Easy kids’ craft ideas for preschoolers through to tweens. We share art projects, printables, seasonal fun, simple sewing ideas and more.
Make bright and colourful Halloween suncatchers using tie-dyed paper towel. They look gorgeous in the window and make an easy Halloween craft for kids. Who ever said that Halloween decorations need to be black, dark and scary? We like to make them colourful and fun. We put some of our tie dyed paper towel art…
Make a Frida Kahlo succulent planter with this simple step by step tutorial. The finished Frida portrait pot is deceptively simple to make, looks effective and would make a great handmade gift idea for any art-lover or Frida fan. Who doesn’t love Frida Kahlo? Aside from her artwork being colourful and eye-catching, the lady herself…
Here are some pretend play cookies you can make using PAPER. I originally created these for my girls when my youngest was going through a pretend cafe phase – for about three years! Literally every day she would set up an elaborate cafe in the lounge room complete with a kid-made “menu”. She would serve…
This 10 minute paper roll shaker is a fun musical instrument craft for preschoolers which they can make themselves with a little bit of help. We originally shared this DIY musical shaker back in 2013 – my kids are now much bigger! *sob*. I’ve decided to reshare it for our readers today. One…
These cute Batman and Robin characters are based on the Lego Batman Movie. I adore making things from paper rolls, and couldn’t resist creating these cute super heroes by upcyling the rolls with some paint and a bit of felt for the capes. You might also like our super hero spoon puppets Our whole family…
Check out these super cute paper fish we made using a tutorial from Easy Paper Projects – the new book by Maggy Woodly of Red Ted Art fame. We were gifted this copy to review and share with our readers. When I had a look through the book I found the projects inside are all…
Make a lion play dough invitation to play using our simple DIY play dough recipe, a few loose parts and a bit of imagination. This easy play dough set up we’re sharing would be a great idea to keep kids busy on the weekend or in the Summer holidays. It’s also a perfect…
With the new Lion King movie just out (we haven’t seen it yet but would love to) I’ve been thinking of lion craft ideas for kids. The first one I’ve come up with this cute and easy lion spoon puppet. One lion would have been lonely without a friend to keep hime company, plus two…
Bubbles are so much fun for kids! Here are over 30 cool bubble activities to help kids make, explore, play and, most importantly, have FUN with bubbles. No matter how much technology tries to take over our kids’ childhoods, there’s one thing that never goes out of style and keeps them entertained for hours –…