Easy Craft Ideas For Kids 

Stuck on craft ideas for kids?  Your kids will love making these fun paper plate crafts. If you’re looking for more craft ideas, you’re going to love our post 100+ Craft Ideas For Kids. It’s filled with easy craft activities for kids at home.

1. Desk Tidy

As far as crafts for kids go, this desk tidy has to be one of the cutest!

2. Snake

Using paint on bubble wrap gives this snake a lovely texture. It’s one of many awesome sensory craft ideas for kids.

3. Under the Sea

Collect some shells and sand to create your own underwater or aquarium scene.

4. Mice

How sweet is this family of mice! This is a super easy idea for when you want to schedule in some crafts for kids at home.

5. Rainbow

Looking for some colourful craft activities for kids? Little ones love making this rainbow with paper plate cloud. It’s nice & easy too.

6. Watermelon Fan

Perfect for hot summers, this watermelon fan can cool you down and also swat flies!

7. Bear Mask

Paper plates are great for making heaps of different masks like this bear mask.

8. Magnet Maze

More intricate to make, this diy maze will entertain your kids and teach them hand-eye co-ordination as they try to navigate their way around the maze.

9. Koala

What other animals besides this koala can you make using different sized paper plates? Make a whole continent of animals with this crafts for kids idea!

10. Fish

For those who can’t keep fish alive, you can bring one to life and make your own fish to keep!

11. Flower Wreath

By using the rim of the plate and cutting out the centre, you can create some lovely wreaths for different occasions. This flower wreath uses stamped flowers, glued with buttons.

12. Balloon Car

Kids will love making their own paper plate car that moves as the balloon lets out the air! What a fun little science experiment.

13. Easter Hat

A great last minute idea for times like the Easter Hat Parade!  

14. Lion Mask

Notice the way the ears, nose and whiskers of this lion mask are cut out to make this a 3D mask – pretty cool!

15. Dragon

Do you have a little dragon lover in the house? Use the template from this diy and customise your own flying dragon.

16. Butterfly

Using a paddle pop stick and some pipe cleaners, kids will love coming up with their own unique butterfly.

17. Balloon Tennis

For some active indoor fun, blow up a balloon and make some paper plate tennis racquets for the kids to have hit.

Loved these craft ideas? You’ve got to look at our Craft Activities Mega List! It has over 100 kids craft activities that are easy to do & include items you probably already have at home. It’s awesome. You can share it with your friends too.

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Egg Carton Crafts To Keep Your Little One Busy

It’s amazing what you can create out of the humble egg carton. Here we’ve compiled a list of 22 egg-cellent egg carton craft ideas to try with your little ones.

1. Whale

How cute is this whale, made with the help of cardboard, googly eyes and pipe cleaners. 

2. Train

Combined with a toilet roll, you can recreate this lovely train. Your child will love putting their toys in the train seats.

3. Cute Animals

How clever are these cute animals. What other animals can you create?

4. Jelly Fish

Kids will love hanging and playing with these jelly fishes.

5. Frog

With a few added items from the craft tub like pipe cleaners, buttons, googly eyes & a styrofoam cup, you too can make this frog.

6. Flower Hair Bands

Little girls might love to have one of these flower hair bands in their dress up box.

7. Lady Bug

Does your little one love ladybugs? This one is adorable.

8. Bumble Bee

Keep your kids busy making this bumble bee.

9. Penguin

Great for a rainy day activity, make a group of penguins.

10. Butterfly Garland

This sweet butterfly garland will look lovely in your little one’s toy room or bedroom!

11. Flower Wreath

Follow this easy tutorial to make your own flower wreath.

12. Reindeer

This reindeer is a perfect craft activity to do at Christmas time.

13. Snake

This snake is so clever and interactive. Hours of fun!

14. Dragonfly

What a lovely craft activity this dragonfly would make.

15. Turtle

Is your child crazy for turtles? This one is so sweet!

16. Crocodile

Make your own chomping crocodile out of toilet rolls, boxes and egg cartons.

17. Tulips

This bunch of tulips is so colourful & bright, and will cheer up any room!

18. Cherry Blossoms

These amazing cherry blossoms look like the real thing!

19. Space Ship

Little ones will love taking their spaceship on intergalactic adventures.

20. Animal Noses

Great for dress ups and learning about animals, make a variety of animal noses for your child to have fun with.

21. Funny Faces

Using various parts of the egg carton & cutting them up, see what funny faces your kids can come up with.

22. Tea Cup Card

How clever are these tea cup cards made from egg cartons!

We hope you enjoyed these 22 egg carton craft ideas. For more craft activities using household recyclables, check out our Shoebox Craft Ideas.

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