Crafts for Kids - Arts & Crafts for Children Directory

Girl Scout Cooking SWAPs Craft for Kids in the Girl Scouts. You will chuckle while you make them and when you share them.

You Need:

* Mini Kitchen Utensils
* Card Stock
* Low Temp Glue Gun
* Tacky Glue
* Cooking Quotes
* Jewelry Craft Pin

Your little kids will love dressing up in costume with their homemade Bunny Mask. This is a Bunny Mask craft. You'll be cute as a bunny with your mask made from pre-cut foam pieces.

You Need:

* Bunny Mask Kit
* Tacky Glue

This is a great project for kids to make in the hot Summer months. This project is to make Summer Can Coolers. No glue or scissors needed! Use sticky back foamies to decorate foam can coolers. Great gift for Dad or Grandpa on Father's Day

You need:

* Foamie Can Huggers
* Under-the-Sea Foamie Stickers or Car & Truck Foamie Stickers
* Foamie Letter & Number Stickers

This is a great arts and crafts idea for Cold Winter days, especially when it is snowing. Make these Printable Snowmen into Popsicle stick puppets. Make puppets from our free printables.

You need:

* Cardstock
* Scissors
* Markers or Crayons
* Glue Stick
* Snowman Bodies
* Snowman Heads
* Snowman Faces
* Jumbo Craft Sticks
* Brown Pipe Cleaner
* Tacky Glue

Make a School Keepsake Box with your kids. This is a great crafts project to do with your kids. Decorate a box to look like a book. Keep all your favorite memories inside.

You Need:

* Cardboard Book Box
* Paint and Foam Brush

Make these adorable Buggy Chip Clips as a gift or just for fun. Keep your chips fresh and keep the bugs outside the bag!

You need:

* Clothespins
* Paint and Brush
* Foamie Insects
* Tacky Glue

These free printable and dressable Paper Dolls are a hit. Designed especially for kids, these "Friends" will bring hours of creative fun for your kids, especially girls love these.

Print out and make this witch hat for a Halloween costume or to just wear around the house for fun.

This is a great pattern for kids to make their own Valentine's Day Envelopes.

Don't know how to knit or crochet? Then you should try this Fingerweave Purse project. A great craft for girls, tweens, and teens. Use our weaving loops to create a stylish handbag to match your favorite outfit. This makes a great gift for a friend, your Sister, Mom, or Grandma for Mother's Day.

You need:

* Weaving Loops (you'll need approximately one bag)
* 2 Sheets Craft Foam
* Needle and Thread

This is a great arts and crafts project to make with a Pokemon Obsessed 8 year old boy or girl for their birthday party. It is a Pikachu Piñata craft.
No Pokemon party would be complete without a Pikachu Piñata.

You need:

* Two Paper Grocery Bag
* Newspaper
* Flour
* Yellow Tissue Paper
* Black, White & Red Construction Paper
* String
* White Glue
* Stapler
* Candy
* Wax paper
* Scissors
* Pikachu Face Pattern

Learn how to make your own jump rope outside toy with this fun Finger Weave Jump Rope Crafts Project for Bored Kids.
Pick your favorite colors and make your own jump rope out of weaving loops! Both boys and girls love to finger weave. Kids as young as 8 can learn to do this. Teens enjoy it too!

You need:

* Approximately 250 Weaving Loops

Make your own Yucky Bag Heads with this craft for kids. These are fun to make and are fun to look at. Recommended for ages 6-12. Bag Heads prefer a diet of Critter Littles and Yucky Pizza. They have a voracious appetite and have been known to consume as many as a dozen Critters in one sitting.

You need:

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2 Large Paper Bags
*

Scissors
*

Glue
*

Stapler
*

Crayons or Markers
*

Yucky Tongue
*

Yucky Mouth or
Another Yucky Mouth
*

Yucky Ears or
More Yucky Ears
*

Yucky Nose or
Another Yucky Nose
*

Yucky Eyes, More Yucky Eyes or Even More Yucky Eyes
*

Construction Paper (optional)
*

Critter Littles and Yucky Pizza (optional)

This is a great project for Bible School for Christian Kids. This is a Faith Bracelet with different colors for Our Sins, The blood he shed for us, Purity, Baptismal water, Spiritual growth, and The heavens shine upon us from the New Testament.

