18 Easy Crafts for Kids

Kids of all ages will love these easy crafts. Toddlers, preschoolers, kindergarten kids, and even bigger kids will love each of these easy crafts. Not only are they easy to do, budget-friendly, and great fine motor skill practice, but they’re perfect for at home or in the classroom.

Easy Crafts

Easy crafts are the best kind of crafts!  Making things easy for little ones to do makes them that much more excited to try them. It also makes it easy for mom to just be able to rummage through the house and create a craft.

Here are a few easy crafts for kids that we found  from some of our favorite sources.

Easy Crafts for Kids

I truly believe that kids crafts should be easy!  Why make fun complicated?  <—Usually when you do, it backfires!  So grab stuff you already have at home to create these fun craft ideas for kids.

1. Nature Collage Craft

Make a nature collage! Step outside and start this easy craft with a treasure hunt.  The rest is pure natural art!

2. Pretty Butterfly Suncatcher Craft

A pretty butterfly suncatcher is an easy afternoon craft to make and creates a gorgeous result.  Use construction paper as a template and fill in the holes with different colored tissue paper.

3. Printable Owl Craft

Create a sweet owl from this printable. It really is easy – a little glue and scissor action and you are done.

4. DIY Nerf Gun Craft

Make your own nerf gun! Use a small piece of PVC pipe, a balloon and a rubber band and you have yourself a nerf dart popper.

5. Simple Plastic Cup Projects

3 simple projects from one plastic cup! Don’t throw that disposable cup into the recycling bin before you explore all its possibilities.

6. Foil Collage Craft

Make a foil collage by gluing bits of tissue paper, ribbons or glitter onto tin foil. Tin foil can be used to create all sorts of things!

7. Listening Games and Activities

This listening game starts with a fun and easy craft perfect for kids who could use some listening practice.

8. Coloring Artwork

Grab a blank coloring page and instead of using crayons, use pieces of construction or tissue paper to fill it in. Just glue them on to make a little piece of artwork.

9. Paper Weaving Craft

Paper weaving craft for kids. You used to do it as a kid…now your kids will love it too!

10. Pom Pom Shooter Craft

Now that summer is coming to an end, use those pool noodles to create something fun! Cut them into small pieces and wrap half a balloon around one end to create a pom pom shooter.

11. DIY Jet Pack Craft

Make a jet pack. OK, this might not be the simplest craft on this list, but it could be the coolest.

12. Paper Plate Bug Craft

Make some paper plate bugs by painting and cutting them into a ladybug or a snail!  The possibilities are endless with paper plate crafts.

13. Button Bracelet Craft

This button bracelet is easy enough to make that some of the younger crafters can get involved with help.

14. Rock Turtle Craft

You can create pet rocks by finding a smooth rock and painting it like your favorite animal. Grab your green paints and start with this rock turtle.

15. Pipe Cleaner Bouquet Craft

Create a bouquet out of pipe cleaners…it doesn’t get much simpler than that!

16. Plane Hanger Craft

Make paper airplanes and then try flying them through these plane hangers. Assign points and make it a game!

17. Paper Tube Octopus Craft

This paper tube octopus will be a favorite activity…you may need to make an ocean full!

18. Heart Stone Craft

Make heart stones. It is a sweet craft that will be treasured!