21 Quick Kids Crafts Ideas
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Below is a list of quick kids craft ideas that were contributed by some of our members to help invoke some imagination. Next time it's raining outside or a school holiday and you need something quick to do with the kids try an idea from this list. We have not provided step by step instructions for these simple projects as this is a "Quick list". If you need help with a project try searching our kids craft area for step by step instructions for that project.
Quick and inexpensive? Definitely the egg carton caterpillar. You only need egg cartons, pipe cleaners and paint. Another one is Chinese Lanterns, you only need colored cardboard, scissors and some string to hang them up.
By Anne
Beach Collage We collect all sorts of things from the beach - shells/feathers/coral etc. and make beach pictures.
By Kim Felt
Puppets Making hand puppets out of felt, no sew, all done with glue, very easy project for kids.
By Marilynne Collage
I use ribbons, rice and other tactile material as well as pictures. Add glitter to glue so you can see something where the little ones miss sticking something on.
By Sharmaine Kids
Jewelry I think it is fun for kids to make jewelry with beads and ornaments with beads, they love it and it keeps them entertained.
By Tammy
Fun foam door hangers pre cut out shapes that even young children can make, takes about 5 to 10 minutes max and their finished.
By Shannon
Laminated Place mats Cut out pictures from Sunday paper (what ever theme is of interest to my toddler at the time). Make up a batch of finger paint. Allow him to create a collage with finger paint, cut out images. Finally, laminate artwork and you have a custom place mat.
By Deborah
Salt Dough A fun activity for kids is to make salt dough - lots of things can be made from salt dough and it is so easy and cheap and it is easily painted! A good idea is brooches!
By Alison
Family Portraits
Take an old newspaper, sheets of card, some glue and some child safe scissors. Ask the children to look through the paper and cut out pictures to glue on the card to create a picture of their family.
By Rosie
Binoculars Take two toilet paper empty rolls and staple inside each end stapling them together to look like binoculars. The child can decorate them with crayons or paints or stickers and you can even add a string around them so they are just like dads! My 5 year old insists she saw a fox through her binocular.
By Cindi
Sewing Children love to sew using plastic canvas. Embroidery thread or wool can be tied to a large needle and random patterns can be created. By Jackie Photo Frames Find your favorite photo or even a picture in a magazine cut it out and make a frame in the shape you want out of cardboard. Cover this by gluing material over it and a bit of lace around the edges. Insert your picture and you have an instant photo frame and also a cute gift.
By Sue
Foot Prints Wide roll of paper on the ground and ice cream lids with paint let the child do foot print hand print what ever prints. Cut the paper once dry and use it for gift wrap.
By Leighanne
Drinking Straws Garland Save all your drink straws in many colors and cut into small pieces. Thread onto wool which makes a great garland for the Christmas tree. It is inexpensive but colorful.
By Marina
Make a wizzer Take a 2 hole button and some string. Thread the string through the hole and again through the hole in the other direction. Tie the ends together, wind up, and move hands in and out and it makes a wizzy sound and is fun.
By Katrina
Painting flowerpots Washable paints (of course) so the kids can use their fingers, toes, etc.
By Dawn
Fun Foam Clock My kids love playing with Fun Foam, so to teach them to tell time, we made a clock out of fun Foam around the numbers they glued shapes and cars. This was a fun and easy project to do.
By Alena
Silhouettes Have the children lay down on a long piece of construction paper and you trace their bodies. After this is finished let the kids color and draw on the paper what they think they look like. I do this with my day care kids and they love it.
By Cynthia
Food Animals With small children make "bugs" from gumdrops and pretzels. - Buy fat gumdrops - slit the middles - stuff in pretzels (small ones) for wings! By D Kinkhead
Clay Figures Let them make their own little men/ dolls (action_figurines) out of clay.
By Brett
Coupons Let the kids make coupons for gift giving eg. Helping mum around house , being good for 3 hours etc. By Jan Brooks
By Shellie Wilson. Shellie is the chief creative editor for Craftbits.
those sound like a lot of fun i will try them out.
those sound like a lot of fun i will try them out.
this is a very cool thing. but i do not like all the things. thank you
i doesn't really help me i don't like to get messy but GREAT ideas though
this was very helpful, thx everyone for the ideas! my little toddler went crazy for this website!
I guess it would be nice to at least give your students or your children something to do while you are busy. The Beach Collage and Salt Clay are interesting. THANKS!
