Good Crafts for 6-Year-Olds
At the age of 6, your child is learning and performing "real life" skills and activities. This list of good crafts for 6-year-olds is filled with activity ideas that are perfect to help them learn those skills while also having a ton of fun. You'll never be short on craft ideas for 6-year-olds thanks to these colorful and educational projects.
Your 6-year-old is becoming an ace at cutting paper, bending pipe cleaners, and gluing things down. That's why a lady bug made out of an old cereal box is a great craft to help them practice their skills. The other crafts on this list are not only fun, but also educational, because earning doesn't have to be boring?
Build a bird feeder out of an old milk carton. Create a jointed and movable puppet with cardboard, brads, and some drawing skills. The bean bag animal craft on this list teaches basic sewing skills, or if you 6-year-old isn't quite ready, you can use a hot glue gun to seal up the sides. The arts and crafts on this list are not only easy, but super fun!
So it's time to get to crafting! Upvote the best crafts on this list - the good crafts activities for 6-year-olds that keep your little ones entertained and create the most smiles!
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DIY Lava Lamp
Photo: Metaweb / CC-BYMake a homemade lava lamp with cooking oil, water, food coloring, and these instructions from PBS. - 2120 VOTES
Milk Carton Bird Feeder
Photo: flickr / CC0Chic-Steals has a great idea for recycling a milk carton: create a bird feeder! Just cut a hole, decorate, and fill with birdseed. Then all you have to do is hang it up! - 3128 VOTES
Cardboard Guitar
Photo: flickr / CC0MinnieCo has a great craft - create a guitar out of cardboard, rubber bands, and some brads! - 4159 VOTES
Accordion Paper Flowers
Photo: Metaweb / CC-BYCreating these accordion paper flowers is as easy as folding paper. First Palette suggests using a wooden dowel or stick for the flower's stem. - 5113 VOTES
Paint with Mud
Photo: Metaweb / CC-BYPaint and mud is fun at any age! Learn Play Imagine has found a way to mix paint and mud to create the ultimate messy craft. - 672 VOTES
Pinch Pot
Photo: Metaweb / CC-BYRoll clay into a ball and then "pinch" out the sides. Once the pot is created, you'll need to "fire it," according to WikiHow. After it's done and fired, its ready to paint! - 765 VOTES
Ice Suncatchers
Photo: Wikimedia Commons / CC-BYCollect some flowers, pinecones, or leaves to assemble this craft from Kiwi Crate. Arrange your findings in a shallow plate, add water, and make sure you arrange some ribbon at the edge of the plate. Then just freeze. When it's all frozen it's ready to hang outside! - 884 VOTES
Kid-Made Puppets
Photo: flickr / CC0Instead of making puppets out of a paper bag, Kids Activities Blog suggests you create a fun, moveable puppet. You just need to have your 6 year old draw out the head, body, arms, and legs. Next, paste the pieces onto a piece of cardboard. Cut out the pieces, and assemble them with brads. - 974 VOTES
Animal Bean Bag
Photo: Metaweb / GNU Free Documentation LicenseThis animal bean bag craft uses craft foam and is a great way to introduce your six year old to basic sewing skills. Or, as First Palette advises, you can also use a glue gun to attach the sides of the bean bags. Once the sides are attached, add beans or rice and then sew up the rest of the bag. - 1071 VOTES
Habitat Diorama
Photo: flickr / CC0Create a habitat diorama with an old shoe box, cardboard, string, and even clay. Check out some examples at DIY.org. - 1184 VOTES
Jumping Jack Bugs
Photo: Wikimedia Commons / CC-BYRecycling toilet paper rolls to create these cute bugs (with fluttering wings) is an awesome and fun craft from Handmade Charlotte. Check out the instructions for how to make these bugs "fly." - 1257 VOTES
Prism Mobile
Photo: flickr / CC0You can order prisms online, according to What We Do All Day. Once they arrive, gather some beads and thin cording and attach the prisms to a branch. This is a great way to introduce your 6 year old to how prisms bend light to create the rainbows. - 1384 VOTES
Cereal Box Lady Bug
Photo: flickr / CC0Create this cute lady bug from a Kix cereal box, black pipe cleaners, and some googly eyes. - 1453 VOTES
Felted Balls
Photo: Metaweb / GNU Free Documentation LicenseCreate these felted balls by Mega Crafty. Grab some wool and fluff it. Then place it in a plastic container with a drop or two of dish soap that been watered down. Then shake, shake, shake, and let it dry to create a fun felted ball. - 1551 VOTES
Paper Cup Apple Shaker
Photo: Wikimedia Commons / CC-BYThis Crafts on Sea shaker is so cute! Pour some rice into one of the cups and then seal the other cup on top of it using a hot glue gun. Add some green paper to the top to make it an "apple" shaker.
