Creative playful summer crafts for kids.
Some crafts are made for summer. When my kids were preschoolers and early elementary age summer was one of my favorite times to do painting crafts with the kids.
When they were little I would set up an easel on the patio and they would spend part of the morning painting. Clean up was easy when we had painting time outside. I just turned on the hose to get everyone cleaned up. There was no mess in the house and it didn’t matter if someone accidentally spilled his paint on the floor, because the garden hose quickly made it disappear.
Make a Bird House
Making a birdhouse is a fun spring or summer activity. You can put the birdhouse outside and see if a bird comes to stay or use it as a decoration inside. When the kids were little we went to a lumber yard where they had kids’ building classes once a month. We had fun making all kinds of simple projects.
You can get this book with birdhouse plans and go buy the supplies or take the easy path like I did and get a kit for the kids to build a birdhouse here.
You could even make a bird feeder and get a book to help the kids identify the different birds that come to visit the feeder.
Crayon Signs
You can get a kit for your kids to make their own designs with old crayons. You can get the personalized sign premade here.
Some crafts are perfect for summer when you can set things up on the deck or patio and keep the mess outside or do some of the less messy crafts on a rainy summer day. Kids are going to love this simple, fun to make bleeding tissue paper fireworks craft. This is perfect for summer, fourth of July crafts This craft requires simple materials and even young kids can create something beautiful! The art activity even works in a bit of science. Perfect for a hot day! Create a one-of-a-kind sun print shirt with this cool solar science technique! This is a great way to document summer vacation for your kids. A craft that is so fun for preschool and elementary kids. They are going to have a blast blowing colorful bubbles from dish soap that will turn into unique, interesting artwork. This adorable DIY crab softie is an easy summer sewing project for kids (free pattern included)! Learn how to make pour paintings with kids, including tips on how to contain the mess! She did this inside, but I see this as a definite outside activity. Here is a super cute and quick little craft for you – cork and rubber band boats. An easy papercraft especially for kids who are interested in sharks. This one can be made into a Father's Day card.Summer Crafts
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