Easy Paper Crafts for Kids
4 Creative and Easy Paper Crafts for Kids
Need inspiration and something fun for the kiddos to do? In this fun crafty video round-up, you will learn four easy paper crafts for kids including:
- Circle Punch Pug Bookmark
- Colorful Decorated Lunch Bags with Patterns
- DIY Jumbo Photo Bookmark with Yarn Tassels
- Neon Fruit Shaped Gift Tags
These easy crafts are great for school, camp, or even just to make at home. The four materials lists below may contain affiliate links for products I use and recommend. If you don’t have it all, don’t worry. I’ll make some suggestions for alternative materials.
Watch the Video: Easy Paper Crafts for Kids
Watch my YouTube video round up for all four projects! Keep scrolling to get the detailed instructions and materials lists for each project.
Circle Punch Pug Bookmark
This is a fun way for kids to make a dog out of circles. It also happens to double as a page marker! If you don’t have circle punches for this easy paper craft, gather lids, bowls, coins, or other round objects to trace and cut out.
Materials to Gather
- Brown Paper
- White Paper
- Black Paper
- Pink Paper
- 3.5” Circle Craft Punch
- 1.5” Circle Craft Punch
- 1” Circle Craft Punch
- Heart Craft Punch
- Glue
- Scissors
Click this link for the full tutorial: Circle Punch Pug Bookmark
Colorful Decorated Lunch Bags with Patterns
This paper craft for kids is great for school, home, or at camp. Paper bags aren’t just for lunch! Use them for gift wrapping, treasure hunts, party favor bags, and more. Decorate them with any craft supplies you might have on hand. We used craft punches for ours, but those aren’t necessary.
Materials to Gather
- Crayons and Markers
- Scissors
- Glue Sticks
- Craft Punches
- Scrap Paper
- Googly Eyes
Click this link for the full tutorial: Colorful Decorated Lunch Bags with Patterns
DIY Jumbo Photo Bookmark with Yarn Tassels
This jumbo paper bookmark is fun to do with best friends. You can also make picture taking part of the activity. Make them on scrapbook paper or get creative and use recycled food boxes for a sturdy bookmark. If you don’t have yarn any string or ribbon (or even paper strips!) will work with them same technique shown.
Materials to Gather
- Photos
- Scrapbook Paper
- Paper Cutter
- Glue Stick
- Hole Punch
- Yarn
- Scissors
Click this link for the full tutorial: DIY Jumbo Photo Bookmark with Yarn Tassels
Neon Fruit Shaped Gift Tags
These little gift tags are a creative way to make your own note cards and quick and easy paper craft for kids. Make bigger ones by tracing bowls. We used card stock, but construction paper works well too.
Materials to Gather
- Colored Paper
- 5” Circle Punch
- 3” Circle Punch
- Glue Stick
- Art Pens or Markers
- Hole Punch
- Ribbon
Click this link for the full tutorial: Neon Fruit Shaped Gift Tags
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How to Sharpen Craft Punches
Before you go, here’s a great infographic from the Scrapbooking Coach on how to sharpen your craft punches.
Provided by scrapbookingcoach.com
