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Sea Shell & Button Ornaments

Sea Shell Ornaments We are adore easy heart crafts for kids. And these sea shell ornaments are just the ticket for summer crafting! We are forever collecting sea shells and little trinkets.. combine that with my love for buttons and we have a lot of decorative craft material. When it…

Friendship Heart Stones for Back to School or Valentine’s

Hands up if you like stones?! Hands up if you are FOREVER collecting stones? Hands up if your kids HOARD stones!? Well.. your house may look like ours.. with rocks and stones all over the place, so I do love a cute rock craft. This little rock craft is super…

Paper Flower Bouquet

Paper Flower Bouquet We love crafts that are simple, crafts that are do-able and kids crafts that are bright and cheerful!! I like to think that this flower bouquet falls into all these categories. It is so jolly and bright and loosk so very very simple to make. This would…

Paper Pulp Pendants DIY

Paper Pulp Pendants We really love making jewellery here at FunCraftsKids - and the idea of making the actual beads for these Paper Pulp Pendants is really fab! A wonderful Mother's Day Craft idea too! This is a wonderfully bright and colourful Paper Pulp Pendant craft AND it is is…

12 Gifts Kids Can Make for all Occassions

Oh we do love this time of year... as the days get darker and Autumn draws on in, we hit the BIRTHDAY season in our family.. with Christmas following in the not so distant future. If you, like us, love for the kids to make gifts, be thoughtful about what…

DIY apple core project

We're all trying to instill a little more fruit into our children's lives, and for whatever reason, our kids seem to push away the idea of anything healthy without even asking what it is or even trying it. Frustrating - we know, but it seems to be something that's inevitable when in…

Handprint Mason Jars for Mother’s Day

Handprint Mason Jars We love handmade gifts and there is nothing more special than a handmade gift that kids can make on Mother's Day. These Handprint Mason Jars are just that - simple, colourful, easy but oh so sweet. the perfect little gift for mum. I know that I would…

Adorable Clay “Pinch Pots”

I love crafts that are cute, easy to do and that also explore different mediums. We have use a fair amount of clay with the kids before (find out how to soften hardened air-dry clay here)... but of course, clay is a little different (and a little harder) for younger kids…

Embroidery for Kids – Pencil Case

Now, though many of us have LONG gone back to school, I still very much love this little pencil case project - personalising your pencil case with embroidery. It is a great "beginners" project, learning to guide the needle and to get the hang of this basic stitch. And isn't…