3 Kids Craft Ideas for Independence Day

3 Kids Craft Ideas for Independence Day

Shendy   

This year, celebrate the stars and stripes in style by making festive 4th of July crafts with your little ones. From parade-ready kazoos to flame-free backyard rockets and delicious centerpieces, we’ve got enough ideas to fuel your entire celebration. Keep reading to let affordable, DIY Independence Day fun begin.

Patriotic Visor

This Fourth of July Visor is a great craft for all ages! Let your kids personalize their own hats in red, white and blue. The perfect hat to wear to a 4th of July parade or to watch the fireworks!

What you'll need:

• Foam Visor (available at any craft store - ours was only $1!)
• 3-D paint: red, white, and blue
• Star Shaped Foam Stickers

How to

1. Use the 3-D paint to write USA on the visor.
2. Stick on star stickers.
3. After it dries, wear it!

Hand Print Fireworks Craft

This hand print fireworks craft is a fun paper craft to make with your kids to celebrate the 4th of July! Trace their hand print and cut out lots of copies, then glue them down so they overlap. Add a whole bunch of glitter to the outside edge of the hand prints and you have fabulous "handmade" fireworks. Our daughter loved this craft and we hope your kids do too.

What you'll need:

• Red, white, blue and black construction paper
• Glue
• Glitter
• Scissors
• Pencil

How to

1. Trace your child's hand print. Cut out multiple copies on all of the colors of paper.
2. Glue the hand prints onto the black construction paper. You want to create a circle of hand prints and have them overlap the whole way around (see the picture provided).
3. Once the hand prints are glued down, squirt a line of glue all around the outside edge of the hand prints.
4. Have your child dump glitter on the glue and shake it a bit to coat
5. *Tip: if you have younger children, try putting the piece of paper in the lid to a shirt box or something similar. This helps contain the glitter a bit better than just a piece of newspaper.
6. Dump off the excess glitter.

Patriotic Pinwheels

These cute pinwheels are sure to be a hit at your next Fourth of July gathering! Kids will love using the brightly colored paper and simple craft supplies to create a beautiful patriotic pinwheel with their hands. Once completed, this pinwheel will look great stuck in a potted plant, vase, or simply placed on a child's bookshelf. This fun and festive pinwheel will brighten up any space and will serve as a fun reminder of a happy holiday!

What you'll need:

• red and blue square origami paper (7"x7")
• ruler
• pencil
• 2 wooden dowels
• Scissors
• Tape
• 2 miniature star-shaped brad
• Toothpick

How to

1. Take one sheet of your origami paper and turn it over so that the white side is facing up. Using the pencil and ruler, draw two straight lines from diagonal to diagonal, forming an "X." (see photo)
2. Draw a dot in the center, where the lines cross. From the center, draw one dot on each side, that is � inch from the center. Connect these dots, forming a circle. (see photo)
3. With adult supervision, use the scissors to cut along the diagonal lines to the � inch dots, making sure not to cut all the way to the center dot! (see photo)
4. Using the ruler and pencil, measure on inch up from each corner and place a dot in the center between the diagonal line and the edge of the paper. (see photo)
5. Ask an adult to poke the toothpick into the central dot and each of the four dots in the corner. (see photo)
6. Take one of the miniature star-shaped brads and push it through the hole of one of the corners of the pinwheel. Continue turning the pinwheel and placing each of the four corner dots on the brad in order. Finally, push the end of the brad through the central dot. Carefully, turn the paper over and secure the brad by pushing the two ends apart and flattening. (see photo)
7. Take the scotch tape and tear off one piece. Place on the pointed end of the dowel and secure to the inside of the pinwheel.
8. Repeat with the other piece of origami paper.
9. Your pinwheel is now ready to grace the table or a flower vase!

Red, White, and Blue Star Wreath

What You Will Need

• Paper Plates.
• Red, Blue Art Paper.
• Red, White, and Blue Ribbons.
• StarCraft Punching Machine.

How to

1. Cut out the centre of the paper plate. You can either use a geometrical compass to draw a circle or just use the embossed circle as a reference.
2. You can draw stars with a pencil and cut them out with scissors.
3. Use the different coloured paper cut-outs alternatively on the rim of the paper plate and glue them.
4. Put the red, white and blue ribbons in a bunch and make bows out of them. Glue one bow on top and bottom of the wreath. Use the ribbons to make a loop to hang the wreath. Among the 4th of July crafts for pre-schoolers, this one is one of the easiest but crafty.

