Arts & Crafts
Make something you can hold at the end.
110 activities
Arts and crafts activities give kids something they can hold at the end of the afternoon — a paper-plate mask, a scribble self-portrait, a taped cardboard house. The projects here range from ten-minute process art (no glue-gun required) to weekend builds that keep older kids in flow for an hour. Every craft lists the materials tier so you can find ideas that use what you already have.
Ages–yrs
Great first picks
Arts & CraftsAlien Planet Moon Rock Painting
60 min Ages 6–10 years
Grab 1–2 thingsIndoor
Arts & CraftsAluminum Foil Embossed Shining Mandalas
45 min Ages 6–10 years
Ready right nowIndoor
Arts & CraftsBatik-Style Pastel-Resist Secret Island Treasure Maps
45 min Ages 5–10 years
Ready right nowIndoor
Arts & CraftsBleeding Tissue Paper Abstract Canvas Art
80 min Ages 5–9 years
Grab 1–2 thingsIndoor
Arts & CraftsBotanical Pressed Flower Clay Ornaments
40 min Ages 4–8 years
Weekend projectIndoor
Arts & CraftsBubble-Print Galaxy Canvas Art
30 min Ages 4–8 years
Grab 1–2 thingsIndoor
All Arts & Crafts
110 activitiesRainbow Paper Plate Fish
25 min Ages 3–7
Indoor
Arts & CraftsFloating Felt Ocean Creatures
20 min Ages 3–6 years
Grab 1–2 thingsIndoor
Arts & CraftsPuffy Cloud-Dough Landscape Dioramas
35 min Ages 3–6 years
Grab 1–2 thingsIndoor
Arts & CraftsPuffy Cloud-Dough Architectural Landscapes
45 min Ages 3–6 years
Grab 1–2 thingsIndoor
Arts & CraftsCrayon Wax-Resist Secret Messages
20 min Ages 3–6 years
Grab 1–2 thingsIndoor
Arts & CraftsKitchen Roll Castle Spires
25 min Ages 3–6 years
Grab 1–2 thingsIndoor
Arts & CraftsWhimsical Cardboard Tube Rocket Ships
25 min Ages 3–6 years
Grab 1–2 thingsIndoor
Arts & CraftsNeon Tape Resist Window Murals
25 min Ages 3–6 years
Ready right nowIndoor
Arts & CraftsCardboard Box Biomes with Found Nature Treasures
60 min Ages 3–8 years
Grab 1–2 thingsIndoor
Arts & CraftsSun-Print Nature Collage Experiment
20 min Ages 3–8 years
Ready right nowOutdoor
Arts & CraftsDreamy Water Blob Sensory Exploration Mat
60 min Ages 3–8 years
Weekend projectIndoor
Arts & CraftsSculpting a Shiny Aluminum Foil Menagerie
30 min Ages 3–8 years
Ready right nowIndoor
Arts & CraftsWhimsical Salt-Dough Fossil Impression Fossils
60 min Ages 3–8 years
Ready right nowIndoor
Arts & CraftsCardboard Box Orchestra
45 min Ages 3–9 years
Ready right nowIndoor
Arts & CraftsMirrored Monster Art with String-Pull Painting
30 min Ages 3–10 years
Grab 1–2 thingsIndoor
Arts & CraftsCrystalline Salt-Suncatcher Window Tiles
45 min Ages 4–7 years
Grab 1–2 thingsIndoor
Arts & CraftsStained Glass Tissue Paper Lanterns
30 min Ages 4–7 years
Grab 1–2 thingsIndoor
Arts & CraftsPopsicle Stick Shadow Puppeteer Theater
40 min Ages 4–7 years
Ready right nowIndoor
Arts & CraftsNeon Tape Resist Geometric Window Murals
40 min Ages 4–7 years
Ready right nowIndoor
Arts & CraftsKitchen Roll Cardboard Castle Spires
40 min Ages 4–7 years
Ready right nowIndoor
Arts & CraftsTextured Coffee Filter Butterfly Mobiles
30 min Ages 4–7 years
Grab 1–2 thingsIndoor
Arts & CraftsNatural Texture Rubbing Printmaking
20 min Ages 4–7 years
Ready right nowIndoor
Arts & CraftsPressed Dried-Leaf Wax Lanterns
40 min Ages 4–8 years
Grab 1–2 thingsIndoor
Arts & CraftsBubble-Print Galaxy Canvas Art
30 min Ages 4–8 years
Grab 1–2 thingsIndoor
