Things to Make and Do, Crafts and Activities for Kids - The Crafty Crow

21 Gifts Parents Can Make for Kids

pine forest
Domestic Candy


wood gnome toy
Chocolate Eyes


travel felt board
Maya*Made


miniature wood treehouse
Childhood 101


pizza box easel
Ikat Bag for Whip Up


recycled wool slippers
Sew Green


paratrooper softies
Chez Beeper Bebe


balance board
Elsie Marley


nuts and bolts building toy
Paris Bourke


magnetic paper dolls
One Pearl Button


box and brad pin board
Pinta La Lluna


wood caterpillar and butterfly toys
My Mommy Makes It


handmade threading stick
Mini-eco


felt tool set tutorial
Fairy Fox


cardboard house
Michele Made Me


child-sized apron 
Stumbles & Stitches


potato stamped domino set
Kedublock
via Kickcan & Conkers


vintage suitcase storage
Curly Birds


felt play book
At Second Street


cork snake
Domestic Candy


This felt sundae tutorial and more than 60 others
are in the Felt Food Tutorials photo album!

From the archives:

gifts parents can make for their kids 2010

gifts parents can make for their kids 2009

and hundreds of more ideas in
the category Parent Made!

Spoon Puppets

Krokotak shares a great collection of spoon
dolls - there aren't any instructions but these are
simple enough to figure out on your own.

Wooden Quilt Blocks

I love this wooden quilt block idea at Giddy Giddy!
Try putting magnets on the back for
a fun refrigerator display.

Bead Sculpture

Pinta La Lluna shows you how to make
a fantastic bead and wire sculpture!
(there is an on-site translator)
via Kickcan & Conkers

Wood Bead Necklace

Visit Little.Lovely. for the directions to make
this stylish wood bead necklace.

Popsicle Stick Crafts for Kids

Reciclando en la Escuela
popsicle stick river houses


Pure and Noble
popsicle stick magnets


Ikat Bag
popsicle stick baskets


Good + Happy Day
making choices with popsicle sticks


Katherine Marie Photography
popsicle stick coin matching activity


Suzy's Artsy Craftsy Sitcom
popsicle stick bracelets


Our Little Corners
popsicle stick lamp


Almost Unschoolers
popsicle stick house


Ikat Bag
popsicle stick easel

Simple Wood Boats

I love these simple wood boats shared
at Plain and Joyful Living!

Scrap Wood Sculpture

Making sculptures from scrap wood is a great
summer art experience! This is a good project to
set up outside in the shade and works for all different
ages. Get the details at Lilla A.

A Book & A Craft: "Stick Man" and Stick Puppets!

The lovely family of Se7en+1 is sharing one of their
favorite books, Stick Man, and showing you how to
make adorable stick puppets!

We received a board book by Julia Donaldson for a gift in
the mail a couple of years and we never looked back. We
have been in love with her great writing and rhyming
ever since. We love reading and re-reading them, and
never tire of the build up to the inevitable twist in the
tale... you know something is going to happen you
can just never guess what!!!



Stick Man is the story of a family man... the Stick Man
who lives with his wife and three kids in a tree. And he
gets into all sorts of sticky scrapes... a dog plays with
him, a giggle of girls use him for pooh sticks, a goose
thinks he is a great part for his nest... and as he escapes
one escapades he is launched straight into the next one...
endless escapades, all the while getting further from
home and his family tree. And a catchy chorus that your
kids will quickly pick up and chant as you read: "I'm Stick
Man, I am Stick Man, I'm Stick Man that's me. Will I
never get back to my Family Tree?" So we made a couple
of Stick Men dingly dangly finger puppets...

We gathered a long straight stick from the hedge. You
will either need to find appropriate sticks or get a
responsible person to cut your stick into usable bits.


You will need four nails and a cup-hook
for your stickman.


We popped them in the vice and gave everyone
a chance to hammer.


And threaded some string through the cup hook and
added a piece of string with a loop, large enough to poke
a small finger through it, in the other end of the string.


Then popped a face onto each little stick.


And we were done...


Well almost done...


We needed a bit of color:


We began again... and we used acrylic paints.


And put them together in just the same way...


And we had a bunch of stickmen finger
puppets dancing on their strings...


Some puppets weren't dancing so much, but they were
played with for hours!!!


Thank You Crafty Crow for the opportunity to
join you in your month of favorite books...
with love from the gang at:

Thank you, Se7en! To see the rest of the books and
crafts in this series click the button below!

Paint Chip Bead Stacking Toy

Kedublock shares this beautiful handmade
bead stacking toy where the beads are
made from paint chips! 

Wood Dollhouse

Paris Bourke shares the cutest little round
dollhouse with woodburned details!

Hand Drawn and Painted Blocks

Lilla A shares how to make these adorable
blocks drawn and painted by her kids.