Summer is fun! Isn’t it? Kids are in camp, kids are swimming, kids are outside. If your kids are like my kids, however, they’re also hot, hyper, and a little bored when the summer rains won’t let up. After you’ve done the library thing, the cooking thing, the games, music, and dare I say it, the TV thing, we always wind up back to crafting. Crafting is a great way to spark imagination any time of year, and with many different mediums. Do you have a favorite arts and crafts site for your kids? I’d love to write them! Comments are always appreciated!
Here are some of my favorite crafting websites for kids. My five year old and three year old can both do many of these crafts together, or with help from grown-ups. They always appreciate a fun project that brings them out of their usual routine!
Kids Craft Weekly - Amber Carvan is an adorable Australian SAHM who started this creative, well designed newsletter FREE to your inbox. My girls get so excited when I tell them the new Kids Craft email is here! Each newsletter has a great theme, everything from pirates to stripes to the latest issue, Animal Favorites. The crafts are designed for a wide range of ages, uses a lot of items from around the house and can be modified for even the youngest kids. You can find the entire Kids Craft Weekly archives on-line! There’s also a wonderful Flickr pool for Kids Craft-ers who want to show the world (ok, other kids) what they’ve come up with.
scrumdilly-do is where all the hip kidlets are going to make crazy crafts. Jessica Wilson consistently comes up with funky, innovative projects mixed with kids book reviews and “Boredom Busters” - quick and not too messy ways to kick your kid’s creative moods in gear. scrumdilly-do also has a Flickr pool and an awesome blogroll to lead you to other kid-related sites and cool products.
I’m new to The Crafty Crow, but I love it already. It’s CHOCK FULL of recipes, crafts and ideas for “repurposing” items (which is a lovely word for recycling without having to actually recycle). I especially loves these Toddler Activity Bags when traveling with little ones, or these amazing lanterns made from jars and cans, for backyard summer camp-outs!
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Good ideas for kids. I will pass along a few of these to the arts & crafts summer camp that my child loves.
Thanks, we’re always looking for great craft sites. Have you checked out the new Kids site Ziggity Zoom yet? It has tons of fun preschool crafts and activities and online coloring and stories. The kids love this one, especially the Princess Dressup game. www.ziggityzoom.com It’s worth checking out.
