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23 Simple Kids' Craft Ideas

23 Simple Kids' Craft Ideas

If you're looking for ways to keep your kids busy, check out our intriguing kids' crafts! With several crafts to choose from, one is sure to spark your kids interest! Pick a craft idea and bring instant joy to your kids! Locate the crafts below!

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Colorful Craft Roll Bugs
Colorful Craft Roll Bugs
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Colorful Craft Roll Bugs

Haeley Giambalvo of Design Improvised crafted a bumblebee, ladybug, butterfly, and caterpillar craft roll! She used googly eyes, rickrack trim, pom-poms, chenille stems, felt and foam sheets to create her adorable creatures. 

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Creative DIY Painted Umbrellas
Creative DIY Painted Umbrellas
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Creative DIY Painted Umbrellas

Meri Cherry of Meri Cherry Blog came up with a decorative umbrella craft for kids! Fabric spray paint, stickers, and washi tape were used to beautify the white umbrellas.

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Kids Imaginative DIY Board Book
Kids Imaginative DIY Board Book
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Kids Imaginative DIY Board Book

Shauna Krantz of Ella & Annie thought of an engaging, kids' book craft! She had her daughters decorate their DIY books with markers, transportation and princess foam shapes. 

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Make Your Own Dinosaur Terrariums
Make Your Own Dinosaur Terrariums
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Make Your Own Dinosaur Terrariums

Haeley Giambalvo of Design Improvised had her daughters make adventurous dinosaur terrariums! They included green sand, colored stone gravel, palm tree picks, and a dinosaur assortment in their bowls! 

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Make a Kids Tic Tac Toe Game
Make a Kids Tic Tac Toe Game
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Make a Kids Tic Tac Toe Game

Meri Cherry of Meri Cherry Blog crafted a customizable tic tac toe game perfect for kids! She painted a cardboard base, and used washi tape to make the game lines. She then used wood slices to create the game pieces, and decorated them with paint and wood markers.

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How to Make Moon Sand
How to Make Moon Sand
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How to Make Moon Sand

Becky James of The Crafting Chicks made moon sand from corn starch, water, sand, and glitter in a storage tub! After completing the moon sand, she placed storage cups and monster bendables in the tub for kids to play with.

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Spring Bug Clothespin Magnets
Spring Bug Clothespin Magnets
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Spring Bug Clothespin Magnets

Shauna Krantz of Ella & Annie created bug magnets made from clothespins! She used paint, Sharpies®, googly eyes, jewels, pom-poms, and chenille stems to make her bugs. Have kids pick from crafting a ladybug, caterpillar, butterfly, or bumblebee magnet! 

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Paper Lantern Decorating Idea
Paper Lantern Decorating Idea
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Paper Lantern Decorating Idea

Meri Cherry of Meri Cherry Blog hosted a paper lantern decorating party! She had kids decorate their lanterns with washi tape, tissue paper, pom-poms, beads, and watercolor paint. 

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Pressed Foliage Flower Pots
Pressed Foliage Flower Pots
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Pressed Foliage Flower Pots

Haeley Giambalvo of Design Improvised came up with a flower pot craft for her daughters! They glued flowers, leaves, and grass on the paper liner of their flower pots, and filled in the white space with pastel designs!

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Pool Noodle Boats Kid Craft
Pool Noodle Boats Kid Craft
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Pool Noodle Boats Kid Craft

Jamie Bare of The Crafting Chicks came up with a fun noodle boat craft for kids! She used pool noodles for the boat base, and foam sheets for the sails. She then decorated her sails with Sharpies®, and inserted a craft stick through the sail. She then stuck the craft stick into the noodle and made a pool boat!

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Easy Popsicle Stick Kids' Craft Ideas
Easy Popsicle Stick Kids' Craft Ideas
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Easy Popsicle Stick Kids' Craft Ideas

Becky James of The Crafting Chicks thought of a kids' craft consisting of bug bookmarks, magic wands, and superheroes made out of craft sticks! She made these crafts with chenille stems, Sharpies®, washi tape, pom-poms, star shapes, jewels, foam sheets, and superhero stickers.