You need:

*

2 yards #20 Hemp Cord

*

Opaque E Beads (5 of each)
Black-- Our Sins
Red-- The blood he shed for us
White-- Purity
Blue-- Baptismal water
Green-- Spiritual growth
Yellow-- The heavens shine upon us

Little kids will love this bean bag Baby Chick Craft. This kid's craft is a No-Sew, easy to make Felt Bean Bag Baby Chicken craft, just perfect for Spring or Easter time. Ages 7 & up.

You need:

* Pattern
* Light Yellow and Orange Felt
* Two 5mm Black Round Cabochons
* 2" Yellow Pom Pom
* 1/2 Yard 1/4" Lavender Satin Ribbon
* Approx. 1 Cup of Navy Beans, Poly Pellets, or Plastic Stuffing Pellets
* Tacky Glue
* Scissors
* Clothes Pins
* Wax Paper

This is a scary Halloween craft to make realistic looking Shrunken Heads ... they are very creepy looking. These little faces, made from food - dried apples, can look really nasty and sinister -- the perfect thing to decorate a Halloween party.

You need:

* Apples
* Whole Cloves
* A few grains of rice
* 1/2 C lemon juice
* 2 tsp. salt

Teenage girls will love making these handmade Jean Skirts with this easy clothing crafts project. Update your wardrobe! Make an old pair of jeans or shorts into a cool skirt decorated with gemstones.

You need:

* Jeans
* Pattern for Star
* Fabric Glue or sewing machine
* Gem Glue
* Scissors
* 7mm Rhinestones
* Pen or Marker
* Toothpick

Kids will love making and displaying these Denim Jeans Pocket Beanie Bear Display. This is a great room decoration for girls, boys, and teenage girls.

You Need:

* Pony Beads
* Old Jeans
* 6" Lace
* 12 Ribbon or Cord
* Scissors
* Tacky Glue or Low Temp Glue Gun
* Beaded Bean Bag Animal from E-Beads (optional)

This is the cutest Kids craft project that I have ever seen. This Craft Stick Kitty is also a Refrigerator Magnet. This makes a great gift for Mom or Grandma for Mother's Day or for a birthday present.

You Need:

* 5 Mini Craft Sticks
* 1 Large Oval Woodsies
* 2 Small Teardrops Woodsies
* 1 Orange and 1 Yellow Chenille Stem
* 4" Magnetic Strip
* Yellow and Red Acrylic Paint
* Black and Orange Fine Point Permanent Markers
* Tacky Glue

This is a great craft for kids who want something to sit on outside or on a hard floor. This is a Duct Tape Sit-Upon which is waterproof! Think of it as a mini-beanbag chair and It's comfortable! It's transportable! It's everything you've ever wanted in a sit-upon.

You need:

* 30 Yards Duct Tape
* Scissors
* Pillow Form

Do you have a hole in your jeans or pants? Don't throw them away, make these great artistic Patches and make them into a new pair of jeans. Too kewl! Make patches using your photos or artwork. Teen Girls will love this craft.

You need:

* Jeans or Other Item of Clothing to Decorate
* Inkjet Transfer
* Small piece of White Cotton Fabric
* Computer and Inkjet Printer
* Scanner or Digital Image
* Fabric Glue or sewing machine
* Scissors
* Embroidery Floss and Needle (Optional)
* Decorative Trim (Optional)
* Adult and Iron

Your Mom can use this craft to make your party dress into a Princess Costume with this no-sew princess costume craft idea. An Easy beaded tiara / crown finishes the look. Your little girl will love this costume.

