Friday, 16 August 2024

Craft ideas for kids - a list of activities on my blog


I love a good craft project and have had fun with lots of kids craft with my daughter Sylvia and others children in my life.  This post is a place to list our crafts at home that have been part of the blog.  Many are just a photo and a comment in passing.  Some are big projects.  Some craft from museums and library might have also crept in.  Most of these craft ideas are for kids, usually with adult supervision or adult craft that kids can help with.  Some are ones that are for adults who are channeling their inner child.  Above is a photo of our kitchen cupboard artwork in 2015.

It is not a comprehensive list of the craft we have done.  Just as much as I could find - mostly retrospectively.  Most is done with stuff from around the house.  (I could not find the paintings we made with prints of cut citrus fruit and sponges dipped in paint but might find them one day.)  Sylvia over time has also enjoyed lots of beading, loom banding, slime creations, craft kits, drawings and paintings.  Now she is a teenager she is still channeling her creativity into various projects.  Most are more sophisticated than a lot of kids crafts but still fun and satisfying!


Toilet paper rolls
Toilet roll owls
Wizard of Oz toilet rolls
Toilet paper roll octopus
Toilet paper roll binoculars
Toilet paper princesses and monsters
Toilet paper roll people
Toilet paper butterflies
Toilet roll table and chairs
Toilet roll and hot glue gun candles

People
Wooden spoon kids (and cows)
Clothes peg mermaids
Sock puppets
Peg doll ballerinas
Baby rocks

Household items reused
Paper plate llama, fish and shark
Merry go round paper plates and horse stickers
Paper plate turtles
Egg carton monsters
Juice bottle fireflies
Juice carton boats

Egg carton turtle
Wool wrapped pringles tube
Pom poms and google eyes fun jar lids
Icy pole sticks and wool gods eye weaving

Christmas
Button and icy pole stick star
Washi tape Christmas tree picture
Cotton wool snowman pic with wool trees
Christmas cards with painted shapes
Salt dough stars
Reindeer wooden spoons
Cinnamon stick candles
Champagne cork angel
Cardboard box fireplace

Presents
Patterned party bags
Picture book bookmarks 
Button bracelets
Salt dough easter eggs
Monster bookmark corners
Bath bombs
Woven paper basket
Princess card
Father's day cards

Houses
Milk carton houses
Cardboard houses
Dolls house painting
Fairy nook Part 1: upcycling a toy oven - an overview
Fairy nook Part 2: painting
Fairy nook Part 3: creating the cafe
Fairy nook Part 4: creating the garden

Children's play things
Shoebox and ruler doll bunk beds
Shoebox doll swing
Cardboard tubes park bench
Cardboard box truck
Dolls clothes
Stress balls
Making playdough
Cardboard box cash register
Sock doughnuts
Cardboard laptop computer
Pom pom drop with toilet paper rolls

Pictures and paintings
Birthday cake collages
Woman flying over cityscape collage
Beach painting
Finger print trees
Three little pigs collage
Backyard mural - forest, fairies and fireworks 
Haunted house collage
Newspaper and felt shark collage

Celebrations
Patterned paper bunting
St Patrick's day bunting
Birthday cake slices (folded paper)
Minion pinata
Minion party bags
Minion bunting

Unnatural nature
Autumn leaf crown
Berry and leaf crown
Stick and wool spider web
Concertina butterflies
Cupcake paper owls


I will add to these if we have more projects to share.

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