92 Arts and Crafts for Kids

Doing Arts and Crafts for Kids is always so much fun. I just love watching children’s imaginations working as they create and explore. Along with their imaginations, there are also a whole lot more benefits to kids’ crafts than you would ever think. So here are 74 easy arts and crafts ideas for children to try.

You also don’t need too many craft supplies to make any of these ideas. If you’re just getting started, check to see if you have everything you need in your kids craft box.

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Arts and Crafts for Kids

1. African Sunset Shadow Tracing Art

Not only is this African sunset picture beautiful, it’s also filled with a bit of science. There’s a surprising amount of science involved in kids art ideas. Learn how the angle of the sun affects the shadows of the giraffe toys needed to make this artwork.

2. Hammer Painting

Using a hammer to make art is a great way to get creative and burn some extra energy at the same time. This is a wonderful example of process art, where the end result doesn’t matter.

If you love process art, then check out these 60 Process Art Ideas for Kids.

3. Fizzy Painting

Here’s another way to use science to make art. This fun idea uses a safe chemical reaction to make a bubble painting. Your little artist will love watching their artwork bubble and fizz away, all while developing fine motor skills too.

4. Splat Painting

This idea is fun for kids of all ages. How far can you make the paint splat if you hit it with a wooden spoon? Head outside and find out.

5. Painting on Foil

Have you ever tried using different types of materials to paint on? This is a great way to spice things up when you’re planning arts and crafts for kids. Using foil to paint on instead of paper is lovely, because the paint doesn’t stick to it and makes wonderful patterns instead.

My kids just love pushing the paint around with their fingers. If you’re a fan of fingerpainting too, then check out this list of Fingerprint Art for Toddlers.

6. Bubble Wrap Roller Art

It’s always a blast painting with different textures. It’s also always fun to play with bubble wrap. Mix the two together and you’ve got a sure fire hit that your toddlers and preschoolers will love. Wrap bubble wrap around a rolling pin and see what happens when it rolls through the paint.

7. Toothbrush Painting

Painting with a toothbrush instead of a paintbrush is a great idea for toddlers and preschoolers. Playing with the different patterns the bristles can make is wonderful for strengthening little hands.

8. Washable Window Paint Recipe

Learn how to make DIY window paint that washes off everything. I’ve tried this easy recipe on my windows, my car, and the sidewalk. I get great results every time.

9. Marbled Paper Art for Kids

This is one of my kids favorite creative projects. They just loved making the different colors swirl around and create marbled patterns on the page. When the paper is dry, it also makes a fantastic base for some new kids art ideas.

10. Drip Painting

Drip painting is a fun process art activity for older children. See what happens when left in the rain, how will the colors mix and fall on the page?

11. How to Make an Epic Toilet Roll Giraffe

I don’t know about you, but I horde our old toilet rolls. I love them because you can use them to make so many different arts and crafts ideas for toddlers and preschoolers. This mega giraffe craft uses a tissue box, heaps of toilet rolls and some paint. 

Kids will love feeding it and seeing how the food ends up in the giraffe’s stomach.

12. Paper Plate Lion Craft

Use a salad spinner to make a spin art paper plate lion. Younger kids will have so much fun using a salad spinner to help make this lion’s mane flare out in style.

For more easy crafts that are zoo themed, check out this list of 60 Zoo Animal Crafts for Preschool.

13. Bottle Rocket Craft for Kids

Have you got any spare plastic bottles lying around? Use them to make this amazing space rocket craft. Kids will love making their own rockets or alien spacecrafts using the recyclables.

If your kids love magnificent machines, check out these 18 Transportation Arts and Crafts.

14. Space Silhouette Art for Kids

Create some colorful planets with this simple paper craft. This outer space picture is beautiful and shows just how easy arts and crafts for kids can be.

15. Paper Plate Hot Air Balloon

I love paper plate crafts, just like this lovely hot air balloon. But next time, I’m going to go get some string so that the kids can use it to make the lines of the balloon and the basket instead of using a pen.

16. Fruit Stamp Art for Kids

Learn about nutrition and healthy eating in a fun way. I love using kitchen sponges to make fruit stamps because you can wash them and use them with each new class.

17. Color Wheel Art for Kids

Exploring the color wheel is a fun way for toddlers and preschoolers to practice their color recognition and color sorting. This color wheel collage art uses both secondary and primary colors to teach little ones about color.

18. Muddy Pig Art for Kids

Use construction paper, shaving cream and brown paint to make a pig in a muddy puddle picture. I like to place everything in a ziplock bag, this simple step means that the whole process can be relatively mess-free, but still heaps of fun.

