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Below you will find great arts and crafts activities for campers at Summer Camps with the following Crafts for Kids. Here are Ideas for Cool Summer Camp Crafts Projects with with the following ideas, instructions, patterns, and printables for Children
Western Ties & Neckerchief Slides - Here are some leather western ties that you will just love. Find out how to make these with some adult supervision.
Leather Heart Key Chains - This craft calls for leather or a faux leather material. It is to make a Valentine's Day Key Chain...great to give to a friend or somebody that you love.
How to Make Friendship Bracelets Easy Step by Step Tutorial for Kids - Friendship bracelets are very popular again and all you need to make them is yarn or string, scissors, and tape. Give one to your best friends and they are supposed to return the favor. It is fun to see how many bracelets you can get back from your friends.
Mini Book Pendant or Necklace - Make this little book on a cord as a stylish necklace. This would make a great Summer camp craft...as you can all autograph eachother's books to remember them forever.
Leather Japanese Beanbags - Learn how to sew these beanbags up out of leather.
Leather or Vinyl Marbles Bag - Here is a drawstring pouch that will be great to hold your marbles or other small items that you own.
How to Make Easy No-Sew Sock Dolls Crafts Idea for Kids - This craft will probably take less than 10 minutes for you…it is that easy. These are no-sew dolls…that is right…no sewing necessary at all. If you like sock monkeys, but you were too lazy to make them, then this arts and crafts project is for you. Have fun.
Make Your Own Cardboard Beading Looms - You can make advanced beaded jewely and art with a simple-to-make cardboard loom project. You will love this.
Pendant Booklet That Opens Up Into a Daisy - Your Mom or Grandma will love this thoughtful necklace that holds a book that transforms into a flower. How pretty.
Make a Musical Instrument with Walnut Shells - Learn how to make this cool walnut shell musical isntrument.
Easy to Make Sock Baby Dolls - This is a great first-time-sewing baby doll project. You will of course need a sock, stuffing, needle & thread, scissors, and a black marker.
Paper Strips Woven Belts or Bracelets - Learn how to wave little paper strips together to make woven belts and bracelets.
Make Leather Decorative Pins - Learn how to make these leather decorative pins with parental supervision.
Use Fallen Branches to Make a Toy Raft - Now you can find out how to make miniature rafts for your figurines...it really floats.
Dog Tags & Zipper Pulls - Find out how to make zipper pulls and dog tags out of wood...great for a Summer Camp Craft.
How to Make V Shaped Arrows Friendship Bracelets Illustrated Instructions - I will show you how to make this amazing friendship bracelet that has a letter ‘v’ pattern within it. This bracelet pattern is a bit more difficult than normal friendship bracelet instructions, so you will need a free afternoon to make this one. If you are still interested, find the illustrated instructions on the following page.
Hearts Friendship Bracelets - Learn how to make these difficult friendship bracelets - with a heart pattern.
Remember Camp with a Log Wall Hanging - Remember camp forever with this log wall hanging.
Make a Camp Newspaper to Talk About Your Bunk - This is a great crafts idea that will produce a keepsake to cherish in years to come.
Making Chestnut Bubble Pipes- With parental assistance, you can make one of these pipes to blow the best bubbles with. Find out how.
How to Make an Autograph Book - Is it the last day of school or camp, then how about making an autograph book..here are instructions.
Leather Comb Cases - Learn how to make leather laced comb cases to carry your comb in. Great gift for Fathers Day.
How to Make No-Sew Stuffed Puppy Dog Animal Toy with Socks & Rubber Bands - Today we will show you how to make stuffed puppy dogs out of socks and rubber bands. This craft will probably take less than 10 minutes for you…it is that easy. These are no-sew stuffed animals…that is right…no sewing necessary at all. If you like sock monkeys, but you were too lazy to make them, then this arts and crafts project is for you. Have fun.
Wooden Sailboats - This is a great first-time woodworking project to make with your child...easy enough for first-timers. The sail can be made out of wrapping paper or sheet cork.
