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I am generally quite a creative person so I really enjoy putting together fun activities for myself and my 5 year old to do. This selection of crepe paper kids crafts are really simple and I love that we can craft something together that we both enjoy; because if I’m honest I hate playing Lego with him as I find it so boring!
Crepe paper, also known as tissue paper is a great thing to have in your kids craft box; it’s versatile, fun and colourful. I usually just stock up from EBay when we run low of any of the colours.
A few times a week we make time together to create something and I really treasure that bonding time because he’s growing up so fast. My son loves slime and painting too but if I would prefer not to deal with that much mess, I will encourage this activity.
We don’t ever worry about it being perfect as that would take the fun out of it; the control freak side of me used to struggle with this but I’m getting better!
Now let’s get to our favourite crepe paper kids crafts; ideal for 4-7 year olds but can be adapted.
This crepe paper rainbow is fairly easy to do but quite time consuming therefore it’s perfect for small children with a bit more patience.
All you need is the following:
First of all draw your outline of the rainbow and clouds, it doesn’t have to be perfect so if your child is a bit older they may want to do this themselves. We just did the outline but if it would help your child you can do lines to separate the colours. If your child has a shorter attention span you can make a smaller rainbow as well.
When we did it ours we waited until we finished before cutting out the rainbow shape although you could do that first if you wanted.
Next pick your colours, we used the most of the main rainbow colours but you could just use what you have or do a pastel version.
Start adding the bottom block of your rainbow by screwing up small pieces of pink crepe paper and sticking them on with glue until you’ve filled a section of the rainbow. Younger children can do the screwing up of the tissue and you can stick it on if it’s more suitable.
Once you are happy with the thickness of the section you can move on to the next colour and continue this process until all sections are filled.
When it’s filled, leave to dry and then cut around if you haven’t done this already.
Another simple idea and fun to do as you can use the child’s arm and hand to make the tree shape, meaning even toddlers could participate.
You will need the following:
To start get your child to draw around their own arm and hand on the brown paper with the fingers acting as the top of the tree. You can draw around for smaller children.
Then cut the shape out and stick to the plain paper or card.
Next is the fun bit of getting them to screw up bits of crepe paper and stick it on as leaves. You can add strips on the bottom as grass if they want a bit more detail.
These are really good to give as gifts or just to hang from the window, a bit more fiddly to make but something a 4-7 year olds can help with.
You will need the following:
First of all decide the shape you want it to be, we settled on a heart shape. So grownups should cut out the heart or whatever shape you decide from the piece of cardboard. Also using a knife cut the middle part out so you have a border. (thicker cardboard does work better for this as it leaves the border raised a little)
Next cut the coloured paper into strips
Lastly put a bit of glue around the back of the cardboard shape you’ve made and get the child to start sticking strips of paper to the edge of the cardboard. Keep sticking strips with a bit of glue until you’ve covered the whole of the back and leave to fully dry.
This crepe paper kids craft idea quite simple one to do, we added wings just cut out of a white piece of paper and pipe cleaner antenna to finish them off.
You will need the following:
To start with make the bee shape on a piece of card with pen/pencil, I find it useful drawing stripes so my son knows where to stick the yellow and black
Next get them to screw up the crepe paper into little balls and stick them on with a bit of glue until the bee shape is filled. Leave to dry.
Once dry grownups cut around the bee shape. Stick your eyes on and add wings and antenna if you wish.
Very similar to the bees and also very simple to do.
You will need the following:
Make the ladybird shape on card, I just did the same as the bee with oval shape but without ears, I also do circles for the ladybird spots so that the small one knows where the red and black paper goes.
Get them to screw up small balls of crepe paper and stick them on with a little glue. Once completed leave to dry.
Once dry grown-ups cut them out, stick the eyes on, add antenna and legs to finish them off (pipe cleaners work well we just didn’t have any last time we made some).
This crepe paper fish is very easy and similar idea to the last two, see below for a slightly more detailed fish.
You will need the following:
First of all make the fish shape on your piece of cardboard with a pen/pencil and do the stripes if you feel this would help your child.
Get your little person to screw up balls of crepe paper and stick onto the fish shape until complete leaving gaps for the eye and mouth (we just used black paper but could be hand drawn . Leave to dry.
Once dry the child can colour in the fish face with a pink pen or crayon for a nicer look.
Then grown-ups cut out the fish shape and get your child to stick the eye where they want it and draw a tiny mouth.
This one has a bit more detail and perhaps a bit more fiddly so easier for school age children to attempt.
You will need the following:
Firstly I would recommend cutting some half circular pieces of crepe paper in the colours they want to use for the scales (if you have a larger punching tool this would be much easier)
Get the child the stick the on the cardboard toilet roll tube with glue, overlapping so they look like scales. Leave to dry.
Next cut some more coloured crepe paper into thin strips and get the child to stick these on the back as a flowing tail.
Lastly stick on an eye and you’re done. As mentioned you can hang these from string attached to a stick as pictured.
This crepe paper butterfly is very cute and a nice easy one for shorter attention spans.
You will need the following:
First of all grown-ups make the butterfly shape with a pen on the cardboard.
Get your little one to screw crepe paper into little balls of multi-colours and stick all over. Leave to dry.
When dry grown-ups cut the shape out and get the child to stick the pipe cleaner or paper antenna to the very top.
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