For more ideas, visit 20+ Farm Arts and Crafts for Kids

19. Farm Animal Handprint Art Activities for Kids

Do your little kids love making handprints when they paint? Use it to your advantage and create some farm animals out of handprints.

20. Letter Imprints Alphabet Art

Use food coloring and a spray bottle to make some colorful alphabet imprint art. This is a fun hands-on ABC activity for toddlers and preschoolers.

21. Block Painting

Painting with blocks is one of the best arts and crafts for 3 year olds. Using simple shapes they can create whatever picture they want. A car, a boat, a flower. We’ve even used it to create a shape matching puzzle, which was perfect for problem solving once it was dried.

22. Giant Shape Art for Kids

We’ve all seen how you can use an old box to create some cool cardboard crafts. But you can also use them as a giant canvas. Like this example, where we made a giant picture exploring different shapes.

23. Black Glue Shape Art for Kids

Use black glue to make overlapping shapes in this easy art project. This is a fun painting project with a twist, perfect for toddlers and preschool kids.

For more fun project ideas, check out this list of 19 Shape Arts and Crafts.

24. Q-Tip Dot Painting – Aboriginal Inspired Art for Kids

Use q-tips or twigs to make aboriginal inspired arts and crafts for kids. Here there are three different free printable templates for you to use in your classroom.

25. Handprint Dot Art

Make this adorable keepsake handprint art for NAIDOC week. You can even take it to the next level and make your own paints out of natural materials.

26. Paper Plate Dinosaur Craft

This is a simple craft that even 1 year olds can help make. Paint a dinosaur on a paper plate and then cut it out (or ask an adult to help).

For more art ideas for little paleontologists check out these 15 Dinosaur Crafts.

27. Rainbow Lightning

This is such a fun arts project. Watch as the rainbow colors splinter into lightning patterns as they roll down the page.

28. Pasta Sun Art for Kids

I love classroom crafts that are easy to prep and set up. All you need for this sun picture is yellow paper and pasta, how easy is that?

For more ideas, check out this list of 20 Weather Art for Kids.

29. 10 Rain Painting Art Activities for Kids

Can you use the rain to make art? Absolutely, in fact there are over 10 different ways to paint with rain. 

Some of these techniques turned out beautifully. Once dry you can turn these into different art ideas.

30. Handprint Pirate Art

This handprint pirate is a great idea if you’re hosting a pirate themed birthday party for young children. Turn those cute little hands into a handprint artwork.

31. Sign Language Handprint Card

There are so many amazing kids art ideas you can make with handprints. Say “I love you” with this sign language card craft.

32. Sun Handprint Card

This is another way to put those cute little handprints to good use. Make a “You are my sunshine” card to send home to parents. Easy projects like this are perfect for toddlers and preschoolers.

33. Fish Handprint Valentine’s Card

I love the bright colors in this fish themed handprint picture. Send it to family members for special occasions like Mother’s or Fathers day.

34. Strawberry Handprint Valentine’s Card

There’s nothing as sweet as receiving a beautiful card like this handprint strawberry. 

No matter what arts and crafts for kids I try, my kids will always end the project by painting their hands and making handprints.

35. 3D Handful of Love Valentines Craft for Kids

Give someone a handful of love with this 3D card. You can easily adjust the difficulty of this craft, depending on if you’re doing it with younger or older kids.

For more ideas, visit 25 Handprint Cards for Valentines day.

36. Love Bug Valentines Craft

Take a photo of your dear little one and use it to make a love bug craft. This idea is perfect if you’re looking for cut and paste craft projects for valentines day.

37. Clothespeg Bird Craft for Kids

If you want to go bird spotting with your kids, here is an easy way to make clothespeg birds that won’t fly away. All you need are a few items from your craft supply list to make these colorful birds.

38. Toilet Roll Stamp Flowers

I hope that you save your toilet paper rolls, because you can turn them into some lovely flower stamps for painting.

39. Paper Plate Rainbow Craft

There are so many easy craft ideas you can make with paper plates. This paper plate rainbow is fun for the entire family. Even older siblings will want to create their own.

40. Hammering Flowers Art

Hammering flower art is a great way for younger children to burn off some extra energy. Hammering the petals helps to release the flowers’ natural colors onto the page. Making it a fun process art idea for Spring.

41. Spring Flowers Collage Art for Kids

Make a collage of colorful spring flowers with the help of free printables. Mix and match the different colors to make each flower unique.

Collage pictures are fantastic if you’re looking for arts and crafts ideas for toddlers that aren’t too messy.

For more ideas, visit 25 Arts and Crafts for Spring.

42. Egg Carton Insects

Check out these 9 different insect arts and crafts for preschoolers. All you need are some left over egg cartons and a bit of paint to make these fantastic bugs.

