Arts & Crafts

Create colorful and decorative placemats out of Perler Beads in a few easy steps. Placemats add character and fun to mealtime and make cleanup a snap. Children will take pride in setting the table with their decorative

Create your own Homemade Silly Putty with only 3 ingredients. This craft concoction is so easy to make and stores well in a plastic Easter egg or plastic baggie for many many uses to come. Kids can be great helpers

Create a fun and easy art project around the ordinary concept of writing your name. School aged children will enjoy creating Name Illusion Art, although I think this might become a popular go to doodle art project

Create a sensory bottle filled with rice and alphabet beads and send the little ones on a quiet time scavenger hunt. This is an easy to make activity that will quell boredom, reinforce the identification of the

Create an I Spy Bottle for relaxing quiet time play for toddlers. We love the I Spy books and the picture books by Walter Wick, so we felt inspired to make our own artistic version of these popular themed books

Make your very own Foam Bath Shapes and Letters to add to your bath time fun. These foam shapes stick to the wall when they come in contact with water. Kids can create story boards, practice their spelling, create

Try out this recipe for Edible Peanut Butter Play Dough. This fun and fragrant play dough will engage little hands and young minds in hours of play. Roll it, shape it, slice it, smash it and sculpt it into edible

Create abstract art from a unique freehand squiggle that you draw on a piece of paper and color them in with vibrant and distinctive colors. When you overlap your squiggling line all over a piece of paper and

Make your own Edible playdough out of Peeps Marshmallow treats. If you haven't microwaved a Peep before, this is the perfect opportunity to do so. They expand when heated and instead of tossing them away after

Create a fabulous keepsake book or journal out out of paper lunch bags with this great craft for school aged children. Decorate them any way that you would like on the cover and fill the pages with journal entries

Whip up some potential for good clean fun by mixing up this easy recipe for Clean Mud. Clean Mud is made up of three simple ingredients that are easy to find at home. The best part of this crafty recipe is that

Design a Glittery Spider Web for a happy paper spider to reside. Any time of year is a great time to create this sparkling treasure. It is impossible not to marvel at the masterpieces that spiders create daily

Try Sandpaper Transfer Art for your next open ended art project. Draw your art work on the rough side of a piece of sandpaper and use and iron to iron on the design. The artwork will transfer from the sandpaper

Make a Hand print Crab art project that everyone will love and treasure. There is nothing like a hand print or a foot print to freeze a moment of time in your child's life. We don't use them as often as we should

Make your own colored craft sand and store in your craft closet for future art projects with the kids. It only takes a few easy steps to create vibrant colored sand varieties that can be used for various sensory

Create your own Magic Aqua Sand that stays dry when submersed in the water. You can squirt this sandy concoction out of the spout of a squeezable plastic bottle and build with it under the water. The Magic Aqua

Concoct some craft foam for some sculptable fun. Craft foam has similar properties as play dough, in that you can manipulate the mixture into a variety of shapes with your hands. Craft foam looks and feels completely

Watch as Science and Art come together as you make and use Microwaveable Puffy Paint. Mix together a few ingredients from your baking cupboard, use it as your would any other paint, and cook it up in the microwave

Enjoy the return of the nostalgic Fuzzy Headed Pencil Toppers from years ago. These pencil toppers are wildly fun to play with and very easy to make. There is something that just draws you in to rolling these

Add a little bit of sparkle to your paintings by whipping up some sparkling glitter paint. Make several color varieties of glitter paint or simply make one to use in conjunction with your other paints. Children

Create a work of art that truly is Cool Beans. Just like people and just like art, dried beans come in all shapes and sizes and colors. Utilize these differences by combining them to create vibrant and colorful

Create a work of art that you will want to frame and save forever because it exemplifies who you are in a unique and wonderful way. In this art project, you will need to think of lots of ways that you identify

Create abstract art simply by tracing craft sticks onto a piece of paper and coloring them. When you trace in random overlapping patterns all over a piece of paper and you will find that the intersecting lines

Crayon Scratch Art was one of my go to art projects when I was a child. I remember how much time that I took to diligently perform the processes just so that I could marvel at the end result each time. I decided

Create colorful and unique drawings with Crayon Transfer Art. Just about every household has crayons and paper and a pencil which makes this art project a perfect go to for busting boredom. In this art project

