10 Easy Crafts for Kids (Preschool) - Simple & Fun

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10 Easy Crafts for Kids (Preschool) - Simple & Fun

Looking for easy crafts for kids that don’t need fancy supplies and actually keep kids engaged?
These preschool craft ideas are simple, colorful, and perfect for ages 3-5.

🎨 Low prep
✂️ Simple materials

Best for: Home, daycare, preschool classrooms

📌 Excellent for craft time or classroom activities!

Safety Tips:
  • Use non-toxic glue and paint
  • Supervise scissors
  • Prepare cutouts for younger kids
  • Keep wipes ready

1. Paper Plate Sun Craft


Materials you need : Paper plate, yellow paper and yellow paint/crayons

Steps to make a beautiful SUN

  1. Give each child a paper plate and let them color or paint it yellow.
  2. To make the sun rays, cut triangle shapes from colored paper and color them yellow (parents or teachers can help with cutting).
  3. Make around 9-10 triangles, depending on the size of the plate this should be enough to cover the edges.
  4. Next, stick the triangular rays around the paper plate using glue or tape, just like shown in the picture.
  5. For the eyes, you can draw them using a black crayon, or cut two small circles/oval shapes from white paper, draw the pupils, and stick them on.
  6.  Finally, draw eyebrows and a cute smiley face and it’s done ☀️😊

2. Handprint Flower Craft


Materials you need: different color Paint, paper

How to make:

  1. Dip the child’s hand in paint and press it onto paper to create the stem.
  2. Then, have the kids dip their thumbs in bright-colored paint and stamp thumbprints on top of each stem to make flower petals.
  3. They can also use their other fingers dipped in green paint to add leaves along the stems.

3. Cotton Ball Sheep Craft



Materials you need: Cotton balls, glue, paper

How to make:

  1. Draw a sheep outline on paper (or use a paper plate for the body) and let the kids glue cotton balls on it to make fluffy wool. (If you have cotton balls)
  2. Then, make the sheep’s face and let the kids color it black using crayons.
  3. Cut 4 circles for the eyes - 2 big circles for the eyes and 2 smaller circles for the pupils.
  4. Cut 2 small rectangles for the legs and let the kids color the pupils and legs black.
  5. Finally, glue all the parts in place properly, and your sheep craft is done.

4. Paper Plate Rainbow



Materials you need: Paper plate, paint or crayons

How to make:

  1. Cut a paper plate in half and draw 7 rainbow arches.
  2. Let the kids color each arch with crayons in this order: Violet, Indigo, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange, and Red (VIBGYOR), as shown in the picture.
  3. This is a fun way to practice color recognition and rainbow order.

5. Toilet Paper Roll Butterfly


Materials you need: Toilet paper roll, paint, paper

How to make:

  1. Paint the toilet paper roll white, then cut out paper wings, eyes, two heart shapes, and two thin paper strips to make the butterfly’s antennae.
  2. Let the kids paint the wings first using pink, blue, or any color they like, and then add patterns of their choice.
  3. Next, glue the wings and eyes onto the roll and draw a smiley face.
  4. For the antennae, attach a heart shape to the end of each thin paper strip, then glue the strips to the top of the roll - just like the picture shows.

6. Paper Ladybug Craft



Materials you need: Red and black paper, glue

How to make:

  1. Cut two red circles for the body (same size) and small black circles for the spots. Kids can draw the spots with black crayon too.
  2. Cut two white circles for the eyes and two thin black strips for the antennae.
  3. Now fold one red circle in half and glue it on top of the other circle to form the ladybug shape.
  4. Add the eyes and antennae, then draw the pupils using a black marker.

7. Sponge Painting Art



Materials you need: Sponge, paint, paper, scissors

How to make:

  1. Draw or cut an ice cream cone shape and let the kids color it
  2. Dip sponges into a colorful paint mixture and dab on paper to create textures of ice cream scoops on top of the cone.

8. Cotton Ball Snowman



Materials you need: Cotton balls, glue, paper

How to make:

  1. Take a blue or white sheet of paper and color it blue.
  2. Cut two circles, one bigger than the other. The bigger circle will be the snowman’s body and the smaller circle will be the head.
  3. Cut a small triangle for the nose and color it orange.
  4. Cut two long, thin strips for the hands (as shown in the image).
  5. Glue both circles onto the paper, just like the picture.
  6. Now glue cotton balls inside the circles to form the snowman. Add the eyes and face using markers.
  7. Attach the hands. You can also draw snow in the background using a white crayon or marker.

9. Paper Collage Butterfly



Materials you need Collage paper different colors, glue

How to make:

  1. Draw a butterfly outline
  2. Let the kids fill the butterfly with Crumple of collage paper and glue it to form a colorful design.

10. Toilet Paper Roll Penguin



Materials you need: Toilet roll, black, white and orange paint/paper

How to make:

  1. Paint the roll black, then cut one large white circle for the belly and two small white circles for the eyes.
  2. Next, cut a small orange triangle for the beak, two feet shapes, and two hand shapes (just like in the image).
  3. Glue the white belly, orange beak, feet, and hands onto the roll, then draw the pupils with a black marker.
  4. And it’s done - one of the most loved preschool crafts 🐧✨

Wrapping up 

Kids should be encouraged to do crafts that boost cognitive function and not handed the iPad. These easy crafts for kids make learning fun, creative, and stress-free. They’re perfect for home, daycare, or classroom use and kids never get bored.

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