Rainbow Sun Catcher

Dilly dali art has a make your own rainbow suncatcher craft made out of gelatin. She has a recipe to make sheets of gelatin plastic using just gelatin, water and food coloring. From there she shows you how to cut them and connect them with thread and beads. It's pretty neat.

Good for ages 5 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.dillydaliart.com/2012/03/gelatin-plastic-rainbows-two-ways.html

Dragon Fly Popsicle Craft

Umm abdul basir has a cute idea for how to make a firefly craft using popsicle sticks, paint and cellophane.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:

http://ummabdulbasir.wordpress.com/2010/06/13/dragonfly-craft/

Easy preschool craft has a similar craft using just popsicle sticks and glitter glue.

Get the instructions here:
http://easypreschoolcraft.blogspot.com/2012/06/easy-dragonfly-bug-craft.html

Handmade charlotte adds wood beads, tissue paper and twine to make a very elegant version.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.handmadecharlotte.com/diy-wooden-spoon-bugs/

Parents makes a magnetic version.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.parents.com/fun/arts-crafts/kid/simple-wood-crafts/?page=9#page=9

Crafty morning uses pasta.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.craftymorning.com/easy-noodle-dragonfly-craft-for-kids/

Using Spices to Paint

The children's art group has a great sensory craft mixing spices and glue and water to make scented and colorful paint. Kids will love the colors and textures and scents.

Good for ages 3 and up.

Get the instructions here:

http://thechildrensartgroup.blogspot.co.uk/2011/12/children-art-group-spice-painting.html

Paper Plate Dream Catcher

Raising sparks shares how turn a paper plate into a dream catcher using beads, feathers and string.  

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://raisingsparks.com/craft-activities/paper-plate-crafts-for-kids/

Leaf Shadow Art

Rock a bye butterfly has a cute idea of how to make colorful leaf shadows using leafs and oil based crayons.

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.rockabyebutterfly.com/2011/09/fall.html

Button Art Roundup

One great way for kids to decorate a picture is by using buttons.  You'll need to add the outline and the glue but they can add the buttons to make a really neat picture.

Here are some great examples:

Button Letters

Button Trees

Good for ages 5 and up

Craftulate makes fish, flowers, hearts and butterflies.

Get the instructions here:
http://craftulate.com/2014/07/button-art.html

Bath Time Submarine Printable

Mr. printables has some really cute and colorful templates your kids can embellish to create their very own bathtub submarines. Each template has spaces to add animals and pictures. After they add their own touch to them simply place them within a clear plastic bottle for lots of bathtime fun.

Good for ages 5 and up.

Get the instructions here:

http://www.mrprintables.com/homemade-toys-bottle-submarine.html