Summer Crafts

Be sure to explore all of our fun summer activities including great crafts for kids, summer printables, fabulous recipes, outdoor fun and more!

Pretty Pencil Pinwheels

These easy-to-make summer decorations are fun to make at birthday parties!

Paper Plate Porthole

Go deep sea diving right in your backyard with this summer craft that makes a great camp activity.

Make Your Own Ice Cream

Treat your family--check out our recipe for homemade ice cream!


Juice Bottle Bug Catcher
Juice Bottle Bug Catcher

Help young scientists learn about the natural environment with this bottle bug catcher. It’s also a fun way for kids to reuse a bottle! read more

Personalized Plant Pokes
Personalized Plant Pokes

Kids love to dig in the garden and grow something to call their very own. Now they can make their own personalized plant pokes, a great summer gardening crafts. read more

Fork Wind Chime
Fork Wind Chime

Every house has some odd forks kicking around that don't belong to any set of cutlery and this fork wind chime craft is the perfect way for kids to have some summertime fun with them. Good for Earth Day too. read more

Summer Wreath
Summer Wreath

Avoid the usual and surprise everyone with this summer wreath craft. Kids especially enjoy the novelty of making a wreath in the summer. If they haven't used reeds before this project serves as a good intro. read more

Paperweight Fun

Turn an ordinary stone into a beautiful paperweight to weight down napkins, or just for Mom or Dad's desk. Even little kids can do this craft! read more

Rock Paperweights
Rock Paperweights

If you're spending part of the summer at a cottage or near a beach then making these rock paperweights can keep small hands active. Kids don't need much more than rocks, paint and imagination. read more

Sand Art
Sand Art

While away long summer afternoons with sand art. Also called sand painting, this is a simple but satisfying craft that's good for Earth Day in the springtime or any dry summer day that follows. read more

Sand Sculpture
Sand Sculpture

Every beachside sculptor knows the frustration of seeing a masterpiece swept away by the waves. Now kids can craft a permanent sand sculpture just by using sand, water and cornstarch. read more

VeggieGolf - Asparagus
VeggieGolf - Asparagus

It's now okay to play with your vegetables! Kids can turn their favorite Veggie Tales characters into a summer game of croquet with this corrugated plastic craft. read more

VeggieGolf - Blue Character
VeggieGolf - Blue Character

Is the idea of eating vegetables making you blue? It's now okay to play with your vegetables! Kids can make all their Veggie Tales friends into a summer game of croquet with this corrugated plastic craft. read more

VeggieGolf - Blueberry
VeggieGolf - Blueberry

Food you can play with! Veggie Tales characters become a great summer game of croquet for kids when you create this corrugated plastic craft. read more

VeggieGolf - Carrot
VeggieGolf - Carrot

No eating these carrots! This Veggie Tales carrot becomes part of a great summer game of croquet for kids with this corrugated plastic craft. read more

VeggieGolf - Cucumber
VeggieGolf - Cucumber

Cucumbers can be fun! Recreate your favorite Veggie Tales characters into a summer game of croquet for kids with this corrugated plastic craft. read more

VeggieGolf - Tomato
VeggieGolf - Tomato

Golf with a tomato? Make all the Veggie Tales characters into a kids' game of croquet with this corrugated plastic craft. read more

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