Im just a kid but i think these crafts could be a little more challenging
Make a little "Creative" area and have boxes, toilet rolls, and other recycled things. The children can make many things and just use their imagination.
NOT just for kids!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love all these different projects when me friends and i get bored. Even for fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love this site;-)
these are all so much fun but, the balloon hair bows are an all time faviroite of mine.
well lets see kid thats 12.im 12 too and these are very nifty so instead of cmplaining i suggest you get off your phone and actually try somwthing they are bunches of fun when you really get creative on them. i rest my case. thank and b ythe way i love these crafts im always looking for something to sell for girlsscout trips and this will warm my troop leaders heart
oh my gawd that 12 year old is nasty and rude
Good ideas for adults and kids alike! Especially for a rainy day. And to the person (or kid) commenting below, you shouldn't take things so seriously! Lighten up and do some crafts! Sheesh! In the time you took to write that essay of a comment you could have done something fun to smile about, instead of moaning and whining like a child! Believe it or not, adults like to have fun too, so not only kids would be doing these!
Keep them coming! :-)
Excuse me, I'm a kid, I'm twelve! I have a right to do something a little more mature by now, this is all too young for me, truly ghastly! The radical authoritarian nationalist political ideology of the authors of this website disgusts me, a 'kid' is a minor, a youth, someone between the age of 4 and 12, – although in law, a minor is a person under a certain age — usually the age of majority — which legally demarcates childhood from adulthood; the age depends upon jurisdiction and application, but is typically 18. "Minor" may also be used in contexts not connected to the overall age of majority; for example, the drinking age in the United States is 21, and people below this age are sometimes referred to as "minors" even if 18 – therefore I am considered a 'kid', or am I excused from this generalisation? Am I too mature to be in your little category? Is it that 'kids' aren't clever enough to actually make real things? And on that note, I rest my case…
well the door hanger is nice but i need something more... more complicated i guess because i need crafts for a craft sale so im not sure if it would work or not
not bad!!!!!
cool ill try it one day
that is a very nice idea to make
Nice they are cool
meh not too bad
I tried to binoculars craft with my 3 year old niece and she just loved she is using it on our playground right now looking at the kildeer(birds) in my yard
:)
Thanks a bunch, I have been researching for so long an activity to do with my kinders, I appreciate it
Great ideas.
When one of my daycare kids has a birthday the kids each make a birthday card for them out of construction paper, glitter, stickers, crayons, markers, etc. We also make birthday crowns out of construction paper and decorate them. The birthday girl/boy's will say "Birthday Girl or Boy" and the others will say "Birthday Girl's Friend" or "Birthday Girl's Sister" etc. This way they all get to make a crown and wear it and have the same fun. Or you could have the birthday boy or girl making the crown while the others make the cards. (Note: when stapling the crown together staple so the bent part of the staple faces outward so that it doesn't get caught on their hair when wearing the crown.)
Taking the kids on a fram-stay holiday and these are going to be used by all aged kids, something for everyone!! Thanks :)
EXALLENT
sounds easy and fun
thanks
your site is awesome I am a campground activity director and I have found so many great ideas. Thanks so much !!!
This is very helpful. My little cousin is almost 3 and loves hands-on activities. When he comes over he wants to do something more fun other than playing with the few toys we have for him. Thanks for all of the amazing ideas!
Amazing
theres some good ideas there!
Simple and great ideas for a rainy day or just whenever! These are so much better than video games!
i liked some of the crafts but most i didnt have the stuff to make it would be helpful if you just had some simple paint and paper but still i loved them thanks
These projects were helpful when I had nothing to do!
thanks!
Need more fun projects and not just for little kids and adults! Try teens!!
hello good project
Very helpful to my craft group! Thanks!
just adorable crafts! Theses crafts warm my old, fragile heart to watch my great-great-grandchildren do them!
hi :P
any ideas for 3-5 year olds for a church group
not much time maybe 5 minutes
It's so wonderful, all those ideas! For foot prints I used a roll of wallpaper, sometimes you can buy them very cheap during a sale (I've bought mine for $2).
Bsket- Fld a pice of paper and fringe cut. Tencut strips of different colors of paper and weave it thourgh the fringe paper. Ten glue it together and cut the edges of the paper.
Thanks this it helping me with ideas to do for a three year old i am going to sit for!
It's looking rainy outside so I googled craft ideas for 3 year olds and found this, now me and my son are going to craft up a storm!!! Thanks for the tips!!
