About the projects
Friday Fun is all about simple craft projects for family, classroom and group craft time. Some families
are setting aside a time each week for family crafting fun. Why not join in the fun?
Greeting cards for kids: For pop-up cards and more easy to
make greeting cards that children can create, see the projects listed in
Greeting Cards Kids Can Make.
Also, check out
Gifts Kids Can Make for Dad and
Gifts Kids Can Make for Mom.
The projects range in difficulty from VERY EASY to
AVERAGE.
Browse down this page and the Full Friday Fun Craft Index for descriptions and illustrations of projects, then select a project and have
some crafting fun! Or jump to the category index for a listing of all Friday Fun crafts.
Description ↓
Make a Fourth of July cracker
that goes POP! See how to make this novelty box
that is shaped like a firecracker and makes a pop sound without any
fire. Best of all, you can use it over and over again! It makes a
great party favor or fun gift box. Use it for any celebration, not
just the 4th.
AVERAGE
Description ↓
Don’t yell it, spell it! Handmade cards for Dad that spell out
“D-A-D” are an easy Father’s Day craft project with results that Dad
will cherish. Kids will have fun making these simple paper cutout
cards and giving them as gifts, and Dad will appreciate the love and
effort put into them.
VERY EASY
Description ↓
In this craft project, learn the British way of making a
yarn octopus. This technique is a disarmingly simple way to
make a cute toy with items found in most people's homes, and it will use up
those leftover scraps of wool (yarn).
EASY
Description ↓
Kids love to see their names
spelled out! In this craft project, see how to cut out, sew, and stuff
individual felt letters, and then join them together to create a
bright and cheerful personalized wall hanging that's perfect for the
bedroom door, on the wall, or over the crib.
AVERAGE
Description ↓
Just in time for a breezy spring day, make this colorful paper
pinwheel with nothing more than paper, a pencil
and a straight pin. Children of all ages will be delighted with this
whirling windmill. Make several as party decorations or favors!
EASY
Description ↓
Make red, white and blue pennants with stars and stripes, then string
them together to create a banner. The banner can be used to decorate
inside or outside for Memorial Day, the 4th of July, or anytime you have a patriotic
theme party.
EASY
Description ↓
Make a make-believe garden anytime of the year by cutting up seed catalogs
or magazines—you could
even use clip art you download and print. Cutting pictures, making the garden, and playing with it will
keep kids busy for hours.
VERY EASY
Description ↓
In this project, create a
bracelet from scraps of suede leather. Cut a strip of leather, glue
on motifs of a contrasting color and fasten with a Velcro® fastener.
This is a good first leather craft project and requires no special leather craft tools.
AVERAGE
Description ↓
It’s never been easier to make a
pocketful of posies for spring. No pattern is needed to craft this
collection of delicate tissue paper flowers; just fold, cut, tape and
glue! Your freestanding bouquet is a great party decoration.
EASY
Description ↓
Mom will love these pretty cards with simple
paper cutouts that spell out "M-O-M." Use whatever crafty things you
have on hand to add your special creative touches.
VERY EASY
Description ↓
Here’s a technique for
making marbled eggs that requires no special materials, and produces
beautiful results with very little effort.
VERY EASY
Description ↓
See how easy it is to make an Easter
card by tracing your child's hands. This is a fun project for kids of
all ages. Even toddlers will enjoy this project since cutouts of their
traced hands are used for the wings.
EASY
Description ↓
Make colorful pennant flags then
string them together to make a banner for Easter. Use these banners to decorate around your home or in the
classroom. The smaller pennant flags are also a nice addition to an Easter basket.
VERY EASY
Description ↓
What could be more fun than making a cute little bunny for Easter? Start
with a washcloth and in no time you'll have a little sweetie to
add to an Easter basket, give as a gift or as a decoration that doubles
as an Easter egg holder!
VERY EASY
For more classroom, group and family crafts, checkout the Full Friday Fun Craft Index with descriptions and illustrations of projects.
Or jump to the category index for a listing of all Friday Fun crafts.
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