Children’s / Teenage general interest: Handicrafts

Papier-mache is a great medium for sculpting projects.

Maybe you love baking or doing martial arts-or perhaps soccer is more your thing.

Shapes, games, boxes, and more!

What can you engineer from recycled materials?

Animal lovers will adore these hands-on projects, which use recycled materials to make animal-themed crafts.

Reduce, reuse, and recycle with ideas from The Craft-a-Day Book.

Get ready to craft your own penguin island, monsters and mummies tic-tac-toe game, and more!

Can you imagine wearing a necklace of fishbone?

Create an origami menagerie including a cute guinea pig, floppy-eared rabbit, delicate butterfly, leaping frog, and more.

Turn off the screens and reconnect in real life with friends and family.

Perhaps you've always dreamed about performing your music for others.

Turn everyday waste into a work of art!

Make and test drive origami machines, including a car, a van, and even a rocket.

Build your very own planes and rockets!

You won't believe your eyes!

Expand the world inside without turning on a screen even on a rainy day.

Crafty readers will delight in celebrating Earth Day by making age-appropriate, Earth-themed projects from odds and ends they already have!

What can you engineer from recycled materials?

Get ready to explore nature and get outside.

Science stars can transform recycled materials into science-themed crafts.

Create a carnival of handmade animals using different shapes and patterns.

Simple text, photos, and step-by-step instructions teach readers about disappearing magic and tricks performed by notable magicians.

Bring your favorite dinosaurs to life with these exciting origami projects.

Landlubbers can make a splash with these easy-to-make watercraft using simple, everyday items!

Crafty readers will delight in celebrating Earth Day by making age-appropriate, Earth-themed projects from odds and ends they already have!

What can you do with recycled materials found in your home or at school in 30 minutes or less?

Animal lovers will adore these hands-on projects, which use recycled materials to make animal-themed crafts.

Make a stegosaurus, a lighthouse window, or a weather forecaster out of paper plates!

Stuck inside on a rainy day?

Create new technology crafts from old household materials.

Get ready to create some spooktacular art!

Did you know that you can make plastic, snow, and even a lava lamp in less than 30 minutes?

Be your own robotics engineer and watch these clever machines come to life.

Engage with the people in your community through 25 activities and projects designed to get you out into your neighborhood.

Is this your card?

What can you make from a paper roll?

Simple step-by-step instructions and photos show readers how to do fun magic tricks with props such as pencils, coins, and even a banana.

Do you love to write?

Make brilliant land vehicles from simple everyday items and discover the engineering behind each model!

Create new technology crafts from old household materials.

Shapes, games, boxes, and more!

How does wax turn into a colorful crayon?

Grow your own fruits and vegetables from nothing but kitchen scraps!

Are you really into cooking?

What can be created in 30 minutes or less?

Create handmade origami gifts for your friends and family, such as a pencil case, a gift box, or a paper flower bouquet.

Science stars can transform recycled materials into science-themed crafts.

From blowing bubbles to launching rockets, young scientists will love these exciting outdoor science projects.