Over 60 Fun and Easy Summer crafts that you can do with your kids this summer. Fill hours this summer with exciting and simple crafts they will love.
Some of these craft make great outdoor activities while others are fun for when the weather turns rainy or too hot and you are forced to stay inside. All of these crafts are good for toddlers and preschooler but if you also have an older child they will love them too!
They are for kids of all ages!! Get ready to get crafty this summer with all these colorful and joyous craft ideas!
Benefits of Summer Crafting with Kids
Summer is a season filled with endless possibilities, and one of the most delightful ways to make the most of this time is through crafting with kids.
Whether it’s a rainy day indoors or a sunny afternoon in the backyard, summer crafting offers a wealth of benefits for children.
- Unleash Imagination: Crafting allows children to explore their creativity, think outside the box, and express themselves freely. With an abundance of materials at their fingertips, such as colorful paper, paints, and craft supplies, children can let their imagination soar and bring their ideas to life.
- Skill Development: As they engage in various crafting activities, they enhance their fine motor skills by cutting, drawing, painting, and manipulating different materials. Crafting also promotes problem-solving abilities as children encounter challenges and find creative solutions. They learn to follow instructions, think critically, and explore different techniques and materials.
- Family Time: It provides an opportunity for quality time and shared experiences as you collaborate on projects, exchange ideas, and celebrate each other’s creations. Crafting can become a bonding ritual that brings the family together, fostering communication, teamwork, and a sense of belonging. It’s a chance to disconnect from screens and technology and engage in meaningful and interactive activities that create lasting memories.
- Self-esteem:As they complete their crafts, they gain a sense of achievement and confidence in their abilities. They learn to value their creativity and unique perspectives.
Looking for more summer ideas? Maybe for older kids or nature based crafts? Check out these awesome ideas:
31 Best Summer Camp Crafts for Kids
40+ Stunning Nature Crafts for Kids
43 Easy Summer Crafts to Keep Kids Busy All Season Long
60+ Fun & Easy Summer Crafts
- Shower Curtain Painting – Happy Toddler Playtime
- Bubble Printed Butterfly Craft – Happy Toddler Playtime
- Sandpaper Sandcastle Craft – Happy Toddler Playtime
- Scrape Painted Ice Cream Craft – Happy Toddler Playtime
- Cardboard Tent Craft – Happy Toddler Playtime
- Fly Swatter Painting Craft – Happy Toddler Playtime
- Watermelon Sponge Painting – Fantastic Fun and Learning
- Button Snail Craft For Kids – I Heart Arts n Crafts
- Paper & Cupcake Liner Lemonade Craft – Glued to My Craft Blog
- Fingerprint Baseball Craft for Kids – Crafty Morning
- Felt Pretend Play Popsicles – Kid Craft Idea For Summer – Glued To My Craft Blog
- Handprint Fish Puppets – Glued to My Craft Blog
- How to Make Sidewalk Chalk for Outdoor Summer Painting – Happy Toddler Playtime
- Bubble Wrap Jelly Fish
- How to Make Sponge Boats – Happy Toddler Playtime
- Turtle Nature Sticky Wall – Happy Toddler Playtime
- Sponge Painted Fish Craft – Happy Toddler Playtime
- Giant Nail Salon – Happy Toddler Playtime
- Bubble Wrap Sea Turtles
- Colorful Jellyfish Craft by I Heart Crafty Things
- Squirt Gun Painting
- Flip Flop Craft – Happy Toddler Playtime
- Sponge Popsicles
- Recycled Treasured Chest
- Cardboard Bird Feeder – Happy Toddler Playtime for Happy Hooligans
- Pom Pom Painted Watermelon – Happy Toddler Playtime
- Bubble Wrap Starfish Craft – Our Kid Things
- Ice Lolly Preschool Craft – Learning and Exploring Through Play
- Cardboard Roll Shiny Pipe Cleaner Dragonflies – Our Kids Things
- Potato Masher Ice Cream Cone Craft –
- Pool Noodle Bird Craft
- DIY Kaleidoscope STEAM Craft
- Pool Noodle Caterpillar Craft for Kids
- Pool Noodle Fish Craft
- Pinwheel Craft
- Rocking Paper Plate Boat
- Adorable Pool Noodle Monster Craft for Kids
- Bug Hotel Craft
- Easy Sponge Painted Ice Cream
- Cardboard Box Guitar
- Cupcake Liner Fish
- Paper Bag Fishing Vest
- Toilet Paper Roll Binocular Craft
- Glowing Firefly Craft
- Boat Rocking in the Waves Craft
- Animal Planters: Cute Craft for Kids
- Craft Stick Octopus Craft
- Jellyfish Suncatcher
- Rocking Shark
- Easy Paper Ladybug
- Pom Pom Painted Pineapple Craft
- DIY Cardboard Tube Kazoo Craft
- Painted Pasta Necklace Craft
- Potato Stamped Ice Cream Cone Craft
- DIY Bubble Wands and Homemade Bubble Solution
- Foil Painting – Easy Process Art Activity for Kids
- Paper Plate Ice Cream Craft
- DIY Stress Balls for Kids: Squeeze Away the Stress with Creativity
- Ice Cream Colouring Pages for Kids
- Tissue Paper Crab Craft
Even More Fun & Easy Summer Crafts for Kids
- Potato Masher Bee
- Potato Masher Turtle
