How to keep kids entertained on a budget with fun and easy craft ideas. This list is the perfect activity cheat sheet for busy parents.

30+ Cheap Craft Ideas For Kids

Here are 30+ cheap and easy craft ideas for kids that are fun to make with minimal effort on your part. Keeping our little ones entertained can sometimes feel like…

Quick and easy snack ideas for kids, toddlers, teens and crazy adults like myself! If you’re looking for super easy and fun snack ideas, these creative and cheap recipes are perfect for kids of all ages. I've found that most kids are picky eaters, but if you make their food exciting, they'll eat even healthy foods! You just have to get a bit creative in how it's prepared. This silly animal toast is perfect for snacking or even for breakfast, plus I almost always have the ingredients on hand.

Silly Animal Toast

The Silliest Breakfast Or Snack You’ll Ever Make! Are you looking for a healthy and cheap breakfast idea for your kids? Silly Animal Toast will get just about any kid…

Are you looking for a fun rainy day activity? Bring the outdoors inside with this easy and cheap rainbow craft for kids. With just a few basic supplies including construction paper, glue and markers, your kids can make the prettiest torn paper rainbow craft ever! This boredom busting activity is simple to set up but will keep kids entertained as they fill in the colors of the rainbow. Make this a learning activity for preschoolers by asking what colors they are using for each line of their rainbows. What a great way for kids to learn their colors!

Construction Paper Rainbow Craft

Simple DIY Rainbow Craft With Construction Paper That Helps Kids Match Colors And Strengthen Hand Coordination Make your own rainbow indoors! This torn paper rainbow craft is perfect for a…

Paper Roll Octopus

This paper roll octopus craft is cheap and easy to make with supplies you already have at home.  I don’t know about you but octopuses have always fascinated me. Well…

Transform simple rice cakes into cute owl treats! This easy recipe uses peanut butter, banana slices, blueberries, and apples for a nutritious snack kids will love.

Owl Rice Cakes

Create cute little owls out of your favorite breakfast foods to entertain and delight even your grumpiest early morning risers! Do your kids get so bored with the same old…

3D Paper Tree Craft

Turn a few sheets of construction paper into a beautiful 3D paper tree craft that is sure to be a hit with young kids. This is such a fun art…

Chocolate Chip Cookie Croissants

This comfort food dessert has quickly become a favorite in my house!  Flaky croissants layered with chocolate chip cookie dough and baked until warm and gooey. Sounds delicious right? Well…

Craft Ideas

Pipe Cleaner Butterfly Rings

An easy pipe cleaner craft for kids that you can make in less than 5 minutes If you’re looking for an easy and fun pipe cleaner craft for kids, these…

check out this easy to make tutorial for pipe cleaner snowflakes. Simple 5 minute craft idea for preschoolers.

Pipe Cleaner Snowflakes

Quick And Cheap Christmas Craft For Kids – Beaded Pipe Cleaner Snowflakes. Are you looking for a fun Christmas craft to make with your kids? Well these pipe cleaner snowflakes,…

Are you looking for a fun Halloween craft for kids? Look no further. This easy popsicle stick Halloween craft is the best budget friendly craft for kids ever! Make a spooky mummy, Frankenstein, or a vampire bat. Easy and cheap craft for kids

Halloween Popsicle Stick Crafts

Are you looking for a fun Halloween craft to do with your kids that won’t break the bank? These easy to make Halloween popsicle stick crafts are super cute and…

Looking for a fun kids' craft? This water gun tie dye project is a colorful, easy outdoor activity for kids. Perfect for beginners!

How To Tie Dye With Water Guns

Learn how to tie dye shirts in literally the most fun way possible – With Water Guns!! Everyone loves to tie dye shirts right? Well my kids came up with…

Paper Dinosaur Craft made with cardboard and recycled bottle caps! An easy and inexpensive craft for kids. My preschoolers had a blast making these!

Cardboard Dinosaur Craft

Turning a scary prehistoric animal into a cute little, handheld creature is sure to be a hit with kids of all ages, especially if you have boys who can’t get…

DIY Easter Crayons

Do you hate broken crayons as much as I do? Well if you’re like me and can’t stand to have a big pile of broken crayons then I have the…

Learning Activities

Color sorting activities for toddlers that are perfect to keep your little one busy all day! Here are 10 color sorting ideas that teach not only colors but also increase fine motor skills! Each color sorting game helps kids increase color recognition and they only take 5 minutes to set up. Easy and fun activities for kids are always a hit in my house. My favorite activity is the color sorting caterpillar. Your kids are going to love learning their colors so much with these interactive color matching games for kids.

10 Easy and Fun Color Sorting Activities

Simple and Cheap Ways to Build Color Recognition in Kids! Here are 10 simple and affordable activities to help kids learn their color! These color sorting games are perfect for…

Are you looking for a fun science experiment to do at home with your kids? Try making Borax Crystal Shapes! These DIY crystals are made with pipe cleaners, water, and borax. That's it! Such an easy and fun activity for kids! Hang on your window or use as Christmas ornaments. These homemade crystals really are the perfect kids' craft!

Borax Pipe Cleaner Crystals

If you’re looking for a fun and easy science experiment to try with your kids, DIY Borax Crystals are perfect! These homemade crystals are so simple to make with just…

Popsicle Stick Dot Matching Game

If you have a few popsicle sticks and dot stickers, you can make a fun and engaging matching game for kids.  I’m always on the hunt for fun learning games….

Magnetic Shapes Sensory Activity

Learning shapes? Try this magnetic shapes sensory activity at home! I love a good hands on activity for kids, especially one that helps them learn. Learning shapes is one of…

Fun Food

Creative Breakfast Ideas

It can be a challenge to get your kids to eat a healthy breakfast. Cereal or donuts seem to be the popular choice simply because that’s what they’ll eat without…

2 Ingredient Thin Mint Cookies

Fun and easy homemade treats! You’ll never have to wait for cookie season again. If you’re a fan of the Girl Scout Thin Mint Cookies, you’ve just hit the jackpot…

Yummy Frozen Yogurt Bites

This is how you turn yogurt into finger food! Frozen yogurt bites are a healthy and delicious snack idea for kids that can be made in just a few minutes…

Apple Slice Cookies

Apple slice “cookies” are a delicious and healthy snack option for kids that are both easy to make and fun to eat. They are an ingenious way to get your…

Short on time? These Quick Almond Joy Cookies are ready in 30 minutes! Chocolate, coconut, and almonds in every chewy bite. Pin now for an easy, delicious dessert!

4 Ingredient Almond Joy Cookies

A delicious mix of coconut flakes, chocolate chips, and salty almonds.  Have you ever tried the viral Almond Joy cookies made with just a few ingredients? Well if you haven’t,…