Kids Arts and Craft Ideas
Fun arts and crafts ideas for kids. Ideas for children in preschool, k-6 classrooms, Sunday school and Scouts.
The Basics
With simple and inexpensive supplies around the house, kids can produce an art gallery, worthy of any family room! Fill a cupboard with construction paper, tempera paint, markers, pipe cleaners, colored pencils, crayons, craft foam sheets, watercolors, glue stick, white glue & children’s scissors. These basic supplies will be enough to make most of our kids craft ideas.
Arts and Craft Ideas - Preschool Art - ages 3 and up
Sunday school, scout troops, home or classroom
Anaimal Masks Craft Project
Box town
Straw Sculpture
Egg carton flowers
Marble Painting
Straw Sculptures
Pipe Cleaner Art
Toothpick Sculpture
Aluminum Foil Sculptures
Hot Rod Painting
Bubble Paint
Paint Squirting
Straw Painting
Shaving Cream Art
Potato Prints
Making Stamps
Colored Rice
Finger tip Pictures
Squeeze Ball
Easy Tie Dye
Butterfly Magnet
Clay Recipes
Tooth Pick Architecture
Bread and Glue
Envelope Art
Sock Sacks
Milk Jug Fish
Collage Place Mat
Arts and Craft Ideas for K-5:
Easy Play Dough Recipes
Bean Mosaic
Tooth Pick Architecture
Bread and Glue
Envelope Art
Finger tip Pictures
Squeeze Ball
Easy Tie Dye
Butterfly Magnet
Potato Prints
Making Stamps
Toothpick Sculpture
Aluminum Foil Sculptures
Leather like vase
Bubble Paint
Paint Squirting
Straw Painting
Straw Sculpture
Egg carton flowers
Friendship Bracelets - More advanced
Collage Placemat
Quick and Easy Art - Arts & Craft Ideas
Straw Painting
Straw Sculpture
Toothpick Sculpture
Aluminum Foil Sculptures
Envelope Art
Finger tip Pictures
Squeeze Ball
Easy Tie Dye
Clay Recipes
Tooth Pick Architecture
Pipe Cleaner Art
Shaving Cream Art
Windsock
Tips for working with kids on Arts and Craft Ideas:
Encourage all art projects as a process, not product activity. What may be a mess to you, could be a new planet, zoo or the next NASA spacecraft to your child. Allowing our children to explore on their own, not only develops creativity but teaches problem solving, spatial relationships as well as cause and effect. Skills they’ll need later for math and other academics.
Refrain from showing examples of a completed project. Especially, that which has been completed by an adult. Provide the supplies and instructions, they’ll do the rest.
Resist asking “What is it?”…Instead try “Tell me about it”
Avoid automatic praise such as “that’s beautiful” or “very good”. Asking your young artist how they feel about
their creation and the experience of making it will build confidence and language arts skills
Easy Cleanup
When working with a group. You may find it easier to rotate a bucket of warm soapy water, for hand washing, or have
disposable hand wipes available. Provide a clean towel, or paper towel for drying.
Kids’ Arts & Crafts ideas for Special Days
Valentine’s Day Crafts
Halloween Crafts
St. Patrick’s Day Crafts
Thanksgiving Crafts
Easter Crafts
Christmas Crafts
Father’s Day Crafts
Kwanzaa Craft Ideas
Mother’s Day Crafts
Hanukkah Crafts
Known miss-spellings: Arts & Kraft, Kids Kraft, Kids Arts & Kraft, Kids Krafts
