summer Archives - Fun Crafts Kids

Butterfly Life Cycle – Paper Plate Craft

My kids and I LOVE exploring life cycles. We have been "hatching" butterflies for the last 3-4 years and are fascinated by the caterpillar to butterfly life cycle process. It really is an amazing experience to see the wonders of nature for yourself. To go with our Butterfly Life Cycle…

Garden Tent DIY

Garden Tent DIY We have just had a hot hot HOT weekend here in the UK and spent most of it outdoors in the paddling pool, when what we really needed to do was to hide inside a garden tent DIY. It feels as if summer has arrived and…

Light Saber Freezies Holder

Light Saber Freezies Holder Calling all Star Wars Fans!!! Check out these hilarious "Light Saber Freezies Holders". Aren't they simply genius? Turn your Summer Freezy into a game of Star Wars and avoid getting cold hands whilst you are at it. These adorable crochet pattern would make a great quirky…

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…

DIY Water Blobs

DIY Mini Water Blobs - Summer FUN!!! Now my kids are at that age, where they can spend ALL DAY playing outdoors in the summer. And they love nothing more than playing with water - be it playing the our paddling pool (you never grow too old for a paddling…

DIY Watermelon Boxes

DIY Watermelon Boxes Can you tell that we are looking forward to summer?!??! I simply can't wait for the long summer holidays, the warm weather and lots of relaxing chilled out time. I also adore all the wonderful summer themed crafts - such as these DIY Watermelon boxes. Aren't they…

Easy Batik with Kids

Batik for Kids Ooooh Batik!! The thing of summer camps gone by! I remember having a go at Batik techniques when I was a child and loving the process and the results. It was totally fascinating to learn this traditional fabric dying technique. As our kids lives get busier and…

Nail Polish Washer Necklace

Nail Polish Washer Necklace Today's craft idea has been on our summer bucket list for a LOOOOONG TIME. I adore how fabulous these pendants and necklaces look - all made from humble washers. Such a cute and clever idea and I think these Washer Neck;aces make a great activity to while…

Paper Plate Flowers

3D Paper Plate Flowers Gorgeous Paper Plate flowers. I always marvel at all the AMAZING things you can create from the oh so humble paper plate.. a bit like the TP Roll, the Paper Plate can be shaped and molded into all sorts of amazing crafts and Ideas. Here we…

Light Up Lightening Bugs from Plastic Eggs

Once the Easter season is over.. you may be looking for some fun and cute crafts to use up some of those PLASTIC EASTER EGGS. Now ere is an adorable plastic egg craft, if ever I Saw one - turn your unwanted eggs into the cutest little lightening bugs. Aren't…