Cardboard Craft Ideas For Kids

Make great use of your spare cardboard and keep the kids entertained these holidays with our list of amazing easy cardboard crafts for kids. Check out our list below, and don’t forget to share it with your friends! 

1. Toilet Roll Animals

There are so many toilet roll crafts out there, we just love these cute animals! You can use paint, paper and googly-eyes to add details to this once you get the shape right. 

2. Shoebox Foosball

If you’re after easy crafts for kids, this shoebox foosball table is perfect and will keep the kids entertained for hours! Simply paint the tips of the pegs and clip them to some wooden skewers. Make sure to cut off or cover any sharp edges for younger children.

3. Cereal Box Aquarium 

This adorable cereal box diorama is super fun to make and looks wonderful. Glue the box lid shut and cut a window out in the front, then let the little ones decorate as much as they want!

4. Wrapping Paper Roll Swords

Re-use your leftover wrapping paper rolls to make these super simple toy swords. If your kids love to paint or draw they can have lots of fun decorating these swords before playtime!

5. Egg Carton Critters

Egg carton crafts are a favourite in our household! Re-use your old egg cartons with some pipe cleaners, paint and googly eyes to create these cute crawling critters. This one is perfect for anyone whose little ones are obsessed with bugs at the moment!

6. DIY Cubby House

This DIY cubby house is perfect if you have any large boxes left over from the holiday period or from recent purchases. You may have to build the house, but your little one will love decorating and playing in it.

7. Cardboard Marble Maze

This marble maze for kids will keep your little ones entertained for hours as they try and guide their marble through the obstacles. You can use two stacked box lids for the base and add popsicle sticks with glue for the maze walls. Don’t forget to add marble sized holes to make it even trickier! 

8. Shoe Box Dollhouse

Is your little one looking for fun things to do at home? They will love creating a bedroom for their favourite doll or action figure. You can use a shoe box for the walls, thick wool for the carpet and sponges for the bedding and furniture. If you’ve got enough shoe boxes you could create a whole house! 

9. Cardboard Marble Run

Have a ball making your own DIY marble run. It’s a great recycled craft idea to make use out of any spare box lids you might have laying around, and you can customise the obstacles to be as simple or as complicated as you like.

10. Milk Carton Houses

We couldn’t put together a list of crafts for kids without these adorable milk carton houses! They’re super easy to make, and if you have quite a few of them you could even make a town! Simply make sure the carton is clean and dry before you glue it shut, add paint and use markers for the details.

Were these cardboard crafts for kids a hit? Don’t forget to check out our list of 100+ Crafts For Kids At Home for hours of art and craft ideas for kids!

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20 Activities For Toddlers At Home

Rainy days have you looking for indoor activities for toddlers? Here are 20 fun toddler activities to keep your little one entertained. Enjoy!

1. Squirt Painting

If you’re looking for toddler painting ideas, you can’t go past this messy & fun squirt painting project.

2. Line Tape City

If your toddler loves driving cars around & pretend play, build an easy line tape city using removable tape which won’t damage your walls or floor. Hours of fun!

3. Sensory Bag

There are so many sensory activities for toddlers, but this ocean sensory bag is one of our favourites! It’s super easy to make, and will keep little hands entertained for ages.

4. Paint Splat Art

Painting for kids is always so much fun, and this activity is no exception. Put blobs of paint on a sheet of paper, cover with cotton rounds & let them enjoy splatting the paint out with their toy hammer. 

5. Sight Word Building

If your toddler shows signs of recognising letters, sight word games like these educational building bricks are perfect for helping them to learn some basic words.

6. Colour Sorter

A great way to learn colours & use those fine motor skills. Simply recycle cardboard tubes, paint them the appropriate colour and buy a bag of pom poms to make an easy colour sorter. 

7. Cloud Paper Pillow

Another one of our favourite fine motor skills activities, these adorable clouds teach kids how to thread and make a great decoration for their play area or bedroom. 

8. Sticky Collage

Looking for art activities for kids to help them create their next masterpiece? Don’t look past this contact collage activity!

9. Busy Board

What little boy or girl wouldn’t love a homemade busy board full of buttons, flaps & dials?

