33 Summer Crafts for Kids – Fun and Easy Kid craft ideas
Have you been searching for craft ideas to keep kids busy this summer? Well, you have come to the right place! We have collected easy summer crafts for kids of all ages. Take a look at our 33 Summer Crafts for Kids – Fun and Easy Kid craft ideas!
There are so many ideas below that you will want to create a schedule of all of the ones you will want to do with your kids. We have also provided a list of art and craft supplies below.
We are sharing simple crafty projects to help keep kids busy this summer. From painting tote bags with handmade stamps to making homemade sidewalk chalk paint – we have you covered! We even have a recipe for homemade Kinetic Sand! Every toddler absolutely loves kinetic sand. And they will love making it too!
Craft Supplies to have on hand
Glue
Tools/Misc.
- Scissors
- Sponge brushes
- Paint brushes
- Paint
- Watercolor paint
- Wood birdhouse
- Wood house shelf
- Markers
- Colored pencils
- Food coloring
- corn starch
- Colored sand (to make kinetic sand)
- shaving cream
Paper
Fiber
Clay
Create a Kids Craft Toolkit
We love to put together a kids craft toolkit for the summer. This way we have summer crafts for kids on the ready! This can have craft tools and supplies, but also just ordinary items from around the house. It is like a Kids Tinker Kit!
Ideas include cardboard scraps, tape, glue, stapler, markers, colored pencils, ribbon, wash tape, bubble wrap and blue painter’s tape. These are just a few ideas!
33 Favorite Summer Kids Crafts
Are you looking for some fun and easy craft ideas for kids this summer? Well, you have come to the right place. We are sharing some of our favorites. Like painted bird houses, to rainbow stamps and more!
Grab those colored pencils and print some of our Free Printabel Bookmarks for your summer reading! Our girls love to go to the library and get the summer reading lists. A wonderful activity for any age.
How cute are these handmade macaron stamps? Your kids will love stamping with these!
This is a wonderful acitivty to promote fine motor skills. Kids scissors, glue sticks and paint chips from the hardware store are all you need for this craft project.
Have you tried shaving cream marbling before? If not, you are going to love this as much as your kids!
Watercolor paints are some of our favorite craft paints to use. And the kids love them too.
This is another great fine motor skills project for the kids. Print and then cut a photo and adhere to a wood block.
We love this darling birdhouse project. You can find wooden birdhouses at most craft stores.
Even though we made this project for Valentine's Day, you can make anytime of year!
So stinking cute! Learn how to make these DIY Emoji Masks.
Any little girl will love making this for their room!
These are so much fun to make and play! See how we made DIY Musical instruments.
Grab a bunch of ribbon and a wooden dowel to make this fun ribbon wand.
This project might remind you of camp activities from your youth! We adore this dreamcather project.
Air dry clay is so much fun and easy to use.
Another great fine motor skills project for any age. We love making these with kids.
These DIY glitter clips can be used for hanging photos or prints and even chip clips! Learm how!
Washi tape is such an amazing craft tool. You can decorate anything with pattern and color!
Shaving cream plus food coloring equals amazing!
How cute are these decorative arrows?
Every little girl is going to love making these pom pom headbands!
These are darling display or play houses for the kids.
This is a good project for the 8 and up kids to make.
Ice dyeing is fun for any age! Make towels, bags, t-shirts and more! Learn how....
Hand stamped pool bags FTW!
An ice dye shirt or sweatshirt is a fun tween project for summer.
Kids can mkae their own stamps using wood blocks and foam.
Learn how to make a stamp using a POTATO!
Another cute painted tote bag for summer reading or the pool!
We will show you have to make a handmade stamp using foam sheets and wood blocks to create this lemon tote bag!
Make a fruit inspired bag with stencil paper and fabric paint.
Learn how to make homemade sidewalk chalk paint! The kids will love it!
A simple and fun science project for the summer.
Leanr how to make this homemade Kinetic Sand Recipe for the little kids! They love it.
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