Kids Arts & Crafts Ideas by Theme

With a bit of help from you, your child can make a toy town with your old containers and boxes!

You'll Need :
Saved boxes , cartons, etc
Glue or Glue stick
scissors
Construction or wrapping paper
Crayons or markers

Bend and twist the pipe cleaners into shapes of people, animals, cars ...

Kids love any excuse to get their little fingers messy. Making finger tips pictures, provides that excuse. Design note cards, gift tags or fight the boredom blues.

You'll need:
Ink pad
Paper
colored pencils or markers

An everyday household item becomes a new bath toy!

milk jug craft idea
You’ll Need:
Clean plastic gallon milk jug
Permanent marker
Scissors

Improve study habits and have fun while making this simple craft. Decorate in anyway that inspires you : Pencils, erasers, buttons, pictures -- Have fun with it!

You'll need:
6 - craft sticks
2 - small pencils
(used for keeping score in a game)
1 piece of "fun foam" or index card
Fabric paint
glue
Yarn
Decoration - optional

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

Recipes In a Jar How to make Recipe Gift Jars Set aside a Saturday to make these thoughtful gifts for teachers, neighbors or family. Recipe Gift Jars are decorated canning jar gifts containing the packed dry ingredients for a recipe. These gifts are easy to make and you can add your own special touch to the lids.

What you'll need:
Wide mouth canning jars (1 quart) with lids,
7-8 inch squares of fabric, ribbon, recipe cards or printed notes, select recipes and ingredients listed below

A sweet smelling turkey decoration for each place setting, or a gift your child can give to family members.

You'll Need
craft foam sheets; brown and orange
pinking sheers
scissors
craft glue, glue stick or glue dots
plastic wiggle eyes
potpourri
autumn fabric cut in approximately 5 inch squares
chenille stem (pipe cleaner)

Quick and easy clothes pin craft doll for parties, scout meetings, Sunday school or rainy day fun. A quick and easy clothes pin craft doll for parties, scout meetings, Sunday school or a rainy day fun.

You’ll need:
Clothes pins, the type with the round tops
Fabric scraps
ribbon or yarn, optional
Permanent markers
Craft glue, glue gun, or school glue

Kids Patriotic American Red White and Blue Key Ring Lanyard Craft for Kids. Wear one on you key ring to show your patriotism or sell them to raise money for the Disaster Relief Fund. This is also a great 4th of July craft for children.

You need:

* 4 Yards of Plastic Lace
(2 yard each of two colors)
* Key Ring
* 8 Pony Beads
* Scissors
* Gimp Starter (Optional)

Macramé Power Bead Ankle Bracelet Jewelry Craft for Kids This Craft is too cool! Pick the beads you want for the power you need.

You Need:

* 12 Feet #20 Hemp
* Power Beads
* Masking Tape
* Scissors

A kids craft for children to make a map holder as a gift for parents or grandparents. Maps need a place to live too.

You Need:

* Old Manila File Folder
* Six 1" Long Brass Fasteners
* Hole Punch
* Old Road Map
* Clothespins
* Medium-Size Rubber Band
* Scissors
* White Glue

A Kids Craft 911 angel decoration is just right for your key ring, your backpack or use it as a zipper pull. A craft for children with a lot of meaning.

You Need:

* Lanyard Hook
* 18" of White Satin Cord
* Angel Bead
* Heart Shaped Pony Bead
* Red, White and Blue Pony Beads
* 911 Number Beads
* Scissors

This Macramé Butterfly Pin Craft for Kids is Quick and easy. Make them by the dozen for all your friends.

Materials You Need:

* 3 Feet #20 Hemp
* 3 Wooden Beads - 1/4"
* Masking Tape
* Jewelry Craft Pins
* Glue

Little girls will love making this Beaded Tiara / Crown and will then Love to Dress Up Like Princess after they are done. Great craft for children who love to play dress up.

Materials You need:

* 4 12" Metallic Pipe Cleaners
* 12 Red Translucent Pony Beads
* 20 Pink Translucent Pony Beads
* 44 Chrystal Faceted 8mm Beads

Beaded
Napkin Rings
Match the colors to the holiday or make a set for everyday use to match your tableware.

You need:

* 24 Ivory Pony Beads
* 24 Brown Pony Beads
* 12 Orange Pony Beads
* 2 Yards Rat-tail Satin Cord
* White Glue

This Kids Craft an American Patriotic Spinning Toy Craft for Children. This would make a great July 4th patriotic craft for kids. You choose the pattern or design your own. Makes a great party decoration. Hang them outside and watch them spin!

