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Wouldn't it be fun to have toy action figures for your entire family, your friends, classmates, or your favorite characters? Here is an easy way to make your own characters. Just take out 2 pipe cleaners and twist and turn the pipe cleaners the way that you see in the illustrations above....follow them in alphabetical order. Now ask permission to cut out faces of your family members from photographs. Glue or paste them on the pipe cleaner figures that you made. Like I said earlier, it doesn't have to be family members, it can be characters that you print out or cut from magazines.
How to Make Tri-Fold Picture Frame from Cadboard and Felt - Most picture frame crafts are for one photograph, but this one holds 3 photos. This would be perfect to make as a gift for Dad or Mom for family photos…and it would look great on their office desk. If you want to learn how to make a tri-fold picture frame, then look at the directions in this arts and crafts activity for children.
Making a New Years Memory Accordion Pocket Book to Hold Precious Memories - You can use this special fold-up, accordion pocketed book to hold all the memories of this year or next year … and then you can put it away as if it were a time capsule. Then you can try not to look at it for 10 years. You will be surprised at how much you have changed in that amount of time. Have fun.
Make Picture Folder Gift Book with Accordion Fold Out Photo Holder - You can either use real photos or make your own comic book or use pictures from a magazine to make a funny story. This is a great craft to build imagination or to give as a gift to a loved one or friend.
Make a Photograph into a Flower - Learn how to use your favorite photograph to make a beautiful flower.
Photograph Paperweights - No paperweight could be any better than a pictured paperweight.
Bottle Caps Photograph Memory Key Chains - This is a great idea for making keychains that showcase the places you went on vacation. Just add your favorite photographs of memories in these bottle caps.
How to Make a 3D Refridgerator Magnet - Learn how to make 3-dimensional refridgerator magnets with a photograph or illustration of your choice.
Photo
Binder Craft for Kids As your kids get older they will start carrying a binder to hold all
their homework and assignments. Make their binder a fun keepsake from
summer with their friends, time at camp or pictures from last school
year.
Bouquet
of Photo Flowers Crafts Activity Looking
for a bouquet of flowers that will never wilt or die? Make this
precious keepsake for Mom or Grandma this Mother’s Day and they
will cherish it always. Be sure to visit our other great Mother's Day
fun including Mother's Day crafts, cards for mom and Mother's Day
recipes to spoil mom with on her special day!
Collage
or Placemat Photograph Craft for Children Give
Mom her breakfast or dinner served on her own special placemat!
Make Mom a special collage to show her how much you care.
CD Locker Magnet Photo Craft - What
a fun way to decorate the inside of your locker and display your best
friends at the same time!
Wooden
Scrapbook Photo Arts & Crafts Project - Nature
becomes natural storage with this attractive Wooden Scrapbook. Kids
can decorate this durable album and store their favorite camp photos.
Felt Photo Albums Craft for Kids - Personalize your photo album covers with this fun Felt Photo Album craft. You and your kids can sift through memories as you decide which photos go into your festive albums
Christmas
Photo Ornaments Craft for Kids - Give
a personalized Christmas photo ornament to the special people on your
list. Kids will enjoy crafting it into the perfect thing for
Grandparents, Godparents, Aunts, Uncles, etc.
Custom Photo Coasters Craft - Personalize your drink coasters with this excellent themed craft. Your kids can customize them for special occasions like New Years, Christmas, Thanksgiving, Hanukkah and more.
Mini-Photo
Bookmarks Craft for Kids - Strips
of tiny photos become cherished keepsakes with this easy Mini-Photo
Bookmark craft.
School
Picture Magnets Craft for Children - Do
something creative with extra school photos by crafting them into
School picture magnets. They make great fridge magnets for friends
and relatives.
Laminated
Art Bookmarks Photograph Craft - Let
your child explore their creative side by laminating their own
artwork and transforming it into a bookmark. Perfect for back to
school, these one of a kind bookmarks are tailored just to your
child’s tastes.
Decorative
Gift Bags Photo Craft - Give
inexpensive bags a makeover with this Decorative Gift Bag craft for
kids. Add copies of family photos for a personal touch.
Personalized
Calendars with Photographs Activity - What
better way to greet each new month than with a photo of your loved
ones? This personal gift can work as a wall calendar or a weekly
planner.
Home
Sweet Home Photo Gallery Craft - This
adorable three-dimensional house makes a perfect photo memory
display. For younger children, use simple designs. Older kids will
appreciate more intricate details when decorating their house.
Family History Book Crafts Activity- Kids can fill a woven book cover with your family's history--it's the perfect craft to make as a gift for Kwanzaa, Christmas, Hanukkah, Mother's Day, Father's Day or any occasion.