You need:

* Party Dress
* 1 Yard of Matching or Contrasting Fabric
(45" Wide)
* Two Feet of 1" Elastic
* Large Safety Pins
* Fabric Glue
* Iron
* Instructions for beaded tiara

Wow - What a cool idea - make your own Travel Lap Desk with Wipe-off Top for driving in the car on long Summer drives. Your kids will love this crafts project and using this lap desk on long drives or on their bed. Great project for teens.

You need:

* Large sturdy cardboard box.
* Shipping Tape
* Empty Snack Food Container such as Fruit Roll Up or Granola Bars
* Mat Knife
* Glue Gun
* Colored Contact Paper
* Clear Contact Paper
* White Poster Board
* Paper Cup
* Dry Erase Markers
* Piece of Felt

Wow - What a cool costume. This costume is to become a Bag of Beads. Here's a first place costume your little crafter will love to wear!

You need:

* 1 Yard 60" Clear Vinyl
* Six Swimming Pool Noodles
with Hollow Middle
* Cement
* Stapler
* Serrated Knife and Adult
* Label Stock or Paper and Rubber Cement

Kids can make this handmade Popsicle Stick Sunflower Picture Frame as a present for Mom, Dad, Grandma, or Grandpa. Great Mother's Day or Father's Day gift.

You Need:

* 8 Craft Sticks
* 13 Small Oval Woodsies
* 1 Large Round Woodsies
* 2 Medium Tear Drop Woodsies
* Tacky Glue
* Paint or Markers (I like to use paint markers with craft sticks.)
* Photo
* Cardboard Easel
* Low Temp Glue Gun (to glue on the easel)

Make this handmade Eyeglass Holder as a gift for Mom, Dad or for your Grandma or Grandfather for Mother's Day or Father's Day. A homemade gift that your loved one will really appreciate and use everyday.

You need:

* Eyeglass Pattern
* 8" x 8" piece of Imitation Leather
* 2 Yards Rat-tail Satin Cord
* Gold Paint Marker
* 1/8" Hole Punch
* Scissors
* Tacky Glue

These decorative pins are really cute and you can make them for a loved one with these Tissue Paper Pin Crafts Project instructions.You can make a butterfly, teddy bear, heart or other idea.

You need:

* Tissue Paper in 2 or 3 Colors
* White Glue
* Plastic Cookie Cutter
* Heavy Paper or Felt
* Jewelry Craft Pins
* j_bear.gif (7711 bytes)Petroleum Jelly
* Scissors
* Plastic Plate
* Disposable Bowl
* Microwave Oven
* Low Temp Glue Gun

Do you want to make your own Yarn Doll or Make one for a Little Girl in your life? Here is a Mini Yarn Doll tutorial page. Thanks to Grandmas everywhere for keeping this craft alive. We've just just given our dolls an updated look.

You need:

* Ivory, Tan or Brown Yarn for Doll
* Yarn for Hair
* Embroidery Floss
* Lace, Scraps of Fabric, Trim and Foam
* Kid's Choice Glue, Low Temp Glue Gun, or Tacky Glue
* Rubber Bands
* Letter sized piece of cardboard.

Make this great Beanbag Whale craft with the ocean behind him. This is a New Testament Bible Story craft for kids, especially ones in Bible School. Make a beanbag whale with a ocean background.

You need:

* Whale Pattern
* One Piece of Felt
* Scrap of Black Felt
* Fabric Glue
* Scissors
* One Piece of Craft Foam or Cardboard
* Foamie Sealife Stickers
* Cardboard Easel
* Bean Bag Fill
* Low Temp Glue Gun
* Jonah Bible Friend (optional)

Your kids will really appreciate making this Pizza Costume with you. They will be the talk of Halloween with this easy to make costume. This costume makes up really quick and is easy to get into and out of when the trick-or-treating is over.

You need:

* Six Broccoli Pages
* Three Mushrooms Pages
* Three Pepperoni Pages
* Two Olive Pages
* 2 Pieces of Red Poster Board
* Cardboard (for crust)
* 1 Yard 2" Ribbon
* Scissors
* Glue
* Yardstick
* Pencil
* Hot Glue

Make this great Friendship Quilt with your best friends. This Friendship Quilt is a great way to utilize left-over wallpaper pieces. A great way to begin or finish summer camp or any other gathering. You might want to even give this to your best friend as a gift.

