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Friday Fun

Simple projects for craft time

Friday Fun

Simple projects for craft time
 
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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.

Mexican Huichol Yarn Painting

Huichol yarn painting from Mexico using variegated yarn
Description ↓

The crafts of Mexico are renowned for bright colors and bold designs especially the nierika made by the Huichol people. In this project learn how to do Huichol-inspired yarn paintings then use the technique to make decorative plaques or to enliven the surfaces of boxes, cards, notebooks, and more.

AVERAGE

Stenciled Stars Patriotic T-Shirts

Stenciled T-shirts with stars
Description ↓

Take a plain T-shirt or a tired old T-shirt and perk it up with stenciled designs. Use the printable stars stencil pattern to make star-spangled T-shirts for Independence Day. The whole family can pitch-in to make custom T-shirts in patriotic colors.

AVERAGE

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Handwoven Bookmarks

Craft project: Handwoven bookmark
Description ↓

Make a handwoven bookmark simply and easily while learning the basic concepts of weaving using a cardboard loom. The bookmark makes a wonderful gift, or maybe use it as a rug in a doll house. Make the loom in different sizes and sew the fabric into coin purses, coasters, hot pads—whatever you can imagine!

EASY

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Suede Leather Pendant Necklaces

Suede Leather Pendants
Description ↓

In this project, create a necklace from scraps of suede leather and a length of plastic lacing. This is a simple leather craft suitable for beginners and children.

AVERAGE

Tissue Paper Painting

Use for painted tissue paper
Description ↓

Using  this super easy technique, make colorful tissue paper with designs that resemble Japanese shibori or tie dyeing. The painted tissue paper may be used in your paper crafts, to wrap packages, to line envelopes, and in greeting cards, suncatchers, collages, and much more.

EASY

Kids' Pocket Mother's Day Cards

Kids' Pocket Mother's Day Cards
Description ↓

This craft project is a kid version of the grown-up Pocket Greeting Cards Tutorial. These fun and unique cards for Mother's Day feature a pocket on the front that the kids can fill with little gifts for Mom.

VERY EASY

Crayon Batik

Crayon Batik
Description ↓

Learn how to use crayons to create a batik-like drawing with the black cracks that are typical of batiks from Java. You can use the resulting pictures to make cards, decorate notebook covers, or hang on the wall.

EASY

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Paper Flowers

Paper flowers
Description ↓

See how easy it is to make paper flowers. It requires no patterns and uses simple materials. This is a skill well worth learning!

EASY

Peek-a-boo Easter Egg

Peek-a-boo Easter Egg
Description ↓

Learn how to make a magical world inside an Easter egg with real eggshells, cutouts or stickers, and your imagination! Smaller crafters may need help snipping their eggs.

AVERAGE

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Basic Egg Dyeing

Basic Egg Dyeing
Description ↓

Aunt Annie teaches you how to make a dye bath for brightly colored Easter eggs. Dye your eggs a solid color, or marble them for added oomph!

VERY EASY

Jelly Bean Carrots

Jelly bean carrots
Description ↓

A sweet addition to your Easter treat basket, jelly bean carrots are simple to make and fun to eat! Orange jelly beans, plastic wrap, and a little creativity help kids and grown-ups create this satisfying springtime candy treat.

EASY

Jumping Origami Bunny

Jumping Origami Bunny
Description ↓

This funny bunny paper craft can be folded in just a few steps. Press down on his back to watch him "spring" up! The bunny is a twist on the traditional origami leaping frog.

AVERAGE

Shiny Paper Beads

Shiny paper beads made into bracelets
Description ↓

See how easy it is to recycle paper scraps and magazines to make colorful paper beads. After winding the paper into beads and sealing them for a shiny finish and durability, the beads can be strung into bracelets, necklaces and even beaded room dividers!

EASY

Pencil Toppers

Pencil toppers made using homemade modeling dough
Description ↓

It’s fun and easy to make original pencil toppers with Homemade Modeling Dough. Make a simple dough in less then 15 minutes, and use your fingers to shape fun, fanciful, or beautiful creations of your own design. Aunt Annie has included suggestions for creating easy, silly and cute pencil toppers.

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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