- Paper Plate Rainbow Sun Catcher
- Sunflower Craft
- Watercolor Snail Craft
- Potato Masher Crabs
- Butterfly Craft
- Shaving Cream Sunflower
Looking for more summer activity ideas? Check out of these other round-ups for more ways to stay busy this summer:
- 25+ Outdoor Water Activities to Keep Kids Cool This Summer
- 40+ Awesome Outdoor Learning Activities for Kids
- 30+ Easy Outdoor Art Projects for Kids
- 60+ Awesome Outdoor Activities for Kids
- 45+ Awesome Water Sensory Bins for Toddlers & Preschoolers
- 40+ Water Table Activities for Toddlers
- 21+ Spray Bottle Activities for Toddler
- 20 Amazing Backyard Obstacle Courses
- 21+ Amazing Summer Sensory Bins
- 40+ Ice Sensory Play
- 12 Healthy Smoothie Recipes for Toddlers + Kids
Play2Learn Toddler & Preschool Programs for Curious Toddlers
There is no limit to your toddler’s energy and curiosity. That energy and curiosity although a joy can be challenging at times. Their interest in just about everything around them is what makes them great learners. One and two year olds can soak up so much just from their senses!
But as a teacher or parent that thirst for learning can be exhausting. That is why I created this toddler and preschooler program. To help you get the most out of this time with your curious toddler without having to come up with creative ways to play and interact with them.
Play2Learn for Toddlers includes 20 Units for toddlers. Each 2-week toddler unit has 20 super easy to set up and engaging activities for toddlers 18 months to 3 years.
Play2Learn Preschool which includes 20 Units for preschoolers. Each 2-week preschoolers unit has 20 unique and easy to set up and engaging activities for preschoolers 3 years to 5 years. That’s over 800 learning activities for your toddler and preschooler at your fingertips! So many ideas you and your child will never be bored again!
These toddler and preschool lesson plans and activities will definitely keep you and your toddler and preschooler busy playing and learning!
Click here for more information: Play2Learn
Book: Exciting Sensory Bins for Curious Kids
Did you know I wrote a book of sensory bins? Click here for more information Exciting Sensory Bin for Curious Kids. Or grab your copy at Amazon.
Boring afternoons are made exciting with awesome animal-based bins, like Salty Shark Bay or Yarn Farm. Pretend play bins like Birthday Cake Sensory Play or Bubble Tea Party encourage creativity and imagination. And your kids will have so much fun they won’t even know they’re getting smarter with STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and math) activities like Sink or Float Soup, Magnetic Letter Hunt or Ice Cream Scoop and Count.
Designed for toddlers 18 months and up.
Book: Super STEAM Activity Book for Kids
Learning all about science, technology, engineering, art, and math sets kids up for scholastic success―and it can be so much fun! Watch kids enjoy building STEAM skills as they color friendly fish, help water find its way to tree roots, solve math problems with mazes, and more.
Find out more and grab your copy here.
Designed for preschoolers 3 years old and up.
Book: Big Book of Riddles for Kids
Riddle me this: What’s an exciting way to practice critical thinking while having a blast? The Big Riddle Book for Kids, of course! From hilarious puns to tough brain teasers, kids can build problem-solving skills with hundreds of riddles tha. t show them how to think outside the box.
- 350 riddles for kids—Have hours of fun with riddles, puns and jokes, and math and logic puzzles that’ll get their wheels turning!
- Level up their skills—Riddles get trickier as kids progress through the book, challenging them as they get better at solving puzzles!
- Double-check their work—Kids can check their answers in the back of the book with a handy answer key.
Help children expand their minds while having fun with this puzzle book for kids!
Designed for kids ages 6 years old and up.
TV Show: Curious Crafting
I’m so excited to share my crafting TV show Curious Crafting which launched in July 2022 on TVOkids and TVOkids YouTube! Season 2 aired in August 2023! My show was also nominated in 2023 for Best Live Action Preschool Series by the Youth Media Alliance Awards of Excellence.
Curious Crafting Season 1 is also now airing in Australia on ABC! Watch it here!
Set in the ultimate crafting space, Curious Crafting is a short form pre-school age series about the joy of making crafts. I lead a rotating cast of adorable little preschoolers (including my own) making magic out of common household objects.
In each episode we transform recycled items into magical crafts like a milk carton school bus, paper bag puppet or cotton pad turtle. The crafters learn and laugh their way through each activity while demonstrating what their young imaginations can create.
Curious Crafting shares the adventure and joy of making art with takeaway lessons for creating crafts at home.
This show designed for toddlers and preschoolers 2.5 years old and up.
