5 Top Craft Ideas for Kids To Try

Been inside your house a bit too long and searching for easy fall craft ideas for kids to keep your kids occupied? We have got you! We know kids have a shorter attention span than adults. And they could easily get bored doing the same activities while your Zoom meeting runs longer and longer. The best solution is to find the best arts and crafts for children that can keep them occupied while having a lot of fun.

What if we told you that the materials for these crafts for little kids could be found right in the comfort of your home? Awesome, right? We have curated some cool fall projects for kids that you should try with your kids. Let’s delve right into these crafts for kids.

This is an awesome and simple arts and crafts for children. We are sure your kids will love learning all about their family, and the best way for them to do so would be by making a family tree. The simplest idea would be to draw the family tree on a piece of paper using Sharpies, colors, or paint. Want guidance? Check out this "Draw Your Family Tree Challenge".

To make these simple crafts for little kids a little bit more fun, you can use photographs of your family members. If you have older kids and you are looking for elaborate crafts for older kids, you can make this a bit more complex and use thumbprints, buttons, and other knick-knacks instead of photographs.

The more personalized they get, the more fun these simple arts and crafts for children become. These would be simple button crafts for kids if you are using buttons instead of photographs. You can stick them on paper or canvas. Try going big by making the family tree on a canvas and sewing the buttons on it.

You can share your final results with us on this Make Your Family Tree challenge. We would love to see it.

Origami has always been one of the best paper projects for kids. It is super fun. Especially if your little ones love playing with paper. As you know, origami is the ancient art of folding paper. You can find so many fall craft ideas for kids that use Origami.

But one of the simplest and most fun Origami paper projects for kids will always be the leaping frog. You can use actual Origami paper or any square piece of paper to make this Origami leaping frog. Check out our "Make an Origami Frog Challenge" for step-by-step guidance.

With Halloween right around the corner, create more paper projects using Origami to adorn your walls. Share your creations in the "Halloween Wall Decor Challenge" or the "Learn to Create with Origami Challenge."

If your kid is a bookworm, they would love these simple craft ideas for boys and girls. Making bookmarks is one of the easiest arts and crafts for 5-year-olds. Even older kids would love making these fun paper projects for kids.

To make the simplest bookmark ever, you will need a piece of paper. It would be great if it is thicker than regular paper. You can cut it out according to your preference. The next thing to do would be to decorate that piece of paper. You can write quotes on it, draw with your Sharpies, draw mandalas and doodles, or even draw elaborate paintings.

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Make a simple bookmark as part of your Thanksgiving craft ideas for kids and gift them to your loved ones to show them how grateful you are to have them in your life. Design your own awesome bookmark and Share your creations in the "Design a Bookmark Challenge".

We are pretty sure you have a few empty tissue boxes lying around in your house that would be perfect for some tissue paper crafts for kids. And one of those crafts would be to make a tissue box monster. It is one of the many easy fall crafts for kids. Check out the "Make a Tissue Box Monster Challenge" for step-by-step instructions.

For these kinds of fall art projects for kids, you will need a tissue box, acrylic paint, card stock, sharpies, and scissors. To begin this simple fall craft for kids, you would need to remove the inner film from the tissue box.

Next, cut out the mouth of the tissue box in any way you prefer. Paint the tissue box in the colors you like and stick googly eyes or eyes made out of cardstock to give it more character. If you are looking for Star Wars crafts for kids, you can even draw different Star Wars characters on the tissue box. Likewise, if you are looking for Christmas crafts for kids, try decorating the tissue box with stars and other Christmas ornaments. Explore more tissue paper crafts in the "Tissue Paper Craft Challenge."

Making bracelets is another fun and simple craft. Use paper, thread, yarn, or other materials. Bracelets are great for Friendship Day or as thoughtful gifts.

Bracelets are one of the best gifts for Friendship Day. Let your kid design a friendship bracelet for their BFF and share the results in this "Make a Friendship Bracelet Challenge".

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We know these are just five craft ideas your kids can try. But, we’ve got plenty more fun arts and crafts ideas for kids in our skills and challenges section! For outdoor projects, try:

Whether you’re indoors or outdoors, we’ve got you covered. Try these activities with your little ones and share your creations in our challenges.

Happy DIYing!