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20+ Easy Crafts for Kids for non crafty moms

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I don’t know about you guys, but I’m just not a very craft mom. I’ve never been the kind of mom to find a cute DIY and then recreate it flawlessly. In fact, mine are more along the lines of Pinterest fails. However, just because I’m not crafty doesn’t mean I don’t want to give my kids the opportunity to be.

Even if they don’t look beautiful, crafting can still be a fun way for kids to get creative and express themselves! If you are looking for some easy crafts for your kids that are great for non crafty moms, I’ve got you covered!

Check out these Easy Kids crafts on our sister blog also

  1. Super Cute Toilet Tube Ladybug Craft
  2. Emoji Thaumatrope Optical Illusion Toys STEAM Activity
  3. Paper Sculpture Relief Ocean Craft
  4. Rain Stick DIY
  5. Rangoli Craft
  6. Rainbow Painting with Wine Corks
  7. Paper Plate Fish Craft
  8. Sponge Painted Ice Cream Cone Summer Art Project
  9. Fluffy Slime
  10. Fun Balancing Dinosaur STEAM Challenge
  11. Paper Turtle Craft
  12. Paper Plate Scuba Mask Craft
  13. Earth Day Paint Chip Craft
  14. DIY Liquid Watercolor
  15. How to Make a Rainstick Instrument
  16. Rainbow in a Frame: Process Art
  17. https://buggyandbuddy.com/galaxy-butterfly-art-project-for-kids/
  18. https://www.redtedart.com/paint-pen-heart-rocks-for-valentines/
  19. https://www.theinspirationedit.com/how-the-earth-rotates-craft-for-kids/
  20. https://www.redtedart.com/classic-sock-puppet-craft-for-kids/

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Christmas Ornament Cross Stitch Patterns

The other day I shared some cross stitch patterns with ornaments on them, so this time around I wanted to share cross stitch patterns that you can use as ornaments. It would be fun to do a whole tree in your craft room with cross stitch ornaments, or just add a few to your tree or give them as gifts.

These little quilt inspired cross stitch patterns from Flamingo Toes look like ornaments and fit in 3-inch hoops, which are perfect for hanging on the tree or using to decorate a gift. I love the pastel colors on these but you can use more traditional Christmas colors if you like.

This cute Christmas tree from Lagodargetoshop uses a single color and fits in a 4-inch hoop, but you could make it smaller if you wanted by trimming the last ornaments and gifts from the sides, or just stitch the tree without any other embellishments. Either way it’s a cute addition to your holiday tree.

Stitched Modern has a super cute collection of retro Christmas ornament cross stitch patterns from designer Gera. This is a printed pattern that will be shipped to you. Each pattern is about 40 by 56 stitches, or 2.9 by 4 inches/7.4 by 10 cm on 14 count fabric. To work the whole set you’ll need 20 colors of floss.

These snowflake ornaments from Our Little Handmade Home are each about 2.5 inches/6.4 cm when stitched on 14 count fabric, and they use a single color of floss. They are pretty in red but you could also do white on a blue or black background, or whatever suits your other Christmas tree decorations!

From the description it sounds like this set of vintage style cross stitch characters is presented as one large chart, but the photo from Sampler Antique Stitch shows each of them stitched up as their own little ornament, so it gets included here. You’ll find Santa and snowmen in different poses in this cute collection.