Layer both coffee filters together then fold in half, and in half again. Holding the folded filters at the point, cut both left and right corners off, rounding as you go.

 

 

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Happy…sad…mad… these cardboard tube dolls are perfect for teaching emotions to young children. The ability to change faces on these clever dolls allows for hours of imaginative play!

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Show your support for our military by making these clothespin airplanes made to look like vintage war planes! Kids will love making these airplanes from clothespins and paint.

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Create gorgeous rainbow butterfly art using marbled paper. Each one is different and as pretty as can be.

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Turn a child’s xylophone into an awesome windchime. Bright colors and beautiful tones make this a nice gift for practically anyone.

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Make a gorgeous tulip wreath with just a handful of supplies and 10 bunches of colorful mini tulips. It looks so beautiful and makes a wonderful gift. 

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Create a beautiful crown of flowers any girl will love. This hair accessory is perfect for a wedding, princess party, 60’s/70’s theme event, or just for a fun day in the sun!

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Learn all about symmetry using natural objects. This is a great outdoor project for spring, summer or fall.

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Use paint and a few other simple supplies to turn an old egg carton in to a beautiful flower garden. It’s a fun recycling project for kids.

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Get creative with puppets made from paper bags and embellishments. This great project allows kids to make the puppets and then put on a show. 

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You remember the old tin can telephone game you played when you were a kid, don’t you? Your parents probably remember too! This is a fun way to pass the time on hot summer days and will keep kids busy for hours.

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Toddlers love to finger paint and with our edible homemade paints, you won’t have to worry about them sticking their fingers into their mouths. You probably already have the items needed to make these paints tucked away in your pantry – dig them out for a day of fun!

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Make an inexpensive wire photo holder from scrap wood and floral wire. This easy photo display is a great gift for any occasion.

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Make a beautiful Mother’s Day flower art project with the kids! The tutorial includes a printable.

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Use different shades of paint and some shaped wire to decorate bare wood flowers. Use the finished flowers as magnets, on the front of a terra cotta pot, or on a frame.

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This simple flower brooch makes a wonderful gift for Mom, Grandma, or other special person in your life. It’s easy to make and requires only basic jewelry-making experience.

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Turn a wooden crate and cardboard tubes into a fabulous parking garage for Hot Wheels or Matchbox cars. Not only is it fun for play, but it’s great for storing and displaying the cars.

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This easy-to-make stenciled planter looks so pretty on the front porch! It’s an easy gift that kids can make themselves to give to a special relative, teacher, coach or anyone else.

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Create a book that Mom will treasure for years to come! This tutorial includes printable frames and fill-in prompts.

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This simple project is easy to do and makes a great gift. If you have photo paper at home, it can be printed and put together in less than 30 minutes!

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Create a monogrammed tote, a perfect gift for Mother’s Day, Teacher Appreciation Day or any occasion.  This no-sew project requires ironing and good cutting skills, so it is best for older children.

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These beautiful clay pendant necklaces so simple even little ones can make them.  They make a lovely handmade gift for Mother’s Day, a special teacher, or anyone else.

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These pretty bud vases are made from PVC pipes, and old photos. This is a gift that Mom will treasure for years to come!

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Make Mom a friendly flower face pin to wear on her shirt or lapel. Silk flowers are turned into smiley face pins with googly eyes, markers, safety pins and magnets.

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Make seedling pots out of newspaper. Add a label and some fabric scraps and watch your seeds grow!

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Even the littlest of crafters can make one of these fun plates of love for Mom! All you need are a plate, some glue and some pasta shapes. It takes under an hour.

Pasta Heart Plate for Mom

What You Need

• Colorful coated paper plate
• White craft glue
• Dried macaroni noodles
• Yellow and green split peas

How To Make It

1. Use white craft glue to draw a heart shape on the plate. Place macaroni shapes onto the white craft glue heart.
2. Use white craft glue to write “mom” in the center of the heart. Place flat side of split peas onto the craft glue, using yellow peas for both letter “m’s” and green for the “o”.
3. Let dry completely.

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You’re never too old to buy your mother a gift on Mother’s Day. Older teens will like making these photo pendants by filling glass tiles with pictures that are dear to Mom’s heart.

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Turn a plain ol’ box into a pretty gift using tissue paper, ribbon and Mod Podge. Fill it with Mom’s favorite candies for a special Mother’s treat.

