175 + Summer Crafts for Kids

Looking for summer crafts for kids that can help with the summer boredom? Here are over 175 summer crafts for kids that will give the kids plenty of ideas on those long summer days. 

175+ Summer Craft Ideas for Kids

We love to craft but I think we craft the most when we are dealing with those long summer days. There are so many days that the kids will start to bicker or just whine because simply they are bored. When kids are bored, the summer feels very long. If you are tired of dealing with summer boredom, get the kids crafting with these summer crafts for kids. 

Crafting doesn’t have to be hard. Summer craft for kids doesn’t have to cost a lot. Fun summer crafts for kids can be inexpensive, easy and made from household materials. Some crafts might require more supplies, but with this list over 175 summer crafts to choose from. 

Tie Dye T-shirt This is always a fun craft. Kids love to wear things that they make and with this Tie Dye Craft, you don’t need special supplies. Just Koolade, a White piece of clothing and some containers. It is that simple. 

Valentine’s Day Flower Pot Craft Why am I including a Valentine’s Day craft in with Summer crafts, because it is actually just hearts on the flower pot, using a finger as the paint brushes. 

Topsy Turvy Flower Pots I love how beautiful these pots Topsy Turvy Plant Holder is. It is easy to make. Kids will love planting them and painting the pots. 

Flower Pot DIY Bird Bath – Kids love having a reason to play with water. Kids as young as 2 can make this birdbath craft but it is still fun enough for older kids, including teens and adults. 

Build a birdhouse – If you have birdfeeders around the area, and have made the birdbath, you need to make some birdhouses for your feathery friends to stay in. 

Upcycled Plastic Bottle Diy Birdhouse– This Upcycled Plastic Bottle DIY Birdhouse is so easy to make. It is a simple craft for kids to make and since it is made from recycled materials, it is an almost free project. This is the best simple diy birdhouses you can make.

Making a Terra Cotta Turtle Garden Decorations How Cute are these turtle? You can make several around and have them around the yard. 

Lady Bug Golf Ball Garden Decoration I love to take these cute little ladybugs and tuck them into different potted plants or on the gardens. The kids love painting them. 

Daffodil Paper Flowers Craft Paper flowers are always fun to make. Kids can use these paper flowers to decorate their rooms and everywhere else. 

Make Your Own Felt Board When I was working in a preschool, the kids loved making felt boards and pieces for their felt board. It is a great way to create fun around a favorite tv show or book. 

Make a Kite– Kites are so fun. It gets kids running fast and lets them get their creativity on. These kites are perfect for kids who might too young to handle real kites. 

Fireworks Salt Painting – Try this simple Fireworks Salt painting. It is a quick and easy craft that kids will love. Create some salt art today. Check out the video!

