Keep young guests entertained with our favorite party crafts for kids.

The real party animals are bound to come out when kids decorate store-bought blowouts with cute paper critters. Use our clip-art designs, or let little artists draw their own.

What's a birthday party without some noise? Kids will enjoy making these festive noisemakers almost as much as they'll like using them. When it's time to go home, guests can keep their colorful creations as party favors.

Have each kid at your party make a festive hat by folding a 12-inch-square piece of patterned paper in half to make a rectangle. Cut slits down from the open edge, 1 inch apart, stopping 2 inches from the folded edge. Curl strips around a pencil. Curve hat into a circle, and staple. Punch a hole in each side; string with ribbon.

This chic party pin is easy and fun for kids to make. Have children layer items (we used crepe paper, a feather, stars, and ribbon) on a triangle precut from card stock, and then add a self-adhesive pin backing (available at crafts stores).

With origami or decorative paper, little artists can make festive favor bags to take home.

Kids will have fun making these whimsical napkin shapes by printing and cutting out our easy-to-use templates with regular, pinking, or scalloping scissors, and then placing the shape on a napkin. The dotted lines of the template should align with the folded edges of the napkin. Stack up to three napkins, and cut.

Party guests hope to play their cards right in bingo. What's their goal? To connect the dots, of course.

To mark the bingo balls, attach letter and number stickers to table-tennis balls. We gave our game kid-friendly small numbers: For "B," we used 1 through 6; "I," 7 through 12; "N," 13 through 18; "G," 19 through 24; and "O," 25 through 30. Cards can be purchased or made (or download ours). Use a circle punch to make bingo chips.

Party guests will love creating this simple soap favor.

Inspired by Kathie Lee Gifford's book, "Party Animals," these felt goose and owl hats are an ideal project for your next party.

Encourage party guests to get creative when making these fancy bangles out of paper-towel tubes.

Prepare for the party by slicing the tubes into rings with a utility knife. Wait until kids are finished decorating before you snip the rings open for wearing -- gluing is easier when they're still intact.

Have kids decorate plain white shirts with potato stamps made from cookie cutters.

With just aluminum foil, tissue paper, and stickers, party guests will feel like royalty in their sparkly crowns.

With paper napkins, kids can create a zoo of origami animals during the party.

Let party guests put their own crowning touch on the occasion by creating festive hats from paper and junk-drawer materials.

Young kids will enjoy putting together a farm at a birthday party.

To make animals, first fold a piece of white paper in half, and draw on one side, aligning the bottom of the animal with the fold. Cut around the animal (do not cut fold), and redraw on the other side. For legs, clip on 2 clothespins -- use small ones for a squat creature, like a duck, and big ones for a cow.