Easy kids’ craft ideas for preschoolers through to tweens. We share art projects, printables, seasonal fun, simple sewing ideas and more.
Make the cutest mini valentine from a matchbox with a tiny hand-sewn heart plushy inside. This would make a very sweet gift for somebody special! Everything is better in mini, don’t you think? Cupcakes, houses, cars, donuts, groceries (we have a most enormous collection of them thanks to the Coles Supermarket promotion)… and now, valentines!…
Make some simple Winter trees using paper cones with our printable template. This is a quick and easy idea for Christmas decorating to put on the mantelpiece and would also be fun to include in a Winter small world for imaginary play. Where we live it’s mid-summer right now, but at this time of year…
Here is a last minute, quick and easy handmade gift idea – Angel sparkle dust. It’s just like bottling up magic! Angel sparkle dust is something little that the kids can make to hand out to their friends along with their Christmas cards. It would also be a cute novelty to put inside your handmade…
Christmas crafts are so much fun! I especially love a good angel craft, we have shared quite a few of them over the years! Today Tracey from Jumble Tree is showing us how to make a particularly adorable tree top angel from a a paper roll. tree top angel craft There’s something special about homemade…
Make an easy scrap fabric DIY dog toy for your best friend this Christmas (or any time of year really!). If you’re a parent you’ve no doubt experienced the age old problem where you buy your kid a brand new toy which they enjoy for approximately 15 minutes (if you’re lucky). Then it gets relegated…
These felt flower hair clips are so cute and easy to make. They’d make lovely handmade gifts for Christmas and would be a good craft for older kids. They’d be perfect for those times when you just need “Something little” that you can add to a larger gift, or give to school friends along with…
Make some cute and colourful arty DIY gift tags. This is a fun and easy Christmas craft idea for kids and will add a personal touch to your Christmas gifts Have you been making handmade gifts as Christmas presents this year? We’ve been sharing easy handmade gift ideas all November, because we all know that…
Make some arty DIY Christmas crackers to share with family and friends this year. This is an easy holiday craft for kids and would make a fun handmade gift idea. Not long ago I shared how our family likes to make handmade crackers at Christmas time. Last time it was colourful tie-dyed paper towel crackers…
This post is sponsored by Spin Master and has been produced for Mumtastic Today I’m sharing three ways to make pretend play food using Kinetic Sand. This is a tactile, squishy sensory experience for kids and will help to keep them busy whilst you are busy during Christmas rush season. Kinetic Sand would also make…