Indoor Summer Crafts

14. Nautical Seashell Picture Frame Craft
15. Coffee Filter Butterflies
16. Easter Eggs Fireflies
17. Clothespin Bird Craft
18. Bubbles Painting
19. Rainbow Paper Dahlia Flowers
20. Flip Flop Wreath
21. Magnetic Slime
22. Coffee filter sun
23. Bow-Tie Noodle Butterfly Craft
24. Pine Cone Roses
25. Floating chalk prints
26. Dream catcher
27. Paper Plate Dreamcatchers
28. Sea shell decorations
29. Pineapple Mason Jar
30. Pool Noodle Rocket Flinger
31. Peg paper plate sun
32. Caterpillar Pom Pom Craft
33. Footprints in the Sand
34. Melted Bead Suncatcher
35. DIY Dreamcatchers
36. Fairy Lanterns from Mason Jars
37. Cute mini unicorn notebook
38. Canvas String Art Graffiti
39. Suncatcher Kid Crafts
40. Photos to create fun drawings
41. Pineapple candles
42. Hand Painted Mini Cactus
43. Rainbow name art
44. Newspaper shark craft
45. Jellyfish Salt Painting Activity For Kids
46. Handprint Calendar
47. Cupcake liner jellyfish
48. Mini Mason Jar Aquariums
49. Paper ninja stars
50. Pipe Cleaner Monkey
51. Rainbow Paper Flowers
52. Pine Cone Firefly
53. Make these fun seashell necklaces
54. Glow in the Dark Bubbles
55. Cute mini unicorn notebook
56. Rainbow name art
57. Bottle Cap Bugs
58. Paper boat
59. Clothespin Airplanes
60. Egg Carton Turtles
61. Newspaper shark craft
62. Cupcake Liner Flowers
63. Fun mosaic from Lego
64. Canvas String Art Graffiti
65. Animal painted mason jars
66. Paper Plate Bee Craft
67. Ocean View Shadow Box
68. Crepe paper flower bracelets
69. DIY Pop Sockets
70. Photos to create fun drawings
71. Hand Painted Mini Cactus
72. Spinning 3D Hot Air Balloon
73. Draw Animals with Letters and Numbers
74. Suncatcher Jellyfish Kids Craft
75. Bottle Print Button Flowers
76. Rock Photo Holders
77. Marshmallow and Toothpick Buildings
78. Colored tape to create colorful artworks
79. Cute fairy tale terrarium
80. Fish in a Bag Slime
81. Summer Planter Pots to Create
82. Hyacinth Flower Craft
83. Leakproof Experiment
84. Fairy House
85. Marbling with nail polish.
86. Special Fireworks Drawing
87. DIY Fireflies
88. Keychains with perler beads
89. Cereal Box Aquarium
90. Lava Lamp
91. Mason Jar Fairy Lights

Outdoor Summer Crafts

99. Sand Slime
100. Nature Impression Craft
101. Sponge Sailboat
102. Thumbprint Art For Kids
103. Painted emoji rocks
104. Bark Owl Craft
105. Ocean View Shadow Box
106. Sharpie Dot Flower Pot
107. Pop Bottle Firefly
108. Straw Windpipe Music Craft for Kids
109. Yarn painting
110. Paper Roll Dragon
111. Origami fish
112. Marbled paper
113. Balloon Rocket
114. Jello Soap
115. Beautiful colored seashells
116. Paper pinwheels
117. Foam Sand
118. Heart String Art
119. Comic book templates
120. Bottle Print Button Flowers
121. Puffy Paint Ice Cream Cones
122. Glue and watercolor resist
123. Bubble Print Butterflies
124. Summer Fruit Fans
125. Light Up Mason Jar Aquariums
126. Decorating a t-shirt with sandpaper and crayons
127. Marshmallow Shooters
128. Embossed foil artwork
129. Tie dye a beach towel
130. Paper Bag Tiara
131. Beautiful Beaded Wind Chime
132. Hawaiian Leis
133. Ladybird string art
134. Summer Pencil Holders
135. Seahorse craft

Craft Ideas for Preschoolers

139. Paper Plate Bee Craft
140. Paper plate octopus
141. Button flower
142. Paper Plate Turtle
143. Sponge painted ice cream
144. Ripped paper watermelon
145. Paper Plate Flower Craft
146. Doily sun
147. Paper Rainbow Kid Craft
148. DIY: Sidewalk Chalk “Pops”
149. Paper Dinosaur Hat
150. Squirt Gun Painting
151. Paper Plate Jellyfish
152. Make and fly a kite
153. Paper plate butterflies
154. Bubble wrap starfish
155. Paper bowl ice cream
156. Homemade air dry clay recipe
157. Craft Stick Flower Pots
158. Simple Paper Flower
159. Ivory Soap Experiment
160. Ribbon Wands
161. Pineapple Thumbprint Art
162. Paper plate crab
163. CD Wind Spinner
164. Pom Pom Caterpillar
165. Thumbprint Dandelion
166. Paper plate sea collage
167. Super Soaker Sponge Balls

Craft Ideas for Summer Events

170. Friendship pins
171. Flower Crown Spring Craft
172. Clothespin Airplanes
173. Friendship pins
174. Flower Crown Spring Craft