Making Paper Bead Bracelets - Learn how to make these beautiful paper bead bracelets.
How to Make Twist Tie Doll Figures with Moving Arms and Legs Crafts Idea for Kids - If you want to make your very own play dolls out of recycled twist ties, then find out how to. They come out really cool, with hug-gable & twist-able arms and legs … especially cool for Mom dolls that hug baby dolls. Find out how to make these from unused items around your house. Have fun.
How to Make Charm Bracelets - Learn how to make these charm bracelets for yourself or for a special friend or loved one.
Altoids Tin Emergency Kits - Make a pocket kit for your dad on Father's Day. It can be an emergency kit, a a camping kit, a fishing kit, a sewing kit, or whatever type of kit you want.
Make Leather Key Tags - Key Tags are Key Chains for only one key - they are monogrammed and look really nice. Find out how to make one.
Make Wood Rings - This is a terrific craft idea for woodworking class at school or for Summer Camps.
Leather Rings - Learn how to make leather rings.
Multiple Candleholder Crafts - Learn how to make a few different types of candle holders.
Belt Loop & Key Chain Wallets - Put it on your belt loop or put it on your keychain...either way, it is great to keep some money tucked away. Make for Mom or Dad.
Tin Can Lanterns - With adult supervision, you can make some cool tin can lanterns for camping outdoors.
Wooden Tin Can Bird Houses - Learn how to combine a tin can with wood to make an amazing birdhouse. This is a great project to do with Mom or Dad, at woodshop, or at Summer Camp. Bird will love their new home.
Backpack
Buddies - - For good luck this school year, clip a buddy to your back pack and
bring it with you on your first
day of school.
DIY Projects : Camp Crafts - Learn how to make lanyard keychain and a Gods Eye craft.
Bag
Tags Summer Camp Crafts Activity for Kids - - Whether
it’s back to college or on vacation, it will be easy to find
your bags in a crowd of look-alikes when you attach these colorful
tags.
Beat-a-Leaf
Journal Summer Camp Arts and Crafts Project - -
This project combines your kids' most primal gathering instincts with
another activity they love: banging rocks. Although the name sounds
decidedly un-eco-friendly, leaf-beating is a favorite with the
thousands of kids who take part in the naturalist programs run by the
Appalachian Mountain Club in New Hampshire's White Mountains. Put the
finished print on the cover of a blank notebook, and your kids have a
journal for recording their juiciest summer adventures.
Camp Banners - Learn how to make these hung button banners for camp.
Birch
Bark Canoe - - Your kids can recycle nature and have fun
doing it by making your own birch bark canoe that really floats. A
great summer activity or fun camp craft.
Bird
Biscuit - -
I saw this project on the Discovery Channel show called Start
to Finish.
It's a great idea for the birds now that they are becoming less
scarce with the warming weather.
Make a Walking Stick for Hikes - These is a great craft for camping or for going off to camp.
Braided
Bookmarks Camp Activity for Kids - - Here are four simple braiding
techniques to make personal bookmarks for you and your friends.
Butterfly
Pencil Toppers - -
This craft foam project is easy enough, and pretty enough, that
you'll want to make more than one!
Camp Bucket
Hats Crafts Idea for Campers to Make -
Decorate a bucket hat to wear during camp for protection from too
much sun.
Name Plate with Sticks and Noodles - Learn how to make your very own name plate with sticks and noodles.
Campfire
Caps Summer Camp Crafts Project - -
My four- and five-year-old day campers got a big kick out of these
hot headbands. When setting up your cap-making station, be sure to
include at least twice as many marshmallows as the hats call for, as
they tend to quickly disappear.
Campfire
Sing A Long - -
Sometimes you just can't be outside sitting around a real campfire,
so here's a substitute that will make everyone smile. This was a
church project for primary age children, but can work for children of
all ages.
Camping
Buckets - -
These recycled multipurpose buckets are great for Cub scouts or
campers. You can personalize them, store your rain gear inside and
even use them as a stool.