10. Pasta Threading

A list of toddler activities wouldn’t be complete without pasta threading. A cheap and easy activity, stick some paper straws into play dough & let your toddler thread uncooked pasta on it.

11. Hammer Tees

Do you have a budding Bob the Builder? Fine motor activities where they can get stuck into their tool kit will be sure to be a hit.

12. Counting Activity

Does your toddler love counting games? We love this simple counting activity using cupcake patties, pom poms & tongs.

13. Alphabet Monster

I love how you can recycle things to make new toys! Use a wipes container & bottle lids to create an alphabet learning game for your toddler.

14. Cotton Ball Painting

Great for little hands & exploring texture & colour, painting for toddlers is heaps of fun with cotton balls.

15. Pool Noodle Mix N Match

Looking for fun things to do at home? This pool noodle mix ‘n’ match can provide hours of entertainment. 

16. Alphabet Puzzles

We love puzzles for kids, and this downloadable alphabet puzzle is just perfect for helping your little one learn their ABC’s.

17. Science Experiment

Science experiments for toddlers can be so much fun! Put white daisies in jars of coloured water & they’ll love watching the flowers change colour over the days. 

18. Reading Corner

Cubbies & nooks are fantastic for imaginative play as well as quiet corners. How beautiful is this reading corner? You could even add an extra special personalised touch with one of our personalised cushion covers! 

19. Grow A Plant

It’s amazing to watch things grow, and garden activities for kids offer a great learning experience. Using wet cotton balls, plant a bean seed in a jar & let your kids watch it grow over the coming days & weeks.

20. Marbleized Paper

This is one of the prettiest crafts for toddlers that we’ve seen! Finished artworks can be put on display, or used to make greeting cards or wrapping paper.

Need more craft activities to do with your little one? Make sure you check out our list of 100+ Crafts For Kids! 

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20 Easter Hat Ideas

As a parent, you either love or hate the school Easter hat parade I think! My secret has been to use the same Easter hat every year however I add something to it each year so it looks different!! Would this be considered a parenting fail?!

I know it’s a bit of a struggle to come up with ideas for Easter Hats, so to help you out, here is a list of ideas & inspiration for you ranging from last minute jobs to incredible effort masterpieces!

1.Popping Rabbit Easter Bonnet

This great Easter bonnet idea uses the Spring theme, with a stuffed rabbit popping out of the top of the hat as it would popping out of a rabbit hole. Easy enough to recreate & add lots of fun to any Easter hat parade!

2. Floral Bunny Ears Headband

How sweet and simple is this idea! Wear a flower crown / headband & incorporate some bunny ears in… A simple yet effective option for any Easter hat parade.

3. Simple Rabbit Easter Hat

If you love simple, grab some felt from a craft store & draw out some shapes to make any hat look like a rabbit! Love how cute this one is!

4. Paper Plate Rabbit Ears

Ok, this is for all the last minute mums who totally forgot that the Easter hat parade was on! All you’ll need is a paper plate, scissors & a pink texta to make this paper plate hat.

5. Rabbit Hair Bun

Not really an Easter hat but a cute spin on wearing something on your head (or in your hair really!), this rabbit face in a bun is a lovely idea.

6. Carrot Hat

Another easy idea if your child is happy with this idea – an orange cardboard carrot hat!

7. Spring Chicken Hat

Easter & baby chicks go hand in hand don’t they? Recreate this hatching chick easter bonnet with some felt, straw & googly eyes.

8. Chicks on a Hat

Need lots of little chicks? A trip to the $2 shop will help make a lovely hatching nest scene on your Easter hat.

9. Chicken Slippery Slide

I love this fun slippery slide Easter hat! The little chicks look like they are having a lot of fun sliding on their grass sleds!

10. Star Wars Chicken Hat

Why not! Chicks can be Jedi’s too right? Combine what your child loves in the Easter hat parade like this Star Wars-themed hat.

11. Cream Egg Easter Hat

How gorgeous is this cream egg easter hat! So cute you just want it eat it up!

12. Spring Theme Easter Hat

Not a fan of rabbits or baby chicks? Then go for the Spring theme using butterflies, lady beetles & daffodils like this one here.

13. Spring Garden Paper Hat

I love this Spring garden cut out paper Easter hat. Just goes to show how much you can achieve with minimal resources.

