A round up of ideas for spring crafts for kids, including nature art activities, spring art projects, and spring treats.
Updated March 2022
With the flowers blooming and the weather warming, Spring is our favorite season. And we aren’t the only ones:
The calendar year might start January 1st, but to me the new year starts best in spring! Fresh shoots poking up out of the earth, new growth on old shrubs and trees, baby animals and birds, the return of warmth and longer days—what’s not to love?!
Jean Van’t Hul
If you’re enjoying all the things that come with the new season, here are some of our favorite spring crafts for kids!
Spring Craft Ideas for Kids
1. Flower Printing with Kids
Start by gathering flowers and leaves from your garden or backyard. Then you can use just about any kind of paint and paper you have on hand to make gorgeous flower prints.
2. Make a Flower Suncatcher
Make a beautiful flower suncatcher for the window! All you need is a paper plate, contact paper, and flowers for a fun flower mandala.
3. Try a Flower Petal Stained-Glass Door
For a springy entry to your home, this craft combines the petals from colorful spring flowers with transparent contact paper to create a beautiful stained-glass window.
4. Make DIY Flower Crowns and Necklaces!
Use fresh flowers and contact paper to create paper DIY crowns and necklaces for kids with this easy tutorial.
5. Create sweet birds and pinch pot nests
Use our favorite air dry clay to form little birds and nests for them. For some extra bling, add sparkly beads and feathers while the clay is still soft.
6. Make Raised Salt Paintings in spring shapes
Take one of our all-time favorite art activities and turn it into springtime fun! Think flowers, rainbows, and birds!
7. Make Rainbow Plastic Bead Suncatchers
These rainbow suncatchers are easy to make and perfect for a springtime sunny window!
8. Paint Butterflies
Make some gorgeous spring butterflies using one of our favorite techniques: smush painting! Simply drop blobs of paint on one side of a paper butterfly, fold it closed and then open it for a symmetrical butterfly!
9. Do some Peep Printing
If you’ve got a box of Peeps lying around, use them for making fun prints! Simply dip a peep in paint and press onto paper. Add some glitter for a little extra ‘sugar’!
10. Make Homemade Peanut Butter Cups
Learn how to make peanut butter cups in silicone molds for shaped treats. This peanut butter cup recipe is easy enough for kids to make and so delicious!
11. Make Edible Spring Nests
Whip up a batch of peanut butter playdough and add some pretzel sticks and a marshmallow peep chick!
12. Bake a Birds Nest Cake with Ice Cream Eggs
If you’re looking for spring cake decorating ideas, try this sweet birds nest cake with ice cream eggs. A fun baking idea for kids!
What are your favorite spring craft ideas for kids and families? Any here that you’d like to try out?
More Ideas for Spring Crafts
- 30 Spring Activities for Kids
- 7 Children’s Books for Spring (+ Creative Activities)
- 8 Fun Easter Arts & Crafts Ideas for Kids this Spring
- Garden and Nature Crafts for Kids
- 21 Spring Crafts for Kids
- How to Make Paper Flowers
Want even more creative ideas?
Check out our Spring Creativity pack!
Let creativity blossom with this fun bundle of art activities perfect for Spring!! This 40-page printable eBook is full of coloring pages, drawing prompts, games, and more!
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