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 ↓
A simple cone of green paper can be made into an ornament in the
form of a Christmas tree that everyone will enjoy. With just a few
common craft supplies, you and your children can make and decorate these
little paper Christmas trees. Make cones from other colors of paper
to create bell and Santa hat ornaments.
EASY
Description ↓
Make simple and fun
holiday cards in the shape of
a pine tree, Santa, or an angel. These cards are easy enough for younger children and
people with special needs to make.
While the cards are very simple to make, they are easily enhanced with
glitter, cotton balls, sequins, and other creative touches. Let your
imagination soar!
VERY EASY
Description ↓
Turn drawings, photographs or any image you love into
a picture puzzle. This is a simple craft for groups of children. Why not have each child make a puzzle and then trade the
puzzles back and forth so everyone has the chance to work several puzzles.
VERY EASY
Description ↓
See how easy it is to make seasonal refrigerator magnets for fall
and Thanksgiving with
Homemade Modeling Dough. Make the dough in less than
15 minutes, and then use your fingers to shape magnets using ideas in
the project or design your own
creations.
EASY
Description ↓
In this project, you'll make
miniature turkeys modeled from
Homemade Modeling Dough, or air-dry clay, to use as
playing pieces for the game of
Turkey Trot. Or make the turkeys for a diorama, to
decorate for Thanksgiving, or just for fun!
EASY
Description ↓
Turn a pine cone into
a colorful turkey to brighten your Thanksgiving table. This is an
easy craft project for children that can be combined with some
outdoor fun. Take a walk in the woods to find pine cones; then, with
bump chenille stems (or pipe cleaners) and glue magic, turn them into little turkeys.
EASY
Description ↓
It's quick and easy to make trick or treat bags in any size you like
to collect treats as you go from door to
door. All it takes is a stack of books and a sheet of paper to make the
basic bag. You can also create smaller bags for Halloween party
goodies or to hand out to the trick-or-treaters who come to your
door!
EASY
Description ↓
What could be cuter than
little ghosts in a bowl? Tissue ghosts are an easy, inexpensive way
to decorate for Halloween. In this project, you'll see how to make a
colorful version of the traditional tissue ghost by adding fading
color accents.
VERY EASY
Description ↓
Make a creepy, crawly
spider that can wiggle and twist about with a few movements of the
wrist. Traced fingers are the basis for this animated spider toy, and
a paper fastener allows it to swivel around. This is a fun and easy
Halloween project that is especially good for mixed-age groups of
children.
VERY EASY
Description ↓
Just a few simple materials and a little instruction
is all it takes to make a set of mix-and-match cards. Cut all the cards into three pieces and mix them up to make
silly faces.
Giggles are a sure thing!
VERY EASY
Description ↓
Kids will have fun making this spinning
toy known as a thaumatrope (or mini-movie.) It appears to magically
create one picture from two and demonstrates one of the visual concepts behind
movies and videos.
EASY
Description ↓
Chinese paper lanterns make colorful and inexpensive decorations.
Best of all, they are so quick and easy you can get the kids
involved in making them. Follow the simple instructions in this
craft project to make colorful lanterns using a single sheet of
paper.
VERY EASY
Description ↓
Use red, blue and yellow cellophane to make a color wheel that
teaches about combining the primary colors. Have your child see how many
colors can be made by overlapping the cellophane layers. To see even
more colors, the color wheel doubles as a spy glass that your child can
look through to make the colors around them change.
EASY
Description ↓
If you are looking for a craft that kids love and is great for groups,
look no further. God’s Eyes are made with just a few supplies and even small children get wonderful results.
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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