Tin Can Totem Pole - This would be great for a summer camp project - every child can work on one can and then put them all together on a totem pole. Cute.
Camping
Mat - -
Craft yourself a soft place to sit with this Camping mat. It's the
perfect thing for kids or grown-ups tired of that numb feeling that
comes from sitting on cold, hard surfaces.
Camp
Journal - - Make a journal
to keep track of your days at camp.
Camp
Key Rings - - This great
project can be customized with the name of your camp, your group,
your troop, your school... anything you want. You choose the letters,
you choose the colors.
Camp
Name Necklaces - - Easy to make from precut pieces
of wood rescued from the scrap pile.
Camp
Pennant - -
Paint a camp pennant to keep as a keepsake for your summer adventure.
Camp
Signs - - Use small pieces of
nature to make a personal sign to commemorate your days at camp.
Candy
Wrapper Bracelet - - Don't throw away
those candy and gum wrappers. Turn them into fun
and funky bracelets.
City Grown Fireplace Logs - - Instructions for making your own logs out of newspaper, shared by Jerry Buerge.
Crystal Rock Garden - - Kids love magic: watching things appear out of thin air. When your child makes crystals form on ordinary rocks and pebbles, she'll feel just like a magician!
Eggs
& Bacon Candy - - Make this fun treat
while on your next camping trip or any old time. It's cute, it's
tasty and the kids will love it! This is a fun project for 4H, Scouts
or just for a lazy summer day.
Fancy
Boa - -
A fancy boa is a glamorous accessory that can make anyone look
sophisticated. Here's one you and a child can make to throw around
her neck the next time she plays dress up.
Felt
Puppets - -
Kids will surprise you when you give them the chance to put on a skit
with these felt puppets. Choose a theme and watch the hilarity ensue.
Perfect for camping trips and scout troops.
Finger
Weave Jump Rope - - 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!
Friendship
Quilt - - A great way to begin or finish
summer camp or any other gathering.
Friendship
Sticks - -
These vibrant sticks are banded with six colors, one for each letter
in the word friend. At a recent camp for seven- to 13-year-old girls,
the campers made these trinkets for one another and wore them around
their necks as a token of their camp-forged bonds.
"Get
Wild" Door Hangers - - What are you
wild about? These door hangers are perfect
for camp and special interest groups.
Glowing Bug Necklace - - Have your child make this easy craft while you are waiting to leave for a camping trip or even on the way to your destination. After dark, they can activate the glow stick with your help and add some fun colors around the camp fire.
Glow-in-the-Dark
Caps - -
A little glow-in-the-dark paint turns an ordinary cap into a great
camp accessory. Kids will think it's out-of-this-world.
Gluten-Free
Play Clay Beads - - Working with kids, I need to have a lot of
tricks up my sleeve for those "I'm bored" moments. One of
the best remedies for boredom is whipping up a batch of homemade play
dough. I have oodles of recipes kicking about in my head; this one is
gluten-free and easy to make. The best part is its capacity to be
shaped into an awesome assortment of beads and baubles. Let's get to
it!
God’s
Eyes - -
I think that making a God’s Eye was one of the very first
crafts I ever remember making as a kid. And since it was in the early
’70’s at that time, they were totally in vogue along with
macrame and owls. I knew the
70’s were good for something!
God's-Eye
Memory Keeper - -
Kids love this traditional Mexican yarn craft because of its fun
weaving technique, and this framed variation is perfect for
displaying your family's summer vacation mementos.
High
Seas Water Bottle - - This is a must-have camp accessory.
Home-Made
Binoculars Craft - -
Follow these directions and find out how to make pretend binoculars
using bathroom tissue rolls.
Homemade
Stationery - - This week we actually have 3 mini projects:
postcards, cards, and a rubber stamp - all related and all in the
name of building connection, which, if you know us at all, you know
that's a recurring theme of ours. We love connection and we love
finding ways to create more of it, so let's get started!