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Create Your Own Bug Jars
Create Your Own Bug Jars
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Create Your Own Bug Jars

Haeley Giambalvo of Design Improvised had her kids craft their own bug jars! They made a ladybug and bumblebee bug jar using a craft kit!

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Sand Art Self Portraits
Sand Art Self Portraits
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Sand Art Self Portraits

Meri Cherry of Meri Cherry Blog put together a self portrait craft for kids! The craft consists of placing glue and sprinkling sand art on a canvas size of your choice.

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How to Make Clay Fossils
How to Make Clay Fossils
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How to Make Clay Fossils

Shauna Krantz of Ella & Annie made clay fossils with her daughters! They placed bug and spider figurines on circle shaped clay, and painted their creations after 2-3 days.

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Paper Plate Sea Creatures
Paper Plate Sea Creatures
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Paper Plate Sea Creatures

Shauna Krantz of Ella & Annie crafted paper plate sea creatures for a kids Under the Sea Playdate! She helped kids craft sea turtle, fish, crab, and shark paper plates. For decoration, the kids used paint, paper, googly eyes, and jewels.

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Springtime Blooming Tree Craft
Springtime Blooming Tree Craft
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Springtime Blooming Tree Craft

Becky James of The Crafting Chicks came up with a blooming tree craft to entertain her kids! She printed a free download of the tree trunk and branches, and used acrylic paint for the blossoms.

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DIY Kids Terrariums
DIY Kids Terrariums
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DIY Kids Terrariums

Shauna Krantz of Ella & Annie had her kids make butterfly and dinosaur terrariums for a craft activity! Each mason jar is composed of layers of sand. They decorated the butterfly terrarium with pom-poms and butterflies, and the dinosaur terrarium with figurines and sisal trees.

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DIY Paper Bag Puppets
DIY Paper Bag Puppets
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DIY Paper Bag Puppets

Shauna Krantz of Ella & Annie made a cat, lizard, panda, giraffe, and pig paper bag puppet! Each puppet is created from a paper bag and construction paper. Googly eyes, pom-poms, and markers were used for the animal features. 

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Watercolor Paper Plate Butterflies
Watercolor Paper Plate Butterflies
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Watercolor Paper Plate Butterflies

Becky James of The Crafting Chicks crafted watercolor butterflies! She crafted the wings with a paper plate and paint, and the body with a craft stick, googly eyes, washi tape, chenille stems, and markers

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Adorable Painted Pot Holders Craft
Adorable Painted Pot Holders Craft
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Adorable Painted Pot Holders Craft

Haeley Giambalvo of Design Improvised had her daughters craft adorable pot holders! They used paint and paint dotters to design their pot holders. These are perfect for a birthday or Mother's Day gift!

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Crafty Birdhouse for Kids
Crafty Birdhouse for Kids
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Crafty Birdhouse for Kids

Meri Cherry of Meri Cherry Blog decorated birdhouses with her daughters! They used watercolor, glitter, oil pastels for their artwork. After they customized their birdhouses, they placed craft birds on top for a fun finish!

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Felt Color Matching Popsicles
Felt Color Matching Popsicles
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Felt Color Matching Popsicles

Becky James of The Crafting Chicks created a colorful kids popsicle craft. She cut, measured, and glued felt on top of a craft stick to make each popsicle. After each colored popsicle was complete, she wrote the color name on each stick.

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Kids Painted Rock Garden
Kids Painted Rock Garden
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Kids Painted Rock Garden

Shauna Krantz of Ella & Annie demonstrates how to create a ladybug, bumblebee, and frog garden marker for kids! She formed her rock animals by using paint, googly eyes, and Sharpies®. She then displayed her creations in plant pots!

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