I'm happy to be back again for part of Rainy Day Mum's Storybook Summer series! This year I've got a beautiful butterfly craft for you that pairs ...
Get Creative
Set your family goal to build a creative childhood for your children. Explore art and crafts throughout the seasons and develop new skills and hobbies as you go.
We share ideas for crafts that kids can do and also some that are perfect for you to try your hand at.
Top 3 Crafts for Kids
Latest Crafts for you and the Kids
Ladybug Craft for Toddlers and Preschoolers – Pretty Suncatcher for the Window
We love making suncatchers here in the Rainy Day Mum house, they are easy to make and low mess (which is always a bonus). This Easy Ladybug Craft for ...
Coffee Filter Sunflower Craft
One thing I love about summer is the beautiful sunflowers that grow and we're inspired by those for this craft for another idea for our Garden Week ...
DIY Garden Gnomes
For the second post in our Garden Week for Storybook Summer, we are heading off to the miniature world of Garden Gnomes and have a gorgeous craft for ...
Hooray for Fish Pattern Making Activity
It’s Ocean week and today’s Storybook Summer idea is a simple fish pattern making activity inspired by Hooray for Fish by Lucy Cousins. Paint colorful ...
Shell Stepping Stones to Make
Not sure what to do with all the seashells and rocks your kids bring home from the beach? Use their beach treasures to create mementoes of your trip ...
Beach Themed Paper Plate Wreath for Kids to Make
Continuing with our ocean week for Storybook Summer this year we have an easy summer craft for kids to make with a simple paper plate wreath with 3D ...
DIY Space Felt Board for Preschoolers
For our second week of Storybook Summer this year we are returning to a favourite theme of space. Like dinosaurs, it's one of those themes that ...
Rocket Craft and Experiment
We're carrying on with our Space Themed Week for Storybook Summer and today we have a treat the author of the children's book is creating the activity ...
Watercolour Planets
For our second week of Storybook Summer this year we have a fun week of out of the world space-themed activities to do. We are starting off with the ...
Balancing Dinosaur STEAM Activity for Kids
We love crafts that give a little than just looking great and getting creative. I think this is one of the reasons why I love STEAM activities the ...
Solar Print Dinosaur Footprints for Kids to Make
We love exploring more about dinosaurs and how we know what they we like here on Rainy Day Mum, as this second activity for our annual Storybook ...
DIY Base 10 Set for Maths
I've always tried to reduce the spending on resources that I use for learning especially with the kids at home. Things like our Chalkboard Dice are ...
10 Easy and Fun Farm Animal Crafts for Toddlers and Preschoolers
There are two times of the year that I made a real effort to get to the farm with my kids, spring to see the baby animals and new growth in the fields ...
Layers of the Earth Needle Felted Model
Models are a great way for kids to be able to learn different things. In my science classroom, I had lots of different models, some that I purchased ...
Easter Story Stones
The message about why we celebrate Easter hides behind the Bunnies and Eggs. Many children don't know the Easter Story. But you can help them ...
Easter Hats for Kids to Make
Growing up every Easter there would be the Easter Bonnet Parade at school and church. I remember spending time with my mum and her craft supplies ...
Five Little Ducks Went Swimming One Day Craft Foam Rhyme Props
Props are a great way to engage children more in the stories and rhymes that you are singing. For some it can bring to life some concepts that they ...
Salt Dough Layers of the Earth Model
Science is full of concepts that are a little abstract and you can't actually experience yourself. Things like there is zero gravity in space or the ...
St Patrick’s Day Rhyme and Shamrock Puppets
Singing rhymes and songs is one of the easiest ways that you can help babies, toddlers and preschoolers to develop language skills. As a teacher in ...
Rainbow Sensory Bag for Toddlers
Rainbows have fascinated people for years - from thinking that pot of gold can be found at the end of the rainbow to showing that in fact light is ...
