Craft activities

Kids crafts and children’s art provide hours of kids fun for parents and children. Find art projects and craft ideas for kids of all ages to do at home. Parents will love this easy tool for children’s arts and crafts with step by step instructions.

Make your own dot-to-dot pictures

Make your own dot-to-dot pictures

Kids of all ages love to spend quiet time with pencils, textas and paper. Now you can learn how to ...
Silly sunnies

Silly sunnies

Sunnies are stylish and fun all children love sunglasses, so why not make some custom-designed sunnies to wow their friends ...
paper village

Make a pop-up paper village

This pop-up paper village comes with free printables. Just add crayons, scissors and glue ...
Beach plaster plaque

Beach plaster plaque

This is a wonderful craft project that allows your child to preserve memories in plaster of Paris - and the ...
Homemade family photo puzzle on Kidspot

Make a family photo puzzle

Kids will love making their own puzzles out of family photos. You can use existing photos for this activity or ...
Love notes

Love notes

There are so many fun ways to tell those dear to you how much you care, so this Valentines Day ...
Valentine's day scrapbook

Valentine’s day scrapbook

Valentines Day is a wonderful time to make lasting memories with loved ones. This Valentines Day scrapbook art and craft ...
Girly friendship bracelets on Kidspot

Easy friendship bracelet

Making friendship bracelets is a lovely old fashioned 'sewing circle' activity. Just sit quietly with your little girl and teach ...
Stained glass heart

Stained glass heart

The stained glass heart is a super easy, kid-friendly craft project to enjoy. You will need to help a little ...
crayon

Create an impressive melted crayon artwork

Simple crayons can make beautiful art - and not just by drawing with them! Line up some wax crayons, rainbow-style, ...
Girl dancing in fairy princess costume

Fairy costume: make a tulle puff fairy wand

All kids love fancy dress costumes & the fancier the better. So why not make your child's fairy costume unique ...
Colourful butterflies

Colourful butterflies

Children love to draw butterflies because of their amazing colours, shapes and variety. Now the kids can take their art ...
DIY upcycled tray

Get Organised With A DIY Coloured Chalkboard

Upcycle an old wooden kitchen tray into a useful and colourful chalkboard for the kitchen. Use it for menu planning, ...
Paper plate sun

Paper plate sun

This simple paper plate craft idea involves everything kids love: paint, glue, scissors and googly craft eyes. Set it all ...
Pool noodle pegasus

Pool noodle Pegasus

Make your very own magical flying horse out of a pool noodle and some craft supplies. You can even add ...
Make a paper mache world globe

Make a paper mache world globe

Show your kids the wonder of the world by making this fun paper mache globe. You can teach them about ...
Make your own fairy wand

Make your own fairy wand

What little girl doesn't love fairies? Create a magical sparkly fairy wand together for make-believe fun or dress-ups with this ...
Paper heart pillow

Paper heart pillow

Valentines Day usually involves people sending cards and special gifts to their loved ones. This paper heart pillow is a ...
Laundry carton blocks

Laundry carton blocks

No matter how much money you spend on expensive, developmentally targeted toys, your kids will always love playing with the ...
dreamcatcher

How To Make A Dreamcatcher

Get your kids to make their own dreamcatcher to hang in the home. This dreamcatcher tutorial is easy to follow, ...
Nature painting

Nature painting

Nature painting What you need: Glue Tempera paint Feathers Pine cones Pine needles Flowers Paper Number of players: 1+ Activity: ...
pizza game

Kids pizza perfection

Pizza is great to make with the family. Not only will your kids be happy to finish their meal kitchen, ...
Egg carton turtle

Egg carton turtle

Egg carton craft is the cheapest craft ever. Just save your egg cartons and you can make so many different ...
Jellyfish

Make a jellyfish

Make your own wriggly, jiggly jellyfish with this kids art and craft project that is also a great learning activity ...
Make a dress-up doll game

Make a dress-up doll game

This easy-to-make game will be a favourite with kids who love playing with fabric scraps or dressing up dolls. Made ...
Twirly paper pumpkin

Twirly paper pumpkin

Create these fancy-looking paper pumpkins for some Halloween fun. Use it as seasonal decorations for the table or hang it ...
In a box: Make a mobile art studio

In a box: Make a mobile art studio

Quite often when kids ask to pull the art and craft out of the wardrobe parents shudder. The mess and ...
Origami waterlily

Origami waterlily

Origami and papercraft are the easiest craft activities for kids; all you need is a square of paper. It will ...
Make a pet rock

Make a pet rock

A pet rock is fun to create and, best of all, it is a pet kids love that requires no ...
Create your own message in a bottle

Create your own message in a bottle

A secret message in a bottle is an exciting thing to discover - so share the fun by showing your ...
Decorate your own shoes

Fashion fun: decorate your own shoes

Shoes they've decorated themselves? Well, if it gets them excited about putting their shoes on, then it's worth the wonky ...
paper bag puppet

Bear paper bag puppet

Making your own puppets is a great way to get your child involved in simple imaginative play. This bear paper ...
Make an ocean headband

Make an ocean headband

All kids love to dress up and now they can have even more fun creating a headband to wear with ...
Origami iris

Origami iris

Origami can be a great way to help your kids improve focus and attention to detail. This step by step ...
make a cat collar

Make your own cat collar (and save the birds!)

Help protect the birds in your backyard and neighbourhood with this easy cat collar craft project the kids can help ...
Balloon stamp painting

Balloon stamp painting

A balloon as a stamp? Why not! Pair it with pink paint and a button and make it a piggy! ...
flower crown

Flower Crowns

One for the older kids (or a parent to help out with), this is a way to put those flowers ...
Playdough hedgehog

Playdough hedgehog

Playdough is the ideal activity for children: it is colourful and it bends to their will. They can literally make ...
Paper beads

Paper beads

Paper beads are a great project for kids and use supplies you probably already have, plus making them uses up ...
Autumn leaf mobile

Autumn leaf mobile

Older children will love the challenge of threading beads and leaves onto string to make this unique, one-of-a-kind autumn leaf ...
Eggshell collage

Eggshell collage

Eggshell collage What you need: Washed eggshells Paint Paintbrushes PVA glue Paper (any colour) Newspaper Tray Number of players: 1+ ...
Making a scarecrow

Making a scarecrow

Do you have a delicious looking veggie patch in your garden? Why not make a scarecrow to keep those pesky ...
Make easy gift wrap on the computer

Make easy gift wrap on the computer

A lot of the time you will notice that all the birthdays seem to come at once so get the ...
Straw collage

Straw collage

Straws are so versatile. Drinking, building, cutting and pasting. Create this amazing straw masterpiece just for art's sake. Build a ...
Cloud collage

Cloud collage

No matter the weather outside, making a cloud collage is a creative kids art and craft project that is also ...

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