Wooden Spoon Mermaid Craft

This past Christmas I bought my daughter a mermaid tail blanket. She can hardly leave anywhere without it. She loves sleeping in it and wearing it around the house, pretending to be a mermaid. I knew with her love of mermaids she would adore this wooden spoon mermaid craft. Now she has some little mermaid friends to play pretend with and put on fun puppet shows for me. If you have mermaid fans at your house, they are going to love this simple mermaid craft too!

Super Cute Foam Cup Bee Craft

I feel the same way about foam cups as I do about paper plates. You can pretty much make any kind of animal you can think of out of them. Our collection of foam cup crafts keeps growing and our latest is this super cute foam cup bee craft. It makes a perfect kids craft for spring or summer time or when learning all about bees.

Newspaper Hot Air Balloon Craft for Kids

Have you ever been up in a hot air balloon? Although I'm not sure I could handle the heights, I've always dreamed of how fascinating the experience would be. We have been going crazy lately with watercolor painted newspaper crafts and our latest hot air balloon craft for kids is so cute and perfect for spring. Kids will love getting creative by drawing unique and special designs on their hot air balloon craft. 

Puffy Newspaper Tree Craft for Earth Day

One of my favorite ways to celebrate Earth Day is to spend the week making crafts from recyclable materials like newspaper and cardboard that we have on hand at home. With a little bit of creativity it's amazing what you can make with these simple materials. This puffy newspaper tree craft is simple, fun and absolutely gorgeous! The best part is you probably already have all of the materials you need right on hand. Win-win!

Simple Wooden Spoon Dragonfly Craft

Spring temperatures have started to arrive and we are starting to look forward to seeing all of the insects come back to life like ladybugs, butterflies and dragonflies. This simple wooden spoon dragonfly craft will get you even more excited to observe all of your favorite insects in nature. These are easy to make and the kids will love flying them around and playing with them after creating them.

Colorful Newspaper Owl Craft for Kids

I love to make crafts with my children out of recyclable materials any chance I get! With Earth Day coming up next month it's an especially great time to get crafty with any earth friendly materials you have laying around your house. That is why we chose newspaper for the Kids Craft Stars challenge this month. Today I am sharing this colorful newspaper owl craft for kids that is super bright and beautiful and is perfect if you have old newspaper laying around the house.  Make sure to check out more newspaper kid crafts near the bottom of this post from the Kids Craft Stars.

Kung Fu Panda Cereal Craft

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Sometimes inspiration for a kid craft comes at the most unexpected times...like when I'm walking down the cereal aisle at my local Walmart and see the new Kung Fu Panda Po Power Crunch. The truth is, some people look at a box of cereal as a simple breakfast food or afternoon snack, but at my house a box of cereal is often an invitation for an afternoon full of fun. Whether we use the actual cereal for crafting or re-purpose the box into something creative and fun, a box of cereal has endless amounts of opportunity.

Adorable Wooden Spoon Lion Craft

We took a break from Valentine's Day crafts this week for some good ol' animal fun! This adorable wooden spoon lion craft is so simple to make. It's perfect for those days when your kids are feeling crafty but you don't want to create something too messy. Since it doesn't require any painting at all, it's an awesome mess-free craft. It also makes a great craft for after a trip to the zoo. 

Three Ninja Pigs Craft for Kids

A big thank you to Author Corey Rosen Schwartz for sponsoring today's kid craft post! Two of my children love all things ninja, so much that dressing up like a ninja happens several times a week around my house. It's one reason why we fell in love with The Three Ninja Pigs (affiliate) the instant we read it. Today we are sharing this awesome Three Ninja Pigs Craft that will delight the little ninjas-in-training at your house! Not only is it an awesome craft, but since it has movable arms and legs you can have fun pretend play after making her, helping her to conquer any bad guys that get in your way.

Doily Lion Kids Craft

Once the new year starts I love getting out the paper doilies. They seem to go hand in hand with Valentine's Day but I also love getting creative and coming up with different ways to use them for crafting. This year the Kids Craft Stars are hosting a monthly craft challenge. Each month we will incorporate a different craft medium into a simple kid craft tutorial. It is our hope to encourage you to have fun getting crafty with the little ones in your life and to provide you with a fun resource for kids craft ideas. This month is all about doilies and boy oh boy are we excited about this adorable doily lion kids craft that we made! Make sure to check out more doily crafts at the end of this post and see our craft challenge schedule for the year so you can participate too.

Spoon Butterfly Kid Craft with Fun Chalk

My daughter and I busted out the Fun Chalk markers today and created this colorful spoon butterfly kid craft. The liquid chalk markers are so bright and cheerful and are so fun to doodle with. Your little ones are going to love getting creative and personalizing their cute butterflies.

