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 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
Description ↓
Learn how to make homemade seal gum
(lick and stick glue) for stickers
and envelopes. With this adhesive you will be able to make your
own stickers from ordinary paper. Make stickers from drawings or stamped images, clipart or pictures
cut from wrapping paper—the sky's the limit! This lick and
stick adhesive also works great on handmade envelopes.
VERY EASY
Description ↓
Show off your St. Patrick’s Day spirit with a shamrock banner. Make this
easy paper flag banner using construction paper and the printable
shamrock pattern. Hang the banner in a doorway, over the
mantel, or in the window—anywhere you want to show your Irish
green!
VERY EASY
Description ↓
Make charms and pendants for
necklaces and bracelets using
Homemade Bread Clay or commercial air-dry clay. Make
the heart and flower pendants and heart charms for yourself or to
give as gifts. When strung on cord or a chain, they make perfect
gifts for a friend or family member.
EASY
Description ↓
See how
easy it is for kids to make birthday cards from simple materials.
These cards feature fancy paper that the kids make, and are finished
off with a hand drawn cartoon stick figure and a message balloon.
Every card is unique and showcases the creative ideas of the child
artist!
VERY EASY
Description ↓
In this
craft, simple-to-cut flags are decorated with hearts, then strung together to create a banner. Hang
the banner in a doorway, over the mantel, or in the window, or use
it to decorate a Valentine-themed bulletin board. No pattern required—just cut, glue and string.
VERY EASY
Description ↓
This project features quick and easy Valentine designs that are
simple to make and perfect for classroom giving! Select from
printable Valentine's Day card patterns with either six or nine
Valentines to a sheet. You likely have everything on hand needed to
make these Valentines!
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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