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20 Easy Kids Crafts That Only Need 2 Ingredients

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If your kids are anything like mine, then they do a lot of crafting. Kids crafts are an excellent way for your kids to express themselves and get a little creative in the process. However, after a whole week, packed with crafts, you’ll slowly start to deplete that once full stockpile of crafting supplies for your kids. If you are looking for some crafts that are easy for your kids to do, two-ingredient crafts are perfect! These crafts are seriously easy, and don’t require many ingredients to do them! Here are the best easy two-ingredient crafts for kids to make.

  1. Cosmic Hearts
  2. Marshmallow and Toothpick Buildings
  3. Rock Painting Woodland Animals
  4. Homemade Body Paint Recipe
  5. 2 Ingredient Neon Bath Paint
  6. Dancing Ribbon Rings
  7. Nature Cuffs
  8. Cardboard Stackers
  9. Paper Frog Craft
  10. Homemade Scratch and Sniff Paint
  11. Colorful Cling Wrap Faux Stained Glass
  12. 2 Ingredient DIY Moon Sand 
  13. Dinosaur Paper Bracelets
  14. 2 Ingredient Fluffy Cloud Dough
  15. Soap Fluff Sensory Play
  16. Despicable Me ‘Minion’ Finger Puppets
  17. DIY Unicorn Crayons 
  18. Popsicle Stick Picture Frame
  19. Quick Pipecleaner Bookmarks 
  20. ‘Magic’ Drawing with Refraction of Light

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Knit a Little Scarf Full of Luxury

I guess the trend of little scarves and bandanas isn’t going away, and there’s a good reason for that. These little projects are fast, and they’re good for beginners because of the low commitment and they make something that doesn’t necessarily look like a beginner made it. 

And when you can combine a simple pattern with some super luxurious yarn, it’s a little treat that even more experienced knitters can get behind. 

The Little Dot Bandana from Purl Soho (designed by Gianna Mueller) is a project like that. It’s a simple eyelet triangle, worked from the long side down to the point, so there’s a lot of decreasing happening but it’s a really easy project. 

It calls for a hank of silk yarn and one that’s silk mohair, which gives the project a fuzziness and a little bit of a silky glow. 

Of course you can use different yarn to get a different look. A linen yarn would be fun for a summer kerchief, or combine wool and mohair for a warm and cozy kerchief for cold mornings. 

The pattern comes in two sizes, so you can stitch up a kerchief or a simple triangle shawl. The stitch multiple is 8 plus 23 stitches, so you can use that to make a triangle of any size you like, or you can use a heavier weight of yarn to make a different size if you prefer. The two strands held together as called for in the pattern makes a sport weight gauge, so you could try DK or worsted for a bigger and warmer project if you want. 

This pattern is available for free from Purl Soho, or check out the pattern notes on Ravelry to find how other people made this project. 

And if you need more options for kerchiefs to knit, check out this collection of kerchief knitting patterns.

[Photo: Purl Soho]