Print-and-Make Crafts

These fun, easy-to-make crafts will spark creativity in the classroom.

Print-and-Make Crafts

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By Susan Kneib Schank

Create a craft and play a game.

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By Marie E. Cecchini

Make presidential hats and play coin toss.

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By Amy Cobb

Customize a picture frame with craft foam and ribbon.

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By Edna Harrington

You'll love these crafty bugs.

By S.K. Falstad

Using craft foam and paper fasteners, make a clever valentine.

By Katelyn Thomas

Create original art cards to trade or keep.

By Linda Bloomgren

Decorate a sock and create an adorable pal.

By Debra Friedland Katz

Create your own tangram, a unique seven-piece puzzle.

By Loralee Leavitt

Conduct science experiments with Halloween candy.

By Kathleen Kull Urban

It's a game. It's a craft. To win, you must use math.

By April Theis

Create handmade charms for sneakers or shoes.

By Edna Harrington

Create a handmade game with craft foam, chenille sticks, and poster board.

By Edna Harrington

The position of the felt hand in this craft means "I love you" in sign language.

By Kathy Ross

Welcome your Passover guests with festive name cards for your table.

By Kathleen Kull Urban

Decorate a milk carton to make a scary haunted house just in time for Halloween.

By Merle J. Petersen

Turn a pinecone into a snowman with cotton balls, felt, and more.

By Cynthia A. Rice

Make an art project and game for kids of all ages.

By Marie E. Cecchini

A goldfish made with crepe-paper streamers will brighten up any classroom.

By Laura Sassi

Make an animal paperweight with rocks, paint, glue, yarn, and wiggle eyes.

By Jean Kuhn

A craft and game in one fun activity.

By Laura Sassi

Save your coins in a sheep bank made out of everyday materials.

By Sara Matson

Write and decode secret messages with this code-breaking craft.

By Norma Jean Byrkett

Use a simple technique to make a block-print bunny from cardboard, heavy paper, and paint.

By Susan Kneib Schank

Make a simple beach-themed board game of luck.

By Jeff O'Hare

Transform your pumpkin into an amazing animal.

By Marianne Mitchell

Silly creatures come to life with a pinecone and imagination.

By Janice M. Yuwiler

Using a cardboard egg carton and a pencil, create a festive dreidel to celebrate Hanukkah.

By Marie E. Cecchini

Ring in the New Year with a craft.

By Heather Tomasello

Make festive gift bags using a brown paper bag as a base.

By April Theis

A recipe box can be made out of a simple cardboard box.

By Joan Marie Arbogast

Use cookie cutters to make festive ornaments.

By Brittany Johnson

Use ribbon, colored paper, tissue paper, and tape to make a piñata you can fill with treats.

By Xu Li

All you need are leaves, seeds, and markers to create an underwater picture.

By Sylvia W. Sproat

Using an envelope and crayons, make a "walking" president.

By Heather A. Rising

Craft a lantern from a milk carton, tissue paper, and glue.

By Melanie Henry

Make a colorful toucan with paper plates, paint, and yarn.

By Lauren Michaels

Mimic the sound of rain by making a rain stick out of a cardboard tube filled with rice.

By Laura Brown

Cardboard, stickers, and ribbon are all you need to make personalized bookmarks.

By Rebecca Spohn

Decorate cans for fun and useful pencil holders.

By Jean Kuhn

Create a giant checkers set using everyday items such as cardboard and card stock.

By Susan S. Erb

Twist chenille sticks together and add beads for a beautiful bracelet.

By Joann M. Hart

Your Thanksgiving table will be more festive with this turkey centerpiece.

By Jeff O'Hare

Create a craft and play a game.

By Edna Harrington

Craft a windmill bank with cardboard and felt.

By Julie M. Prince

Make your own stamps using cardboard and rubber bands.

By Marcia Strykowski

Create hanging butterflies with paper, tissue paper, grocery bags, and thread.

By Jean Kuhn

Clothespins, paint, and glitter glue are all you need to make this sparkly trivet.

By Vivian Gaston

That old pair of jeans could make a cozy pillow.

By Rebecca D. Zurawski

Create a bright and cheerful card in the shape of a kite.

By Carmen Horn

Take a plain folder, re-fold it, and dress it up with yarn, glitter, and markers.

By Kathleen Bayly

Create a keepsake place mat.

By Jean Kuhn

Make a simple, but challenging hand-held game that tests the player's coordination.

By David E. Goldschmidt

Learn how to make a word puzzle.

By Katherine Ruskey

A cardboard box becomes a car and a toy cart.

By Dottie Smith

Create a hanging picture of a pup with dried beans, glue, paint, and wood.

By Stella Walsh

Create puppets by decorating painted cardboard tubes.

By April Theis

Hit a homerun with this useful craft.

By Mary Mulard

Whip up some tasty snowmen using this recipe.

By Sharon Landeen

Grow green "hair" for a leprechaun by planting grass in a decorated milk carton.

By Glen Arnould

String beads onto a chenille stick to make decorative holiday candy canes.

By Ed Pessalano

Watch the colors flow and mix in this science experiment.

By Edna Harrington

Cut shapes and letters from craft foam and create signs to welcome your neighbors on Halloween.

By Vicki Felix

Write a special message using cardboard, a marker, and thread.

By Marie E. Cecchini

Construct a colorful springtime animal using a plastic Easter egg as a base.

By Beth Sveen

Create magnetic people with interchangeable outfits.

By Barbara Krasner-Khait

In celebration of Purim, construct a festive noisemaker using a plastic bottle and dry pasta.

By Katy Efner

Each kid can make a bulletin board with their name on it.

By Ruth Schiffmann

Decorate magnets with your own special design.

By Sandra K. Malarcher

This craft makes a delightful springtime surprise.