14. Easter Party Hat

Love this crazy party hat with Easter eggs shooting out of it like party streamers!

15. Frying Pan Hat

This was too funny not to include! This little boy doesn’t seem too impressed with his cracked egg frying pan Easter hat!

16. Egg Shell Hat

If you plan ahead & love to paper mache, make a cracked egg Easter hat which your child can paint & decorate like this one.

17. Angry Birds Easter Hat

If your child is an Angry birds fan, recreate this hat & they will definitely stand out at the Easter hat parade!

18. Minecraft Themed Easter Hat

Some clever parenting here using a styrofoam box to make a Minecraft themed rabbit hat!

19. Easter Egg Parade Crown

This jester-like hat would be pretty easy & fun to make and wear. Simply get hollow Easter egg shells & glue them onto a cardboard crown with extra long tips.

If you enjoyed making these Easter hats, or if you’d like some Easter craft to get the kids involved, make sure you take a look at our eggcellent Easter crafts!

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You will never run out of Halloween arts and crafts activities with this blog post! From easy masks to gooey slime, we have compiled ten of the easiest arts and crafts activities that you can do with the kids.

Print and Color Halloween Masks

These DIY masks are a fun activity to do at home. You will already have most of the materials that are needed for this craft at home. They’re super easy to make, doesn’t really cost that much to produce and don’t leave a huge mess.

Cardboard Tube Spiders

If your child is obsessed with spiders, they would love this next craft. Or make these even if they don’t! This might just push them to the pro-spidey camp.

Halloween Eyeball Slime

If there’s one thing that kids really love, it’s slime! There are lots of online tutorials for it, but this one will make sure you are Halloween-ready. Just be sure that you’re there to assist the kids when they make this one.

Coffee Filter Ghost Lollipops

Whoever said that Halloween crafts shouldn’t be scary hasn’t seen these ghost lollies! The best part is that they are just made with tissue papers!

Halloween Paper Lanterns

If your children are at that stage when they just want to cut paper all day long, we have the perfect craft for you. These paper lanterns are perfect for your Halloween decorations!

Yarn Mummy

If you’re looking for a craft activity to do with a young toddler, look no further. This yarn mummy is not only safe for them to make, but it also teaches them fine motor skills!

Pumpkin Face Fridge Magnets

If your kids are counting down the days before Halloween as early as now, you can tide their excitement over with these pumpkin face fridge magnets. They would also look really cute in your fridge doors!

Harry Potter Floating Candles

For the biggest Harry Potter fan, there’s nothing better than to recreate the Great Hall festivities at Hogwarts! Bonus: this DIY floating candles tutorial comes with a video on how to do them.

Pop Goes the Pumpkin

If your household is hosting a Halloween party, we have a great game that you can set up with your kids. You will not only have fun assembling it, but this will also entertain your guests to no end.

Hippie Costume

If you’re looking for a quick and cheap costume, this hippie Halloween costume might just the thing that you need. All you need are a white shirt, scissors, some neon marker and label paper!

Do you have other ideas for easy Halloween arts and crafts to make with the kids? Leave your comments below. We’d love to learn about your recommendations.

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Halloween is such a fun time of year, though organising a costume can be a little time-consuming and often really costly! Here’s our handy list of easy kid’s halloween costumes that you can make at home that wont break the bank while still looking amazing.

1) Carl From Disney’s UP

Bright ‘Up’ everyone’s Halloween this year with this adorable old man Carl costume! All you need are some helium balloons, fake glasses and a little bow-tie to get the old man look just right. 

The hardest part of this costume would be the little PVC walking frame, though a little cane with a tennis ball on the end would do the trick. 

Bonus if you happen to have a golden retriever as a pet!

2) Baby Nonna

This adorable elderly baby costume is sure to melt everyone’s hearts this Halloween.

Again, the hardest part would be the teensy walking frame, though the costume still looks amazing without it. You can attach large cotton balls to a scarf to get the old woman hair look. Make sure those glasses don’t actually have any lenses in them though!

3) 80’s Aerobic Instructor

Dress your kid in the most fluorescent clothing and headband you can find to make this adorable 80’s Aerobic Instructor costume. Bonus if you have a working boom box so you can pump out 80’s jams as you walk!

