63 beautiful crafts to do at home with babies and children

The Crafts are one of the favorite hobbies for children. Create, cut, color, draw ... any of these activities helps them stimulate their imagination and develop endless skills, and if we also do it as a family, good time will be assured.

Whether on scheduled dates or as an alternative for home entertainment, manual work is the perfect excuse to spend quality time with our children, while learning and having fun

We have made a compilation of beautiful crafts to do with children. They are grouped by theme and their degree of complexity varies from one to another. Surely you find the most suitable for every moment!

Thematic crafts

The crafts made on designated dates of the calendar, are a safe bet. Children are especially motivated, and on many occasions the work done serves to take to school, decorate the house or dress up.

Halloween crafts

Although it is an Anglo-Saxon holiday, Halloween has been gaining followers in our country and in other Latin American countries, becoming one of many children's favorite parties. At the shout of "trick or treat" the kids dress up, take candy and participate in terrifying parties.

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These are our craft proposals to celebrate this party:

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Advent crafts

One of the most endearing dates for children is Christmas. But their wait may become especially long for those who long to immerse themselves in their magic as soon as possible.

A Traditional and fun way to enjoy the wait It is by doing it through the advent calendars, and children can help us with these craft proposals that we share with you:

  • 15 DIY advent calendars to do with children

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Christmas Crafts

Yes You are one of those who enjoy making Christmas crafts with your children, you will surely love our compilation. Whether to decorate the tree, decorate the house, make a DIY Bethlehem Portal or simply develop creativity in front of a blank paper: choose the proposal you like best!

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Valentine's Crafts

Valentine's Day is a special date on which we celebrate love and friendship, to remind us how nice it is to have people who love us. And what better way to show our love for someone, than giving them a detail created by ourselves:

  • 11 beautiful Valentine's crafts to do with children

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Carnival crafts

Looking ahead to the Carnival parties that children enjoy so much, we leave you this compilation of costumes and DIY accessories to do with kids. From masks to other accessories that will add a personal touch to your costume, while helping them develop their creativity while they make it:

  • Nice Carnival masks to make with the kids

  • Easy and funny Minions caps to make at home

  • How to make a magic wand and complete your costume

  • How to make an Indian crown

Easter Crafts

Easter crafts are very colorful, flashy and fun, and a Perfect leisure plan for home vacations. This is the compilation we have made, with crafts that will serve to decorate your home, give to someone special or just spend some time entertaining with the kids. You will love them!

  • 11 simple and fun Easter crafts to do with children

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Crafts for each season of the year

Every season of the year inspire a lot of ideas to make crafts with the kids From the colorful spring, to the white winter, the yellow autumn or the happy summer. Whether using natural elements of each time of the year or taking inspiration from its landscapes, you will surely find the perfect craft to spend an entertaining afternoon with your children.

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Festive crafts

How fun it is to make crafts with kids when there is a party in between! Either birthdays or special celebrations; Any excuse is good to decorate our house in a festive way, put on a hat made of paper or throw homemade confetti.

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Decorative crafts

Decorating the home is everyone's job, and children can help us with their inspiring ideas and enormous creativity. The best thing to do crafts with your children to decorate the corners of your house is that these ornaments will be unique and unrepeatable, and will carry the essence of your time together.

  • Cheerful and fun lamps with ice cream sticks

  • 100 plastic straws turned into a beautiful lamp

  • Painted pots

Crafts for special people

Either because Father's or Mother's Day is approaching, the birthday of a special person, or simply because you feel like giving a detail to someone you love. Sometimes it is not necessary to look for designated days to give art, love and dedication.

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Crafts for back to school

Whether to make it easier to go back to school, or to personalize the desk for the beginning of the course, crafts are a perfect stationery resource, which also will bring an original touch to the school material. We can do them during the summer holidays, and many are designed for children to take to school.

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Crafts with fabric, thread or wool

These crafts that we share are not intended to do with young children, because some skill with the needle and thread is required. In any case, surely your little one loves one of these two details that we propose, since both are a perfect gift with which they will enjoy:

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  • How to transform your children's towels into funny monsters

Crafts with elements of nature

Nature offers us endless elements that we can use to make beautiful crafts with our children From leaves, to flowers, stones, bark, pineapples ... This type of crafts are also very fun, because they involve a previous preparation of material collection that can be done during a family outing.

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  • How to make a Christmas wreath with forest leaves

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  • How to make a photo frame with flowers and leaves

  • Do it yourself: Decorate with dried leaves

Crafts with recycled items

The concept of "recycling" is fashionable. And it is that more and more people are they decide to give materials a second life such as cans, bottles, corks, rolls of toilet paper, plastics ... Without a doubt, an excellent way to combine leisure and creativity, with the use of materials that would otherwise be destined for garbage.

  • How to make musical instruments with recycled objects

  • Bats made with cardboard egg cups

  • Nice vampires with paper rolls

  • How to make a wonderful bright house from a milk carton

  • How to make a Christmas angel with a cardboard plate

  • How to make a cardboard boat

  • Make cars from rolls of toilet paper

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Crafts to learn by playing

Already if, doing manual work is an excellent way of learning, because it enhances the creativity of children and helps them develop their fine motor skills, thanks to the use of scissors, brushes, plasticine ... But if in addition, the crafts we choose to do with them have a high didactic content, the result will be even better.

These are some of the proposals we collect:

  • How to make the solar system with paper mache

  • How to make a felt world map

  • How to make 3D Miró figures

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