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Arts and Crafts for Kids

Arts and crafts for kids are fun for children and the young-at-heart! These art & craft activities cover a wide range of subjects for young artists, future artisanal book makers, potential puppeteers, and more. These aren't just arts and crafts for kids; they're fun for the whole family too! Our selection of art projects for kids, DIY activities, and decoration ideas also provide excellent inspiration for craft ideas for kids. Try some of these activities with your children, and have fun with crafts for kids to make.

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Create a Stained Glass Rose Window

One of the most beautiful parts of every cathedral is the stained glass window above the entrance, called a Rose window. Your child can create his own!

Make a Sandcastle You Can Keep!

Help your child make a beautiful homemade sandcastle that will last!

Korean Paper Fans

Make a Korean paper fan! This activity is a great way to help your child explore different cultures while she builds her fine motor and arts and crafts skills.

Build a Popsicle Stick Bridge

Inspire your child to put on her engineer hat for the day, as she builds her very own, double-decker bridge.

Make Creepy Crawly Pretzel Snacks

How can you tell the difference between a spider and an insect? Your child will find out as he makes a tray of yummy creepy crawly snacks.

Make Number Rubbings

Help your child identify numbers with this fun preschool math art activity! Explore different textures and colors as he learns numbers.

All you need to put together this guitar is an old shoebox. Soon your kid will be rocking out while saving room in the landfill.

Add and Subtract with Math Bugs

Your child will enjoy getting math practice as she uses bugs in her addition and subtraction problems.

Paint with Bubbles!

Want to create some really unusual artwork and introduce your little artist to color combining? Try out some bubble painting!

Build a Terrarium

Create a mini plant habitat with your kid to help teach him what it takes to make an ecosystem work.

Make a Magnet Painting

Here is a kindergarten activity that blends art and science by using magnets, paint, and objects found around the house to create a picture.

Toilet Paper Roll Maracas

Music instruments can be expensive. Sidestep steep prices with this art project that uses recycled materials to create a melodious music maker!

Sticky Note Project

Representing the story in a visual way makes it easier for your child to compare the traits of various characters.

This gooey, squishy recipe will introduce your second grader to the world of measurements without seeming like a lesson or a chore.

Create a Shoebox Habitat

Children are imaginative story-builders. Create a shoebox habitat with your child to put those budding creative instincts to good use.

Fingerprint Fall Trees

Celebrate the changing seasons with this fun, hands-on art activity that will teach your child about the different colors of the seasons.

Make a Paper Helicopter

Make your own helicopter using a paper clip and a sheet of paper. Hold the spinner up in the air, let it go, and watch it spin gracefully to the ground.

Make a Magnetic Spice Tin Pencil Holder

Help your fifth grader or middle school teenager transform spice tins into fridge magnets and pencil holders in this arts and crafts activity.

Hand-Dipped Candles

Try making these hand-dipped candles with your child and help bring colonial history to life!

Why pay for expensive plates when you can paint original designs on your own dishes? This fun activity will bring out your kid's creative side.

Make a Changing Seasons Collage

This adventurous art project will send kids on a scavenger hunt for fall materials they can use in their artwork. This craft also teaches kids about seasons.

Quote of the Month

Using favorite quotes and song lyrics, your child can make a quote of the month calendar for her friends to hang in their lockers or their bedrooms.

Make Popsicle Puppets...and Practice Communication

Puppets can help preschoolers practice communication and conflict resolution.

Craft Fizzing Bath Soaps

Help your child experiment with the combination of acid and baking soda by making these homemade bath bombs!

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