Hot
Dog Roaster - -
No fire? No problem! No flames are needed for kids to cook hot dogs
this summer once they've created this fun and easy aluminum foil Hot
Dog Roaster.
How
To Make a Leaf Rubbing - -
Making your own leaf rubbing is a great fall craft project that
allows you to preserve memories of your fall trip to New England.
Kids'
Camp Luggage Tag - - When you send your children off to summer camp, it's important not
only to label their clothes and possessions, but also to affix
identification tags to the luggage itself. Many pieces of luggage
come with small tags already attached, but with a few simple steps,
you can create a far more attractive and noticeable way to indicate
the bag's owner, as well as his or her address and phone number.
Kids
Can Stilts - -
Walk tall with this juice can stilt craft that provides hours of fun
and physical activity for kids.
Leaf T-shirt - -
This is a wonderful T-shirt project for camping trips and outdoor
youth group activities. Older kids can handle doing much of this on
their own, but preteens will need the help of an adult.
Macramé
Bracelets - -
he groovy macramé I remember from 20 years ago is back in
force, and I must admit I prefer this reincarnation. Woven from sleek
hemp twine, rather than jute, it looks earthy and cool. And, when
strung with beads (either store-bought or made from seeds and
shells), it also makes a perfect bracelet for a best pal.
Make
a Basic Gourd Drum - -
Please read through all instructions carefully before starting your
drum!
Make
A Compass - - Teach young people how
to make their own compass. This craft is illustrated with
animated instructions on Things2Make.
Make
a Diving Ring - - So, as our bodies hit the water, our crafty
thoughts turn to pool toys. Could we? Should we? Can you really craft
up water toys? You bet your sweet Speedo we can.
Nature
Fairy - - Take a nature walk and
pick up leaves, stones and sticks to make these cute Nature Fairies.
Newspaper
Fashion Show - -
A favorite rainy-day camp project, the newspaper fashion show was a
hit long before Project Runway. But you don't need a rainy day to
play: set it up outside and charge up that video camera to document
your family's -- or the neighborhood's -- design prowess.
Newspaper
Hat - -
Kids might not make headline news with this whimsical hat design, but
they'll be wearing it.
Paper
Bead Bangle - - 'm a self-proclaimed paper pack rat. Big
pieces, little pieces, nothing gets thrown away. One day I sat
staring at a huge stack of paper strips, all the same size. They were
leftover remnants from a workshop I had prepped months earlier. "What
the heck am I going to do with these?" I thought. And the
challenge was made, albeit to myself. I needed to design a project
that used up these last bits of paper, which others might have thrown
away. What resulted was a fresh spin on a craft project familiar to
many, but never seen like this.
Personalized
Nature Pals - -
This take on a classic camp craft inspires your family members to
create versions of themselves with natural treasures from your own
backyard.
Sand
Art - -
While away long summer afternoons with sand art. Also called sand
painting, this is a simple but satisfying craft that's good for Earth
Day in the springtime or any dry summer day that follows.
Sand
Casting - -
Dig through a whole range of fun shapes and your kids will enjoy the
results of their sand casting work-of-art.
Sand
Sculpture - -
Every beachside sculptor knows the frustration of seeing a
masterpiece swept away by the waves. Now kids can craft a permanent
sand sculpture just by using sand, water and cornstarch.
Stick
Art - -
To make a winsome window decoration, take up a collection of natural
beauties -- leaves, grass, flower petals, and ferns work well -- and
help your child arrange them on the sticky side of a piece of clear
Con-Tact paper.
Wooden
Scrapbook - -
Nature becomes natural storage with this attractive Wooden Scrapbook.
Kids can decorate this durable album and store their favorite camp
photos.
Woven
Wall Hanging - -
Start with a paper plate to make this a woven wall hanging. Then jazz
it up with yarn and all sorts of trim -- some rough, some smooth,
some shiny, and even some unexpected, such as wire.
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.
Yarn
Tassels - -
Yarn tassels are easy to make and can add color to everything from
pillows to backpacks. Look around for objects that need a splash of
color, and then decorate them with tassels.
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