Finding fun and inexpensive activities can often be a daunting task, as spending good quality time with your little one is so important. So what better bonding activities than arts and crafts are there?
To make the search all the more simple, we have compiled a list of summer themed crafts you can enjoy with your little one along with what you will need and a simple and easy step-by-step to follow along! So, lets get started.
Handprint Apple Tree
What you will need:
- Coloured cardstock paper
- Red pom poms (or any colour, just red for apples)
- Glue stick
- Scissors
- Pencil
Step-by-step
- Trace you child’s hand and arm on some brown paper and cut it out
- Draw a tree leaf shape, big enough for the handprint on a green piece of paper and cut it out
- Glue the handprint to the middle of the green leaves, leaving the arm hanging of acting as the trunk
- Use the glue stick to add your pom poms all around the tree
Credit: Simple everyday Mom
Paper Plate Farm Animals
What you will need:
- Paper plates
- Construction paper (varying colours)
- Paint
- Glue stick
- Black marker
- Googly eyes
- Pipe cleaner (varying colours)
- Scissors
Step-by-step
- Depending on the animal you have chosen, for the cow, add black spots using your marker. For the pig, paint the plate pink
- Draw and cut out the facial features of your animal. For the cow, cut out a pink mouth, ears out of white and pink paper. For the pig, cut out a snout and 2 pink ears, and add a pink pipe cleaner for a tail. For the chicken, you will need to cut out feet, wings, a beak and fluff using a combination of red orange and white paper.
- Once you have prepared all the features, assemble your animal as shown by the picture!
Credit: Made to be A Momma
Handprint fish puppets
What you will need:
- Card Stock paper
- Beads
- Glue
- Popsicle stick
- Googly eyes
- Blue marker
Step-by-step
- First trace your child’s hand on a piece of paper, this will be the body of your fish, so choose which colour you like the best.
- Next put dots of glue and add some bright coloured beads, acting as the fish’s scales.
- Cut out a small heart shape in a different colour to the body of your fish, and glue on the back, with the round shape sticking out past the base of the palm as shown above.
- Glue on your popsicle stick as the handle (you can decorate this as you want), and your googly eyes. Finished!
Credit: Crafty Morning
Flower Crown
What you will need:
- Construction paper
- Scissors
- Glue stick
- Tape
- Pencil
Step-by-Step
- Start by cutting 2 long strips of construction paper (your choice of colour) as this will be the head band to the crown.
- Tape 2 ends together but do not join it into a loop yet, as you will not be able to adjust size later!
- To make the flowers, cut squares of construction paper in a variety of colours, the size of the squares cut will determine the size of the flowers.
- Fold each square into quarters (in half and half again leaving a small folded square) and then draw a simple petal shape. Cut them out avoiding the corner with the double fold, this is the centre of your flower!
- You can then cut out some flower centres and leaves from other colours, then glue your flower petals together to form flowers!
- Glue your flowers to the headband to form the crown, don’t be afraid to overlap them!
- Wrap the crown around your child’s head to measure and then tape the ends of the headband in place to get the correct size!
Credit: Paper and Glue
Paper Plate Dinosaurs
What you will need:
- Paper plates
- Paint
- Clothespins
- Paper
- Googly eyes
Step-by-step
- First cut your paper plate in half
- Choose which colour you would like your dinosaur to be and paint half the plat that colour, as well as 2 clothespins.
- Once dry use the body of your dinosaur as a template/guide when designing the spike tail and head of your dino, draw outlines onto a piece of paper, and cut out.
- Glue your head, tail and spikes to the back side of the paper plate.
- Draw the face and add your googly eyes to your dino
- Add your clothespins as legs and your finished!
Credit: Made to be A Momma
This has been our list of craft activities you can enjoy with your little one this summer! All the resources needed can be found in most craft stores and will allow you complete multiple of the crafts shown in this list!
If you have any craft-day activities you enjoy doing with your child, let us know down below!