43. Toilet Roll Flowerpot Easter Egg Holder

Here is a fun activity for easter. Turn a cardboard tube into a flowerpot holder for easter eggs.

44. Easter Egg Stamping

Turn plastic easter eggs into circle stamps. There’s no wrong way to create art using plastic eggs. Children of all ages will love rolling the eggs through the paint to see what happens.

45. DIY Easter Stamps

I love making DIY stamps for kids, because there’s no need to reach a certain skill level in order to join in.

These easter stamps are washable. Which means that you can do the same type of easter arts and crafts for kids year after year.

46. Easter Bunny Silhouette Art

Make an Easter bunny picture using the silhouette paper crafts technique. This art idea is easy enough for kids aged 2 years and up to enjoy.

For more ideas, check out these 20 Easter arts and crafts for kids.

47. Frozen Paint – Process Art for Kids

This is such a fabulous way to get the creative juices flowing on a hot summer day. Place a lollipop stick into some frozen paint and see what happens.

48. Paper Plate Watermelon Craft for Kids

This is one of many fun craft ideas to try this summer. Paint a watermelon on a paper plate and decorate it with black seeds. This easy craft is perfect for toddlers and preschoolers.

For more fun ways to use paper plates, check out this list of Paper Plate Summer Crafts.

49. Paper Plate Jellyfish Craft

This paper plate jellyfish is a great craft if you’re exploring ocean creatures. Paint the head and thread the tentacles together. Easy, peasy, done.

Don’t forget to take a look at these other 18 Sea Animal Craft ideas.

50. Pineapple Craft for Summer

Make a pineapple picture with handprints this summer break. This is a great activity for summer or nutrition themed units.

51. Paper Plate Turtle Craft

One of the best arts and crafts for 3 year olds is this paper plate turtle craft. They went absolutely bonkers over these cute little creatures, and I loved hanging them up on the wall for everyone to see.

52. Summer Sunset Art for Kids

Learn how to make summer sunset window clings. Use contact paper to stick the colors together and draw some tropical trees over the top.

53. Paper Plate Sunflower Craft

This lovely paper plate sunflower is one of many easy kids crafts that are sure to be a hit in your classroom. Sprinkle the center with sunflower seeds to add a textural element to this fun idea.

54. Paper Plate Starfish Craft

Grab your paper plates to make this incredibly easy starfish craft. This arts and crafts for kids is perfect if you’re exploring the ocean.

55. DIY Sidewalk Chalk Paint

This is such a fun art activity to try this summer. Make any number of pavement art projects with your own homemade chalk paint.

For more ideas, check out this list of 40 Summer Crafts for Kids

56. Rainbow Sand Art Activities for Kids

Learn all of the different ways you can create art using rainbow sand. Using unique materials is a great way to encourage your child’s creativity.

57. Summer Egg Carton Crafts for Kids

Take a peek at all the wonderful summer crafts you can make with egg cartons. If you can’t get away on a real summer vacation, this is the next best thing.

58. Corn Painting – Process Art for Kids

Painting with corn is great fun. You can either paint the corn directly or use it to create patterns on a page. This is a great activity for Fall or healthy eating lesson plans.

59. Egg Carton Pumpkin Craft

This is a wonderful craft to make this Fall. Turn an egg carton into pumpkins, and end up with an entire mini pumpkin patch to play with.

60. Egg Carton Apple Tree Craft

Not only is this a fabulous crafts activity, it’s also a great fine motor activity too. Make an apple tree out of egg cartons with apples that you toddlers can pick over and over again.

Don’t forget to take a look at 30 Amazing Fall Arts and Crafts for Kids

61. Spooky Tree Halloween Craft for Kids

Are you looking for spooky arts and crafts ideas for preschoolers? Make a spooky tree out of an old toilet roll. You can even put a tea light in the back and see the eyes glow.

62. Halloween Handprint Art

Making handprints is an easy art project to do with babies for toddlers. Learn how to turn those little hands into some funky halloween handprint art.

63. Toilet Roll Stamp Spider

You can make a regular cardboard tube into any number of toilet roll crafts. I loved turning them into spider stamps and making 8 black legs with acrylic paint.

64. Flower Craft for Halloween

Make a spooky twist on a classic flower arts and crafts for kids. Halloween egg carton flowers have googly eyes in the center to make it look like they’re watching you.

For more spooky crafts, look at these 27 Halloween Crafts for Kids.

65. Popsicle Stick Christmas Fireplace Craft for Kids

Craft sticks are always great for craft activities. Use them to make a Christmas fireplace, complete with stockings and Christmas trees.

Don’t forget to look at these other 25 Popsicle Stick Christmas Crafts for Kids.