Confetti Rockets

What You Will Need

• Kitchen roll/Toilet paper tubes, depending on the thickness and size of the rocket.
• Red, White, and Blue craft paper.
• Red, White, and Blue decorative paper.
• Stiff paper or visiting cards.
• Marker pens, tissue paper (Red and Blue).
• Ready-made confetti from the store or hand-made at home.
• Twine or strings.
• Red, White, and Blue streamers.
• Glue.
• Beads of all three colours.
• Paper Puncher, Scissors, Stapler, Craft Needle.

How to

1. Cut the red/blue tissue paper into small squares, big enough to cover one side of the cardboard tubes.
2. Either colour the plain side of the visiting cards or get red, white and blue card stock. Cut a circular piece big enough to cover the radius of the tube.
3. Glue the circular card to the centre of the tissue paper of the same colour.
4. Take almost a meter-and-a-half of the colourful strings or twine and thread into the craft needle. Put one coloured bead at the knotted end of the string.
5. Puncture the centre of the card disc which was glued to the tissue earlier.
6. Cover one side of the cardboard tube with this tissue paper with glue in a manner such that the bead is inside the tube and the coloured twine/string hangs outside.
7. Cover the toilet paper tube with a decorative paper of all the three colours. You can either wrap all the three colours around one tube or use one particular colour on one tube. You can either glue it or staple it.
8. Glue the red, white and blue ribbons to the decorative paper first, and then stick it to the tube.
9. Cut a circular disc off the card stock. Snip it from one side right to the centre and then fold it like a cone.
10. Punch two holes on either side of the tube for the string on which the rocket will hang. Cut the twine or string in two equal sizes and knot them through the holes.
11. Fill the tube with as much confetti (bought or home-made) as you want.
12. Seal the top of the tube with the cone. Do not forget to cover the cone with wrapping paper. This Fourth of July craft will need some parental supervision, but it is worth the effort. You can hang these rockets and pull the colourful strings to release the confetti inside.

Easter Craft Ideas for Kids and Preschool Children

Easter Craft Ideas for Kids and Preschool Children

Shendy   

Here are a few interesting Easter craft ideas for kids and preschool children. Some Easter craft ideas that involve children are egg glitter, eggshell tulip, crayon resist egg and Easter peeking bunny.

Here’s a list of fun Easter crafts for kids to make at home. We like to do frugal crafts so you can usually find the supplies we use in your house already!

Crayon resist egg

Craft materials for kids and preschool children:

• Egg dye
• Plastic spoons
• Hard boiled eggs
• Crayons

Craft method:

1. Using crayons, draw pictures and designs onto your egg.

2. When you are happy with the designs, lower the egg into the dye.

3. When you remove the egg from the dye you will have a crazy crayon craft.

Egg Glitter

Craft materials for kids and preschool children:

• Hard Boiled eggs
• Paint
• Brushes
• Glue
• Glitter

Craft method:

1. Simply paint hard boiled eggs in paints of kid's choice

2. Allow to dry.

3. Roll egg in craft glue.

4. While glue is still wet, roll egg in glitter.

5. Allow to dry.

6. Your Easter egg glitter is ready.

Easter eggshell tulip

Craft materials for kids and preschool children:

• Eggshells or foam egg carton sections
• Green pipe cleaners
• Tempera paint and markers
• Hot glue or white glue

Craft method:

Clean eggshell halves and dry them gently. Or, for an easier craft with more durable flowers, use foam egg carton sections.

Cut the cartons sections to look like a tulip.Using tempera paint, decorate the eggshells to look like tulips.

Let the paint dry overnight. When the paint is completely dry, add details to the tulips using markers. You can twirl one end of a green pipe cleaner into a spiral shape. Then glue the spiral to the tulip.

Fun Christmas Craft Ideas for Kids and Preschool Children

Fun Christmas Craft Ideas for Kids and Preschool Children

Shendy   

Here are a few interesting and exciting fun Christmas craft ideas for kids and preschool children. Some Christmas craft ideas that involve children are pine cones, sugar cookies, handprint angel, lollipop tree, and creative Christmas cards and of course decorative Christmas Stars.

