100 Best Popular Boredom Busting Summer Crafts For Kids

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Boredom Busting Summer Crafts For Kids

Have you found yourself here looking for kids crafts for summer?

Well, you’re in luck! We’ve rounded up over 100+ really fun and festive summer arts and crafts for children.

These summer crafts for preschoolers and elementary aged children are the perfect way to keep your kiddos engaged and busy this summer.

Great for kids of all ages these boredom busting summer crafts are the best way to welcome and celebrate summer since they guaranteed to provide hours of fun.

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Kids Crafts For Summer

Summertime is the best time of year!

Kids are home from school and are free to enjoy the gorgeous weather and play to their hearts content. Keeping them busy and engaged can be quite a feat if you aren’t prepared.

So, since we love crafting in our house we’ve come up with the plan to add some fun summer crafts for preschoolers to our summer to-do list.

Here are 100 boredom busting summer crafts for kids that are guaranteed to provide hours and hours of fun.

From summer crafts made with paper plates to pipecleaner summer crafts and even paper tube crafts this post rounds up the best boredom busting summer crafts for kids.

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So, take these fun craft projects outdoors and enjoy the gorgeous weather and create fun crafts! Doesn’t that sound great?

These boredom busting summer crafts are great for kids of all ages and require very little in the way of craft supplies! So, here are the best 100 boredom busting summer crafts for kids that are a great way to get craft and enjoy summer vacation!

Craft Supplies We Recommend

Crafting with kids is a wonderful way to encourage creativity, problem solving skills and build fine motor skills. Crafting is also a very inexpensive activity that you can choose to incorporate into your child’s daily routine.

Here are some of the best crafting supplies we recommend to have on hand when making these boredom busting summer crafts .

These crafting supplies create a solid crafting kit that contain a variety of different materials that make starting just about any craft project quick and easy.

• 1000 piece kids crafting kit (includes a variety of materials including pipe cleaners, buttons, feathers, popsicle sticks, pom poms etc. Comes with a convenient carrying case for quick and easy clean up and storage)
• Disappearing purple craft glue (helps kids see where they’ve spread glue)
• Safety scissors (perfect for making cutting safe and easy for little fingers)
• Construction Paper and plenty of white paper
• Water color paint, washable paint and a painting smock
• Washable markers and crayons

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100 Boredom Busting Summer Crafts For Kids

1. Paper Plate Snails Craft

Paper Plate Snails Craft from This N That With Olivia

2. Melted Bead Suncatchers

Melted Bead Suncatchers tutorial available from Artful Parent

3. Q-Tip Painted Dragonfly Craft

Q-Tip Painted Dragonfly Craft from Projects With Kids

4. Colorful Coffee Filter Butterflies

Colorful Coffee Filter Butterflies summer arts and crafts idea from One Little Project

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5. Adorable Pool Noodle Monsters

Adorable Pool Noodle Monsters summer craft for preschoolers from Clumsy Crafter.

6. Colorful Jellyfish Craft

Colorful Jellyfish Craft from I Heart Crafty Things

7. Plastic Spoon Bugs On A Branch

Plastic Spoon Bugs On A Branch kids craft for summer from Crafts By Amanda

8. Gorgeous DIY Windchimes For Kids

Gorgeous DIY Windchimes For Kids tutorial available from Consumer Crafts

9. Cute Frog Craft

Cute Frog Craft tutorial available from The Best Ideas For Kids

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10. Watermelon Paper Plate Craft

Watermelon Paper Plate Summer Craft tutorial available from The Simple Parent

11. Easy Watermelon Paper Plate Craft

Easy Watermelon Paper Plate Craft for summer available from Simply Today Life

12. Paper Plate Watermelon Purse

Paper Plate Watermelon Purse summer craft for kids from Untrained Housewife

13. Paper Plate Seashell Craft

Paper Plate Seashell Summer Craft for preschool available from Artsy Craftsy Mom

14. Weaving Rainbow Fish Craft

Weaving Rainbow Fish Craft tutorail available from Crafty Morning

15. Mr Octopus Scissor Skills Craft

Mr Octopus Scissor Skills Craft tutorial available form Minie Co

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16. Cute Summer Hand Fans

Cute Summer Hand Fans arts and crafts idea from The Pinterested Parent

17. Paper Plate Cupcake Liner Fish

Paper Plate Cupcake Liner Fish summer craft made with paper plates available from Easy Peasy and Fun

18. Cute Doily Ice  Cream Cone Craft

Cute Doily Ice  Cream Cone Summer Craft for kids available from Crafts On Sea

19. Paper Plate Ice Cream Craft

Paper Plate Ice Cream Summer Craft For Preschoolers available from Easy Peasy and Fun

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20. DIY Pineapple Planters

DIY Pineapple Planters summer arts and crafts activity available from Make Life Lovely

21. Printable Whirlygig

Printable Whirlygig kids craft for summer available from The Craft Train

22. Adorable Felt Flower Bookmarks

Adorable Felt Flower Bookmark arts and crafts for summer available from Happiness Is Homemade

