How to Make a Volcano

Baking soda is buried in a dirt mound to make a fantastic volcano with kids activities blog.  Simply pour in the vinegar and see a great explosion.

Good for ages 5 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://kidsactivitiesblog.com/11458/how-to-build-a-volcano

Preschool alphabet makes smaller mini volcanos using an eyedropper. 

Get the instructions here:
http://preschoolalphabet.blogspot.com/2011/07/volcano.html

Minieco calls hers a magic potion.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.minieco.co.uk/magic-potion/

Water Xylophone

Water is color coded with food coloring to make this nifty water inspired xylophone from meet the dubiens to help kids see the sound.

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.meetthedubiens.com/2011/03/rainbow-xylophone.html

Cindy derosier uses bottles.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.cindyderosier.com/2014/08/the-cursive-project-xylophone.html

Paper Doll Kit

Complete with outfits, hair styles, sequins and feathers this diy paper doll kit from grey luster girl is amazing. 

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://greylustergirl.com/on-the-eigth-day-of-christmas-8-paper-dolls/

Painted Flower Bead Bracelets

Wood beads are painted white and then finely decorated with dot painted flowers.  Crafts by amanda then strings them together with glass beads intertwined.

Good for ages 10 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://craftsbyamanda.com/flower-bracelet-from-wooden-beads/

Chocolate Chip Bath Cookies

Chocolate chip cookies are brought to the bath for a yummy cookie scent with craftbits.  Bake some up today.

Good for ages 2 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://craftbits.com/project/chocolate-chip-bath-cookies/

Cupcake Liner Oysters

Cupcake liners are glued together, given googly eyes and a hidden pearl with party craft secrets.

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://partycraftsecrets.blogspot.com.au/2011/10/happy-oyster.html

Bottle Cap Snake

Bottle caps are painted and threaded together to make a slippery snake with fave crafts.

Good for ages 10 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.favecrafts.com/Green-Crafting/Bottle-Cap-Snake-Toy

Zip Tie Bracelets

Colorful zip ties are zipped together to make a unique and easy kids bracelet with think crafts.

Good for ages 7 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://thinkcrafts.com/blog/2012/05/19/simple-kids-craft-project/

Snake Bookmark

A tie turns into a snake bookmark by adding on two fabric eyes with domestic goddesque.

Good for ages 7 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://domesticgoddesque.com/2011/06/how-to-make-a-snake-bookmark-from-a-tie-fathers-day-craft/

Pet Rock Necklaces

A rock is painted and given eyes and beads to make a necklace with crafts by amanda.

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://craftsbyamanda.com/camp-crafts-pet-rock-necklace/

Paper Bag Fish

A paper bag is glittered with glue to make scales.  Families next adds a pipe cleaner smile and googly eyes.

Good for ages 5 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.families.com/blog/paper

Lego Pinata

A cardboard box and paper bowls are paper marched together and painted to make a Lego pinata with cindy derosier.

Good for ages 8 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.cindyderosier.com/2012/06/lego-party-making-lego-pinata.html

Kids DIY Cymbals

Aluminum pie pans are colored with markers and turned into musical cymbals with crayola.

Good for ages 2 and up.

Get the instructions here:
https://www.crayola.com/crafts/celebration-cymbals-craft/

Plastic Jewelry Box

Plastic fruit and vegetable containers are painted to make a quick and easy and kid friendly jewelry box with aunt peaches.

Good for ages 2 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.auntpeaches.com/2012/05/friday-flowers-kaleidoscopic-berry.html

Clothespin Crocodiles

Clothespins are painted green and given googly eyes to make alligator clips with phar ma.

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://phar-ma.com/gator-clothespins/

Kids activity blog makes them too.

Get the instructions here:
http://kidsactivitiesblog.com/74031/alligator-clothespin-craft

Conversation Ball

A plain rubber ball is written on with fun questions to make a unique party game.  The kids simply toss the ball, read a question and answer.  The party animal blog shares the details.

Good for ages 7 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.thepartyanimal-blog.org/homemade-toss-n-talk-ball-great-sleepover-party-game/

Paper Plate Sharks

A paper plate is cut and folded to make awesome shark teeth with almost unschoolers.  Next she adds a blue construction paper shark and googly eyes to complete the look.

Good for ages 5 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://almostunschoolers.blogspot.jp/2011/03/paper-plate-shark-craft.html

Knotted Beaded Bracelets

Colorful cord and beads are knotted together to make a quick and simple bracelet from happy hour projects.

Good for ages 7 and up

Get the instructions here:
http://happyhourprojects.com/ten-minute-knotted-ankle-bracelet/

Panda hall uses knotted beads.

Get the instructions here:
http://lc.pandahall.com/articles/718-easy-knotted-bracelet-tutorial-how-to-make-a-knotted-bracelet-with-beads.html

DIY Lollipops

Crushed candy is placed into a circle, melted, and placed on a stick with meaningful mama.

Good for ages 7 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://meaningfulmama.com/2012/03/day-80-homemade-lollipops.html

Egg Carton Lobsters

Half of an egg carton is painted red, given pipe cleaner legs, and googly eyes with free kids crafts.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.freekidscrafts.com/egg-carton-lobster/

Felt Play Car Mat

A felt board is created with streets, houses, stores and a playground for fun pretend play with serving pink lemonade.

Good for ages 7 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.serving-pink-lemonade.com/2010/07/mini-car-mats-take-2-and-3-and-4.html

Little ladybird uses a black mat and paints on the road and town.

