Crafts Project Ideas for Elementary School Kids

These crafts are perfect to make with your elementary schooler. All of these tutorials are easy, educational, and ideal for little hands. Anytime you need an activity, from rainy days to weekends, these crafts are the best for the job.

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Easy Pirate Cork Boats

Red Ted Art

These adorable pirate cork boats are made with old wine corks and will float. It's a super fun craft to make with your little sailors and they are a perfect bath time toy.

Easy Pirate Cork Boats from Red Ted Art
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Easy Fake Snow

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Maybe it’s a warm winter or your kids just want a little holiday spirit in July, but this fake snow is a creative workaround for the weather and it's super easy to make. More fun than playdough or clay, you’ll amaze your little ones with this one.

Easy Fake Snow from The Spruce
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DIY 3-D Glasses

Nora Nalle

Got a movie night coming up? DIY 3-D glasses will be a total hit to make with your kids. Print and cut them out and then use red and blue markers on plastic bags to make the colored lenses. You can customize them as you wish.

DIY 3D Glasses from The Spruce
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Woven Rainbow Fish

Crafty Morning

For fans of the rainbow fish books, this is a sweet and unique craft. Paper weaving looks complicated but is super easy—and your kids will love picking out their favorite colors for their fish.

Woven Rainbow Fish from Crafty Morning

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Painting Fireworks Activity

Learning 4 Kids

Fireworks aren’t just for the Fourth of July. Bring some spark into your day all year round with this super creative firework painting craft-tivity that involves paints, with no risks of fire or burns.

Painting Fireworks Activity from Learning 4 Kids
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Recycled Juice Carton Birdhouse

Design Dazzle

Give a warm welcome to the birds in your neighborhood by making and setting out these adorable recycled juice carton birdhouses. Have some fun with the design and fill it with scraps of fabric and cotton for the birds to make a nest.

Recycled Juice Carton Birdhouse from Design Dazzle
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Craft Stick Airplane

Making Life Blissful

Kids will love this take on a model airplane from Making Life Blissful. This is a craft you can make over and over again, and it's super easy with great results.

Craft Stick Airplane from Making Life Blissful
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Fish-In-a-Bag Slime

My Frugal Adventures

Take your slime game to the next level with this fish-in-a-bag slime craft. Find some dollar store fish toys, or get creative with other sea life.

Fish-in-a-Bag Slime from My Frugal Adventures

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Paper Lanterns

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The youngest children might need help with this one, but with a bit of guidance, any child can create these fun paper lanterns. Hang them for birthday parties or in your child's bedroom.

Paper Lanterns from The Spruce
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Caterpillar Pom-Pom Craft

Easy Peasy and Fun

This craft is perfect for spring. Take your kids on a nature walk to look at all the creepy crawlies and then make this craft at home with just some paper, glue, pom-poms, and google eyes.

Caterpillar Pom-Pom Craft from Easy Peasy and Fun
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DIY Mini Flower Garden Pots

Marie Lebaron

Any green thumbs in your house? It’s so easy to decorate a little flowerpot with paint, washi tape, or anything else you have around the house. These garden pots are great for planting little flowers or sprouts.

DIY Mini Flower Garden Pots from The Spruce
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Toilet Paper Roll Butterfly Craft

Where Imagination Grows

The toilet paper roll butterfly craft is a classic—and for good reason! It’s easy, cute, and timeless.

Toilet Paper Roll Butterfly Craft from The Spruce

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Noodle Sunflowers

Crafty Morning

Noodle crafts are a well-loved genre of crafting, from necklaces to collage cards. These noodle sunflowers are perfect for summer or brightening up your house year-round.

Noodle Sunflowers from Crafty Morning
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Yarn Monsters

Blue Bear Wood

What’s better than an adorable, do-it-yourself yarn monster? Make a whole flock of monsters with your little ones.

Yarn Monsters from Blue Bear Wood
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DIY Dinosaur Excavation Sensory Craft

Hello Creative Family

This craft will require a little more on your end, but if your kids are dinosaur obsessed, this is the perfect craft for them. They’ll love digging up these fossils.

DIY Dinosaur Excavation Sensory Craft from Hello Creative Family
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Itsy Bitsy Spider Hand Puppet

Hands on as We Grow

This is a great learning tool for teaching the “Itsy Bitsy Spider” song. Make this craft with your kids and teach them the song. They can use the puppet to mime “climbing up the water spout.”

Itsy Bitsy Spider Hand Puppet from Hands on as We Grow

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DIY Sponge Bombs

Pars Caeli

A sponge bomb is tons of fun outside in the summer or the bath year-round. Help your kids cut up sponges and let them run wild. Keep towels at the ready.

DIY Sponge Bombs from Pars Caeli
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Creative DIY Paintbrushes

The Inspired Home

Spice up your painting projects with some unique DIY paintbrushes. Make a brush out of anything you can imagine for different and exciting results.

Creative DIY Paintbrushes from The Inspired Home
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Egg Carton Flower Craft

Where Imagination Grows

Bring some spring into the house with an old egg carton and some paint. No watering required!

Egg Carton Flower Craft from The Spruce
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We Built a Zoo! Craft

At Home With Sweet T

This is a super sweet craft for any little animal lover. Make a zoo enclosure out of popsicle sticks and cardboard for animal safekeeping.

We Built a Zoo! Craft from At Home With Sweet T

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Pet Rock Tic-Tac-Toe

One Creative Mommy

Customized pet rock tic-tac-toe is a great game. Paint your special boards and pet rocks however you want for hours of fun.

Pet Rock Tic-Tac-Toe from One Creative Mommy
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Pet Rocks

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Need ideas for your pet rocks? These adorable zoo animals are the perfect way to bring any rock to life.

Pet Rocks from The Spruce