23. Paper Plate Flower Craft For Kids

Paper Plate Flower Craft For Kids tutorial available from The Resourceful Mama

24. Painted Treasure Rocks

Painted Treasure Rocks summer crafts for kids available from Cutting Tiny Bites

25. Sun Catcher Jelly Fish

Sun Catcher Jelly Fish summer arts and crafts idea available from I Heart Arts N Crafts

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26. Fun Sponge Water Bombs

Fun Sponge Water Bombs DIY summer craft for kids

27. Pool Noodle Sailboat

Pool Noodle Sailboat Kids craft for summer available from Raising Arizona Kids

28. Personalized Tye Die Beach Towel

Personalized Tye Die Beach Towel summer craft for kids available from Kids Activities Blog

29. DIY Pool Noodle Race Track

DIY Pool Noodle Race Track boredom busting summer craft for kids available from Ramblings From Utopia

30. Bow-Tie Noodle Butterfly Craft for Kids

Bow-Tie Noodle Butterfly Craft for Kids available from Crafty Morning

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31. DIY Fruit Fans

DIY Fruit Fans summer crafts for kids available from A Girl and A Glue Gun

32. Cute DIY Beaded Bubble Wands

Cute DIY Beaded Bubble Wand boredom busting summer crafts for preschoolers available from Artful Parent

33. Colorful Pour Painted Pots

Colorful Pour Painted Pot kids craft for summer available via Mom’s Crafty Space

34. Egg Carton Baby Bee

Egg Carton Baby Bee summer arts and craft idea for preschoolers available from Buggy and Buddy

35. Milk Carton Bird Houses

Milk Carton Bird House summer craft for preschoolers and elementary age kids available from Happiness is Homemade

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36. Handprint Strawberry Craft

Handprint Strawberry Craft idea for summer available from 123 Homeschool 4 Me

37. Simple Paper-Weaving Sea Turtle Kids Craft

Simple Paper-Weaving Sea Turtle Kids arts and crafts summer activity available from Homeschool Preschool

38. Hummingbird Craft with Printable

Hummingbird Craft and Printable summer craft for kids available from The Pinterested Parent

39. Pet Cactus Rocks

Painted Pet Cactus Rocks summer craft for children available from The Best Ideas For Kids

40. Blow Paint Monsters

Blow Paint Monster summer arts and crafts idea available from The Seasoned Mom

41. DIY Paper Spinner

DIY Paper Spinner summer craft idea for kids available from Make and Takes

42. Paper Fan Watermelon Craft for Kids

Boredom Busting Paper Fan Watermelon Summer Crafts with paper plates from The Kiindergardent Connection

43. Easy Cork Sail Boats

Easy Cork Sail Boats summer craft idea available from One Little Project

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44. Adorable Finger Giraffe Craft

Adorable Finger Giraffe summer arts and crafts activity for kids available from I Heart Crafty Things

45. Cute Round Pirate Craft

Cute Round Pirate Craft tutorial available from Kids Craft Room

46. Rainbow Fruit Mason Jar Craft

Rainbow Fruit Mason Jar summer craft idea for children

47. DIY Unicorn Dream Catcher

DIY Unicorn Dream Catcher arts and crafts idea for kids available from Hello Wonderful

48. Growing Borax Crystals

Growing Borax Crystals summer activity for kids available from Instructables

49. Paper Chain Snake

Paper Chain Snake summer crafts for preschool kids available from Raising Little Superhero’s

50. Tissue Paper Turtle

Tissue Paper Turtle craft made with paper plates available from Fire Flies and Mudpies

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51. Paper Plate Jelly Fish

Paper Plate Jelly Fish craft tutorial available from Arty Crafty Kids

52. Flamingo Handprint Craft

Flamingo Handprint Craft idea for kids available from The Best Ideas For Kids

53. Cute Rocking Paper Shark Craft

Cute Rocking Paper Shark Craft for young children available from Hello Wonderful

54. Pasta Noodle Macaroni Frame

Pasta Noodle Macaroni Frame craft idea for kids from Pink Stripey Socks

55. Pasta Sun Catcher Kids Craft

Pasta Sun Catcher Kids Summer arts and craft idea from Babble Dabble Do

56. Easy Pasta Fish Craft

Easy Pasta Fish Craft tutorial available from I Heart Crafty Things

57. Pretty Q-Tip Flower Craft

Pretty Q-Tip Flower Craft tutorial available from The Pinterested Parent

58. Jellyfish Cupcake Liner Craft

Jellyfish Cupcake Liner Craft tutorial available from Easy Peasy and Fun

59. Cardboard Tube Jellyfish Craft

Cardboard Tube Jellyfish Craft tutorial available from Buggy and Buddy

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60. Jellyfish Salt Painting Craft

Jellyfish Salt Painting Craft tutorial available from I Heart Arts n Crafts

61. Black Glue Jellyfish Art

Black Glue Jellyfish Arts and crafts tutorial for kids available from Arty Crafty Kids

