Crafts parents and kids can enjoy together. Recommended craft ideas to keep children entertained.
Here are some recommended craft ideas that parents and kids can enjoy together!
When you hear “crafts,” you might think of summer vacation homework.
But crafts are also perfect for everyday play and passing the time at home!
With common household items like plastic bottles, milk cartons, cardboard, and clay, you can make all kinds of fun creations.
You can have a blast making them with your child, play with what you’ve made, or even exchange your creations as gifts with each other…
You’re sure to share lots of fun moments!
These ideas will captivate both adults and kids, so be sure to enjoy them together as a family!
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Crafts that parents and children can enjoy together. Recommended craft ideas to keep kids entertained (21–30)
Funny Hundred Faces
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!
Cardboard crane game
This is a craft project that recreates an arcade claw machine out of cardboard—something that excites both adults and kids.
Best of all, the claw is realistic and can actually grab objects, so you can enjoy playing the game even after you’ve built it! You’ll make the main frame, the mechanism for operating the claw, the claw itself, the mechanism for opening and closing the claw, and the base of the main unit in that order.
Since the claw’s arms are designed to really move, that part may take a bit of extra effort.
It’s efficient to split up the steps between parent and child, so definitely give it a try!
Bow and arrow made from a toilet paper roll core
Let’s make a bow and arrow out of a toilet paper roll! You’ll need: a toilet paper roll, one thick straw and two thin straws, a cotton swab, rubber bands, an awl, a small piece of construction paper, a pencil, cellophane tape, and scissors.
Use the awl to make holes in the toilet paper roll, insert the thick straw, and create openings for the bow.
Attach rubber bands to make the bowstring you’ll pull.
For the arrow, attach a halved cotton swab to a thin straw.
Insert the thin straw with the cotton swab into the thick straw, pull back the rubber band, and the straw will shoot out like an arrow!
Piggy bank ghost made from cardboard
Let’s make a realistic mechanical piggy bank using cardboard! You’ll need thick cardboard, rubber bands, a hot glue gun, and more.
When using a hot glue gun, be careful not to get burned and use it with an adult.
By using a gear mechanism, you can create a ghost piggy bank that swallows coins when you turn the handle.
You can also change the decorations to make it something other than a ghost, so feel free to get creative!
Marble-rolling game made with 100-yen shop items
How about making a marble-rolling game like pinball or smart ball using 100-yen shop items? First, prepare a thick document file (the kind used for storing papers) and cut a piece of cardboard to the same size to use as the base.
Paste construction paper on it, then cut out faces of your favorite animals or characters from more construction paper and stick them on.
Punch a hole where the animal’s or character’s mouth is, create a starting point, and slide it into the file—done! Instead of animals or characters, you can also make ramps so the marble slides down, which is highly recommended.
It’s portable, so it’s great as a time-killer for kids when you’re out and about.
Puni-puni handmade stickers
Kids just love stickers, don’t they? They’re especially drawn to ones with a squishy, unique texture.
Here’s a simple, squishy handmade sticker craft that even small children can enjoy.
It uses the property of wood glue that turns transparent when it dries.
Fix a clear card case or a plastic desk pad to the table, draw a motif with a water-based pen, and trace over it with glue before the ink dries.
You can also prepare a draft motif beforehand and have your child trace over it to make their own! Let it dry for about a day and your sticker is ready.
After it’s done, you can peel it off and have fun playing with the stickers—give it a try!
Puru-Koro Soap
It’s like a jewel! Let me show you how to make cute, jiggly soap.
You’ll need liquid hand soap, gelatin, hot water, and food coloring.
Dissolve the gelatin in hot water, then mix in the liquid hand soap.
The trick is to stir slowly so it doesn’t foam.
Add food coloring, pour into a flat container, and chill in the refrigerator for 1–2 hours.
Then just cut it into your favorite shapes and you’re done! It looks adorable and might make handwashing more fun.
Just be careful to prevent small children from accidentally swallowing it.
