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Easy Paper Roll Rocket Craft for Kids

May 27, 2019 by Selena Robinson 1 Comment

Summer is my favorite time of year. By far.

But it’s also the time when the kids and I are most relaxed with our learning. Even though we have school year-round, we tend to take it easy during the summer months. It gives us more time for the beach (a requirement each year).

So it’s always fun to try some easy summer crafts during our learning downtime. And that’s why I love this easy paper roll rocket craft!

Fun and Easy Paper Roll Rocket Craft for Kids to Make

It’s a simple project that you can make with the kids in just a few minutes. And, if you’re studying space over the summer, it’d be a perfect fit for a solar system unit study!

Read on to see how to make this easy kids’ craft yourself!

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Make this easy paper roll rocket craft with the kids this summer! So fun for a long summer afternoon of crafting!

Easy Paper Roll Rocket Craft for Kids

I love how simple this project is! It’s perfect for crafting with the kids during summer break. 

Easy Paper Rocket Craft

Plus, it’s fun to take outside and pretend to fly. Just hand one to your little one and watch them zoom around pretending to take off into space!

Making a Paper Rocket Craft

To make this simple paper rocket craft for kids, you’ll need the following: (This post contains affiliate links. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

  • Colored cardstock
  • Paper towel roll
  • Washable paint
  • Scissors
  • Paintbrush
  • Hot glue sticks
  • Hot glue gun

Paper Rocket Craft for Kids

To start, cut the paper towel roll into two pieces. One piece should be slightly longer than the other.

We’re making two paper roll rocket crafts out of one paper towel roll.

Fun Paper Roll Rocket Craft

Paint each piece of the paper towel roll. We used a yellow paint, but any color will do.

Let the paint dry completely.

Making a Paper Roll Rocket Craft

Trace the lid of a mason jar or cup twice onto a colored piece of cardstock. You will be making one cone-shaped top for each rocket.

Use scissors to cut out each circle. Afterward, cut one slit to the center on each circle.

Remember: if you want the kids to help with this part, use child-safe scissors that are safe for little fingers.

Easy Paper Roll Rocket Craft

Form each circle into a cone shape by pulling the two ends together. Use the hot glue gun to seal each cone closed.

NOTE: Use caution with working with hot glue around small children.

Fun and Easy Paper Roll Rocket Craft

Now cut four triangles about three to four inches wide from the colored cardstock. You’ll use two of these for each rocket.

Working from the top of each triangle, cut a slit from the point down, stopping just before the bottom of each triangle.

Paper Rocket Craft for Kids to Make

Carefully cut four slits onto the bottom of each painted tube. Make sure that each cut is directly across from the cut on the opposite side. 

Slide one triangle up through two bottom slits. The triangle should be placed in two slits that are diagonal.

Then slide the second triangle through the other two slits. This triangle will crisscross the other, forming an X at the bottom of the rocket.

Super Easy Paper Roll Rocket Craft

Now cut six quarter-sized circles from the colored cardstock.

Use the hot glue gun to glue three circles onto each paper towel roll.

Simple Paper Rocket Craft

And we’re done! Look how bright and colorful these rocket crafts are!

Easy Paper Rocket Craft for Kids

Such a fun and easy project for the kids!

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Coffee Filter Crafts for Kids: Coffee Filter Ladybug Craft

March 27, 2018 by Selena Robinson 1 Comment

Want to find some easy coffee filter crafts for kids This simple coffee filter ladybug craft is super easy for little ones!

Even though I’m not the biggest fan of bugs, I adore little ladybugs. They’re so dainty and delicate that I almost don’t even consider them bugs. They’re more like debutantes that just happen to have wings and more than two legs.

Since we’ve been busy making coffee filter crafts for kids over the past few weeks (and because I’m still no closer to using up my 350 coffee filters), I thought we’d make a fun and simple coffee filter ladybug craft! This is a fabulous crafting project for young kids or big groups of children, especially if you need something that doesn’t require a lot of supplies.

Simple Coffee Filter Ladybug Craft for Kids

This would be a fun addition to a bug unit or a spring unit study. And if you want more fun bug learning ideas, check out this list of kids’ activities about insects! And be sure to try our Ladybug Fraction activity while you’re at it!

Make this simple and cute coffee filter ladybug craft with the kids this spring!

Coffee Filter Craft for Kids: Coffee Filter Ladybug Craft

To make this coffee filter ladybug craft, you’ll need the following craft supplies: (Affiliate links are provided here for your convenience. For more, see our Disclosure Policy.)

  • One white basket-style coffee filter
  • Crayons
  • Construction paper
  • Child-safe scissors
  • Glue stick

Making a Coffee Filter Ladybug Craft

Before you get started, remember to flatten out the coffee filter. A simple way to do it is to lay it on a table and rest a book on top for an hour or so.

Easy Coffee Filter Ladybug Craft

Draw a small semi-circle at the edge of one side of the filter. Then use a black crayon to draw a line down the center of the rest of the coffee filter.

Simple Coffee Filter Ladybug Craft

Color both halves of the filter red.

Making a Coffee Filter Ladybug Craft with Kids

Now color the semi-circle black. Use a glue stick to glue the coffee filter onto a piece of construction paper.

Coffee Filter Ladybug Craft for Kids

Cut four rough circles out of a piece of black construction paper.

