Free Preschool Crafts

What You Need: egg carton, scissors, tempera paint, paintbrush, glue, 1/8-inch hole punch, black pipe cleaner, googly eyes.

How You Make It: Cut apart egg carton into individual “cups.” Paint bugs however you’d like. Glue on googly eyes. Punch or poke three holes on each side of bug. Cut pipe cleaner into three equal sections and insert one in each set of holes.

“We tried it” tip: If you don’t have a small hole punch, a pointy object should work. Pre-punch leg holes for small children.

What You Need: wooden clothespin (either style), 2 small googly eyes, pipecleaner, paint, paintbrush, glue.

How You Make It: Paint clothespin and let dry. Wrap pipecleaner around clothespin to make “wings.” Glue on googly eyes.

This quick and simple craft involves a frosting container (although you can use other types of containers) and yarn. Don’t worry if the yarn layers don’t come out even. Remember our motto: Enjoy the process!
What You Need: frosting container (empty and clean), glue, scissors, red, white and blue yarn.

How You Make It: Spread layer of white glue all over outside of frosting container. Wrap yarn around container, alternating colors however you’d like.

What You Need: 2 red plastic plates, gallon-size zip-close bag, scissors, sequins and gold stars, gold or silver glitter, stapler.

How You Make It: Cut out just the center of both plates. Put some sequins, stars and glitter in the bag and seal. Place bag between the plate rims (adult job) with the sequins in the middle and, holding securely, staple around the edge of the plate, catching the bag in between. Cut off plastic hanging over edge.

This project was found in a book called Star-Spangled Crafts by Kathy Ross.

Here’s a twist on a classic craft. A lot of these melted-crayon stars look great strung up in a classroom around 4th of July. Remember to be safe around iron and scissors!
What You Need: iron (not pictured), wax paper, star template (free printable download below), red crayon, white crayon, blue crayon, scissors, crayon sharpener (or adult can “shave” crayons with scissors edge), glue, glitter, hole punch, red yarn, newspaper.

How You Make It: Using star template, trace star shapes onto two pieces of wax paper and cut out. Use sharpener (preschooler) or scissors (adult) to make crayon shavings. Sprinkle crayon shavings onto one star and cover with second star. Place between two layers of newspaper. Carefully, adult irons until crayons melt. Let cool. Outline star with glue and apply glitter. Shake off excess glitter. Punch hole and tie with red string.

star template