4) Clark Kent / Superman

While they may not have super strength, babies sure do make adorable tiny super heroes.

You’ll need to find a shirt with superman’s logo on it in order to make this Clark Kent costume. Optionally, you could print out the logo at home if the budget’s tight. Make sure to knock out the lenses in those fake glasses or have clear ones if your child doesn’t already wear them!

5) Mini Hipster

People are sure to get a good giggle out of this Mini Hipster costume while you trick-or-treat. You’ll need a false tattoo sleeve (or temporary tattoos), fake glasses and a snazzy little vintage outfit to make this one work. Oh, and don’t forget to draw on a terrible moustache!

6) Little Football Star

Go the whole nine yards this halloween with a super cute Little Football Star costume! All you need is a little sports jersey, some face-paint and a football to transform your baby into a tiny sports sensation.

7) Jr. Scuba Diver

As far as simple costumes go, this Jr. Scuba Diver idea is really easy to make and looks amazing!

The base of this outfit is just black long-sleeve clothing with a black beanie paired alongside their snorkelling goggles and flippers. Add two painted soda bottles for the air tanks and you’ve got a cute junior scuba diver costume!

8) Little Lumberjack

This little lumberjack costume only needs a false beard, a fake axe, a flannelette shirt and suspenders to transform your child into a little woodchopping master. This costume would also pair well with a little red riding hood costume if you want to have fairytale themed sibling costumes!

9) Crazy Cat Lady 

This crazy cat lady outfit for little girls makes for an absolutely hilarious halloween costume! It does involve a little sewing to attach the stuffed animals to the dressing gown, though you could try using velcro if you’re not fond of sewing. Use hair rollers and slippers to give this costume the perfect look and add an eccentric pair of false glasses if you happen to own any!

10) Ace Ventura – Pet Detective 

Everyone’s favourite goofy pet detective makes an adorable costume for little boys! To make this costume work you’ll need a tutu, a white single, a loud button up shirt and a LOT of hair jell! Your little one might not get the reference, but your neighbours are sure to get a chuckle out of this one.

We hope you’ve enjoyed checking out these adorable easy halloween costumes for kids.

Let us know if you try any out, we’d love to see pictures!

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Can’t leave the house? Kids need some entertaining? We’ve got a MEGAAA list of crafts for kids at home. You’ll find over 100 links to some of the easiest, most fun craft ideas for kids & you’ll want to share it. It’s a game-changer!

Here are our Top 10 Faves:

1. 8 Anzac Day Craft and Food Ideas – Honour our service men and women, past and present, with these activities. 
2. Mother’s Day Activity Sheet – Show Mum or Grandma how much you love her by filling out this free printable.
3. 10 Easy Cardboard Crafts for Kids – Art that you can recycle.
4. 18 Shoebox Craft Ideas – Art you can recycle.
5. 11 Weaving Projects For Kids – Improve their fine-motor skills.
6. 17 Paper Plate Craft Ideas – Craft with the stuff you have at home.
7. 17 School Holiday Boredom Busters – Never hear the words “I’m bored” ever again.
8. 22 Egg-cellent Egg Carton Crafts – Cut, Paint, colour, stick… plenty of skills to learn here.
9. 15 Kid-Friendly Origami Crafts – Improve their comprehension & fine-motor skills here.
10. 14 Pokemon Craft & Fun Activities – Craft ideas for kids who are in training to become the next Pokemon Master.

Don’t stop now! Scroll down for our list of 100+ crafts for kids

Crafts For Kids Mega List 

Check out the craft ideas for kids list below & prepare to unleash your kids’ inner artist!

