Art and craft for kids have always been the best way to keep them busy learning with their imagination caps on! Paper has been a magical material in the art and crafts world also being easily available. We have got some great unique paper craft ideas for kids to try their hands on.
Paper crafts are some of the easiest craft ideas and activities that you can do with your kids. You might not need a lot of things for such crafts. The basic things like paper, scissors, glue and markers or textas. We would advise the parents to help/ monitor or guide the kids as per their age and instruments they use for the paper craft work ideas.
Unique Paper Craft Ideas for kids:
1. Bunny Hat:
A bunny hat is a fun item to make along with kids. Kids hop into the hat craft and could enjoy this any time of the year not necessarily only Easter.
Things you need:
- Paper plate, pencil, scissors, and pink marker.
How to make:
- Take the round paper plate and draw an inner circle with a pencil such that the circle will fit the head of the kid when cut.
- Next, without cutting out anything yet, draw 2 bunny ears in the circle from one end to the other and at each corner like shown in the picture (such that it is big enough)
- Now cut only the circular section outside of the bunny ears in a way that you will be left with only the ears on the inside of the plate detached from the top but attached from the bottom as shown.
- Fold the bunny ear at 90 degrees to the plate and make the pink portion with the marker on the ears.
- The bunny ears are ready to be worn now!
Wasn’t that a simple paper craft idea for kids to enjoy making and playing with?
2. Poppies Art:
Pretty looking craft that could be used for greeting card or to decorate the room etc. Kids enjoy doing this easy art and craft with paper.
Things you will need:
Paper (preferably red chart paper or pink), base paper (any contrasting color) black marker, scissor and glue
How to make:
- Take the pink or red paper and draw circles with the black marker pen of varied sizes. Make some detailing inside like shown in the picture above with pollens and pistils.
- Cut the circle and fold it into a semicircle. Now, fold that again into a half to form a 1/4th of the circle. Fold it further from the centre point such that it forms like petals like pleats. Press it a bit and then open it.
- Now stick randomly on the base paper the flowers by gluing only the center point of the circular flowers and letting the rest of the flower loose and unstuck. You can as well keep few of the smaller circles folded as 1/4th of the circle to mark the bud.
- Once you have pasted the flowers, draw the stems with a black marker pen and add some leaves etc. to it to beautify.
Make this as a greeting adding your thoughts and wishes inside. Your simple and unique paper craft idea has been put onto a brilliant use and memory.
3. Let it Rain craft:
This wonderful card is the best for greetings on a monsoon season or anytime.
- Things you will need:
Chart or craft paper (any 3 contrasting colors), black marker and watercolour or crayons.
- How to make it:
- Using a chart paper, fold it from the center to make it look like a greeting. Once you have the central crease, open it and place it on a plain surface.
- Take a blue or any other color available chart paper, cut a circle big enough to make the umbrella. Now, make a fan using this paper by folding it alternate up and down in a zig-zag fashion to result as shown on the picture. Once done, press a bit and stick the bottom most surface on the paper such that its center coincides with the center of the greeting card and also folds along with the card folding.
- Next, draw the handle of the umbrella and a girl holding it. You can use wiggly eyes to enhance the features of the girl. Using another contrasting colored paper available, cut a triangular shape frock and add cut out the tip to form the neck portion and stick.
- Make some water droplets with blue color (using watercolor or a crayon). Splash some water on the ground surface as well to make it look prettier.
Isn’t that amongst the cutest craft ideas? An excellent easy paper craft for kids is ready!
4. Rainbow Flowers:
Another simple yet pretty craft paper art which kids can make and enjoy. This paper art for kids is a very quick one to make.
Things you will need:
- 6-7 rainbow colored paper, base white paper, scissors, glue and marker pen.
How to make:
- Stack all the colored papers together and clip it temporarily. Draw 3 circles on the paper (different sizes preferably).
- Cut them out such that you have the same size of circles for all the shades of the paper. Once done, separate them keeping the similar size together.
- Next, fold the circles from their center such that it forms a semicircle.
- Stick the semicircle only from the one side onto the paper and one after the other to form a circle as shown in the picture. Do the same with all the sizes of circles (you can have 2 or more of such rainbow flowers depending on the size of the base paper taken)
- Draw the stem and leaf using a marker pen and your simple craft work with paper is ready to be put in display.
This is one of the simplest paper craft for kids with folding paper and comes out beautifully neat as well.
5. A Tree of Love:
The easy paper crafts for kids where you shower love and affection.
Things you need:
Colorful papers (pink, purple, magenta, white and red) or whatever is available, scissors, brown paper or maker, glue.
How to make:
- Draw a small heart on a paper and stack all the papers together before cutting it. Make sure all the hearts are of the same shape and size.
- Repeat the procedure if you want a dense tree.
- Cut a trunk shape from the brown paper or paint on the base paper with brown as shown in the picture.
- Now, paste the heats of different colors on the top portion of the trunk and make it a tree full of love.
Could you have imagined the heart shaped leaves on a tree ever? A brilliantly beautiful and easy paper crafts for kids which lets the unique paper craft ideas of your child to build and enhance. Kids love these paper craft ideas.
These were some unique paper craft ideas for kids to make. However, you can add, subtract and do more with these paper crafts for kids to enjoy. Craft ideas for kids with paper not only are the simplest way to build one, but also very versatile, usually mess free and could be done anywhere.