There are so many decorative and creative fun Christmas craft ideas for kids. Christmas is a time of giving, sharing, enjoyment and especially a time of creating lasting memories. Preschool Children love to help with crafts and even the tiniest of tasks can make them feel important. Christmas star is easy to make, and they look cute hanging on any Christmas tree, either on the real one or on an artificial Christmas tree.

Christmas Craft: Fun sugar cookie ornament

How to make fun Christmas Craft: sugar cookie ornament

Craft materials for kids and preschool children:

• Sugar
• Glitter
• Water
• Cookie cutters
• Ribbon
• Scissors
• Glue

Craft method:

1. Mix half cup of sugar and 1 teaspoon of glitter.

2. Stir in 1 teaspoon of water until moist.

3. Press mixture into cookie cutters.

4. Gently tap the ornament onto a plate to dry overnight.

5. Cut enough thread to make a loop and glue a hanger onto the back of each ornament.

Fun Christmas Craft: Glittery Christmas pine cones

How to make fun glittery Christmas pine cones:

Craft materials for kids and preschool children:

• Pine cones
• Glue
• Sparkles
• Thread

Craft and Arts Method:

1. Spread glue all over the pine cone. Kids or Preschool children can use a paint brush to get the glue all over the pine cone. They will love to make a mess with their hands and will have a lot of fun doing it.

2. Gently sprinkle sparkles on the pine cone.

3. Make sure there is a piece of paper underneath to catch the extra glitter. So cleaning up would be easy.

4. Attach a loop of thread to hang the finished Christmas pine cone. A simple but interesting Christmas craft idea for kids.

Fun Christmas Card Craft

How to make fun christmas card craft

Craft materilas for kids and preschool children:

• Scissors
• Craft papers
• Crayons or sketch pens
• Craft glue
• Glitters

Crafts and Art method for children:

Cut the craft papers into different shapes like the Christmas tree, Christmas star, angels, Snowman etc. You may also use scraps of wrapping papers to make the figures. Ask your kid to fold the cut-pieces in the form of a Christmas card and color them. Finally, glue some glitters to the card. There you go...your decorative materials are ready!

Burning Bush Craft

Burning Bush Craft

Shendy   

These crafts to illustrate the lesson of Burning Bush range from simple to involved.  A couple can be adapted from their original idea to specifically fit this lesson.

Materials:
Paper bowls
Glue
Water
Paintbrushes
White construction paper
Scissors
Red and yellow tissue paper

Instructions:
1. Using the red and yellow tissue paper, cut into 2-inch teardrop patterns, and make several of each color per child.
2. Give each child a white piece of construction paper and a paintbrush.
3. Set out bowls containing a mixture of one part glue and one part water.
4. Have the children place red and yellow tissue flames on the paper at random,  overlapping the yellow and red flames.
5. Have the children paint over the flames with the glue mixture using a paintbrush. The overlap of the yellow and red flames should produce orange flames.

Aluminium Fish Craft

Aluminium Fish Craft

Shendy   

I always hate to throw away used aluminum foil because I feel there has to be some great use for it that I just don't know about. I decided it was time for me to do a good search for the best foil crafts, and if I was able to find more than just a couple of foil crafts, I would share them with you.

I'll share with you pictures of the foil crafts that I found, plus the name of the site where you can find the project. All you'll need to do is just click on the site name and you'll be taken directly to the page with the directions and, if appropriate, patterns.

Materials:

• 2 aluminum pie plates
• Heavy poster paper
• Pencil
• Scissors
• Stapler
• Scrap wood pieces to create a base for the fish
• Water-based paint
• Paintbrushes

Instructions:

1. First, place the 2 pie plates together (bottoms facing out) and secure with staples. You can always use masking tape instead but the staples work the best.
2. Next, take 2 pieces of poster paper and draw out the following shapes: a fish head, a top fin, a bottom fin and a tail.
3. Cut these shapes out both pieces of paper so you have 2 of everything.
4. Staple or glue or tape the fin, tail and head pieces together, but only along one side. You need to keep one of the sides open so that you can attach it to the pie plate.
5. Attach the fins, head and tail to the pie plates.
6. Create a stand for the fish. Fasten the fish to the stand using tape or glue. (Attaching the fish to the stand prior to painting makes decorating much easier).
7. Finally, your kinder artists can decorate the fish using colorful paints, construction paper or markers.