Crafts For Kids – Toddler +

1. Sensory shaker bottle  – Super easy & they’ll play with it for hours.

2. Stained glass window – Let that light shine through.

3. Toddler Dot to Dot – Heaps of free dot-to-dot printables.

4. Toddler Collage – A great activity for toddlers to express themselves through art.

5. Do some sticker art projects – What little one doesn’t love stickers!

6. Free Play Art – Sensory rich art activities.

7. Colour Mixing in a Bag – Hands on approach to learning about colours.

8. DIY shapes book – Great for developing fine motor skills.

9. Make Salt Dough – Fun for the little ones, and a great gift for the grandparents.

10. Finger Paint – Messy, but so much fun! 

11. Handprint Art – Combine learning & fun by making alphabet art.

12. Make a Sensory Bag – Sensory play with food from your cupboards. 

13. Scribble in the Bathtub – Open ended play at bath time. 

14. Make a batch of play doh – So easy, and can be played with again and again. 

15. Do a chalk photo shoot – Cute mementos for family and friends. 

16. Celery Stamp – Perfect for making cards or wrapping paper. 

17. Tandem drawing – Spend some quality time creating together. 

18. Sticky Paper Collage – If your toddler enjoyed making the stained glass window, they’ll love this! 

19. Paint Leaves – Collect leaves from your garden or neighbourhood. 

Crafts For Kids – Kindy + 

20. Shaving Cream Paint – Two ingredients outdoor painting fun.

21. Bark Painting – Collect some bark on your walk to use it as a canvas. 

22. Leaf Threading – A lovely way to engage with nature. 

23. Pasta Jewellery – Wearable art that helps develop fine motor skills. 

24. 3D Paper Rainbows – Colourful 3D art.

25. Family Portrait Painting – Beautiful keepsake to frame.

26. Paper Chains – Decorations for any occasion!

27. Magic Milk Experiment – Science and art in one. 

28. Pressing Flowers – Head out in the sun and pick some flowers. 

29. Stick Gnome Painting – Perfect for planter pots. 

30. Michelangelo drawing under the table – Create your own Sistine Chapel inspired artwork. 

31. Frozen Dinosaur Eggs – Channel your inner archaeologist. 

32. Paper Cut-out Family – 

33. Paper Plate Whale – See if you can make a whole pod.

34. Can you draw or paint with your feet? – paint + feet = a whole lot of fun. 

35. Hand Tracing – Try different hand poses to create different animals. 

36. Tape Resist Paintings – Abstract art, cityscapes, trees – limited only by your imagination. 

37. Window Painting – Perfect for rainy days. 

38. Button Stampers – Makes for unique gift wrap or cards. 

39. Plant Markers for Gardens – For the washi tape fans. 

40. Autumn Wreath – Theme your craft to the season. 

41. DIY Veggie stamps – An exception to the ‘don’t play with your food’ rule. 

42. Glitter Glue Snowflakes – Fans of Frozen will love this! 

43. Salad Spinner Art – Add glitter paint for something extra special. 

44. Marble Painting – Fun and easy, the kids will want to do this one over and over again. 

45. Container Painting – Burn some energy while creating a masterpiece. 

46. String Art – Art & geometry in one. 

47. DIY Heart Stamp – Super cute for Valentine’s Day. 

48. Recyclable Art – Budget-friendly crafts. 

49. Magnet Painting – The perfect blend of art and science. 

50. Fake Snow – Make a beautiful wintery scene, or paint your own Olaf.  

51. Paper Airplanes – Whose will fly the furthest?

52. Suncatchers – Paint your room with colourful light.

53. Sponge Stamps – Painting without too much mess.

54. Cereal Box Aquarium – Pretend field trip anyone?

55. Recycled Crayons – Never throw away your crayons again.

56. Button Art – All the buttons for your cute little buttons.

57. Tissue Box Monsters – Monsters you can recycle later.

58. Toilet Paper Roll Crafts – Super cute & mega easy.

59. Chalk Ice – Get outside & chalk the place up.

60. Scrape Painting – A totally different way to look at painting.

61. Dot Markers Art – Bingo markers have never looked so fun.

62. 3D Art – Sculpted art for kids.

