31 CRAFTS TO MAKE WITH YOUR KIDS
Read About Highlights 4CsHere are 31 (and more) ways to celebrate—one for every day of the month, plus a bonus!
1. Got a few cardboard boxes taking up space in your garage or attic? Turn them into treasured toys!
2. Make your own clay with four simple ingredients. Everything you need is already in your kitchen!
3. Imagination and an ordinary paper plate can morph into a charming special-occasion hat.
4. Download free printable cutouts to make a delightful paper village with your preschooler.
5. Even tiny hands can remake fun-size cereal boxes into hilarious puppets.
6. Kids can use markers or paint to change bow-tie pasta into beautiful butterflies.
7. Go for the gold! Don’t spare the glitter for these expressive emojis.
8. Empty cardboard tubes can be the start of tons of fun projects!
9. Cut up a sponge, dip into paint, and stamp out some animal tracks.
10. Use a couple of craft sticks to build a busy dragonfly.
11. Maybe the monster under your child’s bed is just an old sock waiting to become a star in monster theater….
12. Use paint and foam stickers for these out-of-this-world cardboard-tube rockets.
13. Transform your child’s handprint into a flamingo!
14. Perfect for stomping, tromping, and roaming through imaginary lands, these cereal-box feet are a fun addition to the dress-up area.
15. Display family photos in these so-easy kid-made frames.
16. Who knew you could make these six fun crafts just from plain paper plates?
17. Ordinary pens make a beautiful bouquet of flowers.
18. Whooooo has a great idea? Paint and decorate foam cups for craft-wise owls.
19. This paper craft is a great way to introduce kids to the traditional Japanese craft of origami—and all you need is a paper square!
20. Does your little one desperately want a pet fish? Now she can have her own aquarium!
21. Folded construction paper + a chenille stick = this fluttery butterfly craft!
22. Make this DIY bubble mix and wands from items you already have at home!
23. Make a splash at bath time with these mess-free bathtub crayons.
24. With this craft, your little one can contain an entire galaxy within a Mason jar!
25. Let kids collect empty cardboard tubes, give them leftover cupcake liners, and put them all together for this super-easy mushroom craft.
26. Kids will love whipping up their own sidewalk chalk at home.
27. Melt plastic beads (some adult supervision needed!) to form these eye-catching suncatchers.
28. Kids can create bunches of these coffee-filter flowers as they experiment with color.
29. This quick-to-make toy camera is perfect for little ones who want to take photos but aren’t ready to handle the real thing.
30. Design a glorious crown from a cardboard tube decorated with patterned masking tape.
31. Recycle random puzzle pieces into a very personal initial plaque.
