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.
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Make this
delightful tissue paper garland
that is sure to brings smiles. Drape it over doors, in windows, over furniture, along stairs. It is quick and easy to make.
VERY EASY
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Make simple and fun Valentine cards in
the shape of a heart or with a heart-shaped top. Most of the cards have a circus theme and one is especially
designed for giving to your sweetheart.
VERY EASY
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Use recycled materials to make this trinket box. All it takes to make
this cutie are empty cardboard tubes, a cereal box and scraps of ribbon
or paper. You are sure to want to make more than one!
AVERAGE
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Create a chain of paper dolls by cutting
multi-folded paper strips. Learn this basic paper cutting technique
with paper dolls then, let your imagination run wild! Cut paper
chains with themes for every season and every special event. They
make great decorations for parties, classrooms and your home.
VERY EASY
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Make rings and stakes for the game of ring toss. Find out how far
and how accurately you can throw a set of rope rings with the
classic game of ring toss. Play it inside at a party, or outdoors at
a picnic or cookout! Aunt Annie includes a set of rules so everyone
knows how to play.
EASY
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Nothing is off-limits in this creative puppet project. Craft simple
stick puppets from magazine photos, clip art, coloring book cutouts, or
other paper images! You can even use photos you’ve taken to put on a
special play starring you and your friends—just make sure to ask Mom
first.
VERY EASY
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Recycle greeting cards and paper scraps into fun and unique gift
tags. The whole family can join in on the cutting and pasting to
make these special additions to your holiday gifts. The tags can
even be grouped into packages for sale at a Christmas bazaar or for
a fundraiser.
VERY EASY
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Simple and durable ornaments can be made with cookie cutters, felt
and imagination. No sewing is required! The cookie cutters are used
as templates for making the ornaments or use Aunt Annie's printable
pattern with Christmas-themed templates.
VERY EASY
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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