Crafty ideas for kids and parents
These sweetheart bookmarks are a great beginner felt sewing project that kids can make. Whilst I’ve designed the felt heart bookmarks as a Valentines Day craft idea, they would also make a lovely handmade gift idea for Mothers Day, birthdays, teacher gifts or Christmas – perfect for book lovers (like me and my girls!). It’s not long now until Valentines Day, and I have a thing for gifts that come from
Create a heart shaped cardboard necklace with textured patterns on each bead. This is a fun recycling craft, perfect for Valentines day (but let’s face it, hearts look fabulous all year round!). You might also like our pebble love bugs Who doesn’t love a good recycling craft? Cardboard really is one of my favourite crafting materials, it’s free and there are just so many things you can make from it
These paper heart people are a fun Valentines Day craft idea for kids. Make one for yourself or give one to somebody special! Get your copy of the template here Do you know someone who needs cheering up? Never fear, the paper heart people are here! They mighty be a bit funny looking, but they have a great big heart and they’re here to spread their love and happy vibes
Make a marbled heart Valentine card to give to somebody special this Valentines Day. We’ve created a simple heart-shaped printable template with messages you can colour inside as well as blank, and best of all, this template is free. This DIY Valentines card idea is perfect for kids of all ages and they will love the marble process art activity too. Last year I bought my girls a marble art
If you’ve ever wondered how to make soap it’s easier than you think! This is kid-friendly strawberry soap recipe uses the microwave (be careful because melted soap is hot so use parent’s discretion when allowing your child to handle it) and a heart-shaped silicone soap mould. If you don’t have a silicone mould you could also use a silicone muffin tin or similar. The finished scented strawberry soaps make
We love sewing crafts for kids, and this adorable hand sewn heart decoration by Oh Creative Day is no exception! I love that Shannon has up-cycled some melted crayon fabric art to make her heart decorations too. My 5-year-old’s favourite shape is a love heart. Every art and craft activity at our place currently involves love hearts. She is also BIG into sewing at the moment so we made these
Here’s a fun printable mothers day card idea – a mother and baby koala card. Mum koala’s head lifts up to reveal your message and you can take the little baby out of her pouch. This printable koala card is also suitable for occasions such as a birthday, new baby, thank you or get well card. Or even just a hello card for a person who likes koalas! (like me)
Make a gorgeous paper flower card using our latest printable template. This stylised flower card was designed with Mothers Day in mind but would also be great for get well soon, thank you, birthday or as a teacher appreciation card. Get the template here The world over, flowers are used as symbols of love. We give them to people when we want to thank them, show them we care, brighten
Make some gorgeous hand-sewn penguin felt ornaments to brighten up your Christmas tree! These little cuties don’t take long to make and would also be a fun Winter craft idea. You might also like our printable paper penguins We love easy sewing projects, and these felt penguin ornaments are no exception! If you’re looking for more Christmas-themed sewing projects, here is a collection of Easy Christmas sewing crafts for beginners,
Meet Peppermint and Candyfloss, two very lucky spiders. These guys are one of 17 easy sewing projects featured in the book Sewing Simple Softies by Trixi Symonds (of Sew A Softie fame) and Deborah Fisher (from Fish Museum + Circus). You can order a copy of the book here. Do you know what I love most of all about being a craft blogger? The friendly blogging community. To make it
For those of you who love the Despicable Me movies (*that’s me*), we have a treat for you today. A Minion pencil topper, perfect for back to school themed crafting and a cute and easy sewing project kids will adore. The Despicable Me movies have been a firm favourite on our own family movie nights, and can always be guaranteed to make us laugh no matter how many times we
Today we’re showing you how to sew your own fluffy DIY pencil case for school or home. This sewing project for kids is great back to school craft and would also make a gorgeous handmade gift idea. My kids are back at school this week from their Summer break, and what a long, hot Summer break it’s been! It was a season filled with devastating fires and extreme heatwaves (want
Today we’re sharing a super cute hand sewn jellyfish craft for kids. You could use our printable template sew a big jellyfish cushion, a smaller jellyfish softie toy or a mini little baby jellyfish. Or all three, because we all know that more jellyfish together would have more fun! As a special extra, we’ve even included a box jellyfish from Northern Australia. I can’t believe it’s already the tail end
Have you tried sewing with kids? I must confess that as I was growing up I had no time for sewing although my mother did try to teach me. It always seemed complicated and way too time-consuming. I was young, and in the back of my mind I held an ageist belief that sewing was an old-fashioned hobby which should be reserved for grandmas along with knitting and crochet. Sadly this was,
If you’re looking for Mother’s Day cards kids can make, you’re in luck! We’ve scoured the internet for 20 of the cutest and easiest cards kids can make for Mum. You might also like these handmade gift ideas Handmade cards add something special to any gift, don’t you think? But sometimes pinterest-perfect cards aren’t as easy to make as they look. Well, not these ones. All of the Mothers Day
Impress Mum this year with one of 40+ Mothers Day DIY gift ideas and handmade cards! Nothing says “I love you” more than a handmade (and especially a kid-made) card or gift. Here are some ideas from bloggers around the world as well as our own archives to get you started. You might also like our Spring Craft bucket list When I get asked what I’d like for Mothers Day
How sweet are these DIY printable gift tags? They’re perfect for all holiday season gifting with designs in a festive star, evergreen tree, and a simple heart. The template is free. You might also like our printable reindeer gift box I love handmade gifts — they’re so much more special than store-bought ones because of the time and love that goes into them. These easy DIY printable gift tags make
Today we’re sharing a fun and easy sewing craft for kids, shape monsters with a free printable pattern. You can sew Sammy Square, Tammy Triangle or Cecilia Circle, but watch out – these guys will gobble up anything they find of their own shape! Our shape monsters are part of the sew a softie tutorial hop, organised by Trixi from Sew A Softie blog. You might also like our peg
Today we’re sharing over 40 cool crafts for tweens. Technically, that includes kids aged 10-12, but there’s plenty of wiggle room when it comes to age with this list of ideas. Kids who are a little bit younger or older would enjoy them too. We’ve got DIY jewelry, stationery, beauty DIYs, art ideas, bedroom decor, sewing projects, and more! You might also like these DIY toy ideas Do you have
It’s no secret that we’re big on recycling crafts here at The Craft Train. Today we are sharing 40 of our favourite recycled craft projects to inspire you to grab a piece of discarded rubbish and get making! From cardboard boxes to upcycled bottles and lids, to paper rolls, egg cartons, newspaper and even recycled artworks there are tons of idea to choose from. You might also like these nature
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