Ask Anissa: I Need Some Fun Kids Craft Ideas, Please Help!

Question: I have 4 kids who range in age from 3 to 11, and after school or on the weekends its always helpful to have a few craft ideas on hand. I need some fun kids crafts, please help!

Melanie J., Austin, TX

Answer: Melanie, I completely understand the need to keep new ideas on hand for a rainy day or a day with little or no homework! I have included some fun links below, and I guess I'm a little excited for Halloween. Even though some of them have Halloween designs, they are great templates that can be used all year long. The finger puppets, are great for year round play, and the magazines might just have a few fun activities in them too!

Creepy Halloween Spider Web Doorway Kids Craft
- Craft a spooky spider web doorway decoration to set the Halloween mood. For a less scary look, use fun collage materials to decorate your spiders and their webs. Added to Halloween Crafts.

Finger Puppet Bats
- Finger Puppet Bat. Tie these from the ceiling with fishing line, and watch people duck out of the way. when the party’s over, you can hand them out along with all the treats. CRAFT MATERIALS: Sheet of paper Black construction paper …

Tor's Crepes
- Earlier this week I set out to make a batch of crepes for the kids' breakfast. When Tor saw what I was up to he let out a primal roar: "MY DO IT!!!" OK by me! He did all the measuring & mixing. Momma cracked the eggs & did the stove-top …

Build It, Fly It, Craft It
- And in the crafty department, I recently added Making Stuff for Kids, by Victoria Woodcock to our bookshelves. It has crafts for kids as young as three. It also has instructions for teaching kids basic sewing, knitting, cross stitch, …

Kids’ Crafts & Activities
- Why Kids Will Love It: Need a place to store all those odds and ends your little collector harvests? Then this treasure box craft is just the thing! This easy–to–make craft creates a lasting holder for all those fun treasures and …

TOP 40 Children’s Magazines
- Kids magazines are not only cheap, with many kid magazines offering free trials, but they offer a wide range of interesting stories, picture illustrations, games, puzzles, crafts and art projects for children and teens that help promote …