Ithink your site is an awesome reference tool for well accomplished, good all rounders! I use the site frequently to teach my littlies new skills..... Without them knowing it!
from Jessica Suarez
These are all really great because they are quick, I really love the coupon idea! I think having quite in my house for an hour would be a great coupon to get from my kids!
i didnt read any of this but im commeneting anyways
:)
Took a lot of ideas from this website, and it got us thinking of other crafts! Helped with our nature camp! Thanks!
Took a lot of ideas from this website, and it got us thinking of other crafts! Helped with our nature camp! Thanks!
it's cute but crafts for older children (maybe 9+)would be nice...overall not very inspiring but good ideas for quick crafts for younger kids.
I love the ideas of the site, all are fantastic and easy to do with kids.
love it
this site is realy helpful cause i wanna be an artist so thanks
I work with children at an elemntry school for children with OCD and HAD any super easy semi semetrical projects for them?
i'm a preschool teacher and teach three year olds, i will definitely be using this site, its AWESOME!!!!!! NO COMPLAINTS NO IMPROVMENTS NEEDED..... thanks!!
For the binoculars you can also add some saran wrap to the front.
P.S. this is an awsm site, I've looked all over the internet and this is the best one I've found yet, even better than family fun, I especially like the way you've organized the crafts and the cute layout, very nice.
silhoettes.
it is cheap and easy my kids loved it very good for2-5 yr olds!
deffinitly worth giving a go just trace your kids body and let them or you paint it black!
Good fun!!!!!
It would be great if you could put more detail into the crafts, but they are good.
I had alot of fun with my kids doing all these crafts! Some more detail and instruction woyld be nice but overall we all had a great time and wish the list of crafts wouldn't have ended. Please if you have a craft tha you have made and it is a gret craft for kids please upload it. Me and my kids have alot of freetime on our hands and i'd rather it be time spent making crafts then beside watching t.v. Thank you so much to all that shared their craft ideas to me and my children!!! :):):)
cute! its hard to find things to make with little kids that are inexpensive. thanks for the ideas!
this is a GREAT site i dont know where id be without it
sounds fun
omg
Great for people like me who run a playgroup and need a quick idea when i haven't had the time to think of anything!! Links to related crafts or pictures would be good tho!
I use this website for babysitting! it really helps me!
I have to come up with ideas for a group of cubscouts... This could really help! Thanks!
hope this helps me, i'm about to start baby sitting
This site is wonderful\THANKS
i found some pretty good ideas on here
Idk how to tell the crafts apart............ I would also like to see more pictures of the crafts. But I POSITIVELY LOVE THE WEBSITE THEME!!!!!!!
Very cute and chic. Awesome theme!!!!!
:)Digg it!
I like the coupon idea it would be good for some R&R time!
not enough craft pictures
most of them are usefull.but more details would be nice.
more details and pictures of the craft woold be nice
thanks for putting out these crafts they look so cool!
I liked the ideas... it gave me ideas as well.
good
These are all very good craft ideas. Thank you for putting them on here. I was looking for crafts to do with my little cousins.
very intresting
as a big help ! Keep up the good work!
Fab site-thank you. Can't believe some of the negitive comments on here -surely these numpties have 'some' imagination!
This is a great family project website.They should name it The Family craft/project center.
this is coooooolll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I got a lot of good ideas for my kindergartners. Thanks,
So Cool I used them and my kids loved them!!!!
ned more easiy crafts for poor kids and older kids ageed 12-13 crafts
i really admire that you do these things and put up this website
WONDERFULL IDEAS. KEEP IT UP!
I thought it was ok. Not your average craft! My sister says she loves it!!!
I appreciate it so much I'mdying to do it immediately
I thought it was a good site.
Has anyone got ideas of what to make from Jacandra seeds for kids?
This is a great site.
it was amazing
i was looking for some things for older kids to make but it's ok!
I really thought this was a great website.I Could easaly spend a day with my couson without beieng stuck with nothing to do!
Thank You and please countinue to add more great ideas!
Thanks!
these are ok ideas but nothing really stood out to me as being totally amazingly fun and easy! but i have used some of them
Thank you so much. The Coupon idea fits perfectly with the church lesson this evening as we will be discussing helping others and kindness with 1st-3rd graders, and I needed something in a hurry! THANK YOU!
Good ideas.