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Spring is here and ladybugs abound! Read on to see how to use stickers to make these colorful ladybugs.

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Paint napkins with watercolors to create pretty flowers for a beautiful centerpiece. Kids and adults will have fun painting the napkins and watching the flowers “bloom”!

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This paper plate bird makes a great spring activity for toddlers and preschoolers. It’s easy to do and the birds are adorable!

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We celebrate Earth Day each year on April 22nd and Earth Month during the entire month of April. It all started in 1970 with a grassroots movement that has developed into the Earth Day we know today. Teach your kids about recycling and keeping our planet healthy and clean through fun Earth Day crafts and recipes. We’ve listed ten of our favorites below.

Earth Day Crafts and Recipes

1. Earth Day Nature Collage – Celebrate Earth’s beauty by rearranging natural objects you find into a temporary collage. Don’t forget to take a picture!

2. Earth Day Dinner – With just a few creative twists, a regular dinner can become a delicious tribute to Earth. Kids will love making and eating this craft.

3. Paper Plate and Yarn Earth – This paper plate Earth is so much fun for young crafters. Little hands will love the clever painting technique and applying the yarn. 

4. Earth Day Cupcakes – These Earth Day cupcakes feature blue and green cookies atop cupcakes colored to look like the inner core layers of our planet. What a fun treat!

5. Mosaic Earth – Use construction paper or pages torn from magazines to make a pretty mosaic of our planet. 

6. Earth Cake Filled with Candy Rocks – This spectacular cake will is much easier to make than it seems. Guests will be amazed when candy rocks spill out when you cut it!

7. Coffee Filter Earth – Color a coffee filter craft to look like Earth, then cradle our planet with cut-out handprints. 

8. Puffy Paint Earth – Learn how to make your own puffy paint, then apply it by hand. Literally! The kids will love it. 

9. Moon Pie Earth Pops – Turn Moon Pies into Earth Pies! It couldn’t be easier. 

10. Tissue Paper Globe – Decoupage tissue paper onto a foam ball to make this cute globe. It’s very lightweight, perfect for hanging. 

Remember, we have a lot more Earth Day crafts and recipes here at Fun Family Crafts! Be sure to check them out. 

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Cute ladybugs made from recycled CDs or DVDs and felt! A great summer craft, and fun as a group project too.

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These cute little cups are perfect for a strawberry party or just to brighten the neighbors’ day. Fill the pretty cups with homemade goodies from your kitchen.

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There are plenty of fun and colorful bird crafts for kids to make, but there’s also a learning opportunity here. Birds are an essential part in the ecosystem. Below you’ll find a collection of some of our favorite bird crafts for kids, but you can see all 350+ bird crafts here!

Bird Crafts for Kids

1. Rainbow Bird Wing Costume – This beautiful felt bird wing costume doesn’t require sewing. It’s fun for pretend play, costume parties and more.
2. Colorful CD Birds – Turn old CDs or DVDs into colorful birds! This craft is fun for any time of year and allows plenty of room for creativity.
3. Paper Plate Swan – Transform an ordinary paper plate into an elegant swan. This is a great companion craft to follow reading The Ugly Duckling.
4. Spring Chick Plushie -These little birds are a sewing project for beginners. Any fabric scraps you have on hand will do.
5. Cork Owls – It only takes a few minutes to turn a cork and some scraps into an adorable owl. Make more than one and glue them to a sturdy stick for display.
6. Handprint Pigeons – Fans of Mo Willems’ pigeon books will love this cute handprint craft. It combines stamping, cutting, gluing and drawing.
7. Paper Plate Toucan – This adorable toucan is both a paper plate craft and a handprint craft. If you look carefully, you can see that the tail feathers are made from a handprint!
8. Silly Bird Marionette – Make a simple bird marionette that is fun for kids to use. It’s just the right size for little hands.
9. Paper Plate Birds – These cute paper plate birds can be made with a paper plate or lightweight chipboard. Not only do the finished birds stand up on their own, but they will also rock back and forth.
10. Decoupage Light Bulb Bird -Brightly colored tissue paper and recycled light bulbs become fluttering birds! Hang them in the trees to add fun and whimsy to the yard.

See all the bird crafts here

You can find all sorts of information, facts, articles and quizzes about birds on the National Bird Day website. There are lots of fun activities and learning opportunities for kids!