My
First Photo Albums Craft for Kids - For
someone who doesn't talk yet, a picture's got to be worth at least a
million words, making this flippy little album the perfect gift to
create for your baby. It'll satisfy her natural love of faces,
especially faces she knows, and it's sturdy enough to handle chewing,
dropping, and many repeated "readings."
Festive
Photo Personalized Craft - For
that extra personalizing touch, use these homemade holiday cards to
share a favorite photo.
Golf
Ball Photo Mobile Kids Craft - Score
a hole in one with this tee-rific gift.
Cut-Up
Collages Photograph Kids Craft - Give
your photos a silly makeover with this creative cutting and pasting
project.
Photo
House Card Crafts Activity - Make
a picture-perfect frame card that's filled with Mom and Dad's
favorite faces.
Moon
Shot Photograph Craft Gift - Snap a portrait of
each guest peeking through the window of this spiffy rocket. After
the party, send the kids copies of their photos as thank-you notes
and fun mementos of their voyage into space
Button Photo
Bracelet - This
sweet and simple craft features well-loved faces all in one place and
makes a great gift for Mom on her special day.
Vintage
Valentine Photo Hearts - Borrow
a Victorian tradition and treat your modern grandparents (or other
doting souls) to photos of their favorite kids.
Photo
Board Activity for Kids - Here's
an activity only for kids brave enough to face a hungry lion -- and
be photographed in a tuxedo! With an instant or digital camera, the
resulting shots make for a great party favor.
Sunny
Smile Photos Childrens' Craft - This
photo opportunity is sure to bring on warm smiles -- and provide the
kids with some fun party mementos.
Photo-Collage
Tissue Box Cover - Make a sniffly
friend or relative feel better by sharing a smile -- or, better yet,
a tissue box covered with them. Using a craft punch makes simple
materials stand out and garners impressive results for even the
youngest artists.
Homemade
Gift Wrap - Got a special gift
for a special someone? Add the ultimate personal touch: handcrafted
wrapping paper. The best part? Your kids take care of the designs ...
all you have to do is make the photocopies
Personalized
Bookplates - Whimsical photo
bookplates are a fun way to spark a new reader's interest in her
growing library. They make a great gift for family members too; just
make a bunch and wrap them up with a classic storybook or new
favorite.
Fold-out
Photo Gallery - Good things come in
small packages.
Three-in-one
Fun - It's the year in
numbers... a perfect craft to remember the good times with your
family.
Make
Your Own Bobblehead - Now
fans can have their very own bobblehead dolls, just like the players
do -- no NFL contract required.
Pilgrim
Napkin Rings - Take your guests
back to the first Thanksgiving with these fun photo napkin rings that
double as place cards.
Photo-card
Carousel - What do we love
about photo cards? Almost everything -- all those smiling faces
dropping through the mail slot from faraway places, all those
otherwise-serious friends and relatives throwing propriety to the
wind in favor of silly Santa hats. But much as we love them, we've
never really been sure what to do with them. This card carousel
solves the problem handily, presenting them for view, then folding
into an instant archive when the holidays are over.
Family
Photo Books - Filled with favorite
photos, this is just the present for a relative or special family
friend, particularly one your family sees less often than you'd like.
Painted
Photo Portraits - With our clever
tracing technique, your kids can turn any family photo into a
realistic painting, creating a picture-perfect present in the
process. We used vellum, which is sturdier and more elegant than
tracing paper and is sold by the sheet or the pack at many craft
stores.
Decoupage
Designs - You don't have to be
an artist to create these keepsake eggs. Just cut illustrations or
photos from magazines, scrapbooking supplies, or other printed
sources, or download them from the Web. (They should be fairly small,
so they lie against the egg without too many wrinkles.)
Cameo
Necklace - Mom: Want to
show off a photo of the very one who makes you an eligible celebrant
of this springtime holiday? This necklace works like an open-faced
locket: nostalgia and jewelry all in one. Kids: This
thoughtful present couldn't be simpler. It's crafted from a
metal-rimmed key tag, a pretty ribbon -- and your photo, of course!
Paper
Star Frames - Mounted on a ribbon,
the frames look good hung on a doorknob, a bedpost or a Christmas
tree branch.
Family
Tree Ornaments - It's fun to turn
your Christmas tree into a family photo album! Select a baby picture
of each member of the family to place in little hanging frames. The
grandkids can find themselves first, and then try to identify
everyone else.
Personalized
Memo Pad - Here's a great gift
idea for dads, grandmoms, and anyone who needs reminders! With a
little help from you, your child can turn a simple photo frame into a
made-to-order message center that showcases his artwork or photo. We
designed ours for Dad to take to the office, with a variation below
for Grandmom to use by her phone.
Personalized
Magnets - Display your
family's magnetic personalities on your own fridge, or make a giftset
for friends and relatives.