You need:

* Wallpaper Samples or other paper
* Markers
* Poster Board
* Glue
* Quilt Squares

Make Your Own Denim Jeans Book Cover for your school books...this is a great craft for kids and girls and teens.
Decorate a 3-ring binder or a composition notebook and use the pockets to hold your pens and pencils.

You need:

* Old Jeans
* Trim and Appliques
* Gemstones
* Gem Glue
* Low Temp Glue Gun

Make Your Own Trick or Treat Buckets / Baskets for Halloween. Our little buckets are great for trick or treating especially with glow in the dark tape added.

You need:

* Halloween Woodsies or
Halloween Foamies
* Plastic Bucket
* 5mm Wiggle Eyes
* Glow-in-the-Dark Tape
* Satin Cord
* White, Black and Orange Paint (optional)
* Yellow and Orange Pony Beads
* Alphabet Beads -- Colored
* Scissors
* Kid's Choice Glue, Low Temp Glue Gun, or Tacky Glue

Kids can make this arts & crafts project for Spooky Halloween decoration. Hang this cat from a window, door, or ceiling and make these Spooky Garbage Bag Cats for Halloween.

You need:

* Black Plastic Garbage Bags
(We Used 30 Gallon Bags)
* Newspaper
* Rubber Bands
* Black Electric Tape
* Orange Contact Paper or
Orange Paint Marker
* String
* Animal Face Pattern

Little girls will love making this Daisy Friendship Bracelet. This is a great gift idea to give to your best friend. Girls love flowers and so do Moms and Grandmothers so make it for a birthday or Mother's Day present.

You need:

* 2' of Rat-tail Satin Cord
* 4 Green Pony Beads
* 6 White Pony Beads
* 1 Yellow Pony Bead
* Tacky Glue

Make your own Flowered Place Mats for a straight from nature decoration for your table. Use a wilting bouquet or gather flowers and leaves (with permission, of course!) to make beautiful place mats. Colors eventually fade to browns for a truly elegant look.

Kids will love this craft and activity for kids. They can Make their Own Kaleidoscope toy to play with. Turn the end and watch the colors as they overlap and blend. This is a great craft to make when you are bored.

You need:

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* Large Pringles Can Decorative Contact Paper or Construction Paper and Glue
* Colored Tissue Paper
* White Glue
* Foam Brush
* Hammer and Large Nail
* Clear Plastic
* Scraps of Tissue Paper

Make your own Paper Bouquet craft of Hearts and Flowers for a perfect gift for Mom or Grandma for Mother's Day, Valentine's Day or as a birthday gift.

You need:

* Pink, White and Red Card Stock
* Green Card Stock
* Hearts & Flowers
* More Hearts & Flowers
* Even More Hearts & Flowers
* Leaves
* Glue Stick
* Scissors
* Drinking Straws
* Tacky Glue
* Red Lace
* Clean, Empty Container
* Styrofoam

A great gift idea for Mom or Dad. These kids arts and crafts projects are to make Helping Hands items for Mom and Dad. Make a tree, a flower bouquet or a potted plant of helping hands that can be redeemed for help around the house and yard. Great outside / nature craft & activity idea.

A great arts and crafts project for kids to make in Autumn or for Halloween. When your kids are in a silly mood, let them make these Goofy Pumpkins which are a great silly pumpkin head craft for kids. So silly and so easy!

You need:

* Large Pumpkin
* Scissors
* Glue Dots
* Crayons, Markers or Construction Paper
* Goofy Tongue
* Goofy Mouth or Another Goofy Mouth
* Goofy Ears or More Goofy Ears
* Goofy Nose or Another Goofy Nose
* Goofy Eyes, More Goofy Eyes or Even More Goofy Eyes
* Gift Basket Filler Paper