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“Keep a basket in your kitchen filled with empty milk cartons, baker's twine, and other odds and ends. It will be a constant source of inspiration to young crafters.”

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Good Things for Kids: Make-at-Home Crafts

If you're like most people, you have an array of useful crafts materials throughout your home: cardboard and plastic bottles in the recycling bin, fabric scraps and buttons in a sewing box, and at least one or two containers or drawers bursting with colorful paper and crayons. Take a look at the crafts below and cast an eye to the corners of your home that may be full of hidden crafts potential.

Can-Do Crafts

Don't trash your recyclables! Try our ideas for turning bottles, jars, and cartons into tap shoes, hot rods, and more.

Tin-Can Elephant Feet
Tip-Top Tap Shoes
Thumb Strummer Banjo
Jingle Jangle Doorbells
Smooth Sailing Boat
Thrifty Piggies
Balloon-Powered Car
Ocean Diorama
Art Project Storage
Cardboard Spaceship


Scrap Happy Crafts

Liven up crafts time by stitching leftover fabric and notions into adorable clothes, accessories, and stuffed animals.

Heart-Shaped Buttons
Butterfly Patch Shirt
Button Bracelet
Chain Wallet
Pocket Purse
Funny Hats
Felt Pencil Case
Hankie Holder
Button Clock
Paper Picture Frames
Button Hair Clips
Monster Mittens
Sketchy Pals
Scrappy Gang


Back to Basics

Check out these clever ideas for using bits of paper, crayons, and all manner of ordinary crafts materials in fresh ways.

Crayon Blocks
See-Through Hearts
Decorated Pencils
Stickers from Scratch
Thumbtack Picture Frames
Fold-Up Heart Messages
Origami Puppets
Sun Print Cards
Flower Pops
Tissue Paper Pom-Poms
Flower Clip Shoes
Office Supplies Charm Bracelet

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My kids love to:
Paint
Sculpt with clay
Make dioramas
Cut and paste
 
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