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Free Crafts for Kids: 37 Free Kids' Activities and Games for Kids for Free
Free is the way to be, and while your allowance may not see a dent, your parents will be ever so grateful if you start crafting for nothing. Haven't you ever heard that free tastes better? Macaroni and cheese is delicious, but free macaroni and cheese is to die for. That doesn't necessarily translate to crafts; free doesn't always look better. Lucky for you though, this list of free crafts for kids looks just as good as those craft projects for which you lay down the cash (or your parents do). AllFreeKidsCrafts wants to keep your money in your wallet and your smile on your face. There is no question that both of those will be achieved with the help of Free Crafts for Kids: 37 Free Kids' Activities and Games for Kids for Free.
This lovely list helps you create wonderful free crafts for kids with items that you'll find around your house. We've organized the crafts into categories to make it even easier for you to craft for free. If you have pipe cleaners lying around, zip right over to that cluster of crafts. If you're all out of supplies and you're boasting only a printer and markers, we've gathered the perfect projects for you. And if your thirst has gotten the best of you, overflowing your recycling bin with water bottles, you have a couple delightful free crafts for kids to keep your green conscience clear.
With this lengthy list of 37 free kids' activities, you will never be bored again. You don't have to rush over to Grandpa with those puppy dog eyes begging for the exact paint for which your tutorial calls. Nope. Those days are over. Now, you can search this list, pick an intriguing free craft for kids, and get started right away.
Free Crafts for Kids: 37 Free Kids' Activities and Games for Kids for Free
Table of Contents
What to Do with Pipe Cleaners
Free Printable Crafts for Kids
Crafts with Toilet Paper Rolls
Free Nature Crafts for Kids
Paper Crafts for Kids
Water Bottle Crafts
Other Free Crafts for Kids
What to Do with Pipe Cleaners
Twist and turn your pipe cleaners until they are shaped perfectly for your free kids' activities. These extremely cheap supplies will find their way into your house somehow, and once they're there, you'll be able to have a blast with any of these free crafts for kids.
- Travel Game of Tic-Tac-Toe
- Straw Shapes Activity
- Smartie Pipe Cleaner Glasses
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Pipe Cleaner Color Mania
Free Printable Crafts for Kids
Not only are the following crafts free, but they're also easy and call for great creativity. Simply print these free crafts for kids and get coloring. Even if you don't own big, fancy markers, use crayons, colored pencils, highlighters, or even colored pens to complete these free kids' activities.
Crafts with Toilet Paper Rolls
Everyone uses toilet paper, so these crafts are doable in any household. Don't start using foot after foot of paper to get your craft supplies sooner. If you wait patiently, you'll find that the toilet tubes come rolling in, and you'll be able to make crafts with toilet paper rolls in no time.
Free Nature Crafts for Kids
What better way to craft for free then to look in your backyard? Free nature crafts for kids are a wonderful way to get outside and get crafting. Use your imagination and you'll find that the crafting possibilities are endless when you use nature as your supplies. Free crafts for kids are aplenty outside.
- Awesome Acorn Pine Cone People
- Best Butterfly Leaves
- Cheep Cheep Peep Nest
- Free Fall Friends
- Seashell Beach Buddies
Paper Crafts for Kids
In almost every home, you'll find computer paper, construction paper, magazines, junk mail, or newspaper. All of these forms of paper make the perfect materials for free crafts for kids. So many free kids activities and games for kids for free involve some kind of paper. Ask Mom to hand you all of the paper she's about to throw into the recycling bin and you'll have supplies for hundreds of projects.
- Costless Kite
- How to Draw a Precious Pup
- How to Draw a Rose
- How to Draw a Teddy Bear
- Oh the Place You'll Go Envelope
- Aff-arrr-dable Pirate Garb
- Finish the Doodle Travel Game
- Secret Green Garden
Water Bottle Crafts
Before you toss that plastic water bottle, check out these awesome free crafts for kids. They're easy to make, but they're really awesome. And the best part is: you don't have to pay a penny!
Other Free Crafts for Kids
If you have scraps of yarn, brown paper bags, old CDs, napkins, or cardboard boxes sitting around your house, you're halfway to completing a free craft for kids. All of the materials you need for these awesome free crafts for kids are in your house somewhere. Go on a hunt so that you can turn trash into treasure and make tons of free crafts for kids.
- Clean Jean Pick-Up Pouch
- Dancing Raisins
- Despicable Me Astronaut Helmet
- Fast Frugal Yarn Stamps
- Forever Spinning Top
- Go Green Scrapbook
- Napkin Origami Doll
- Outdoor Checkers
- Really Big Bubble Maker
- Scrub a Dub Car Wash Tub
- Sew Like a Pro
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