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Easy Crafts for Young Children

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Kids Love Crafts

Here is a collection of crafts I did with my kids at home when they were preschoolers. I think this is the best time for crafting because they are so curious and creative then. This collection of crafts are very easy to do and suitable for young children. You can do these crafts anytime and not only for a rainy day.

For example, the art you see here was done by my son when he was about 4 or 5 years old. He drew a small car. We scrunched up colored crepe paper or tissue paper and pasted them in rows over his car drawing. When used on a black construction paper as the background, the results are amazing and its really easy to do.

I hope you enjoy the list of easy crafts for young kids below.

Get in the mood for Halloween with these easy halloween crafts for children

Check out these videos from YouTube for some quick and easy Halloween crafts for children.
Halloween Crafts - Pumpkin Decorating
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Spooky Crafts and other Monster Crafts for Halloween

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Get Creative!

Crafting need not be done on a rainy days indoor. Do it all the time because kids love them!

Pencil Shaving Craft

Pencil Shaving PictureThis Pencil Shaving Picture is fun and easy to do. Just save some of your kid's pencil shavings and ask your child to use their own imagination to come up with a picture. Just glue the pencil shavings on. Details on how we did our picture can be found on the link below.

Pencil Shaving Flower Craft for Kids

Cotton Ball Craft

Cotton Ball PictureThis Cotton Ball Picture is another easy craft to do. Ask your child to draw and color in any picture they like. Then stick the cotton on. You can use any medium for painting the picture, color pencils, crayons or water colors. We did ours with water colors.

Tip: Clouds and Sheep works best for this craft.

Details on how we did ours can be found below:

Cotton Ball Craft For Kids

Crayon Resist Painting

Crayon Resist PaintingCrayon Resist Painting is very magical. This is because watercolors resist crayons so first have your child draw a picture using crayons, then paint over with watercolors for the magical transformation. For a step-by-step pictorial guide on how to do Crayon Resist Painting as well as tips on how to make it better, click on the link below.

Crayon Resist Painting

DIY!

DIY if you can using recycled things you can find at home. However, if you really lack the time, there are plenty of DIY Art Projects in a Kit which come all inclusive with materials and instructions. Kids love these!

Kids Crafting Sets

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Mirror Image Painting

Many of us had learned this Mirror Image Painting when we were young. It is a fun and easy art to do with young children. Just paint on one side, fold and ....... your Mirror Image Picture turns into a beautiful picture like magic! This one is a butterfly but we have painted twins before. That was fun too!

I think everyone knows how to make this art. Just paint on one side, fold the paper and unfold. If you would like to get some tips on how to make it better, drop me a comment and I will send you the link.

Make time for Art!

Set aside a special time or day for art. The kids really look forward to this time.

Food Art

BatikI call this Food Art because we used food to create them. Can you guess what food or vegetables we used to paint this picture? The end results looks like a lovely piece of batik doesn't it?

The answer is in the link below together with step by step instructions on how to do this art. Did you guess the vegetables correctly?

For very young children, you will have to help carve out the vegetables but older children can try to carve the patterns on the vegetables themselves. That will make it double the fun for them.

Food Art For Young Kids

Toothbrush and Straw Painting

You can paint with anything. Not just brushes. Hands, Fingers, Toothbrush, Sponges, Cotton, Strings, Straws... Just use your imagination and try anything you like. We created this painting using toothbrushes and straws. Find out why I called it the Science and Art craft together with the step by step instructions on the link below.

Science and Art Craft

Anyone can create art

You don't have to leave Art & Craft to the kid's art lesson in school or to art teachers. You can be their art teacher. It is fun and easy.

Balloon Sculpture Animals

Balloon Sculpture FlowersYou don't have to be a clown to know how to make animals and flowers from balloons. Just get a balloon sculpture kit. They usually come with pumps, ballons and instructions and you will be the best "clown" loved by all kids. Great for parties!

My Balloon Sculture Animals (Check out my giraffe and mouse made from balloons. So what do you think? They look professional don't you think? *Ahem*)

Discover the art of balloon sculpting

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Playdoh Scene

PlaydohI don't think I need to make any explanation on how to have fun with playdoh because it is so easy. Just get some playdoh or make some yourself and let your child's imagination run wild. This one is self-explanatory so I won't be providing any link or step-by-step instructions. :)

Keep Art Supplies in your craft cupboard or box

Keep Art Supplies ready at all times. They can be recycled gift wrappers, ribbons, hamper wrappers. Scissors, Glue, Paint, Crayons, Glitters , Stickers are some things you should have around the house.

Art Supplies for Kids

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Use Art to teach

You can use art to teach kids about nature, science, numbers, festivals and many other lessons in life.

Leaf Art

Leaf ArtThis Leaf Art or Leaf Picture is a wonderful way to teach children about nature while having fun at the same time. Get them to collect leaves of all different shapes. Choose interesting shapes and those with veins that protrude out as these will give a beautiful effect. Want to know how we did ours? Check out the link below.

Leaf Art

Paper Box Robot

Box RobotWe made this Robot from a recycled mini cereal box. We also make a bus from a recycled toothpaste box. Fun and easy craft for kids. Just wrap the box, draw and decorate into any object you can think off. You can make buildings, cars, people, animals, anything! See our before and after pictures on how to make a robot using a recycled cereal box. No links for this one as well because it is very straightforward but if you would like to view the details on my blog, just drop me a comment and I will send it to you.

Toilet Paper Roll Robot

Toilet Paper Roll RobotOur Toilet Paper Roll robot is made from toilet paper, straws, aluminium foil and stickers. This toilet paper roll craft is really easy and fun for young kids. Here are the instructions on how to make a toilet paper roll robot.

How to make a toilet paper roll robot

Ribbon Rosette

Ribbon RosetteThis Ribbon Rosette is fun to make and use. KIds will love winning this "award" and pinning it on their clothes. After making these award ribbon rosettes, my girl, my boy and myself got to keep one each. Naturally, I got to keep Award Number 3. :)

How to make an Award Ribbon Rosette

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  • AnimalHouse Mar 21, 2012 @ 11:49 pm | delete
    Love the video and all your ideas are great! I think the toothbrush and straw painting would be a lot of fun. Thanks for sharing!
  • jessi_c Mar 5, 2012 @ 4:07 am | delete
    thanks for sharing these craft ideas.
  • poutine Mar 1, 2012 @ 7:38 am | delete
    fun crafts for the kiddies
  • PaperDollMaker Feb 16, 2012 @ 9:52 pm | delete
    Lovely craft ideas! My two year old loves colouring, painting and making things. Food art and mirror painting are two great things she can do at this age.
  • mamabush Feb 11, 2012 @ 6:51 pm | delete
    I love the pictures of your kid's artwork! Some really fun ideas here. I really like the toilet paper roll robots! :)
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