Summer Camp Craft Ideas

School is out. The kids are getting restless, and you don’t want them playing video games or mindlessly watching TV all day. How can you keep them engaged?

Ignite their minds and creativity by making your own unique summer camp at home with Creativebug classes. Our classes are fun for the whole family, and not only will you have some beautiful art to celebrate, but you’ll also discover how much joy there is in creating together.

We did all the work and put together a playlist of summer camp craft ideas – from painting to macrame to making slime – but you can also search our site for you and your kids’ favorite kinds of projects.

Here are some of our favorites:

Classic Summer Camp Crafts

A flatlay of small frame made with popsicle sticks and a photograph on a wooden table with lots of colored pencils, glitter glue, and craft supplies

Painting and Drawing

6 different colorful marker drawings strung on string and clothes pins, some depicting circular patterns, some octopi, some seahorses

30 coloring pages – printable pages from top art teachers plus creative suggestions for coloring them in
Daily drawing challenge – 30 motifs and Daily drawing challenge – 31 things
Pulled string painting

Fiber Art Fun

Flatlay featuring small weaving projects with cardboard looms

Paper Crafts and Book Making

Close-up photo of a child wearing a pink shirt and a blue paper flower necklace

Make a house book
Side sewn book – a kid-friendly version of a Japanese book-binding technique
Paper flower necklace

Ceramics and Sculpture

Close-up photo of a pair of hands holding a small cup made of clay, with 2 more hand-built ceramic cups or bowls on each side

STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, math)

a teal balloon sits on top of a small, simple vehicle made of paper straws and wooden wheels on a teal background with white motion lines and a hand-drawn road

We have ten STEAM classes that all use the Cricut to make cutting easy. However, if you don’t have a Cricut, we include SVG files for you to upload to your own paper cutting machine or print out or trace onto paper and other materials.

Happy summer camp crafting! Be sure to upload pictures of your finished projects to the photo galleries of any classes you take or draw inspiration from. We love seeing your work!