62. Paper Plate Swimming Jellyfish Craft

Paper Plate Swimming Jellyfish Summer Craft made with paper plates available from I Heart Crafty Things

63. Paperclip Jelly Fish Craft For Kids

Paperclip Jelly Fish Craft For Kids available from Buggy and Buddy

64. Paper Plate Fluttering Butterfly Craft

Paper Plate Fluttering Butterfly Craft tutorial available from I Heart Crafty Things

65. Adorable Paper Plate Bird Nest Craft

Adorable Paper Plate Bird Nest Craft idea for summer available from Buggy and Buddy

66. DIY Elephant Stick Puppets

DIY Elephant Stick Puppet arts and crafts idea for summer available from Frogs and Snails and Puppy Dog Tales

67. Toilet Paper Roll Octopus

Toilet Paper Roll Octopus summer craft idea for preschoolers available from Kids Activities Blog

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68. Egg Carton Flower Craft

Egg Carton Flower Craft for kids available from I Heart Arts n Crafts

69. Potato Masher Rainbow Craft

Potato Masher Rainbow Craft idea for summer available from Happy Toddler Playtime

70. Adorable Paper Umbrellas

Adorable Paper Umbrella craft idea for summer available from Easy Peasy and Fun

71. Rocking Paper Plate Crab Craft

Rocking Paper Plate Crab Craft tutorial available from Kids Craft Room

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72. Cupcake Liner Crab Craft

Cupcake Liner Crab Craft idea and tutorial available from I Heart Crafty Things

73. Paper Roll Crab Craft

Paper Roll Crab Craft idea for summer available from Easy Peasy and Fun

74. Pipe Cleaner Finger Puppets

Pipe Cleaner Finger Puppet arts and crafts idea for summer available from The Soccer Mom Blog

75. Frog & Lily Pad Craft For Kids

Frog & Lily Pad Summer Craft Idea For Kids available from The Best Ideas For Kids

76. Egg Carton Whale Craft For Kids

Egg Carton Whale Craft For Kids available from I Heart Crafty Things

77. Summer Sun Paper Plate Craft

Summer Sun Paper Plate Craft Idea for kids available from The Inspiration Edit

78. Cute Paper Plate Calla Lily Craft

Cute Paper Plate Calla Lily Craft idea for summer available from The Resourceful Mama

79. Paper Straw Tulips

Paper Straw Tulip summer crafts for kids available from Creative Maxx

80. Ocean Slime

Ocean Slime summer activity for kids available from Schooling A Monkey

81. Easy Paper Snail Craft

Easy Paper Snail Craft tutorial available from Kindergarten Nation

82. Easy Sunflower Art Craft

Easy Sunflower Art Craft tutorial available from Natural Beach Living

83. Paper Plate Garden

Paper Plate Garden summer craft idea for kids available from Happy Hooligans

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84. Potato Masher Bee Craft

Potato Masher Bee Craft idea and tutorial available from Happy Toddler Playtime

85. Super Soaker Sponge Balls

Super Soaker Sponge Ball summer craft idea and DIY available from Natural Beach Living

86. Paper Plate Sun Sewing Craft

Paper Plate Sun Sewing Craft idea available from I Heart Crafty Things

87. Easy Folded Paper Bracelets

Easy Folded Paper Bracelet summer craft idea for kids available from Pickle Bums

88. Giant Paper Pinwheels

Giant Paper Pinwheel summer craft idea for kids available from Kids Activities Blog

89. Woven Craft Stick Butterflies

Woven Craft Stick Butterfly summer craft idea for kids available from The Craft Train

90. Apple Birdseed Homemade Bird Feeder

Apple Birdseed Homemade Bird Feeder summer craftivity for kids available from Natural Beach Living

91. Potato Ice Cream Masher Craft

Potato Ice Cream Masher Craft idea and tutorial available from Happy Toddler Playtime

92. Glowing Campfire Craft

Glowing Campfire Craft idea and tutorial available from Buggy and Buddy

93. Adorable Flamingo Handprint Craft

Adorable Flamingo Handprint Summer Craft idea and tutorial available from The Chirping Moms

94. Washi Tape Hot Air Balloon

Washi Tape Hot Air Balloon craft idea for kids available from I Heart Crafty Things

95. Craft Stick Launchers

Craft Stick Launcher summer craftivity for kids available from Steam Powered Family

96. Easy Paracord Snakes

Easy Paracord Snake craft idea and tutorial available from Frugal Fun 4 Boys

97. Thumbprint Flower Pots

Thumbprint Flower Pot sumemr craft idea for kids available from Mom Always Finds Out

98. Easy Color Changing Flowers

Easy Color Changing Flower summer craftivity for preschoolers available from Fun Learning For Kids

99. DIY Painted Rock Crafts

DIY Painted Rock Craft ideas for kids available from Arty Crafty Kids

100. Sun Melted Crayon Art

100. Sun Melted Crayon Art summer craftivity idea for kids available from Happy Hooligans

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