Materials That You Need:

* Computer
* Color Printer
* White Index
* Patterns -- Tie Dye, Big Stars, Small Stars, Small Stripes, Big Stripes
* Glue
* Crepe Paper Streamers and/or
Curling Ribbon
* String
* Scissors
* Hole Punch

A craft for kids and your cat. :) Make your own Kitty Cat House or Condo - You and you cat will have hours of fun in this home built just for him!

You Need:

* Two or More Paper Bags from the Grocery Store
* Scissors
* Glue
* Tape
* Cardboard
* Construction Paper
* Glasses and Bowls to Trace Around
* Pencil
* Pictures from Magazines
* Kitty

A scrapbooking craft for kids who are in to that. This is a "Best Friends" Scrapbook Page Add a "Best Friend" page to your scrapbook or frame the page as a gift for your best friend.

You need:

* Photo of You and
Your Best Friend
* Scrapbook Paper
(We chose green grass for background and two different shades of pokadot orange)
* Two Paper Doll "Friends" to Match the Photo
* Glue Stick
* Scissors
* 3/16" Paper Punch
* Markers, Gel Pens or Paint Markers

This kids craft if for an Angel Worry Doll. Guatemalan children tell their worries to dolls and place them under their pillows. According to legend, the dolls take their worries away.

Materials You Need:

* Flat Slotted Clothespin or
Baby Flat Slotted Clothespin
* Two Wooden Kitchen Matches
* Embroidery Floss
* Gold Paint
* Gold Cord
* Scissors
* Craft Knife
* Fine Point Marker
* Tacky Glue or Low Temp Glue Gun
* Woodsie Angel Wings

This is a craft for kids that is a Candy Holder and a Necklace. This clever candy holder is made from a plastic beanie tag protector.

Materials You need:

* Plastic Beanie Tag Protector
* 8 Pink Pony Beads
* 8 White Pony Beads
* Red Hots or Red Tic Tacs
* Red Yarn
* Lace
* Satin Cord
* Low Temp Glue Gun
* Scissors

This is a craft for Kids that they will love making. This craft is for Spin Art Invitations. These spin art invitations for children are fun for the birthday child to make from a salad spinner. Great for many different themes including the Carnival Party shown here. Do spin art at your party too.

Materials You need:

* Pattern for "Admit One" Tickets for Front of Invitation
* Pattern for Tickets Inside of Invitation
* Color Computer Paper
* White Card Stock
* Three Colors of Paint in Squeeze Bottles
* Salad Spinner
* Glue Stick
* Scissors

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

Your children will love this Frog craft for kids, called a "Hop On In!" Door Hanger. It is a companion to the other arts and crafts project, called the "Don't Bug Me" Door Hanger.

Materials You need:

* 4 Jumbo Craft Sticks
* 1 Craft Stick
* 12" Cord
* Woodsies:
1 Large Oval, 2 Medium Ovals, 4 Small Ovals,
2 Medium Circles, 2 Small Circles
* Paint Pens (or paint)
* Tacky Glue
* Craft Foam, Felt or Heavy Paper
* Hole Punch

In Remembrance of September 11th, have your kids create this 911 Angel Pin craft that is easy enough for your children to make. Here's a simple project your whole group can make and wear in remembrance of Sept. 11.

You Need:

* Coiless Safety Pins - 1½" Gold
* 18" of Red Satin Cord
* Angel Bead
* Heart Shaped Pony Bead
* Red and Blue Pony Beads
* 911 Number Beads
* Gold Metallic Pony Beads
* Scissors
* White Glue

Patriotic Macramé Bracelet Craft for Kids when they are feeling like Patriotic Americans, such as on July 4th. Fashionable and patriotic, this macramé bracelet only uses one knot. Great for beginners.

Materials You Need:
--3 Yards Red Satin Cord
--3 Yards White Satin Cord
--Blue Pony Beads
--Masking Tape

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

A craft for kids, especially girls and pre-tenns. This is a necklace that is also a Lip Stick or Lip Gloss Holder that goes around her neck. Keep you lip gloss or chap stick handy with this decorative holder made from craft foam.