66. Magnetic Salt Dough Christmas Decoration

Make magnetic decorations for a fridge door Christmas tree. This is a fun activity for the whole family who will love making, and playing with the decorations once they’re dried.

67. Craft Stick Reindeer Craft

The best part about this craft stick reindeer is that it doubles as a musical instrument. The jingle bell nose will jingle every time your kids shake it.

68. String Pulled Reindeer Art

Use string art to make the antlers on this reindeer picture. This is a fun way to play with string and make something lovely for Christmas.

Check out these 25+ Christmas Crafts for Kids.

69. Northern Lights Art for Kids

This is a great art project for big kids. They’ll love smudging the colors together to make northern lights in a winter sky.

70. Snowman Art for Kids

Make a soft and fluffy snowman picture with the help of cotton balls. I love using different textures in art activities just like this.

71. Snowflake Art for Kids

Use fingerprints to make this snowflake art idea. Fingerprint art are easy arts and crafts ideas for preschoolers to make when you want something quick and easy to make.

72. Snowy Forest – Winter Art for Kids

Tearing paper is a great introduction to fine motor activities, especially for kids who still struggle with scissors. Use torn paper to make a winter forest and decorate the bare branches with falling snow.

You may also like these 25 Winter Arts and Crafts for Kids.

73. Paper Plate Snail Craft

Turn a paper plate into this adorable snail craft. This is a wonderful craft for lessons exploring bugs or the letter “S”.

74. Handprint Chicken Art for Kids

Make a handprint chicken and fingerprint chicks in this fun kids craft. This is perfect for farm or Easter themed units.

75. Paper Plate Tambourine Craft

Use two paper plates and some jingle bells to make your own DIY paper plate tambourine craft. This is an easy way to get kids to make their own musical instruments.

76. Paper Plate Dolphin Craft

This little guy looks like he’s ready to jump through some waves. Turn a paper plate into a dolphin craft and help teach your class about the different animals that live in the sea.

77. Free Printable Bunny Coloring Pages

Celebrate easter with these free bunny themed coloring pages. There’s no need to sign up, you can just download the printable sheets right off the page.

78. Free Printables Car Coloring Pages

Do your kids love machines? Mine sure do. They’re always thrilled when I give them one of these free printable car coloring pages.

79. Cute Winter Bear Craft (With Free Template)

This winter bear craft project is a sweet idea for kids to try. Make your very own polar bear in the snow with some simple craft supplies and a bit of imagination.

80. Butterfly Paper Heart Craft

Learn how to fold paper to look like butterfly wings. This butterfly paper heart craft is a lovely idea to try for Valentine’s Day when you want to share the love.

81. Paper Plate Tambourine Craft

Maked your own tambourine craft using paper plates. This is a fun craft idea for kids who want to make their own musical instruments.

82. Paper Crown Craft

Make your own crown out of paper and stickers. This paper crown craft is super simple and perfect for kids to use for dramatic play when they’re finished creating.

83. Aboriginal Flag Handprint Art

This handprint art of the Aboriginal flag is perfect for NAIDOC week. Help teach your little ones about different cultures with this easy art idea.

84. Free Australian Flag Coloring Page

Get this free printable coloring page of the Australian flag for your kids. Perfect if Australia da is just around the corner.

85. Free Ice Cream Coloring Pages

The Summer break is the perfect ime to indulge ina little bit of ice cream. Fortunately, you don’t have to eat it all to have some ice cream fun with these free printable coloring pages.

86. Free Kitten Coloring Pages

These cute coloring pages are purrfect for cat lovers. Learn all about cats and kittens with these free printables.

87. Paper Plate Crafts for Kids

How many different craft ideas can you make out of paper plates? These paper plate crafts are a great way for kids of all ages to be creative with simple supplies.

88. Free Tiger Coloring Pages

These free tiger coloring pages will be a hit with kids of all ages. Use these sheets as a brain break or simple way to learn more about tigers.

89. 3D Haunted House Craft (Free Printable Templates)

Download and print these free printable 3D haunted house templates. They make a fun and easy craft for kids to make this Halloween.

90. Free Halloween Coloring Pages

Grab your copy of these free Halloween coloring pages for your kids. Kids of all ages will love learnin about the spooky season with these cute pictures.

91. Free Build a Bat Craft Template

Build your own vampire bat with this free printable build a bat craft template. It’s a great way to get kids to practice their scissor skills and help to decorate for Halloween.

92. Alphabet Coloring Pages

These ABC coloring pages help kids learn letter recognition and beginning sounds. With 5 different sets of coloring pagesinside this alphabet coloring book, you’ll never run out of ideas.