Crafts parents and kids can enjoy together. Recommended craft ideas to keep children entertained.

A box for doing hair styling

Why not make a hairstyling box using a large empty box, felt, and yarn? It’s a great craft for kids who love tying or braiding doll hair.

First, cut out parts like the face, eyes, and mouth from felt, and stick them onto the box lid.

As if making a pom-pom, wrap yarn around cardboard, tie it at one point, then cut the looped ends.

Punch holes in the top of the face area on the box, thread the tied yarn through, and attach the “hair” around the face.

Make the side sections and bangs separately.

Also, secure the side hair at the upper left and right sides of the face.

Finally, decorate as you like with ribbons and more, and you’re done! Use the yarn as hair and enjoy styling it.

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whipped resin

We’ll show you how to make whipped resin that feels just like making sweets.

First, let’s create the base with resin.

Pour resin into a mold and cure it.

You can make the color however you like.

Once the base is ready, add the deco “whip,” then place decorative parts on top to embellish it.

When the whip hardens, it’s done! Using store-bought decorative parts is easy, but if you’d like to try making more with resin, take this opportunity to handcraft the parts as well.

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Rainbow Stick

[Preschool Teacher] Easy Handmade Toy! How to Make a Spinning Bubble Wand [Daycare/Kindergarten]

It’s a fun toy to watch and play with: when you twirl the stick, a sparkling, soap-bubble-like shape appears.

Cut holographic chiyogami paper into long, thin strips, attach them to a straw, and cut so that each strip has a piece of straw at both ends.

Thread this onto a bamboo skewer or a thin straw, then secure one end at the tip to finish.

When you spin the rod briskly, the unsecured end moves up and down under the paper’s centrifugal force, changing shape freely.

Try customizing it by varying the number and length of chiyogami strips or experimenting with spinning techniques that make it look even more like a soap bubble.

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Toys made from empty snack boxes

[Elementary School Summer Vacation Crafts/Independent Research] Handmade Toys Using Empty Snack Boxes 🌻 #SummerVacationCrafts #IndependentResearch #Crafts #EasyCrafts #PlayAtHome #HandmadeToys #DIY

Make it with an empty snack box! Here’s how to create a pom‑pom shooting game! First, prepare an empty box that once held something like Choco Pie.

Reinforce the back by attaching a wooden stick so the lid can stay open.

Next, glue wooden sticks to the top and bottom of a wooden clip and wrap a rubber band around it.

Attach a plastic bottle cap to one end, and fix the other end to the back of the box.

Finally, stick a few small paper cups inside the box wherever you like, and you’re done.

Set a cotton ball in the bottle cap and launch it with a pop—have fun playing!

crayon (wax pastel)

Three quick and engaging crayon-based mini projects all at once

Crayon pastels, which let you enjoy overlapping colors and inventive line work, are a delightful art form that expands the range of expression.

You can color the entire sheet with crayons and then draw lines on top with a pastel to create a finish reminiscent of carbon copy paper.

Using a stencil technique, place cut-out shapes on the paper and layer colors around them with crayon pastels to make patterns emerge.

In the scratch technique, you first color the surface vibrantly, then cover it with black and scratch lines with a pin or similar tool to draw, resulting in a dreamlike piece.

Choosing themes from nature—such as flowers, plants, or fish—enables even richer expression.

It’s an engaging craft where discoveries arise from shifts in color and accidental patterns, nurturing both imagination and powers of observation.

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Funny Hundred Faces

[For Kids] Craft: “Funny Hundred Faces.” Easy to make and play with just paper and colored pencils. Art/craft/project ideas for elementary schools, kindergartens, and preschools. DIY activities usable in nursing homes and elder care. Introducing play tools you can make at home with your children.

This “Funny Hundred Faces” activity is perfect for people who love drawing and have time to take it slow.

It’s a foldable where you open up a square-folded paper and the expression changes bit by bit.

Draw several different faces—smiling, crying, angry, and more.

You can use your teacher’s or friends’ faces as models, or your favorite animals like rabbits or cats.

If you make it with a big sheet of paper, it could even work as a simple mask.

Since the main focus is on drawing illustrations, have fun while you create it!

Trot-trot walking! Kitty

[The Battle Cats] Toddling! Tried Making a Walking Cat Craft! ~Yotaro & Mom

This is a craft project that recreates the hugely popular game “The Battle Cats,” and it’s fun for parents and children to make and play with together.

All you need are cardboard and toothpicks! Even elementary school kids can easily make it.

Since you’ll be creating a round cat in 3D, the key is to curve the cardboard as you glue it together.

The legs are the trickiest part to assemble, so it might be good to ask Mom or Dad for help.

You can make several and change the cat designs to enjoy it even more.

If you place them on a slightly tilted platform, the cats toddle along cutely, and just watching them is soothing.

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