Simple and cute summer project crafts! A collection of ideas for girls that will make you want to create
How about making your own original accessories and crafts for your summer vacation project? Easy-to-find materials can turn into adorable creations, and these crafts are especially popular among girls.
Many projects are practical—like clocks, cups, and lampshades—so you can enjoy using them after they’re finished.
By arranging the colors and designs to suit your taste, you’ll end up with wonderful pieces full of personality.
In this article, we’ll introduce craft ideas that students from lower to upper grades can enjoy, so find something that interests you and give it a try!
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Simple and cute DIY science projects! A collection of ideas for girls that you’ll want to make (21–30)
Portable water
Can you carry water? Let’s make mysterious water.
Prepare water and a bowl, food-grade calcium lactate and food-grade alginate, and a ladle.
Make two solutions: one with alginate dissolved in water and one with calcium lactate dissolved in water.
Scoop up the alginate solution with the ladle, place it into the calcium lactate solution, and rotate the ladle for a few minutes.
Then gently drop what you’ve made into plain water… and you’ll have water you can hold in your hand! Try making this mysterious water and summarize your experimental results.
Sparkly oil bottle
How about trying to make a colorful, sparkly oil bottle? The materials are a clear container, baby oil, candle dye, water-soluble dye, and glitter.
Pour baby oil into the container and color it with candle dye.
Then add water colored with a different dye on top; the water and oil repel each other, creating a beautiful two-layer effect.
Add glitter or holographic pieces in your favorite colors to decorate.
It’s an easy science project you can finish in about an hour.
Simple and cute summer project crafts! A collection of ideas for girls that will make you want to create (31–40)
herbarium
Let’s try making a herbarium, which is also popular as room decor! Prepare a bottle, dried flowers, and herbarium oil.
After cutting the dried flowers, place them in the bottle, pour in the oil, and screw on the lid—that’s it.
It’s very easy, so it’s perfect when you want to finish a craft assignment quickly.
If you’d like to create something with a summery feel, how about adding shells designed for herbariums? You can also tint the oil blue to represent the ocean.
Let’s make a 3D kaleidoscope
How about making a box—a cube-shaped kaleidoscope—where a glittering world unfolds when you peek inside? You’ll need six acrylic mirrors to form a cube and vinyl tape to assemble them.
The process is very simple: scratch the outer surfaces so the inner mirrors can admit light, then add color to the scratched areas with pens.
The view you see when you look inside doesn’t change, but a mysteriously captivating world spreads out, one you’ll want to keep gazing at forever.
straw pan pipe
Let’s try making a straw whistle that can produce various sounds.
Prepare slightly thick straws, sturdy binder clips, a lighter, and scissors.
Clamp the end of a straw with a binder clip, trim off any excess that sticks out, and gently heat it with the lighter.
The straw will melt and fuse shut.
Make several straws of different lengths so they form a musical scale.
Since this involves using fire, I’d recommend it for 4th graders and up.
lava lamp
Lava lamps are well-known as stylish interior items.
Watching their gently swaying, dreamy motion is so soothing, isn’t it? Let’s try making a homemade lava lamp! Fill a base container halfway with water, then pour in the same amount of salad (vegetable) oil on top.
Since oil is lighter than water, it floats, creating a separated layer.
Next, use a syringe or similar tool to carefully add small amounts of water colored with food dye.
You’ll see colored, rounded droplets softly appear and rise.
You can also try adding a fizzy tablet, some glitter from a 100-yen shop, or illuminating it from below with a light for an extra charming effect.
snow globe
Snow globes you get as souvenirs—some people even collect only snow globes, right? Let’s try making one yourself! Prepare a round jar, a piece of sponge, your favorite figurine, glitter, water, and clear glue.
Cut the sponge to fit the lid of the jar, attach the figurine on top, and stick it to the underside of the lid.
In the jar, add water, glitter, and glue, then mix to dissolve and screw on the lid—done! It’s easy enough for lower elementary school kids.
You can also create little scenes by adding your favorite figurines.