You'll love these 7 easy and FUN crafts that kids can do at home to keep busy and make something cool in the process! You won't be hearing the dreaded "I'm bored..." with these fun activities. Choose one project to do each day, or set up crafting days for the kids during the summer (or any time of year). From decorating a backpack to creating a key chain to making your own soap, these cool crafts won't disappoint!
Kids will love carrying around their things in a pretty watercolor bag they made themselves. A plain white canvas backpack gets a fun makeover when you color patches of different colors with fabric markers onto a damp bag. Next, spray the bag with water in a squirt bottle to make the colors blend into each other and to soften the look. This bag is machine washable, so no worries if it gets a little dirty!
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Sand art is ALWAYS a big hit with kids. This cute craft features sand in all different colors. Simply fill up dolphin and fish key chains with your favorite colors of sand in different patterns for an easy and fun craft that's great for summer!
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Make a fun beach house for the birds this summer that doubles as a darling nautical decoration. Paint a plain birdhouse navy blue with a white roof and white base. Glue white nautical cording around the hole in the front of the house with a glue gun. Cover the base of the birdhouse with a thin layer of Mod Podge, then sprinkle white sand over the top of it to add to the beachy feel. Glue a compass charm below the entrance hole, and a small starfish above. Add some fish net to the roof of the house for a unique nautical decoration.
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Kids will love to make their own bars of colorful soap with the Science Academy Soap Lab Kit. It comes with everything you need to make your own soap to use at home and can be personalized with your favorite colors and scents! Just follow the easy instructions inside to make your own fun creations for yourself and for family and friends.
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Sweet summer sea animal bookends are a cool way to decorate your room this summer. Just paint two Ceramic Under the Sea Animals and let them dry. Next, add some rocks to two DIY Unfinished Wood Block Banks (to weigh it down), then paint them. Glue a painted ceramic animal to the top of each painted wood block with Gorilla Glue to make two fabulous bookends!
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Perler beads are great for keeping kids busy and are so much fun to create with! They also help kids with their fine motor skills, creativity, and patience. Kids can easily make key chains from their beads creations by making any design of their choice and following the instructions to fuse the beads together, then attaching them to a key chain.
These also make great gifts for friends and family!
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Decorate your own pineapple or dinosaur t-shirt that you can color yourself with fabric markers and fabric puffy paint. The kids will be so excited to wear their own shirts that they made all by themselves!
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