Perfect for playdates and rainy days, we’ve compiled our favourite 50 easy art and craft ideas to keep kids busy.
Great ways to paint
Because nothing beats watching a child turn a beautiful palette of colours into a big brown mess.
1-5 – Fingers at the ready!
Kids can handprint their way to artistic greatness!
6-10 – Or are you bored of using paint?
Try these 5 arty ways to use shaving foam instead.
11-15 – No brush, no problem!
There are many ways for kids to make their mark.
Channel your inner Blue Peter presenter
These crafts, using old packaging, are traditional and fun.
16-20 – Don’t put cereal boxes into the recycling bin!
Make some fun makes instead!
21-25 – Bored fusilli?
These art ideas don’t cost a pretty penne! (Sorry, not sorry, for the terrible pasta pun)
26-30 – Have an underwater adventure
Dive into the ocean with these ocean-inspired crafts!
Looking for something a bit different?
Alternative crafts to suit every mood…!
31 – Unleash their inner Picasso
This simple activity teaches parts of the face too!
32-36 – Get happy!
Feeling blue? These happy crafts are sure to turn that frown upside down!
37-41 – Got a racer in the midst?
Make a race track together using one (or all) of these ideas.
42-46 – 5 Monster crafts – perfect for your little monsters
The best part is you can let them do most of it on their own.
47-51 – Tired of explaining why they can’t have a lion as a pet?
Make one or any of these other cute creatures instead.
52-56 – 3 Totally cool cork crafts
We LOVE these ideas from CBeebies!
57 – Let them create art you might actually want to hang up
All you need is paper and some trusty felt tips – thanks Mess for Less!
