I have been slowly putting together a list of arts, crafts and activities to do with kids at home. Some of these could totally be done outside or for a break from the hot days of summer or even during the long days of winter. Either way, so many great and fun options for all sorts of different ages. I have included a few from here on Sisters, What and many others are from some great blogs on the internet. Enjoy!

Marbleize Rocks and Wood OR Marbleize Jenga Blocks. My kids loved making these with me. 

Shrink Plastic Art is always a win craft idea. 

Kaleidoscope Craft: Another great one with kids and you probably have all the supplies. 

you can never go wrong with homemade Play Dough and this is our favorite recipe. 

Pineapple String Art or Word String Art would be great for older kids. 

Drum Musical Craft perfect for music loving kids. 

Fabric Towel Painting could be done with all sorts of ages. 

Paper Bug Paper Craft for the bug lovers. 

Water Resist Art Glue Art  great for all ages. 

Kindness Rocks

Nature Scavenger Hunt Printable

Frozen Dinosaur Eggs is a summer favorite here

Pencil Wands is so fun to do with older kids

THese clay beads are fun and easy for older kids to make. 

STEAM Projects to do with Kids:

Kinetic Sand

make with your kids I spy Slime Recipe without Borax

Magnetic Tangrams for older or younger kids

Sewing Projects to do with Kids

Fabric Scrap Bookmarks to teach beginning sewing skills

Make these fabric covered Notebooks with kids using simple sewing skills. 

Fabric Memory Game (this one includes the ABS, but you could do just scrap fabric)

Teaching Kids to Sew

Pencil Roll