63. Make Stepping Stones – Hop skip & jump with these.

64. Cardboard Box Town – Build your own town & recycle it later.

65. Marble Run – Where the marble goes, nobody knows.

66. Popsicle Stick Catapult – It’s physics & it’s fun.

67. Air Dry Clay Projects  – No-bake clay? Yes, please!

68. Make Greeting Cards – Make them ahead of time & store them for later.

69. Paint Pet Rocks – Pets you can collect.

70. Make a Bird Feeder – Watch your little visitors as they come to eat.

71. Paper Bag Puppets – No-fuss puppets that you can recycle.

72. Watercolour Painting – A favourite because it’s washable.

73. Mason Jar Crafts – Super cute crafts in glass.

74. Aluminium Foil Crafts – From your pantry to the art gallery.

75. Paper Weaving – Build their dexterity with these.

76. Make Wind Chimes – Experiment with sounds & the wind.

Crafts For Kids – Primary +

77. Origami Animals – These are so so cute!

78. God’s Eye Wool Weaving – Perfect for Christmas decorations too!

79. DIY Bubble Blower – You know they’re going to love this.

80. Decorate Paper Crowns – Because we’re all royalty.

81. Paper Snowflakes –  Winter has never looked so beautiful.

82. Pom Poms – Raid Nan’s wool stash for these.

83. Toy Clothing – No-sew Barbie clothes. Yes please!

84. Rainbow Paper– Nail polish, paper & water… That’s it!

85. Infinite Paper Flipper – It’s flippin’ excellent.

86. Melting Crayon Craft– Turn those crayons into a masterpiece.

87. Clone Trooper Paper Dolls – For all of the little storm troopers out there.

88. Cityscape Sponge Art– Paint a whole city in just a few taps of the sponge.

89. Rainbow Prism – Making rainbows at home with just a few items.

90. Mini Beaded Bookmarks – Perfect for their hand-eye coordination.

91. Single Colour Art – Only one paint colour at home? No problem!

92. Shaving Cream Marbled Paper – Now this is easy!

93. Seashell Crafts – Use those seashells you collected on holidays.

94. Homemade Bookmarks – Encourage their reading with a handmade bookmark.

95. Homemade Wrapping Paper – Wrap your gifts in art. 

96. Fabric Pen T-shirts – Get your kids designing their own tees.

97. Spirolaterals Math Art – It’s maths, but it looks so good!

98. Scratch Art – Perfect for kids who like some sensory play.

99. Paper Boats – Whose will float the longest?

100. About Me Scrapbook – It’s all about them & their memories. 

101. Thankful Jar – A reminder of the things they’re grateful for.

102. Cardboard Castle – Fit for little kings & queens.

103. Puffy Sidewalk Paint – Get some sun while you make your art.

104. Kids Embroidery – This idea is so cute & super easy!

105. Mosaic Art – This tile art is super eye-catching.

106. Decorate Shoes – For the fashion designers of the world.

107. Knitting for Kids –  Heaps of knitting activities for all levels.

108. Make Temporary Tattoos –  Temporary tattoos at home? Cool!

109. Superhero Mask Craft  – Unleash your inner super hero here.

110. Tooth Fairy Case – Impress your tooth fairy each visit. 

111. Jar Lanterns – Lights out! These are gorgeous.

112. Natural Dye Experiment – It’s chemistry without chemicals.

113. Learn to Draw – Step by step help drawing all of your favourite things.

114. Draw a Self Portrait – The perfect activity to show them how beautiful they are.

115. Inspirational Quote Poster – Give them the opportunity to say something inspiring. 

116. Sharpie Tie Dye – This is so much fun & it’s easy.

117. Bottle Rocket – Reach for the stars!

118. Make Friendship Bracelets – Best friends forever.

119. DIY Bath Bombs – They’ll bathe for hours in these.

120. Design your own Headbands – Fashion parade anyone?

121. Butcher Paper Body Tracing – Life-size models of themselves. This is fun!

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Looking for an Easter Basket Printable for your class? Our Easter activities for kids are super fun. Download these super cute free Easter craft ideas, which include an Easter basket printable and an A4 sheet of Easter pictures to colour. If you’re looking for more Easter activities to keep the little ones busy, make sure you check out our free Easter Word Hunt!

Checkout Your Free Easter Printables and Easter Craft Activities Below:

Easter Egg Colouring In Printable

As far as Easter activity ideas go, this one is super easy. Put together some bunny treats and a drink, and then write a nice message. The Easter Bunny will be so grateful!

Download your free Easter pictures to colour below.

Easter Basket Printable

We’ve got the best Easter basket template to keep your kids busy. Our free printable Easter baskets will have them ready for their Easter Egg Hunt in no time. Easy to follow instructions, all you’ll need is paper, glue and some colouring pencils.

If you’d like to download our Easter basket printable, scroll to the bottom of this page and hit download. We know your kids are going to love it!