Preschool Cotton Ball Clouds Activity

My preschooler and I made a trip to the grocery store this morning in a thick fog. My daughter was having so much fun observing the fog that she insisted we drive with her window down so she could get a closer look. As we walked through the parking lot into the store she said, "Mommy, we are walking in the clouds!" Not only was I impressed with her observation but it couldn't have come at a more perfect time since our creative preschool theme this week is all about weather. When we returned home we made this preschool cotton ball clouds activity and spent the rest of the morning learning all about clouds. Make sure to check out the other preschool weather activities near the end of this post! 

Paper Bag Mermaid Craft for Kids

I still vividly remember sitting in the movie theater with my Girl Scout troop when I was 7 years old and watching The Little Mermaid. The moment I saw Ariel's long red hair, I became a lifelong fan. It probably had something to do with the fact that I'm a redhead. When my daughter was old enough for the movie we sat and watched it together and I saw her eyes light up just like mine did. She is of course a die hard mermaid fan now (and is also a redhead). If you have a mermaid fan in your house like me, this paper bag mermaid craft will surely bring a big smile to their face! It's simple to make and will bring hours of fun pretend play using it as a puppet.

Top 15 Kid Crafts in 2015

It's been a wonderful year here at I Heart Crafty Things and I owe that to you! Thank you for stopping by, for commenting and liking, for pinning and following along with all of my crafty adventures! We've made so many crafts this year, I think more than any other year so far. Here are our top 15 kid crafts in 2015. There are lots of book-related crafts, paper plate crafts and crafts made from cupcake liners. Cheers to a new year with new fun crafts my friends! If you want to keep up with all of our latest, make sure to sign up for our newsletter.

Paper Bag Ninja Craft for Kids ...Hi-Yah!

Do your kids love ninjas? Mine sure do! They especially love to dress up and pretend to be ninjas. I taught them a simple trick of how to turn a long-sleeved black shirt into a ninja mask and ever since then it's been a favorite afternoon dress up activity that includes lots of pretend kicks and "hi-yah's". If your kids love ninjas as much as mine do, they will love this simple paper bag ninja craft. It's a craft and a puppet all in one and the repositionable arms and legs make it a fun and interactive activity for preschoolers. Make sure to check out more awesome ninja activities at the bottom of this post!    

Creative Preschool Robot Crafts and Activities

Do you and your preschoolers love robots? Here are six creative preschool robot crafts and activities that encourage and incorporate learning that kids will love! Find ideas that include everything from learning about shapes, math, fine motor skills, creative crafts and building robots with recyclable materials. 

Sponge Painted Shape Robots Craft

No matter how old you are, robots are always awesome! Their metal bodies, quirky movements and robotic voices always grasp interest and leave you in wonderment about science and technology. This makes them an especially fun topic to learn about in preschool. One fun way to explore robots in preschool is with using shapes. This week my preschooler and I had a blast sponge painting shapes and turning them into bright, kooky robots. Grab some sponges and get ready to have a riot of a good time with your preschooler making this sponge painted shape robots craft. Look for more fantastic robot themed preschool activities at the bottom of this post!

How to Make Inside Out Inspired DIY Popcorn Boxes

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I've been finding bits and pieces of popcorn on my couch and under my couch cushions for the last few days. While finding crumbs normally irks me since my kids aren't typically allowed to eat in the family room, this time it's actually a happy reminder of our fabulous family movie night from a few nights ago. Sometimes you just have to look past the mess and have fun, right? We watched Inside Out in theaters several months ago (on opening night nonetheless) and ever since walking out of the theater, we have anxiously been waiting to own a copy of the movie. When we saw that it would be available on November 3rd, you can envision me at Target that day, giddy as can be, with my copy of Inside Out in my cart and other supplies needed to make some fun Inside Out inspired DIY popcorn boxes for our family movie night.

Cute and Colorful Styrofoam Cup Owl Kids Craft

I don't think I could ever get tired of owl crafts. They are seriously one of my most favorite things. I had some Styrofoam cups out for crafting the other day and got a little side tracked from my original craft idea and created this cute and colorful Styrofoam owl kids craft. They are adorable, simple to create and are fun for any time of the year. There are also some fun children's books that are a great complement to this craft.

20+ Paper Plate Animal Crafts for Kids

If there's one kind of craft we love more than any other at our house it's paper plate crafts! The sturdiness of a plate plate combined with it's round shape give it endless possibilities for crafting, not to mention how affordable the plates are to purchase. We have made quite the variety of paper plate animal crafts over the years and I thought it would be fun to combine them all together in one post so you can see just how endless the possibilities are with paper plates. Here are more than 20 Paper Plate Animal Crafts for Kids that are sure to put a big smile on a kid's face.