Summer Craft Activities for Kids

One of the favorite activities for small and big kids alike is craft activities for kids. By using the most simple arts and crafts materials, you can occupy your kids for hours with varied arts and crafts activities.

So towards the summer vacation it's worth while stocking up on various arts and crafts materials and to integrate arts and crafts activities in your daily itinerary for the kids. You can find lots of ideas for activities here.

A Nylon Beach Bag

Materials:

• A sheet of nylon 84 cm long and 40 cm wide.
• A thick thread
• A punch
• Permanent markers

Fold the nylon sheet in half to form a bag 42 cm long and 40 cm wide.	Draw a picture on both sides of the bag.
Color the picture in using permanent markers.	Form holes along both sides of the bag using a punch. Thread the thread through the holes on each side and tie on each end so that it is secure.
Create another four holes along the width of the opening of the bag and insert two threads to form handles.	And here you have a beautiful nylon beach bag.

A Kite

Materials:

• 3 wooden skewers or wooden sticks
• A piece of thick thread
• A sheet of transparent nylon
• Fishing thread
• Permanent markers
• Cellotape
• Scissors
• A stapler
• A ruler

Place the wooden sticks on top of each other in a cross, so that one stick is placed in the center of the other, one third of it is above the meeting point and two thirds are below.	Join the two sticks using thick thread.
Place the crossed sticks on the sheet of nylon. Mark the nylon sheet at each point of the sticks.	Using a ruler, join the marks so that a square is formed, and then cut it out.
Draw a design or picture on the nylon with a permanent marker (You can also copy a picture from a kids' coloring page) and then color it in.	Draw two 1 cm long parallel lines at each corner of the square and cut it out.
Place the crossed sticks on the back of the square. Thread the piece of thread through the cuts that have been made, and tie to the wooden sticks.	Cut out 4 pieces of tape, and stick them on each end of the wooden sticks, so that the wooden sticks won't move.
To make the tail, cut a piece of nylon to a width of 3 cm. and a length of about 40 cm. Decorate it with permanent markers and staple it to the bottom corner of the kite.	In order to form a string for holding, tie one end of the fishing thread to the third stick, and roll the thread at the required length around it. Tie the other end of the thread to the meeting point of the two crossed wooden sticks.

A Sun Made From Hands

Materials:

• 3 pieces of A4 size yellow construction paper
• A stapler
• Markers or crayons
• Scissors
• A pencil

Draw a circle with a circumference of about 10 cm. on the construction paper.	Cut it out.
Place the child's hand on the construction paper and draw around it six to eight times. The hands will be used to form the rays of the sun.	Cut out the hands, and staple them around the circle that you cut out previously.
Color and decorate the sun.

Where Would You Like to Go Next?

• See some more ideas for arts and crafts activities?
• See the winners of our Summer Activities and Game Contest?
• Enter our Educational Software Reviews Contest?
• Read my review of Fun Kids' Crafts ebook ?