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20 Easy DIY Crafts Kids Can Make

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If you have little ones running around your home, then you have probably been asked at least a
dozen times if your kids can help you do a certain DIY project. Perhaps they want to paint the
piece of wood or help you hang something, but the reality is that most kids love to help out with
this stuff! If you want to get your kids started DIYing, or you’re looking for a fun DIY that they
can make, you will love these ideas! These are perfect for kids, and are sure to be a hit with
both you and them!

  1. DIY Coffee Table Rustic Stamped Books
  2. DIY Pink Fizzy Bath Bombs
  3. Rainbow Coaster DIY
  4. DIY Marbled Nail Polish Mugs
  5. Easy Pom Pom Wall Hanging
  6. DIY Painting Plastic Flower Pots
  7. Kids Squeeze Ball
  8. DIY Word Canvas Art Project
  9. Easy Sharpie Dot Mug
  10. DIY Mancala
  11. DIY Re-purposed Can Lego Head
  12. DIY Geometric Candle Holder
  13. How to Make a Water Bead Stress Ball
  14. Spring Inspired Egg Carton Flower Wreath
  15. Simple Duck Tape Bracelets
  16. Learn how to Decoupage Postage Stamps onto a Container
  17. Easy DIY ipad Mini Stand
  18. Super Simple Kaleidoscope 
  19. How To Make An Infinity Loop
  20. Colorful Popsicle Stick Picture Frame

Check out our Pinterest boards for all the latest DIY craft finds as well as hand curated boards with a focus on Children, children at play and learning activities. 

Have you read?

Designer Spotlight: Stitching Housewives

Stitching Housewives offers a ton of cute, sort of country feeling cross stitch patterns with different themes I don’t quite understand but they’re super cute so let’s get into it. 

One section is called Dapper Doodads, which it looks like are all square. Tiered Tray Tidbits are generally more rectangular, and RoundAbouts are circular. There are also Sassy Strippers, and I don’t know what the difference among all the different kinds is. All of them are colorful, graphic, often with text, and mounted on something cute. A lot of them are seasonal designs.

Just as an example, here’s Charlie Chicken, a big black chicken hauling an even bigger pumpkin in a wagon past a house with sunflowers. This one is labelled as a Tiered Tray Tidbit, but again I don’t really know why. 

This one uses seven colors and is 56 by 42 stitches. It comes out to 4 by 3 inches or 10 by 7.6 cm when stitched on 28 count linen (equivalent to 14 count Aida). It’s shown mounted on a wooden pumpkin, but you could put it in a frame or make it little pillow or whatever you like. 

There are lots of smaller categories with some themed projects, such as “calendar crates,” which are themed for the month but don’t actually have the month on them. There’s a lot of Christmas patterns, and smaller collections of Halloween/fall and spring projects. 

Another section is called “What’s in My Cup,” which features a tall coffee cup with text on it and decorations in and around the cup. For example there’s a happy birthday cup with a cake coming out of the top and surrounded by presents and balloons. The Good Old Days collection includes monthly minis with the month on one piece, a house decorated for the season and another little seasonal design. 

The seasonal series includes literal seasons as well as Halloween and Christmas designs. 

It’s hard to tell you what’s here but if you like the style of this one or combinations of text and fun images, check out all the goodies at Stitching Housewives. 

[Photo: Stitching Housewives]