Bust Boredom with Kid Crafts

Bust Boredom with Kid Crafts

Shendy   

Have you ever heard those familiar words, "I'm bored," coming from the mouth of your child?  If so, then kid crafts are the answer.  Provide the kids with craft materials and boredom will be a thing of the past.  Read on for ideas about kid crafts.

Kid crafts essential materials include paper, crayons, safe scissors, and glue.  Paper for kid crafts can include construction paper, plain typing paper, cardstock of various colors, and many other options.  Even junk mail and old magazines can make interesting art projects.  Crayons are nice for younger children, but the stores are now filled with other options, such as washable dry-erase markers, watercolor pencils, and gel pens.  Kid crafts supplies can run into money, but even on a budget there are many possibilities.

Other materials kids can craft with include recycled junk and found objects.  By recycled junk, I'm referring to empty cereal boxes, toothpaste boxes, cardboard from packaging, plastic containers, and even tin cans.  If you let kids craft with tin cans, however, you need to make sure the open edge of the can doesn't have any sharp edges.  Simply file these off or squeeze them flat with a pair of pliers.

Found objects include leaves, twigs, rocks, snakeskins, and other natural item a child might find.  Perhaps there is a sheep farm nearby.  If so, wool scraps can often be found stuck to the barbed wire fences.  Any or all of these items can be used in kid crafts.

One of the most fun and popular kid crafts is making a collage.  Kids can glue anything down when making a collage.  Use heavy paper for the background, and then let the creativity begin!  For an extra challenge, a collage can be built around a theme, like food, animals, or babies.  Old magazines can be searched for just the right pictures, which can be cut out and glued to the background.  The older child might wish to cut out details from magazine pictures and reassemble them in new and interesting ways.  They might cut out interesting words and headlines and add them as well.

Younger kid crafts can include collages made of glued down pasta, beans, popsicle sticks, leaves, and many other materials.  Don't forget about glitter, too.  If the budget allows only a few kid crafts splurges, remember that kids of all ages, particularly girls, really enjoy crafting artwork that includes glitter.  But whether your kids are boys or girls, young or older, suggest some kid crafts the next time your kids are bored!

Hot Weather Fun: Summer Crafts for Kids

Hot Weather Fun: Summer Crafts for Kids

Shendy   

Summer crafts for kids are a great way to keep little ones cool and having a great time! These activities are perfect for everything from practicing phonics to building a foundation for science learning.

Summer is the one of the times I get really excited about crafting. It brings back all the memories of what we made at summer camps or vacation bible school. There’s a nostalgia there that makes it fun to relive.

I want to be able to create that same nostalgia feeling for my own kids when they’re older. These are some fun summer crafts for kids to make that I think will give them that same feeling.

These summer crafts are what I believe to be classic summer crafts for preschooler and kids of all ages. They all give me that warm fuzzy feeling of remembering making them as a child.

Paper Handprint Bunnies | Easy Easter Crafts for Kids

Paper Handprint Bunnies | Easy Easter Crafts for Kids

Victoria Knight   

We like to do a lot of handprint crafts for holidays and Easter is no exception! This Easter handprint craft is really easy to do. Kids will love making this cute Bunny Handprint card to give away at Easter. We love how this can be turned into a card and kids can write their own special Easter message inside.

These handprint bunnies are so simple to make and they are so cute! You can make them using construction paper, coloured printer paper, or even plain white paper if you’re in a pinch. This is such a simple Easter craft that you can make with the kids – and the best part is that you probably have everything you need at home already!

Just grab some paper, scissors and a few pens, markers or pencil crayons – that’s all you need! This craft is really simple, super fast, and completely adorable when you’re done!

This Easter art idea can be great as a classroom activity, as it’s low prep and if the hands are pressed on the cards, these can make the most wonderful DIY Easter cards to send home to parents.

Paper Handprint Bunnies

What you need:

• paintskids
• brushes
• paper

Step 1

Squeeze or add a bit of paint on the hand. You can also squeeze the paint onto a palette and have the child paint their hand with a brush.

Step 2

Paint only the palm and fingers of one hand, leaving the thumb unpainted.

Step 3

Press the palm onto paper, separating the middle and ring fingers to make the bunny’s ears apart. Slowly and carefully lift the painted hand off the paper.

Step 4

Time to decorate! Paint the bunny!

For the facial features kids can either use a paintbrush or a black marker, whichever they find easier. Draw the eyes, nose, whiskers and mouth. Bunny teeth too if you like!