DIY Easter Gift Ideas

Looking for Easter gift ideas? Check out our huge range of Easter gift labels and Easter Egg Hunt products. Add them to any Easter gift including eggs, buckets, gift bags and more!

Happy Easter from the team here at Bright Star Kids!

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20 Easy Christmas Crafts for Kids

It’s nearly Christmas time again! Leading up to Christmas, my kids love making Christmas crafts and each year our tree gets fuller with more handmade ornaments and decorations. Here are 20 easy Christmas crafts for kids to enjoy.

1. Mini Christmas Tree with decorations.

I love how bright, modern and non traditional these Christmas Trees look. Grab some straws, string, and anything you might have in your art box, and get started on this cute Christmas tree craft! 

2. Paper Straw Christmas Trees

These lovely bright paper straw Christmas trees are so simple to make, you probably can’t stop making one. They would also look great as gift tags or on DIY Christmas cards.

3. Cupcake Christmas Trees

Use Christmas coloured cupcake liners to make these Christmas trees. Put the Christmas trees on cards or in a garland and decorate away!

4. Santa and Reindeer Puppets

One of our favourite reindeer craft activities, make this set of Santa and reindeer puppets with your little one and let them have fun doing a puppet show or wearing them as masks.

5. Christmas Paddle Pop Stick Characters

Make some Christmas craft decorations for your Christmas tree with paddle pop sticks, googly eyes, and felt. Are there any other characters you can think of making?

6. Owl Baubles

Have fun making these cute owl DIY Christmas baubles with plain baubles and adding features. For parents who like a coordinated Christmas Tree or love a sentimental decoration that will last generations, check out these incredible personalised Christmas Ornaments.

7. Reindeer Baubles

Using your little one’s thumbprint, you can make personalised reindeer baubles to give to teachers, friends, and family.

8. Reindeer Hat

How cute is this reindeer hat! Make the antlers using your child’s arm print and stick them on a brown cardboard crown.

9. Pasta Wreath

Add glitter and colour to your uncooked pasta to make this very simple DIY Christmas wreath. Great for Christmas cards and gift tags.

10. Cardboard Wreath

Using a paper plate and some toilet rolls, you can recreate this cardboard wreath. Hang it on your front door to welcome all your Christmas visitors. 

11. Recycled Card Ornaments

Recycle your Christmas cards from previous years and make these DIY Christmas ornaments for the tree. Let the kids decorate these ornaments with sequins or mini pom-poms and other items they have in their craft box.

12. Salt Dough Ornaments

Using your child’s hand and footprint, you can make these Santa and Reindeer salt dough ornaments. The lovely thing about this is that when you get out the ornaments every year you can see how much their hand or foot size has grown!

13. Reindeer Handprint

There are lots of fun things you can turn your hand or footprint into like this reindeer. Add antlers and eyes to bring your child’s handprint to life! If you’d like to make this an extra special Christmas Gift, get your kids to create their art on these amazing Christmas Cards For Kids that are purpose-designed for Christmas arts & crafts gifts.

14. Felt Christmas Tree Garland

Kids will love cutting out felt trees and gluing shapes onto them. String all the trees together and hang them around your house. This festive felt Christmas tree garland will brighten up any home.

15. Ribbon Christmas Tree

A very simple craft that you can use to help teach your little one how to tie knots. Find some branches and use green or red ribbons to make this Christmas tree ornament they make a wonderful gift too! If you’ve gone to the trouble of creating gorgeous handmade Xmas gifts, you’re going to love these personalised Christmas Cards Packs that add an extra touch of love to your thoughtful gifts.

16. Christmas Tree Window Decorations

Make some decorations for your windows in the shape of Christmas trees, angels or candy canes. Get your child to stick coloured pieces of tissue paper onto clear contact and cover it with another sheet of clear contact when done.

17. Angel Light

These angel lights are so sweet and very safe for your little one to make and play with. Using LED tea lights, simply decorate the outside of the plastic cup and have fun lighting up your angels.

18. Christmas Tree Paper Chain

Paper chains are so easy and fun to make. To make this Christmas tree, cut green and red strips of paper and assemble using the picture as a guide.

19. Beaded Candy Cane

A cute little craft to do with your toddler to teach them colour, pattern and threading! Use the candy canes to decorate your tree and you won’t need to worry about them getting eaten!

