Top 10 Summer Craft Ideas for Families
Welcome to the Family Learning Team’s first blog post. We will be posting a blog with a different theme monthly. We hope you find these useful for your family.
Here are 10 creative, summer-themed craft ideas that involve the whole family. We hope you have fun trying these.
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Rainbows are often typical of the Scottish summer and a marvellous sight to behold. Create your own hand-print rainbows, tissue paper rainbows, rainclouds, finger-print rainbows, or moveable paper-plate rainbows. Follow the link above for each of these, including a link to a Makaton sign-along version of the Rainbow song.
The ‘feely’ paper plate is an awesome craft for people who enjoy sensory stimulation. Click the link above for a step-by-step guide for how to create your own with common household materials. Create a summer masterpiece with what you can find around your own house!
There are a huge variety of paper plate animals you can create including giraffes, koala bears, snakes, snails, and crocodiles. Explore the many options and get inspired via the link above.
Enjoy sweet summer dreams by making your own dreamcatcher using simple materials. Use your own favourite colours to complement your bedroom. Pleasant dreaming!
There is an abundance of projects you can try using toilet roll tubes! Follow the link above to see a butterfly, kaleidoscope, racing car, flower, rocket, and octopus.
Who knew all the things you could create using pipe cleaners? Follow our link above to get making a pair of glasses, flowers, crocodiles, a wee chair for a toy, a crown and finger puppets. Pipe cleaners are easy to shape and come in an array of bright colours.
Enjoy a yummy summer ice-lolly and then save the sticks to get crafting! You could make photo frames, mini superheroes, aeroplanes, fish, and animal puppets. There is something for everyone. There are also some thrifty gift ideas!
Create your own stained glass window designs using just scissors, Sellotape, and coloured chalk. Follow our link above to see how this can be done. If your family remembers Art Attack, you could create your very own Art Attack moment and place yourself in a chalk-filled scene. It’s a perfect photograph opportunity! You could keep things traditional by designing a hopscotch board, Twister game or obstacle course.
Enjoy some bubble fun in the garden this summer! Our link above has the recipe for a homemade bubble mix and demonstrates how to make bubble wands. You can then turn this into a craft opportunity by making popping bubble patterns, sensory bottles, pom-pom and foam cupcakes, and more!
Summer is a great opportunity to learn a new instrument. Did you know you can create a functioning guitar using a cereal box? You just need a few other simple materials to enjoy making some music for your family. Top tip: gather and use elastic bands of different thicknesses to make higher and lower sounds. On the next page there is some inspiration for homemade shakers, a drum and panpipe.
There are so many different ideas to get stuck into. Have fun creating and don’t forget to share with us – we would be delighted to see what you have made together!