Easy Coffee Filter Ladybug Craft for Kids

Use the glue stick to glue two black circles on either side of the ladybug.

Making an Easy Coffee Filter Ladybug Craft

Add six legs to your ladybug and a few blades of grass and you’re done!

Cute Coffee Filter Ladybug Craft for Kids

This was such a simple craft that you can easily make it with the kids in a few minutes. Perfect for reinforcing scissor skills, coloring, and pasting!

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Coffee Filter Crafts for Kids: Coffee Filter Flower Craft

March 5, 2018 by Selena Robinson 7 Comments

Looking for a simple spring craft? Try this easy coffee filter flower craft kids can make!

Springtime is one of the bestest times of the year. The air is warming, the flowers are blooming, and the kids and I get back to crafting!

Spring is a great time to get into crafting with your kids. There are so many fun and easy craft ideas for spring that you can make with almost no extra supplies at all!

We’ve been making lots of coffee filter crafts for kids lately and, with spring coming, I thought it was a good time to share this super simple coffee filter flower craft!

Like our coffee filter basketball craft, this is one that you only need a handful of supplies to make. And I can almost guarantee that you have them in your pantry already. 😉

Making a Coffee Filter Flower Craft with Kids

Read on to get the full supply list and instructions.

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This super easy coffee filter flower craft is a perfect spring project for little ones!

Coffee Filter Crafts for Kids: Coffee Filter Flower Craft

To make this, you’ll need the following: (This post contains affiliate links. For more, see our Disclosure Policy.)

  • Two white basket coffee filters
  • Crayons or markers
  • Construction paper
  • Glue stick

Coffee Filter Flower Craft Supplies

Start by flattening out two white coffee filters. Use a bright color to color the center of each filter completely.

Use a glue stick to glue the filter centers onto separate pieces of construction paper.

Making a Simple Coffee Filter Flower Craft

Then use a green crayon to draw a flower stem and leaves.

How to Make an Easy Coffee Filter Flower Craft

You can make these flowers using almost any colors you like!

How to Make a Simple Coffee Filter Flower Craft

Make a pair to give to a friend this spring!

Easy Coffee Filter Flower Craft

You could also overlap the two “flowers” and glue them to one piece of construction paper. Just be sure to draw the stems closer – as if they’re being held together.

You can even add some “grass” to the picture and you’re done!

Simple Coffee Filter Flower Craft for Kids

If you want to add a bit more color, let the kids color the outside circle with a bright flowery color, leaving the center untouched.

You can either use a different color on the center or just leave it white.

Easy Coffee Filter Flower Crafts

Wasn’t that simple? This coffee filter flower craft really and truly takes five minutes. I’ve timed it. 🙂

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Simple Straw Bead Necklace Craft for Kids

August 30, 2013 by Selena Robinson 3 Comments

If your kids are anything like mine, they’re always asking for the necklaces in the 25-cent machine at the grocery store. You know those fake gold necklaces that turn your neck green? Yeah, those.

I got tired of saying “no” over and over again, so I thought we’d come up with a simple jewelry craft that the kids could make and then wear on their own. That’s when we found this simple straw bead necklace craft and it was a perfect alternative! Plus, it didn’t turn their neck green, which was a plus. 🙂

Read on to see how to make these with your kids! And don’t miss my list of super easy preschool crafts you can make in just 10 minutes!

Make some simple jewelry with the kids with this fun straw bead necklace craft!

Simple Straw Bead Necklace Craft for Kids

This week, we jumped into the great book The Arts & Crafts Busy Book: 365 Art and Craft Activities to Keep Toddlers and Preschoolers Busy and found a super easy craft for kids of all ages: straw beads! And yes, it’s exactly what it sounds like.

Here’s what you need to make this craft:

  • Plastic drinking straws
  • Colored tissue paper
  • Glue
  • Yarn
  • Scissors

Straw Beads: Look! We're Learning!

We passed out tissue paper to the kids. They chose their own colors. Surprisingly, Roo picked blue as his new “favorite” color. He’s been hung up on red for years.

Straw Beads: Look! We're Learning!

Then we spread glue over the paper. At first, we used glue sticks and they worked somewhat, but we ended up reinforcing them with liquid glue. So, to save yourself some time, use regular glue in the first place.

Straw Beads: Look! We're Learning!

After that, you just place the straw at one end of the paper…

Straw Beads: Look! We're Learning!

and roll it up tightly. We ended up adding a bit more glue to the very end of the paper just to make sure that the ends stayed closed.

Straw Beads: Look! We're Learning!

Cut the straw into small pieces with a pair of scissors to make stringable beads. Have the kids string the beads onto a length of yarn, tie it around their neck, and you’re done!

Straw Beads: Look! We're Learning!

Roo adored his necklace. He wore it the rest of the evening.

Straw Beads: Look! We're Learning!

Pooh fiddled with his most of the day afterward, but he’s asked to wear it everyday since.

Straw Beads: Look! We're Learning!

Tigger just loved her necklace! Right now, anything even remotely girly is a big hit with her.

Simple Straw Beads: Look! We're Learning!

Have you tried this straw bead necklace craft? How did it go? Share your experiences in the comments!

Easy Straw Bead Necklace Craft for Kids

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