Get the instructions here:
http://blog.littleladybird.com.au/2013/04/make-your-own-kids-car-mat-its-so-easy.html

Root Beer Playdoh

Root beer extract is the key to this unique play dough scent from homespun with love.

Good for ages 2 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://homespunwithlove.blogspot.com/2012/06/old-fashion-root-beer-float-playdough.html

Paper Bag Owls

A brown paper bag is cut folded and stamped to make a cute little owl.  Cindy derosier then glues on construction paper eyes.

Good for ages 7 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.cindyderosier.com/2012/07/ramona-owls.html

Itty bitty love uses large grass collection bags.

Get the instructions here:
http://ittybittylove.blogspot.com/2013/10/paper-bag-owls.html

Felt Tools

Felt is cut into tool shapes for fun pretend play with serving pink lemonade.

Good for ages 5 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.serving-pink-lemonade.com/2010/04/felt-tools.html

Shaker Bells

A wooden y stick, acorn tops and small jingle bells are put together with minieco to make a bell shaker. 

Good for ages 13 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.minieco.co.uk/bell-shaker-with-added-bling/

Yarn Owls

Furry yarn is wrapped around styrofoam and adorn with felt eyes, ears, beak and feet.  Free kids crafts then adds buttons to make the eyes stand out.

Good for ages 9 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.freekidscrafts.com/baby-owl/

Glove Finger Puppets

The fingers are cut off from colorful knit gloves to make animal finger puppets.  Felt, pipe cleaners and googly eyes are added to make the animals look like animals.  Jenni can knit shares the details. 

Good for ages 7 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://jennicanknit.blogspot.com/2012/07/finger-puppets.html

Plastic Bottle Piggy Bank

A plastic bottle is painted pink and given foam ears and googly eyes.

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://we-made-that.com/diy-piggy-bank/

Button Photo Frames

Various white buttons of different shapes, patterns and size are glued to a frame to make a more unique version with aesthetic nest.

Good for ages 3 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.aestheticnest.com/2012/07/crafting-white-button-frame.html

Pom Pom Ant Clip

Pom poms are glued onto a clothes pin and then given pipe cleaner legs to make an ant clip.  Free kids crafts shares the details.

Good for ages 5 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.freekidscrafts.com/pompom-ant-chip-clip/

Paper Doily Mobile

Doilies are painted and tied together to make a unique mobile with aunt peaches.

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.auntpeaches.com/2012/07/300-rainbow-doily-spinners.html

Origami Russian Dolls

Matryoshka dolls are folded and colored with origami paper with meijos joy. She even makes different sized versions to make them reminiscent of babushka dolls. 

Good for ages 10 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://meijosjoy.blogspot.com/2012/09/origami-babushka-matryoshka-doll.html

Popsicle Stick Dolls

Popsicle sticks are dressed up with patterned washi tape and markers to make nifty dolls with teawagontales.

Good for ages 10 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://teawagontales.blogspot.nl/2012/08/miss-lolly-dollyhow-to.html

Paint Chip Bookmarks

Paint chips from the hardware store make a great and easy bookmark.  Free kids crafts just adds stickers and string to jazz them up.

Good for ages 2 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.freekidscrafts.com/paint-chip-bookmark/

Magnet Activity Boards

A metal pan makes a great backdrop for magnet play.  Taking time to create cuts out magnet farm animals to use with a farm background she glued to the pan.

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://takingtimetocreate.blogspot.com/2012/08/keep-em-busyroad-trip-magnetic-activity.html

Ballerina Jewelry Box

A  tin box, paper clip and paper ballerina make a fun, interactive jewelry box.  Zakka life adds a magnet to the bottom so kids can make the ballerina dance.

Good for ages 8 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://zakkalife.blogspot.com/2011/09/kid-craft-moving-ballerina-toy.html

Paper Straw Charms

Cardboard is painted with a hole punched out to make straws even more exciting by adding charms.  Kix cereal shares the details.

Good for ages 3 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://kixcereal.com/cereal-box-straw-charms-party-drinks/

Straw Necklaces

Colorful paper straws are cut and strung on string with beads to make an easy toddler friendly necklace.  Land of nod shares the details.

Good for ages 3 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://blog.landofnod.com/honest-to-nod/2014/08/diy-striped-straw-necklaces.html

Ninja Turle Puppets

Green styrofoam balls and popsicle sticks turn into Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle stick puppets with googly eyes, and colored strips of felt.  One artsy mama shares the details.

Good for ages 5 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.oneartsymama.com/2014/08/tmnt-turtle-puppets.html

Crafts by courtney uses a toilet paper roll. 

Get the instructions here:
http://www.craftsbycourtney.com/how-to-crafts/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-kids-toilet-paper-roll-finger-puppets/

Paper Strip Turtle

Strips of scrap booking paper are glued onto a turtle shell with cindy derosier. 

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.cindyderosier.com/2014/08/the-cursive-project-turtle.html

Tissue Paper Painting

Colorful tissue paper is placed onto a wet canvas, let dry and then removed to make a unique piece of art with fiskars.

Good for ages 2 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www2.fiskars.com/Kids-Activities-School/Projects/Kids-Crafts/Summer-Camp/Kids-Craft-Tissue-Painted-Canvas

Shark Socks

Markers turn ordinary gray socks into sharks with dollar store crafts. 

Good for ages 9 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://dollarstorecrafts.com/2014/08/tutorial-diy-shark-socks/