Kids Corner Department
Encourage your child’s creativity with crafts geared just for him or her. Our Kids’ Corner features free project ideas suitable for children of any age. Look for games and activities, as well as educational materials and craft instructions created for kids.
This is a great place to go on those rainy days to keep your child occupied in a fun and creative way!
Our online shopping center allows you to stock up on supplies for crafts meant for kids.
Recent Videos and Tutorials
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Learn how to sew a super easy and inexpensive homemade cat toy. This DIY catnip toy can be whipped up in 15 minutes and will entertain your cat for hours.
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A unique photo frame craft for kids to make for Dad or Grandpa on Father's Day, Christmas or birthday. A Father's Day Frame made with nuts and bolts.
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A cute felt Christmas Tree Ornament will add a festive touch to the tree. Learn how to make a stacked Christmas Tree ornament with this tutorial.
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Building a LEGO pencil holder is super easy and fun with LEGO bricks lying around the home. Make for themselves or as a gift.
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Here's a doll rug tutorial! This pompom rug is easy to make for an American Girl doll, Barbie doll, miniature doll or stuffed animal.
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Does your kid love Legos? Does your kid have trouble holding playing cards? This is a cool Lego building idea for making a Lego playing card holder.
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There is a new variety of loop yarn, Magic Yarn. This yarn has a pattern like a star, heart or smiley face built into the yarn. Just stitch and see it appear!
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Learn to make a zipper pouch out of a snack wrapper with this free tutorial. Any cookie, candy, chips, wrappers can be used to make recycled zipper pouches.
Book and Magazine Recommendations
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Jacquie FisherBuild your way through over a dozen fantastic STEM experiments, brick by brick!
Does your young scientist love LEGOs? Then this is the book for them! Contained within these pages is a plethora of experiments and lessons to teach your child all about STEM using LEGO bricks.
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Created especially for girls age 8 and up, American Girl is an appealing, age-appropriate alternative to teen magazines. Features advice, crafts, contests, puzzles, games, giggles, and more!
New Stuff
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If you want to learn how to make a friendship bracelet, try this basic bracelet tutorial. After knowing the basics, you can advance to more complicated bracelets.
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DLTK's Crafts for Kids
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These friendship bracelets are made with beads and plastic coated wire.
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Crafts For Kids
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bee activity book focuses on simple activities – coloring pages, spot the difference, simple counting, maze solving, drawing – simple and engaging tasks the youngest kids will love to do.
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Itsy Bitsy Fun
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How to make a friendship bracelet by knotting thread. Make two - one for yourself and one for a friend.
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How Stuff Works
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Here you will find more free printable coloring pages for your kids to enjoy and keep them busy on days they must stay indoors.
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Needlepointers.com
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A video on how to make a simple finger knitted friendship bracelet. Kids can make for themselves and exchange with to friends.
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Needlepointers.com
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There are four basic friendship bracelet knots - Forwards Knot, Backwards Knot, Forwards-Backwards Knot and Backwards-Forwards Knot. Learn them here.
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The Neon Tea Party
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Teach your kids about the importance of bees and butterflies in our environment as pollinators. Then request your free seeds to help restore bee and butterfly populations.
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Altnpa.org
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Learn how to make friendship bracelets that adults will like with this free pattern. After learning the basics add tassels, rhinestones, charms and attach metal closures.
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Good In The Simple
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DIY Kids' Workshops are free, monthly, in-store events designed to inspire the next generation of builders. Register to participate.
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Lowes