Autumn
Place Mats - Bring Autumn's
beauty indoors with leaf-printed place mats
Our
Elfin Family - Assemble your family
into a lineup of Santa's little helpers with this festive paper doll
project.
Pillow
Prints - Instead of keeping
prized pictures in an album, display them collage-style on a
personalized pillow.
Student's
Pet Tee - Take your pet with
you to school -- on your shirt!
Treasure
Gift Box - Present collectors
with handy decorated boxes to house their trinkets.
Photo
Frame Postcard - Looking for a unique
way to share family pictures, travel photos, or great pet shots?
Create your own postcard in a photo frame!
Faces
in Flowers Frame - Need a great gift
for family or friends? Show off your new school photos in a
hand-decorated frame.
Photo
Cube With Pizzazz - Decorate a plastic
photo cube with Crayola Squeezables™ 3-D Paint and your
favorite photos, drawings, and mementoes. A cube means you have six
times the fun!
A
Garden of Learners - Picture yourself
growing right along with your favorite fruits and veggies! Get to
know classmates better and showcase pictures of yourself.
Flower-Pot
Picture Garden - A garden of your
friends, pets, or family will look great "growing" on your
windowsill and it never needs watering! What a cool photo display--no
green thumb required!
Diploma
in Hand - Preserve graduation
memories with a handmade photo frame. These are so easy, you can make
frames for the whole class of graduates!
My
Shining Star - All children deserve
the star treatment. This simple, handcrafted photo frame lets kids
shine as they create and present a wonderful gift.
Martin
Luther King Milestones - Create a time line
with colorized copies of photos of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Bubbling
Up Pictures - Have fun with your
favorite photos! Let only parts of them show through cut-out bubble
letters that sum up your party or vacation fun!
Framed
Pet Faces - Have pictures of
your pets all over the refrigerator? Make special picture frames so
they really stand out!
Silly
Faces - Draw silly hair,
goofy glasses, and funny clothes on your framed photo. Use Crayola®
Washable Window Markers to make this fun gift!
Fold-Out
Geography Passport - Remember your
travels or take an imaginary trip with your art. Any place on Earth
can be your destination when you create this personal passport!
Flight
on the Beach - In December 1903,
the first controlled airplane flight took place over the dunes near
Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Recreate the Wright brothers’ Flyer and the moment that changed transportation.
Versatile
Veined Prints - Create an aluminum
foil printing plate then design a collage with your printed papers.
Scrapbooks
& Cards to Cherish - Measure and cut just
the right size opening to mat your photos, art, and mementos! With
Total Tools™ Ultimate Cutter, it’s fun and easy to make
unique scrapbook pages, cards, and personalized gifts!
Shiny
Picture Present - Save empty cereal
boxes! Recycle them to make super picture frames for yourself or as
gifts.
Daffadill
Photo Magnet - Get
ready to turn your refrigerator into a smiling bouquet with photo
magnets made from plastic cups. This is another original
FreeKidsCraft project. This is an encore craft where we bring you the
best crafts from previous years.
Squared
Circle Card - These
colorful self contained cards and envelopes are so versatile. You can
make them in any size to fit your needs and in any combination of
colors, so they're perfect for any occasion. Tuck a photo or special
message or design inside the card and bring a smile to someones face.
Tissue
Paper School Bus Frame - Decorate your
bulletin board with this easy original tissue paper craft. Back to
School can be an exciting time for kids when they are happily
involved with fun and easy craft projects. Put their busy little
hands to work crumpling up tissue paper for this fun school bus or
other tissue paper crafts.
Valentine
Photo Card - This
Valentine spells out a personal message for someone you love.
Scrabble
Tile Teacher's Name Plate - Tell your teacher
how much you appreciate all they have done for you all year with this
name plate designed by the FreeKidsCrafts team. It's a good way to
recycle that old Scrabble game that has lost some of its pieces.
Mother's
Day Flower Card - You'll be the flower
of Mom's eye with this fun and easy Mothers Day Flower Card from the
FreeKidsCrafts. team.
Business
Card Holder - Made
from an empty cassette case! Perfect for Father's Day or
birthdays. Lots of possibilities! This one is made
with rocks but you can choose anything to match your photo. Makes a
great gift for Mom or Dad.
Photo
Crafts for the Dorm: A Pencil Cup - Photo crafts are a
great way to bring family and friends' images into a dorm room. Take
a utilitarian pencil cup, twine a film strip graphic around it,
insert photos and voila, a charming reminder of home that doesn't
take up any extra space.
Family
Reunion Photo Quilt - I used a black and
white photo, a log cabin quilt pattern, and tips from this Photo
Fun book.