20. Christmas Cards

Handmade Christmas cards are the best! Have a card-making session with the kids and see what you can come up with. These Christmas cards are so easy to make using ribbon, shape punches, and paper stock.

Want More Christmas Decoration Inspo?

Make sure you check out these clever Christmas tree alternatives. And if you’re planning on your Christmas menu, we’ve got Christmas Food Ideas you might want to have for the holidays!

Organising Your Christmas Crafts?

Here’s a clever organising hack: grab our Personalised jumbo Santa Sacks and Personalised Christmas Stockings as your Christmas gift packaging. They double as storage for all your Christmas decorations. Isn’t that amazing? Practical too! You can use them year after year! The best part? These are all made for you in Australia and shipped super fast! You’re going to love them!

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Are your kids obsessed with Spongebob too? Your Bikini Bottom loving little ones will have a ball making these fun Spongebob Squarepants craft activities that we’ve discovered!

1. Pine-Cone Spongebob Home 

Your kids will find it easy to make this cool pine-cone Spongebob house. All you need is glue, a pine-cone, coloured markers and coloured paper.

 2. Plankton Recycled Toilet Paper Rolls

Kids will love playing around with using recycled toilet paper rolls and pipe cleaners to create these plankton figurines!

3. Cut Out Spongebob Box Craft

Check out this super easy cut-out Spongebob papercraft! To put it together you only need scissors and glue.

4. Character Colouring in Page

This classic colouring in page has all of the main characters that your kids love from the show!

5. Painted Spongebob Rocks

How adorable are these painted Spongebob rocks?

Pick up some rocks with the kids from the backyard. Once they’re painted and detailed you can also varnish them with clear nail polish.

6. Clay Character Figures 

Sit down with the kids and have a go at making these super cute clay character figurines. This activity seems like it might be a little hard for smaller kids, so you will probably have to help with this one a little!

7. Painted Name Letters

This simple Spongebob painted name letter would also look great on your kid’s bedroom wall and they will be super proud that they helped make it!

8. Kitchen Sponge Spongebob

Get the kids to grab a sponge from the cupboard, add some googly-eyes and also some felt and help make these kitchen sponge Spongebobs! 

9. Bikini Bottom Lifesaver Door Hanger

Looking for a new bedroom door hanger? Your kids will love this Bikini Bottom lifesaver ring on their door. This activity needs thick red and white card board, a blue marker and most of all your kids to help put it all together! 

10. Felt Finger Puppets

Kids love finger puppets. Let them break out the felt and have a go at making some of these adorable Spongebob and Patrick finger puppets.

We hope that you and your kids have lots of fun having a go at making these fun SpongeBob SquarePants craft activities! If you’re looking for more fun crafts to do, check out our paper plate crafts to keep the little ones occupied. 

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Introduce your kids to origami & the fun they can have creating with a piece of paper. Enjoy our 15 kid-friendly origami craft collection.

1. Fish

Make a school of fish, adding features like eyes & scales.

2. Jumping Frog

Kids will have so much fun making these jumping frogs & seeing who can get theirs to jump into buckets or target spots.

3. Hearts

Make some origami love hearts & write love notes or string them to make a heart bunting.

4. Kittens

These kittens are too cute.

5. Birds

These gorgeous origami birds will delight any child, young or old.

6. Box

I love how practical origami is – make some cute boxes to put your things in or gift as presents.

7. Triangle Box

A different take on a traditional box, this easy triangle box is so sweet.

8. Bear

Make all sorts of animal faces using origami like this bear.

9. Rabbit

And this rabbit.

10. Monster Bookmark

Bring some fun into doing homework and reading and get your kids to create their own monster bookmark.

11. Mermaid

This sweet mermaid is easy to make.

12. Funny Faces

Make a family of funny faces, or better yet, make your own family portrait.

13. Egg Holder

Don’t have a spare egg holder? Don’t panic, you can make one!

14. Rabbit

Make this cute rabbit to hold all your chocolate eggs at Easter.

15. Ice Cream

Kids with strong imaginary play will love pretending to eat these ice creams.

We hope you have enjoyed this collection of easy kid-friendly origami crafts.

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