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 ↓
Use this craft recipe to quickly make a colorful papier-mâché pulp that can be molded into shapes. This paper pulp doesn't
require glue and you can skip painting the finished pieces. This is a great craft material to use for family, group or
classroom crafting time.
EASY
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Learn a surprising technique for making square petal envelopes.
These simple envelopes are inspired by Japanese gift wraps and
require little or no adornment. They are great for wrapping flat
packages or gift cards.
AVERAGE
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Squishable, squeezable, and versatile, this easy to make modeling dough
can be crafted into paintable masterpieces or reused many times as a
play dough. Add color with a few drops of food coloring and see what sculptures you can create!
EASY
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Playing with soap bubbles is pure fun and fascinates even the
youngest child—cats and dogs, too. It's amazingly simple to mix a
bubble solution from just a few ingredients.
VERY EASY
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Do you know that ordinary kitchen sponges can be used to make
stamps? Children will want to make a variety of
stamps to create artistic masterpieces for display in the refrigerator
door gallery. Follow these simple instructions and you will be able to
make stamps of your own design in minutes.
EASY
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Make it easier for your children
to 'create' by filling a box with craft supplies that's just for
them. The box is theirs to use however they wish. The only
rules are they must lay out the small plastic table cloth before
starting and when finished they must clean up the mess.
VERY EASY
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See how easy it is to make a little yarn octopus that is the
perfect size, about 5", to hang on your backpack. These little
cuties are just right for your yarn leftovers. It also makes a
terrific gift or craft bazaar sale item.
EASY
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A bow isn't the only way to top
off a gift package. All it takes is a square of paper and a few
folds to make an origami bird to decorate your present. The flying bird has fewer folds than most origami birds. This makes it an ideal origami
craft project for beginning folders and children.
EASY
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Sew up a nifty bag for your bath from a washcloth and ribbon. Put
soap or bath salts inside and relax in a sudsy tub of warm water.
But don't stop there! The bath bags also double as bath mitts for
the kids. They also make great gift bags for handmade soaps!
VERY EASY
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Not only does every child love stickers, but stickers are also an easy way to decorate and personalize
any of your handcrafted cards or printed output. Whether it's a card, letter, certificate or photo, a sticker is a fun way to
liven things up! Use Aunt Annie's sticker sheets or design your own
stickers to use, share and trade!
VERY EASY
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Learn how to make paper mosaics to
decorate crafts and give as gifts, while recycling the paper scraps from other projects.
Make one for Mom, Dad, Grandma or Grandpa.
VERY EASY to EASY
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In this project, learn how to recycle milk and juice cartons, or any
size gable top carton, into strong gift boxes. You can either wrap the
boxes in your favorite way or transform the carton into a house or a
cuckoo clock using Aunt Annie's patterns.
EASY to AVERAGE
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What goes best with kids and a hot summer day? Well, ice cream, of course! With this recipe and technique
each child gets to make an individual serving of ice cream, and it only takes a few minutes from start to
finish. Go ahead, get going—you’ll have a ball!
EASY
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Cut five-pointed stars from red, white and blue paper and string them
to make a garland! Use the garland to decorate for Memorial Day, Flag
Day or the Fourth of July.
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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