I would rate them
a 9
this rocked
I likee all thee ideas butt yew should add some ferr teens rooms..
i was looking for something quick and easy and with scratch!
is there any crafts for older kids!?
i dont mind the site,its pretty good and simple for smaller children.~H.Z.
i really like the ideas on this site. the kids i babysit are always asking for something to do and i know just where to look.
Great Ideas. Simple but with lots of room for creativity. using these crafts was a success
I got a few really good ideas. Simple but leaves alot of room for imagination.
i like them
We really liked it!!!!!!!!
Wow, I can't believe the negative comments.The post very specifically says QUICK IDEAS for KIDS.These ideas are great, there are so many projects on this site to browse through (see the 'kid's crafts'??)and these are just a few ideas.
Great resorce, loads of tangable ideas for small children. iuse some of them @ my playgroup!!!!
A little more detail on the directions or a small illustration would be more helpful
its okay i guess
i love this website!!!! its AWSOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
some of the crafts were ok soooo... I might use them! Over all it was pretty good
Great crafts
great ideas for crafts for small children. i bet we can find something to keep us busy off of this site. thanks!
This is an excellent website i would always recomend this to my friends and family and i know i will always use this for kids crafts.
i really like your craft ideas here i think i will use this wonderful site for many more projects this year and the years to come.sincerly your friend on site ********* *** ***** love ya keep it up got to go for now but i will so totally be back later bye
heyheyhey cool crafts
this was extremley good fun!
that is awsome it was cute
i need some ideas on easy crafts for the elderly
it is very good
this is a awsome! there's always something there!
i think this site is great for my little day care kids i care for, the easier and simpler the better for the age group i look after, stop complaining all you other ppl that dont like
The ideas here are just OK they are NOT great or any thing they are just OK.
I love this website my kids are busy bodies and I need them to sit still and work on something that they share with there kids in the furture or even there friends. Thank you!!!
Cute but more pics would be nice.
Includes Great Ideas For Children, perfect For Keeping Little Hands occupied On A Rainy Day, As An Alternative, Endlesss Items Can Be Made With Paper, Scissors and Glue Plus A Curious' Child's Imagination.
very good
Perfect list !! You all who are complaining and leaving bad commments really need to learn to read .. It says that there are no step by step directions here that they are just simple quick and easy for more details go to the kids section of the site.
Thak you. Some really good ideas and inspiring too.
wow you guyes have the best crafts katie
that is sooo cool
wonderful crafts
I loved the play dough and photo frames.
easy crafts for kids. fun to make for adults, too. keeps kids quiet on a rainy or snowy day, and is fun and easy to do. even i, as a mom, found it fun. how do you make salt dough? i found this confusing. how can i make something if i don't know how? sorry
i would love to do these if they had instructions
What happen to to saying if you dont have anything nice say nothing at all.I like this site it was helpful for me
it was good if you were just browsing for some quick ideas but they didnt go into too much detail and no pictures
More pictures please!
What are we rating here?
salt dough is just homemade playdough
poor site where are the pics fo inspiration?
What is salt dough?
it was good and it helped me out a lot
cute,but a little kiddish...im 12 so i cant really relate to them but i dont think that they would be that appealing to like a nine or 10 year old ....still good ideas tho...josie
this craft was great it woked like a charm
very good website
you need to be able to click on the pictures so we can look at a larger version and some of them dont have pictures
i need a craft for a 2 year old and a 5 year old and this site was great!!!!
i like this project. it is so fetch!
Courtney W.
There are 100's of kids craft in the kids craft section and Iam pretty sure your 3 yearold daughter didnt say "Iam bored of these Crafts"
my daughter is 3 and she loves art but she wants to do more crafts and says these bore her. pleas make more ideas.
If you click on the link it shows you how to make salt dough.
I would enjoy doing some of these if instructions were provided
Great and wonderful ideas, but a little detail would help.
fantastic web site,thanks it's bonza
very, very good craft ideas.
My kids loved the crafts! When I told them I had no more crafts after all that we had done they were very dissapointed!I have told some other moms about this website and they are also making crafts!
this is great. you should be on tv for such a great website!
Kiddish ?? umm thats why its for small kids. Read the title
i think all this stuff is to kiddish i have a daughter thats face just drags when she sees all this stuff they need something that will acually test thwem thats what they like
I really liked this craft because I have a two-yearold cousin who loves dressing up. So she really liked it
-Emmalea-
more detail would be nice