Crafts for school

Jesuso Ortiz is a Spanish artist who turns everyday items into magical art. He creatively uses things like fruits and flowers to make fun and colorful pictures.

Check out this easy butterfly craft for kids! Using just a few cheap craft supplies (hello Amazon), kids can paint butterflies with tissue paper! What a fun idea! These beautiful painted paper butterflies are made even easier with our free butterfly printable. This may be the perfect craft idea for spring and summer!

Shampoo Slime is a fun and easy slime DIY without any glue. The recipe calls for just 4 simple ingredients.

We made flubber as part of my daughters science themed party. It was quick and easy to make and all the girls LOVED it! We made it with both clear glue and the standard white school glue. The white school glue did NOT firm up and was more of a “slime” texture. They thought the slime […]

Take the kids on a nature walk and collect leaves to make this gorgeous leaf butterfly! Kids will love painting leaves to reveal the wings.

I posted this one last year but it is just so fun and so easy I had to mention it again. If you have little people you probably know how much they love bubbles. Well you can actually make bubble solution at home in just seconds with 3 ingredients. These bubbles will be thicker so...Read More »

This bunny craft is SO CUTE and it's really easy to make! Follow these super simple steps to turn a cut out handprint into an adorable bunny!

Crafting with your kids doesn't have to be crazy expensive when you use low budget supplies to create these adorable DIY paper squishies. These cute crafts with paper are great for kids of all ages to have fun with.

Use our free templates to make a DIY string spinner toy! These paper wheel spinners are SO FUN to play with and are super easy to make!

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Learn to make a super cool confetti bowl in three easy steps! You don't need any crafting skills for this, and the results are SO fun!

STEM becomes STEAM as we integrate science with art in these awesome science art projects for kids! Get ready to get your mind blown!

Make this super soft, no cook, cloud dough recipe! Only 2 ingredients - cornstarch and lotion. This homemade dough is really easy to make!

Learn how to make beautiful, long-lasting crepe paper flowers with these step-by-step instructions.

Welcoming new kids to class this year? Check out these back-to-school gifts for students.

The recycling bin is a treasure chest for kids crafts. We have found 8 kids craft projects from recycled materials that kids will love to make. From soda bottles to cardboard rolls and even toothbrushes we have found lots of different ways to upcycle your recycling into craft projects that kids will think are pretty

You can make this Emoji Notebook DIY out of ONE sheet of paper (hooray) and NO GLUE. Making this a fabulous paper craft for kids. Love mini notebooks!

The best and most fun pen and paper games to cure the boredom blues. Solo, two player and three or more player pencil and paper games for kids and adults!