Grandma Crafts

Here in our Grandma Crafts section, you'll find great ideas for projects to do with kids, from simple to complex. Our craft projects are designed to teach skills and build confidence. And there are few activities more rewarding than crafting together with your grandchild. We continue to update this section; check back for new ideas.

 

 

Kids cut out hearts to glue onto clear plasstic placemats.

Easy Homemade Mother’s Day Gifts a Child can Make

By Grandma Sandy | April 29, 2026

In the U.S., as well as in Australia and Canada, Mother’s Day is celebrated on the second Sunday in May, which is May 10 this year. It’s time to start the grandkids crafting easy homemade Mother’s Day gifts for mom. If you’d like some ideas for Mother’s Day crafts, start with our section called “Grandma…

Air dry clay, cut with Easter cookie cutters and overlaid with a flowered paper napkin, sits on a rack to dry.

Make Beautiful Easter Ornaments with Air Dry Clay

By Grandma Sandy | March 25, 2026

Make adorable Easter ornaments with cookie cutters, air dry clay, and paper napkins to dress up your table.

Top a layer cake with edible grass to make a nest, add malted milk Easter eggs.

How to Create a Sensational Easter Table Setting

By Grandma Sandy | March 11, 2026

How to dress your Easter table: from Easter egg place cards, to mini egg vases, to fab dessert centerpieces.

Two leprechauns are made with toilet paper roll, paint, cardboard, and construction paper.

How to Make a Leprechaun for St. Patrick’s Day

By Grandma Sandy | March 4, 2026

Kids can make a leprechaun for St. Patrick’s Day from a cardboard roll, construction paper, and paint.

Paper flowers in various sizes and colors are a good way to banish winter doldrums.

How to Banish Winter Doldrums and Usher in Spring

By Grandma Sandy | February 25, 2026

Banish winter doldrums: make paper flowers, host a luau, and take a pretend trip with the grandkids.

This simple Chinese New Year horse is made with a toilet paper roll, yarn, and construction paper.

Kids can Make a Simple, Chinese New Year Horse

By Grandma Sandy | January 28, 2026

Kids can make a simple horse with scrap materials to celebrate the Chinese New Year of the Horse.

These Valentine placemats are made by gluing paper hearts onto inexpensive plastic placemats.

DIY Valentine Placemats and How to Use Them

By Grandma Sandy | January 21, 2026

Valentine placemats can be used as an oversize Valentine’s card or kids can make a set to give as a gift.

Homemade Christmas crackers are filled with a paper crown, a joke, and a prize. When pulled apart, they make a satisfying "bang."

How to Make DIY Christmas Crackers

By Grandma Sandy | December 10, 2025

Easy DIY Christmas crackers, filled with a crown, joke and prize, can be set at each place for dinner.

Snowman made from styrofoam balls and epsom salts.

How to Make Snowmen — a Fun Winter Craft

By Grandma Sandy | December 3, 2025

Make snowmen from styrofoam balls. It’s a fun winter project for kids and a festive holiday centerpiece.

Thankful turkey is made with a toilet paper roll and construction paper. Write your thanks on turkey feathers.

Kids can Make a Thankful Turkey for Thanksgiving

By Grandma Sandy | November 12, 2025

Make a thankful turkey from a toilet paper roll. Add construction paper feathers with messages of thanks.