5 Simple Crayola Craft Activities for Kids

Celebrate the upcoming Spring & Summer seasons with these 5 simple Crayola® craft ideas! Each activity has a video tutorial and printable instructions for easy crafting.

Cactus Desk Organizer

This adorable cactus organizer allows you to pin messages and store supplies! Create your design using Model Magic air-dry clay – use green for a classic cactus, or have fun blending colors for various styles. Hold the clay in place with toothpicks and foam, then place it inside a small clay pot. You can also use your cactus for a decoration at your desk or home, or give it as a gift!

Materials:

• Model Magic
• Foam balls
• Clay Pot
• Toothpick

Coffee Filter Flower Wreath

This flower wreath is sure to brighten up your Spring craft program! Make this colorful gift using markers, water, coffee filters, paper towels, burlap, and a wreath shape. This also makes a great science activity for kids, where they can learn about how the color travels through the filter and spreads by diffusion.

Materials:

• Coffee Filters 
• Markers
• Wreath shape
• Burlap/ribbon
• Paper Towels
• Water

Raindrop Suncatcher

This cool project is great for a rainy day Spring art project. Gather green and blue crayons, then use a pencil sharpener to create several shavings. These will be used to create the color in your suncatcher! You can hang the finished pieces on a wood dowel, or jazz it up with our wood arrows or craft rings.

Materials:

• Crayons
• Pencil sharpener
• Parchment paper
• Duct Tape
• Scissors
• Wooden Dowel
• Clear string & tape
• Heating tool

DIY Fabric Patches

The perfect activity for Summer Camp! Using iron on patches, kids can customize their own colorful patches with fabric markers and create fun designs. Iron them on our popular Color-Me™ bags that they can fill with all of their camp supplies, or a variety of other Color-Me™ items.

Materials:

• Iron On Patches
• Fabric Markers
• Scissors
• Color-Me™ Bags

Sugar Skulls

Make DIY mini sugar skulls using Model Magic! Show off your creativity by using various colors of glitter glue and markers to color the nose, teeth, eyes, and more. Then add some fun embellishments, like gems. Have fun decoratim with bright Spring colors. These also make a fun craft activity to celebrate Dia de los Muertos in October.

Materials:

• Model Magic
• Markers
• Glitter glue
• Adhesive gems

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