Photo
Collage Craft - People of all ages
and abilities can enjoy creating collages. If you are looking for
some inspiration, why not make a collage using photos.
Photo
Thumbtacks & Magnets for the Dorm - Create magnets with
pictures of your loved ones for display in you dorm…….
Graduation
Centerpiece - Craft to make ones
graduation a day to remember……….
Floppy
Disk Photo Cube - Terrific for Dad's
desk at work or home!
Mini
Heart Box with Photo - Fill
with candy or a small treasure for someone you love.
Kid
Grid - Print your
photograph onto sticker-backed photo paper, cut it into squares,
attach to blocks, and voila -- homemade baby toys!
Happy
Birthday, Baby! - Celebrate with
photos of your baby -- everywhere! Print a headshot onto circular
labels to add character to cups, napkins, and goody bags.
Valentine
Photo Mouse Pad - Easy
project that comes out great!
Upward
Mobility - This DIY mobile is a
fresh way to display your family tree.
Polymer
Clay 3D Picture Stands - Here's a neat little
craft to make as a gift for mom or dad - miniature 3D pictures of you
(and maybe your sisters or brothers?) that are perfect to stand on a
shelf or desk.
Picture Frames / Photo Frames Crafts Projects for Kids
Angled
Photo Frame Craft for Children - Kids
can display their favorite photos or pictures in an unusual way by
crafting this quirky angled photo frame. A piece of craft wood and
some simple tools will yield a delightful result.
Tri-Fold
Frames for Photographs - The
Tri-Fold Frame was quick to make. The longest amount of time was
drawing and cutting up the corrugated cardboard. Parental supervision
is recommended.
Felt
Photo Frame Ornaments Craft - Decorate
your Christmas tree with pictures of loved ones with these felt photo
frame ornaments. Kids enjoy seeing small photos of their friends and
relatives framed by a craft they've made.
Mosaic
Family Photo Frame Craft - You
can have the warmth and charm of mosaic art without the mess, wait
time and expensive materials. Try our family frame and display where
all can see!
Clay
Decorated Picture Frame Craft for Kids - Put
cherished photos in something special with this clay decorated
picture frame. The added fun is that it's a salt clay craft - you
make your own clay out of salt and a few other simple ingredients.
Wallpaper
Frames Craft for Kids - We
used donated wallpaper books, a cardboard box, cardboard, glue, and a
piece of ribbon to make this inexpensive gift. The nice touch is the
family portrait drawn by the child and inserted into the frame.
Parental supervision is recommended.
Driftwood
Photo Holder Craft - Here's
a fun way for your child to display his favorite beach snapshot or a
collage of your best vacation photos.
Pinecone
Photo Holder Craft - Using
pinecones collected on a Thanksgiving nature walk (or bought at a
craft store), let the kids make a simple photo holder for a family
snapshot taken during the gathering -- and send everyone home with a
craft that will preserve their memories of a wonderful holiday.
Crafty
Computer Frame Craft - We've all seen
decorative mouse pads, but what about the computer itself? This
monitor frame, made from craft foam and dotted with photos of your
family, will turn Dad's home or office computer into a much more
colorful -- and endearing – place
Father's
Day Frame - Your child can
surprise her favorite guy with an easy-to-make stand-up photo frame
that reflects his special interests or hobby.
Personalized
Photo Holder - Alphabet blocks
aren't just for stacking - they can also be used for showing off
favorite pictures and artwork.
Childhood
Photo Frame - Childhood Photo
Frame Activity Page
On
the Beach Photo Frame - Remember that
exciting day on the beach by saving your favorite photo in a cool,
custom picture frame! It’s like being there all over again.
Mermaid
Photo Holder - Bestow good luck
upon your friends when you place their photos in a mermaid holder
made from fun-to-shape Crayola Model Magic® Fusion™
modeling compound.
Bee
Happy' Picture Frame - Craft a picture
frame that will cause a buzz! Make this bee-themed frame to hold your
favorite picture.
BFF,
Best Friends Forever Picture Frame - Decorate a wooden
frame, add a favorite photo, and give it to your BFF, best friend
forever.
Flip-Flop
Photo Frames - Summer fun for more
than one! Create a pair of magnetic flip-flop frames--one for you and
one to share!
Leaf-Motif
Frame - Capture nature's
spirit by creating a leaf-print picture frame. Gold Crayola®
Premier™ Tempera creates a dazzling gift to hold a favorite
photo or nature collage.
Cool
Cut-Ups Picture Frame - Looking for a cool
way to jazz up a picture frame? Decorate it with bright bits of
Crayola Color Explosion Spinner™ art!
Mini
Hat Photo Holder for Mom - Make it for Mother's
Day! A little clothespin holds the photo and a magnet keeps it on the
refrigerator.