Crafts
Find inspiration for a rainy day with these craft project ideas for kids. We’d love you to share pictures of your creations with us on our Red Kite Days Facebook page. Have fun!
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OREO Moon Phases Activity
This is a fun little activity for any kids interested in Space or doing a Space topic at school or homeschool. You create the phases ...
Rainbow Crafts For Kids
Rainbow pictures have been springing up in windows all over the UK since the Coronavirus lock down. A symbol of hope, diversity and of ...
Marble Roll Painting
My kids went to a really fun Go Jetters themed birthday party at the weekend. One of the activities was this fun marble roll ...
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Farmyard Tuff Tray
By Laura, creative Mum of 2, and great at finding and trying out lots of different activities. It’s raining again! We are trying to ...
5 Valentine Activities for Toddlers
Here’s 5 great Valentine themed activities for toddlers from painting to card making and sensory play. Valentine Heart Painting ...
Love Bugs Play Dough Activity
By Laura, Oxfordshire Mum of 2 A nice easy play dough activity today! If you’d like to make your own play dough, here’s an ...
Recycled view all >
Balloon Top Tin Can Drums
Tin Can Drums are an easy musical instrument you can make for kids. They look great, don’t cost the earth and you can have a lot ...
How to make a Sock Bunny
Ever wondered what to do with odd socks? Here’s how to make your own sock bunny filled with rice. It’s really easy to make ...
Make a Bug Hotel
Making a bug hotel is a great fun project to get the kids interested in the garden. Gather up items that have little holes for ...
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Play Dough Spider
Play dough is great for developing hand eye co-ordination and fine motor skills. This play dough spider is a great Halloween themed ...
Paper Plate Pumpkin
Paper plates are a great base for all kinds of children’s crafts. I love this Halloween paper plate pumpkin that my three year ...
Quick Valentine Heart Painting
By Laura, Oxfordshire Mum of 2 An easy toddler craft for Valentine’s Day. This was a lovely and fairly clean method of painting ...
Things to Make view all >
DIY Felt Magnetic Board for Kids
You can easily create your own easy felt and magnet board out of an old biscuit tin. Making it is half the fun and then you can play ...
Baby Sensory Ribbon Game
Creative Mum of 2, Laura is great at finding and trying out lots of different activities. She’s just done this really simple baby ...
Make a CD Scarecrow
Here’s a fun little project for the garden using some old CDs – your very own CD ‘scarecrow’. It’s a ...
Black Glue Art
Have fun creating your own black glue art. A squeezy bottle is used to apply the black glue outline which creates an interesting 3D ...
Cherry Blossom Spring Craft
One of the first signs of spring that I love is the cherry blossom appearing on trees. Here’s a simple spring craft perfect for ...
Valentine’s Slime
By Laura, Oxfordshire Mum of 2 It’s an early morning here today! Luckily, I’d made this last night, so my munchkin could play whilst I ...
5 Winter Messy Craft Ideas
Off the back of Kate Middleton revealing her love of ‘messy’ crafts and playing with papier-mâché with George and Charlotte, Helen ...
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt Multi Sensory Play
By Laura, Oxfordshire Mum of 2 My 2 and a half year old is currently obsessed with “We’re going on a bear hunt” by Michael Rosen. I ...
Love Potion: Valentine’s Sensory Play
By Laura, Oxfordshire Mum of 2 With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, this week we are playing all things pink and romantic. ...
5 Minute Halloween Ghost Decoration
This spooky ghost decoration is a quick five minute craft and great to decorate your house for the arrival of trick or treaters or a ...
Halloween Bat Art
This is a great Halloween toddler art activity that my three year old created at our local toddler group. What you will need: Black ...
Rainbow Junk Frame
What do you do with all the plastic tat that you accumulate from party bags and Christmas crackers? Here’s a really fun little ...
DIY Teddy Sock TShirt
Do you find you have drawers full of mismatched socks? We are always looking for things to do with an odd sock which has lost its ...
Easy Decoupage Easter Eggs
One of the easiest way to decorate an Easter egg especially for little ones, is decoupage. Slather on the glue, stick on the paper and ...
Giant Easter Birds Nest
This giant Easter birds nest activity is great fun for toddlers and older children alike. The paper is scrunchy and makes a great sound ...
