Looking for simple summer crafts for kids? We have tons of fun summer crafts for kids of all ages to keep them busy throughout summer. These are easy craft ideas to do with toddlers, preschoolers, kindergarteners, and elementary school kids. Add these to your summer bucket list and have lots of fun making them at home or in summer camps.
These are simple crafts that can be made with few basic craft supplies and no special crafty skills are required. Just click on the link to get the instructions for each craft and we are sure you will find something the whole family will love.
We also have a collection of 10 summer projects for tweens. You are gonna love them, especially this popsicle house summer boredom buster for tweens.
Summer crafts for kids
Browse through our list of amazing summer crafts and keep your kids entertained for hours!
- Summer is the perfect time to enjoy the beach. This cute recycled egg carton shark craft is a fun beach-themed craft to make with your kids this summer!
- Spotted some beautiful butterflies during this summer break? Then your kids will want to make this simple paper butterfly summer craft.
- Have fun with this easy paper plate sun puppet craft. Such a cool craft for summer!
- This felt paper ice cream cone summer craft is a fun idea for all ice-cream lovers!
- Improve the scissor-skills this summer with this beautiful paper lavender craft.
- Have a little rainbow-lover at home? Play outdoors with this diy rainbow soap foam! This can be made in just 5 minutes and is a great sensory play activity idea for your kids this summer!
- This fluttering cupcake liner butterfly summer craft is so easy to make and is a fun idea for your toddlers and preschoolers.
- Looking for an amusement park craft? Then you should check out this paper plate merry go round craft!
- This easy DIY bracelet is a fantastic boredom buster activity to plan for your next summer camp!
How about a beautiful paper jellyfish craft? This is made of paper chains which is a great summer craft project to work on kids’ scissor skills and fine motor skills.
Get step by step tutorial on making a paper jellyfish craft
Here is yet another fun ocean craft. Make a paper plate rainbow fish!
Learn how to make a paper plate rainbow fish craft
Do you like puppet crafts? Then this walking crab puppet is a fun craft idea for this summer!
Get step by step tutorial on making a paper crab craft puppet
Here are 10 Easy sun crafts for kids you shouldn’t miss this summer!
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