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Turn an ordinary oatmeal container into a functional drum that doubles as a snack carrier! Felt helps control the sound, keeping it enjoyable for everyone in the household.

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Create beautiful and colorful suncatchers using white glue and food color. Fun for all ages and great to look at!

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Making your own bubble wands is really easy and so much fun! Experiment with different shapes and decorate the handles with beads. 

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Make a classic wind spinner using a recycled plastic bottle and Duck Tape! A great garden craft to keep the birds from eating your tomatoes.

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Use sea glass that you’ve gathered or bought to make a pretty planter. It makes a wonderful gift for a teacher, relative or friend.

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You don’t need a green thumb to keep these plants looking great year-round! These felt succulents are easy to do and make a fun gift. 

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Great activity for Spring – grow grass heads, then give them a hair cut. Again and again. A great way to get kids interested in gardening!

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When it’s raining outside, spend the day inside creating your own rain clouds. A simple craft that uses everyday items from around the house like cardboard, cotton balls and tissue paper.

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These adorable Boo Boo Bunnies are made from a washcloth and used to help heal “boo boos”. They would look adorable sticking out of an Easter basket, too!

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Rainbow crafts are really popular with the kids. You often see them with St. Patrick’s Day craft projects and throughout spring. April 3rd has even been dubbed “Find a Rainbow Day”! So get outside after a rain and look for the rainbows. Then, head indoors to make one (or more!) of our fun rainbow crafts or recipes.

Below are 10 of our favorite rainbow crafts, edibles and activities as pictured above. You can find TONS more here.

Rainbow Crafts and Recipes

1. Rainbow Pom Pom Tote Bag – This beautiful bag is decorated with felt and pom poms. It requires no sewing and is sure to put a smile on anyone’s face.

2. Cereal Rainbow – Use Froot Loops or other colorful cereal to make this rainbow project. It’s excellent for fine motor development and practicing for sorting and color recognition.

3. Rainbow Piñata Cake – This stunning cake has a colorful surprise inside! Bake it for a birthday, St. Patrick’s Day or to make an ordinary day extra special.

4. Rainbow Sponge Painting – Use a sponge to create stunning paintings of rainbows in just one swoop. It’s almost like magic!

5. Rainbow Marbled Butterfly Art – Create gorgeous rainbow butterfly art with marbled paper. Each is different and as pretty as can be.

6. Painted Rainbow Ice Cream Cone – Turn plain ice cream cones into edible works of art with food coloring. Kids (and adults) of all ages will love it!

7. Rainbow Shaving Cream Marbled Art – Make vibrant rainbow prints using shaving cream! They’re beautiful as is, or can be made into cards or other items.

8. Rainbow Bookmarks – These Rainbow Bookmarks are easy enough for even the youngest of crafters. Work on color recognition, fine motor skills, and create a beautiful project at the same time.

9. Rainbow Wind Chime – Create a stunning wind chime from recycled cans. It’s a wonderful project for the whole family to make together.

10. Rainbow Crayon Wall Art – Make a dimensional work of art with crayons and foam. It’s easy to do and looks spectacular!

Be sure to check out the rest of our cute and colorful rainbow crafts and recipes!

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Rainbow Mobile

Decorate for St. Patrick’s Day by hanging these lucky rainbow mobiles around the house. This is an easy paper plate craft for preschoolers and kindergarteners to make.

What you’ll need:

• 1 paper plate
• Paper streamers or wide ribbon in rainbow colors (red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple)
• Scissors
• White craft glue
• Piece of ribbon for hanging
• Shamrock garland OR cut your own shamrocks from green construction paper

How to make it:

1. Cut the paper plate in half.
2. Cut a 40-inch length of streamer in each color.
3. Cut each length up the middle to create two long strips of each color.
4. Use one strip of each color for each half of the paper plate. Glue the red streamer strip around the top curve of the paper plate. Make sure to center the streamer so you have equal lengths hanging off each side.
5. Repeat with each color, moving your way down from red to orange, then yellow, green, blue and purple. Do this for both halves of the paper plate to make two mobiles.
6. To complete the shamrock mobile, trim the dangling streamers and attach the shamrock garland.
7. To complete the rainbow mobile, add one more thin purple strip to the back of the plate to fill the gap in the center.
8. Tie ribbon into a knot, then glue to the back of the plate to use as a hanger.

Helpful Tip:

• If you don’t want to buy streamers in every color, just use white streamers painted with rainbow colors!

