Ultimate Craft Glue, Low Temp Glue Gun, or Tacky Glue

This is a Multicultural and ethnic Bead Head crafts project that can also be used for a Girl Scout SWAPs crafts project. This is a great for an educational activity to learn about cultures and different ethnicities. Aren't they funny? With a little thought, you can make one for just about any country.

You Need:

* Coiless Safety Pin
* Barrel Beads
* Wiggle Eyes -- 5mm
* Tacky Glue
* Scissors

Your little girl scouts will love making this cute little Girl Scout out of beads. You can get the Girl Scouts Pony Bead Pattern from this page.

You need:
--17 Green Pony Beads
--6 White Pony Beads
--13 Brown Pony Beads
--6 Black Pony Beads
--2 Yards Satin Cord
--1 Lanyard Hook

Make this St. Patrick's Green Hat Craft specifically for kids. Cute paper hat to celebrate the holiday in style.

You need:

* Green and White Card Stock
* Crayons or Markers
* Glue Stick
* Hat Pattern
* Scissors
* Stapler

This is a great candy food craft to make a Candy Gecko Craft with this Pattern.
We've found that yarn works the best for weaving with candy gems. Make up your own colors if your candy gems are a different color.

You Need:
--39 Pieces of a Candy Necklace
--2 Yards Yarn

Your kids will love this easy Thanksgiving craft made with Perler Beads Thanksgiving Patterns
Decorative Perler bead patterns. Your children's craft will dress up your holiday table with either a Turkey Hot Plate or a Cornucopia Hot Plate.

You need:

* Perler Beads
* Large Square Pegboard
* Turkey Pattern and/or Cornucopia Pattern
* Iron and Adult

Your little girls can make this authentic looking Pilgrim Bonnet to play dress-up around Thanksgiving. Make a paper bonnet that looks like a bonnet the pilgrim girls wore at our first Thanksgiving.

You need:

* 12" x 15" piece of heavy white paper
* White Yarn
* Hole Punch
* Scissors

Make a Tree to organize your Girl Scout SWAPs with this SWAP Tree. Make a display to hold your SWAPs. Each branch can be a different event or theme or you can organize them by date!

You need for
each crown:

* Tree Pattern
* 1/2 Piece of Plastic Canvas
* 9-1/4" Cardboard Easel
* Green and Neon Green Craft Foam
* Tacky Glue
* Scissors
* Stapler

This is a great craft for Fall & Autumn Arts & Crafts Project. Your child can make a Nature Leaf Collage. Everyday, my daughter would come home from preschool with two or three paintings. Here's one of the things we did with her work's of art poster.

You need:

* Child's paintings
* Leaf Outlines
* Scissors
* Construction Paper
* Glue Stick
* Stapler