Great Craft Web sites

  • Activities for Kids - Offers crafts, coloring, dot to dot, and word search. You can also hear the Kookaburra song, about a bird who laughs.
  • Activity Village - Keeping Kids Busy - Dozens of free activities for kids 10 and under. Includes crafts, printables worksheets, coloring pages and puzzles, jigsaws and wallpaper to download, and links.
  • Avalon Studio's Art Ideas - Instructions for paper and tissue art, 3-D construction, watercolors, and print making.
  • Ben and Jerry's Fun Stuff - Features on-line fun and craft ideas for kids.
  • Bubble Fun - Teaches kids how to make their own bubbles and wands. Includes tips on how to make art and color out of bubbles.
  • Bubble Town - How to make giant bubbles, construct a bubble tube, mix a super bubble blowing solution, and play bubble games.
  • Card Collectors Frame Craft - Instructions to make a frame to display your Pokemon cards.
  • Children of the Moon - An online playhouse with weekly themes, arts and crafts, and activities to augment learning through safe exploration of the web.
  • A Child's Project - Instructions for a macrame plant hanger done by a young lady. Complete with pictures and detailed instructions.
  • CoonskinCaps.com - Tells about the history of the coonskin cap and provides instructions on how to make a raccoon cap and other items from the American frontier period.
  • Craftown: Free Kids Crafts - Magical puff paint, patchwork flower pots, dancing spoons, recipe cards, and other fun projects. Also offers special crafts for Valentines, Easter, Halloween, and Christmas.
  • Crayola - Lots of easy, kid-friendly crafts.
  • Creative Kids - Fun activities for kids and families who love invention and creating crafts.
  • Dear Grandpa Pencil - Free monthly e-zine offers inexpensive fun, information, and activities.
  • Easy Tie Dye - Basic tie-dye instructions to create t-shirts with sunburst, line, and circle patterns.
  • Elmer's Glue - Many crafts for kids, including educational projects. Also offers projects for adults and markets supplies.
  • Family Crafts from About.com - A large index of craft projects for kids of all ages.
  • Free Paper Cards - Internet users residing in any part of the Globe may send free paper greeting cards to their loved ones in India, who may not have regular access to the Internet.
  • Gadgets and Gizmos [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Free e-book shareware download. Make 8 interesting mechanical devices and simple hands-on projects from easily found items.
  • Hands On Crafts for Kids - Lots of easy and creative activities for kids ages 7 to 12. From friendship bracelets and gingerbread houses to dinosaur soap and upright insects.
  • Hatchling Day School Kid Crafts - Craft projects for little crafters.
  • How to Make a Pop-Up - Joan Irvine, Canadian children's author, explains with step-by-step drawings how to make a simple pop-up card.
  • HowToMakeStuff.com - Includes directions for making toys and games, kids recipes, art and crafts, science projects, and costumes.
  • Interesting Hobbies and Crafts - Links to hundreds of craft and hobby related sites.
  • Kid Craft Central - Small collection of free craft ideas and recipes.
  • The Kid's Corner - Fun craft projects for children.
  • Kid's Domain Craft Exchange - An index of craft projects submitted by parents, teachers, and kids
  • Kids Holiday Crafts - Free crafts, games, puzzles and coloring pages.
  • Kid's Kreate - Step-by-step projects for kids of all ages.
  • Kid's Page - Art and craft ideas for preschoolers through upper elementary students. Includes seasonal activities and printable coloring pages.
  • Kid's Zone - Arts and crafts for all ages.
  • Kids-Idea - Features cutting paper, crafts, flipbooks, musical instruments, bookcovers, calendar, jigsaw, puppet, and holiday categories.
  • Kidz Korner - Activities and crafts for grade school kids.
  • KinderCrafts - Crafts for pre-school through elementary aged children.
  • Linit Starch Craft Ideas - Ideas for kid crafts using liquid starch.
  • Magical Kingdom Art Page - Offers printable craft projects, greeting cards, and coloring books. Graphics intensive.
  • Mail Just 4 Me Playground - Themed and holiday craft ideas for kids, including unique projects and kid-friendly instructions.
  • Make-Stuff.com - Creative projects kids can do themselves, plus recipes for stuff they can make at home.
  • MakingFriends.com - Free creative activities for kids ages 2 through 15. Also markets craft supplies.
  • Michael's Kids Club - Craft ideas for kids from 4 to 11.
  • Nestle - VeryBestKids.com - Offers hundreds of arts and crafts, cooking and baking, learning fun and holidays and celebrations activities.
  • Paper Projects - Crafts and project ideas for things like pop-up cards and origami.
  • Rainy Day Craft Ideas for Children - Offers instructions for a few projects, such as gak, playdough, bookmarks, and bath salts.
  • Slickditty - How-to instructions for making fun, low-cost gadgets and gizmos.
  • Squigly's Arts and Crafts - Color pictures, create all sorts of fun things, or make personalized stationery.
  • The Sugar Bush - Bright ideas and crafts for children.
  • Things2Make - Craft ideas complete with fun animated instructions.
  • The Toymaker - Paper toys to print, cut, glue, and enjoy.
  • Where Shmonsters Go to Play - Creative ideas for dollhouse decorating, pumpkin carving, sticker frames, costumes, and other fun projects.
  • YES Mag's Projects - Interesting project ideas for older kids to try. Try making a geodesic dome out of newspaper large enough to get inside.
  • Young Embroiderers - Embroidery discovery space for children and anyone involved in textile art, craft and education.
  • The Youth Online Club - Boasts large collection of crafts and experiments for anytime and anyplace.