Easy kids’ craft ideas for preschoolers through to tweens. We share art projects, printables, seasonal fun, simple sewing ideas and more.
*This post contains affiliate links Have you read The Naughtiest Reindeer? Each year I like to buy my kids a new Christmas book to read aloud and last year this one was it. It had as all laughing our heads off and quickly became one of our favourites. Poor Rudolph is stuck in bed with a runny nose…
Easy Fairy Crafts for Kids – Part 2 Each year in the Spring I like to get the kids doing a bit of gardening and I always think it’s nice for them to have their own special garden to look after. Last year we planted pots of mixed flowers like pansies, snap dragons and marigolds. Our…
Easy Fairy Crafts for Kids – Part 1 Do you know any kids who love fairies? I do – I know two of them. This is why I’m posting a series of easy fairy crafts for kids over the next month or two, so welcome to our first post in the series. Today I’m sharing a simple craft stick castle complete…
Make some cute cookie cutter Christmas cards! This is a quick and easy Christmas craft for kids using every day materials. Here is a simple way to create bright and colourful cards with kids for Christmas. We made these cards last year a week or so before Christmas and I didn’t have a chance to photograph…
*This post contains affiliate links I always enjoy crafting with polymer clay. If you’re not familiar with this product (and most craft fanatics would be) it’s a plastic clay that you can bake in your oven at home to harden, so it’s often used for making jewellery such as beads for necklaces and other small things. It comes…
These mixed media flower stones turned out so pretty, don’t you think? We love rock crafts here at The Craft Train and decided to make some flower rocks by collaging mixed media items onto them using craft glue. They would make a lovely hand made gift or paperweight and are a great Spring or Summer…
*This post contains affiliate links For a long time I’ve had a huge stack of craft foam in my supplies cupboard. In the past we’ve made super hero masks and foam mosaics with it, but I wanted to use it for something a bit different this time. You can print with foam by using…
Today we’re looking at how to make traditional mosaic art for beginners. This is a craft my kids really wanted to try, and I have to admit mosaic art is something I’ve also always wanted to try myself! This post is sponsored by Clever Patch Recently we were asked to select any item we liked…
Maybe you’ve heard of Where is The Green Sheep by Mem Fox. It was a book my girls loved when they were little, and still is a favourite for many Australian kids I’m sure. Aussie Book Week is coming up very soon (20th -26th August) with the theme being Australia, Story Country!. To celebrate book week this year I thought…