Would you like some cool and, above all, simple craft ideas for the summer? What can you do with children in the summer? We have ideas and templates for you!
The beautiful summer offers numerous inspirations for beautiful crafts with a wide variety of motifs and themes. Of course, this is also great fun for children. To bridge the time until vacation or vacation, you can use our craft ideas and spend a nice afternoon together. Or maybe you are a teacher and would like some cool and, above all, simple craft ideas for the summer? What can you do with children in the summer?
Crafting with construction paper in summer - sun made of colored paper with sunglasses
One of the first things that comes to mind when you hear “summer” is the sun. So it should not be missing from any summer craft list. And the great thing is that they are also a really easy motif to make. Our idea is even suitable for the very little ones if an adult helps them cut out. Accordingly, you can make suns in kindergarten and preschool. What you need:
- yellow construction paper
- printed template with sunglasses
- Scissors
- Glue
- Circle
- black Edding/felt pen
- Use the compass to draw a circle on the yellow paper. Try to make it as big as possible.
- Also cut out 10 to 14 strips of equal length and width from yellow paper.
- Print out the glasses template and cut out the glasses you want.
- Glue the two ends of each strip together, but do not fold them, leave them curved.
- Now glue the glued ends together onto the yellow circle at equal distances. Do this as if you were cutting a cake.
- Finally, stick on the glasses you want and draw a mouth underneath.
Crafts with children in summer – wind turbines as decoration
Is there even a child who doesn't think wind turbines are great? In addition, they are really easy to make, so they are also ideal for crafting with 2-year-old children in the summer. Then you can use it to design the flower pots or garden beds. What do you need forWind turbines as craft ideasfor the garden with children?
- colored construction paper
- wooden stick
- Pipe cleaners
- Paper straw
- tape
- optional printed template
You can print out the template, cut it out and use it as a stencil. However, it is also completely sufficient if you use a ruler to trace the cutting lines as shown in the template.
Crafting with paper in summer – instructions:
- Prepare a square piece of colored paper of any color (Tipp: You can let the children color the paper).
- Cut it on all four corners towards the center. Be careful not to accidentally cut through to the center point. Also poke a hole in the middle.
- Now poke holes in the corners of the triangles. Each triangle gets one hole, making sure you choose the same corner in each triangle.
- Cut the straw into a piece 4 to 5 cm long. This length affects the volume of the wind turbine (the distance between the two sides).
- Cut one of the two openings of the straw into six segments along the edge. You then fold these outwards.
- Take the paper and pin one of the punched corners onto the straw.
- Then gradually (clockwise) push the other corners onto the straw and then push it through the middle hole.
- Now cut the other side of the straw too. This should keep the wind turbine together and hold well.
- Fold the pipe cleaner in half and twist tightly so you can push it through the straw.
- Flatten the pipe cleaner on the folded side to secure it in place. (Tipp:If you trim the wire hairs that will be in the straw beforehand, the wind turbine will be able to spin better later).
- Cut another one centimeter piece of straw and thread it onto the protruding pipe cleaner. Leave a small gap between the wind turbine and the straw so that it can rotate better.
- Wrap the wire around the wooden stick and you're done.
Summery idea with toilet paper – pineapple and strawberries
This summer toilet roll craft idea is a great way to work with some summer motifs. It is a matter oftypical summer fruits, which we all love and can't imagine the summer season without. If you would like to do this idea with children in the summer, you have two options: either you draw the fruit patterns yourself on colored paper like in the picture above or you use our ready-made template.
- Toilet paper rolls
- Colored paper and crayons or template
- Scissors
- Glue
Crafting with children in summer – instructions:
- Cut the roll to the desired length.
- Then cut strips from the colored paper that are as wide as the roll is high and slightly longer than its circumference. Paint them in the appropriate pattern: diamonds for pineapples, dots for strawberry seeds or watermelon seeds.
OR:
Print out the template and cut out the strips along the dotted lines. Depending on the size you cut the rolls, you may need to narrow the strips slightly. - Apply glue to the finished fruit strips and glue them around the roll.
- If necessary, make additional elements such as the leaves of the pineapple (then you can cut off the green part when using the template).
This craft idea is great if you have oneTable decoration in summerwant to do crafts with children. For example, you can poke holes in the side and then put an LED candle (not a real one!) inside. This means you get a beautiful lantern for your patio table, for example.
Making ice cream in a waffle with children in the summer
Ice cream – another thing that no summer should be without. And while you're snacking with the children, you can also make some crafts at the same time - it doesn't matter at home, in kindergarten or at primary school. The craft idea is suitable for anywhere. What do you need?
- paper plate
- colored paper
- Decorative elements such as glitter, rhinestones, sugar sprinkles, sequins, etc.
- dark and light brown acrylic paint
- Scissors
- Glue
- Pom Pom as a cherry
Craft instructions:
- Cut the plate into two equal halves. You can make two ice cream cones from one plate.
- First paint it in light brown color and then add the diamond pattern in dark brown.
- Cut out large circles for the ice cream balls from colored paper.
- Decorate with the selected decorative elements to imitate sprinkles.
- Glue these circles behind the waffle and top it with the pom-pom as a cherry.
You can also use this template by printing it out, cutting it out, then designing and gluing it together as directed.
Crafting with natural materials in summer
Recycle old cardboard boxes and close thema beautiful summer decorationby simply sticking summer flowers on them. The flowers can be fresh or dried. The great thing about this idea is to get with itchildren to make craftsin summer you can combine it with a walk together, during which you can collect the necessary flowers.
- Cut a circle of any size out of cardboard. You can also make several of different sizes and then hang them in groups.
- Apply craft glue to the circle.
- Spread the flowers on the glue. Feel free to make patterns, such as circles.
- Punch holes in the circle in a free space and tie string.
- Hang up the homemade decorations.
If you want to make a window decoration for the summer with the children, you can choose this. The pendants will look really interesting in front of the window pane. In this case, it is recommended that you stick them on both sides.
Make sand pictures with children
You can also make cool craft ideas for the summer with sand, which is reminiscent of the beach. Use normal sand or collected beach sand or colored craft sand to create wonderful summer pictures.
To do this, you have to spread glue on the respective areas and then sprinkle the sand over them. Wait a little for the glue to dry. Then shake off the excess. Create beautiful patterns or a picture of a beach with the sea. Be creative and come up with interesting motifs. We are sure that the children are bursting with ideas.
You can also find a few nice summer ideas for kindergarten in the following list. You can print out the pictures for free and use them as a template for cool summer DIY ideas. Color in any areas with pens or paints and fill in others where it fits with sand.
Design a shell or beach ball with sand
Cool summer crafts for kids of all ages