Create your own craft supply of colorful beads with three simple ingredients. This is an easy home project that kids can help with and with which they will enjoy many many crafting sessions. For this activity

Turn bath time into an entertaining event for children by whipping up some Tub Time Finger Paints. Children will feel like their are breaking all of the rules as they experiment with this fun finger painting activity

Create a Calming Glitter Bottle at home today. My kids have always been mesmerized by snow globes but I was always concerned with allowing the littlest ones to play freely with snow globes because I was worried

Concoct a glittery and foamy sorcerer's brew with a few household ingredients and some acts of wizardry which is sure to delight children of all ages. This little act of science is fantastic for pretend play as

Sometimes the best ideas are discovered by accident. This was definitely the case with how we discovered the idea of Washable Window Paint. The older kids were doing a painting project and our toddler surprised

Make an assortment of brightly colored and patterned beads with decorative Duck Tape varieties and drinking straws. This fun and very easy craft is sure to keep the kids occupied for quite some time. There are

Relax and enter the world of artful meditation with Zentangle Art. Let your mind free and use freehand to create a visual masterpiece that is ever so calming to create. In Zentangle there are no rules except that

Repurpose and old book or notebook and create interest journals about things that you love or want to learn more about. Children of all ages can get started with this work in progress project. The journal that

Have your children decorate a window in your home to resemble the look of stained glass. The design possibilities are endless with this very easy to do art project for toddlers and school aged children alike

Create gorgeous batik art that toddlers and school age children can easily create. Batiking is a process where wax resists paint and can be done on fabric with some ironing and additional more complex processes

Alter a puzzle and create a unique work of art for your wall. Puzzle pieces are an intriguing medium to work with. We chose to this art project as a family but you can also do it individually. This is a project

With two ingredients you can literally whip up a whole lot of fun and a sensory activity that will keep little ones occupied for hours. I recommend this as an outside activity because it can get a bit messy. If

Create spectacular designs and patterns with permanent colored markers and bubble wrap. Yes, bubble wrap can be used for a variety of crafts, so we roll it up and add it to our craft closet. In this craft, you

According to Indian legend, dream catchers are hung above a sleeping area in a place where the morning light can hit them. The nature of the Dream Catcher will attract all sorts of dreams to its webs. When bad

The only thing more whimsical and fun than pinwheels spinning around are pinwheels in the act of spinning that you made yourself. Lots of pinwheel projects actually use pushpins which are unsafe for younger children

If you are looking for a different artistic medium to work with, try creating this interesting dough from cotton balls to form a clay-like dough. This cotton dough can be manipulated and sculpted with your hands

Create a bottle or two of Spray Paint Chalk for a variety of outdoor fun and artistic activities. This fun spray paint chalk is not only fun to conjure up, the outdoor possibilities for fun are really endless

Make you own finger paints and let your fingers do the artistry during today's craft time activity. This activity is so easy to make yourself and just perfect for the youngest of artists. Small children will delight

This fun homemade play dough recipe will appeal to many of your senses as you concoct, sculpt and mold it into all kinds of creations. Children of all ages will enjoy making their own play dough from materials

Do you have some puzzles that are missing pieces and are risk of being tossed? Upcycle those cardboard puzzle pieces and create beautiful artwork. Create a gorgeous Puzzle Tree for all seasons. Artists of all

Create a Button Snake out of felt, a button and some ribbon. Young children will enjoy this quiet time activity which teaches the skill of buttoning as well as enhancing fine motor skills. Bring this activity

Grow yourself a few Grasshead Friends for a fun lesson in how things grow as well as a fun little craft. Children of all age ranges will enjoy creating these adorable little characters from recycled stockings

Create a paper bag jellyfish that can also be used as a jellyfish puppet. This craft appeals to all age groups and would be great anytime of year or to follow a trip to an aquarium or after and ocean movie or

Create a salt or sugar tray which can be manipulated on the surface with a craft stick, comb or even your fingers. Toddlers and young children will enjoy creating temporary artwork by moving salt or sugar around

Have you always wished that you had a loom and were able to learn to create woven textiles? You will be happy to know that you can build your own loom in a few very easy steps from a cereal box! In fact, you can