This project was created by Amanda Formaro, originally for Kaboose/Spoonful.

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These bright-eyed little bugs are an adorable way to mark veggies in the garden. This is a simple project that’s lots of fun for kids.

What You Need:

• plastic cap
• plastic folder
• thick needle or awl to make holes
• wire
• hot glue
• permanent marker

How to Make It:

1. Cut a wide heart shape from the plastic folder to make the wings.
2. Poke two holes in the plastic cap and two in the wings. (Tip: Heat the needle if you’re having trouble poking holes).
3. Pass the wire up through the one hole of the cap and wings, then down through the other. Twist the ends.
4. Cut 2 small circles out of plastic and draw pupils with a marker, then glue them in place.
5. Cut a speech bubble from the folder and write the name of the crop on it. Glue it to the wire.

Originally posted online in FamilyFun Magazine which has since been closed.

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Turn your Easter eggs into pixelated masterpieces with these Minecraft-themed printable costumes! Simply print, cut, and tape the paper designs onto your eggs to create iconic characters like Steve, Creeper, and Enderman.

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Springtime Globe

This project is a twist on the traditional snow globe. It features fabric flowers, plastic figures, and a little bit of glitter in a recycled jar. This fun no-snow globe is perfect for springtime, and a cute alternate to the winter version.

What you’ll need:

• Jar with lid
• Fabric flowers
• Small plastic bee, butterfly, etc.
• Hot glue gun
• Floral wire
• Glitter and confetti
• Teflon tape (also called plumbers tape)
• Scissors
• Green tissue paper

How to make it:

1. Turn the lid upside down. Arrange the flowers and figures on it without gluing anything down. Check that everything fits by placing the jar over the items.
2. With the hot glue gun, adhere flowers and figure to the lid. To attach the insect in our project, we first hot-glued it to one end of a piece of floral wire, then hot-glued the wire’s other end to the lid.
3. Fill the jar with water, leaving of empty space. Add the glitter and confetti.
4. Dry the rim of the jar. Wrap one layer of Teflon tape around the threads to ensure a leak-proof seal. Immerse the decorations in the jar and tighten the lid.
5. Cut and fringe the green tissue paper. Glue it around the base of the lid.

This project originally appeared on Kaboose/Spoonful and was designed by Amanda Formaro.

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Crafting in April

April is a wonderful month for crafting. Whether you’re looking for April Fool’s Day ideas, Earth Day projects, or activities for National Garden Month, we have it all. Follow any of the links below to find the perfect project, or search through the 11,000+ craft tutorials we’ve collected here at Fun Family Crafts.

In April, we celebrate:

• 4/1 – April Fool’s Day
• 4/3 – Find-A-Rainbow Day
• 4/8 – Zoo Lover’s Day
• 4/5 – Passover (2023)
• 4/9- Easter (2023)
• 4/9 – Unicorn Day
• 4/18 – Pet Owner’s Day
• 4/21 – Kindergarten Day
• 4/22 – Earth Day
• 4/23 – Home Run Day
• 4/26 – National Pretzel Day
• 4/28 – Arbor Day (2023)

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Turn an empty milk jug into a fabulous watering can for kids to use in the garden or for outdoor play on a hot day. Kids will love this recycling project. 

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Decorate an outdoor tree with edible ornaments for your feathered friends.

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Bracelets made from jelly beans make a fun Easter craft. Be sure to have plenty of extra jelly beans on hand for snacking while crafting!

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Add some pretty spring carrots to your Easter bunny displays this year. Made from yarn, these baby carrots will not only look great for Easter but they will look great when used in a garden display, too.

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Watch their faces as you show your little ones how to turn their fingerprints into these adorable bunnies and chicks with a few flicks of a marker. A fun way to personalize greeting cards for Easter.

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Pretty paper plates and crepe paper turn into a banner full of Easter bunnies in just a few simple steps. Hang the banners around your house for pretty Easter decorations.

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A great craft for young children to decorate real eggs without breaking them! Check out our line up of adorable chicks!

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This cute CD lamb is great for spring, Earth Day, Easter or just anytime your kids want a quick and fun craft project!

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This is a great project for kids of all ages. They’ll love how the light shines through the colored tissue paper!

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Time for an Easter or springtime puppet show using these colorful craft stick bunny rabbits. Give them even more Easter spirit by changing their carrots to Easter eggs!

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