You need:

* Green, Pink and Black Craft Foam
* Plastic Clips
* Low Temp Glue Gun
* 1 Yard Black Satin Cord
* 4 Pink Pony Beads
* 2 Black Pony Beads
* 1/8" Hole Punch
(1/4" Punch will work also)
* Scissors
* Lip Gloss Holder Pattern

This kids craft is a Sportsball Decorative Pin Craft for Kids, especially little boys and girls who love Baseball, Basketball, Football, Soccer, Tennis, or another sport. Choose your favorite sport and add your jersey number or the number of your favorite pro!

You need:

* Three Pony Beads
* 8" Rat-tail Satin Cord
* Sports Ball Beads
* Safety Pins, Size 2
* Number Beads
* White Glue

Make Your Own Personalized Pencil Case. This is a craft for kids that is great for school and to keep their pencils and drawing supplies organized. Make a personalized pencil case for a cool back-to-school accessory.

Materials You Need:

* Jelly Craft Sheets
* Foam Letters Stickers or Cling Vinyl
* 2 Yards of Rat-tail Satin Cord
* 1/8" Hole Punch
* Pony Beads
* Pattern
* Ball Point Pen
* White Glue

This Plastic Lace Key Ring Craft for Kids is a lot of fun and your children will love making it. These are so fun to make, you'll want to give one to all your friends.

Materials You need:

* 8' of Plastic Lace (4'each of two colors)
* Key Ring
* 12 Pony Beads
* Scissors

This is a craft for kids from a Bible story from the Old Testament...the story of Moses in the Bulrushes Craft for Kids from the Old Testament. This is a great craft to make for Passover as well. Here's a fun craft to go along a favorite bible store.

Materials You need:

* Baby Food Jar
* Scrap of Blue and Beige Felt
* Brown and Green Pipe Cleaners
* Tacky Glue
* Blue Glue
* Red and Black Permanent Markers
* Masking Tape
* Pompoms
* Scissors

Macramé Flower Pot Hanging Craft for Kids

Your kids will love making this Macramé Flower Pot craft that hangs from the ceiling.

Materials You need:

* 6½" Terra Cotta Flower Pot with Saucer
* 5-Ply (#72) Natural Jute Cord - 7-1/3 Yards
* Four 12mm or 16mm Round Wood Beads
* E-6000 or Goop Glue

A fun craft for kids to make for their door knob. It is a Don't Bug Me Door Hanger Craft for Kids. It is a cute way for kids to ask for privacy! Pick from 8 bug patterns.

Materials You need:

* 4 Jumbo Craft Sticks
* 1 Regular Craft Stick
* 12" Cord
* Woodsies
* Paint Pens (or paint)
* Tacky Glue
* Craft Foam, Felt or Heavy Paper
* Bug Patterns
* 5mm Wiggle Eyes

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)

A craft for kids that is to remember September 11th. This is a 911 Remembrance Pin Decorative Craft for Kids or a loved one or friend. These pins are a wonderful way to show the world we have not forgotten the victims of 911 and their families.

Materials You Need:

* 1½" Coiless Safety Pin
* Number Beads
* Letter Beads
* 36" Red Satin Cord
* Blue Pony Beads

Make your own Winter Snow dolls with this Craft for Kids called Snow Folks. These adorable snow folks were designed by Amanda Formaro of FamilyCorner.com

Materials You need:

* Mittens with Large Cuffs
* Rice
* Cotton Batting
* 1-1/4" Dia. Wooden Balls
* Buttons
* Scrap Material for Scarves
* Silk Florals (holiday springs, berries, flowers, etc.)
* Black Acrylic Paint
* Rosey Lipstick
* Black Marker
* Scissors
* Hot Glue Gun

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

Your children can make their own Pride Pins with this great decorative pin craft for proud kids. Show your pride! in your troop... your country... or your parent that has gone off to fight the war.

Materials You Need:

* Safety Pins
* Pony Beads
Use red, white and blue for the USA pin.
Use yellow for a parent that has gone to war.
Use blue and yellow for cub scouts.
Use green for girl scouts.
Use brown for brownies.
* Letter Beads or Number Beads
* 18" Satin Cord

Girls can make their own hair kerchiefs to pull their hair back. This is a craft for girls that can also be used to make a Girl Scout kerchief. The perfect project for a beginning seamstress or you can just get out the fabric glue!

Materials You need:

* 14" Square of fabric
* 2 Yards of Doubled Seam Binding
* Sewing Machine or Fabric Glue
* Fabric Paint to Decorate
* Pins
* Girl Scout Pattern (optional)