Summer is the season for kids to unleash their creative side and develop skills they will carry throughout life. Seasonal craft projects offer them ample opportunities for this creative pursuit!
Flip paper plates into adorable penguins! This simple winter project will help your children develop fine motor skills as they color and glue. Plus, the finished piece makes an adorable decoration piece for home or classroom!
Fall
As temperatures turn cooler, encourage children to explore their creativity with seasonal craft projects. From sunflowers and apples to scarecrows, these seasonal crafts for kids provide them with opportunities to connect with nature while exploring various activities both inside and outside their homes.
Get your students exploring autumn leaves with this straightforward collage art project! Children have creative freedom to add as much or little detail as they like, creating beautiful fall wall displays at the end.
This activity is perfect for toddlers and preschoolers as it combines fine motor skills development with sensory exploration. Give children different colored paints to dip their hands in, then stamp their creation onto paper to form an adorable handprint turkey! Add finishing touches such as painted faces, hats and pipe cleaner mouths for this adorable autumn craft!
Reuse empty toilet paper rolls and construction paper to make an easy fall craft for kids. This project is perfect for classrooms with limited space or parents looking for ways to occupy their child during a rainy afternoon.
Winter
Winter is the ideal season to make creative crafts that children will adore, helping them express their creativity while developing fine motor skills, coordination, and problem-solving abilities. From process art decorations to adorable polar bear winter art projects, seasonal craft activities will keep kids occupied until all that snow finally melts away!
These simple winter craft ideas give children an opportunity to create personalized home decorations – whether that means paper snowflake garlands or adorable ice lanterns! Each holiday craft will brighten any room of the house!
Frozen fans will surely delight in creating their own Olaf crafts from paper bags or these popsicle stick penguins from Happiness Is Homemade, while Easy Peasy and Fun’s pine cone winter owls would add the perfect festive touch.
Artsy Fartsy Mama offers these snowflake resin shaker key chains as an advanced craft project, but their results make the effort worth your while! Not only can this winter craft encourage sensory play for toddlers and preschoolers but it’s also a fun mess-free activity perfect for sensory play activities in general!
Spring
As temperatures warm, kids can use their creative energies to craft delightful Spring crafts. From simple paper crafts to complex DIY projects featuring flowers, butterflies and other symbols of renewal and growth – these projects provide children with an enjoyable way to mark this wonderful season!
These spring activities are perfect for toddlers and preschoolers, offering something beautiful in each project! The tulip craft adds beauty to any flower-inspired art project while the frog craft gives children hands-on nature experiences. Additionally, this rainbow card craft allows children to express their creativity while simultaneously learning about its colors!
Mommy Made That has come up with another fun activity for young children: this Pom Pom Caterpillar Craft! This easy craft allows them to experiment with colors and textures. Furthermore, they can use this activity to learn about butterfly life cycles!
These adorable handprint crafts provide children with lasting mementos of the Spring season and help develop fine motor skills while being fun! Additionally, creating this daffodil bunting activity using paint and paper plates to turn into colorful flowers promotes collaboration in the classroom as well as adding some flair.
Summer
But there will also be times when they want something else: summer craft projects! Even toddlers can build fine motor skills by turning their hands into frogs, ice cream cones or sea shell girls; older children may enjoy making popsicle stick ferris wheels or cardboard suns; those with an affinity for gardening could turn your garden into a stepping stone with pebbles, jewels, glass beads and recycled materials such as paper flowers, egg carton lily wreaths and bottle wind stocks!
Refresh your child’s look by upcycling an old tee shirt into something fun with this tie dye pattern, while at the same time helping with math and color recognition! This creative summer craft can be tailored to all age levels for maximum fun!
Set off on a nature walk with your kids to collect pine cones, leaves and other objects for use in an art project such as making a forest diorama diorama or seashell collages that will help recall summer vacation memories.
