I have found that so many truly inspiring craft/diy sites for kids tend to be more girl-centric, which is why I was so excited when my friend Carolyn Veith Krienke turned...

Full Disclosure: I am not at all crafty. I am, however, really comfortable with stories (I’m a writer, after all). And so the idea that someone could explain—actually...

Hearts made from rustic floral wire are wrapped with yarn and hung in the window for Valentine's Day. To make these you will need: rustic floral wire (available...

Spell out your feelings with this easy-to-make sign of love.To make this you will need: wire reinforced clothesline (available at home improvement & hardware...

My husband's family has a long-standing tradition of homemade felt stockings. A couple of years ago, my husband, his brother and my mother-in-law decided to carry...

I came home to an advent garland made by my kids from folded pieces of paper hole-punched and stapled in the center. The two compartments, one for each kid, holds...

Okay, if I had put "Rubber band Gun" in the subject line, most left-leaning moms like me would have been aghast, but it is in fact just that: a good old-fashioned...

Contributor Juliana Sohn emailed us this picture of a warthog that she made for her son's kindergarten play. She is so not the mom who normally makes these kind...

A quick little project we did using "magnet sheets" with adhesive backing. I picked them up at our CVS a few weeks back. The kids picked out their favorite...

If you come to my house these days, the table—or floor—might reveal lots of itty pieces of paper, which were cut by little four-year-old hands, hands that love...

Our after-school babysitter, Noel, came up with a really clever way to reinforce the memorization of times tables with the very act of making the flash cards themselves....

My ten-year-old daughter came up with this idea! I drink tea all day long, so, as a gift for me for Christmas, she invented paperclip earrings to hold tea bags....

Spotted this idea in a crafty book and made a simple version with the girls. So fun! Great starter-sewing project. Perfect holiday gift for mom. And useful to block...

This is a quick DIY fashion project to make use of any old fabrics, gift ribbons, and those odd buttons and beads floating around in your sewing kit or craft drawers. SUPPLIES Ribbon...

I'm a little hesitant to post this, because as far as I'm concerned, nobody has any truly free time between Thanksgiving and Christmas...but, in the off chance that...

I am delighted by all things miniature, and those collectable eraser sets from Japan (a popular brand is CrazErasers) were the inspiration for this mini food set...

Last year my son changed his mind three times before deciding on being a mummy for Halloween. I did some internet research, which yielded all kinds of tea-stained...

A bead loom is one of my favorite presents to give kids ages 6 or 7 and up. You can find them for around $10, and it's pretty much guaranteed that the birthday...

This project was inspired by a quick drawbridge project we use to illustrate ‘tension’ in our buildings class. When I started to play with the materials, it...

It seems that we are always wracking our brains for clever things to entertain our kids. The best activities are, of course, the ones that are literally right under...

All it takes is some toothpicks and tiny marshmallows to make these little structures. Here is my son Henry's creation, which took him about 30 minutes....

I picked up one of these flat roundish erasers from a nice art supply store recently for my 7-year-old, who has just gotten into shading. The irregular shape makes...

My husband is the button-sewer, hole mender, not to mention Martha-grade stain-remover, in our house. (I still never know when enough over and under is sufficient...

Momfilter contributor Juliana Sohn sent us this amazing link, which shows you how to make these friendship bracelets. "I remembered making these all the time when...

My husband ordered an indigo dye kit so that he could transform a white denim coat that he found he never wore into a year-round staple. He turned his project...

I wish I were one of those moms with a well-stocked gift closet. Occasionally I chance on a great (read: cheap) gift idea that I’ll buy in bulk, but I almost never...

Last summer my daughter went to a camp where the kids painted on canvases every week. I found that my older boys were jealous of their sister's canvases, so I decided...

I have envisioned my children engaged in good old fashioned correspondence by post for sometime now. Snail mail as they call it. Growing up I had a pen pal, granted...

I was so inspired by a paper block set I came across in a book of classic toy designs that we decided to make our own! The side of each block shows a different...

Kids can make a homemade diving toy sink or float on command with just a slight squeeze of the hand. Supplies you'll need: Plastic water or soda bottle Plastic...

I'm a huge fan of the artist Ann Wood, and was looking at her blog recently, where I discovered the most stunning cardboard castle. Although I knew I couldn't come...

I had originally intended to make mobiles with the coat hangers, but when I started gathering supplies, I thought “What else can the ubiquitous white hanger...

Wooden spoons are a great blank canvas for puppets and crazy characters. You probably have a few extras in your kitchen drawer, but they’re also easy to find at...

This is a challenging project, but a great introduction to simple circuits. And how fun is it to make something that actually moves and lights up?! This project...

Fill a date-marked glass or plastic container (take-out, tupperware) with items like  photos, sea shells, a bag of sand from a memorable vacation, locks of hair...

Slime is a fantastic crowd-pleaser for any age. There are a few different recipes, but here’s the most basic. The key ingredient is Borax, a powder laundry...

Here’s a very simple go-to project that you can do any time with just a few basic supplies. Supplies: White and colored paper (Ikea and Dick Blick...

After returning from a STEM (science-technology-engineering-math) night at my kids' school, my eight-year-old asked repeatedly if she could make her own lava lamp....

We've all been there.  Your child is too sick to go to school, but not sick enough to stay in bed all day. Too sick to leave the house and run errands with you,...

It’s April and we’re spring cleaning! Start with the nooks and crannies – the bottom of your toy bins and the back of your junk drawers. If you’re...

This project comes straight from Todd Oldham’s fabulous book, Kid Made Modern, which is filled with great projects inspired by different design legends. In this...

Our babysitter does these Franken-drawings with my kids. You fold the paper in thirds and one person draws the head and feet and the other person draws the mid-section...

These are so much fun for spring (which begins on Sunday)! Hang them in a sunny room or outdoors. It’s a special treat for kids to make something large and 3-dimensional...

All you need to make a flip book is a pack of post-it notes, some dot stickers, and a good pen. A binder clip is handy—it helps keep the post-it pack bound after...

Marble runs can be made on any scale with a few standard household materials. This is a great project for kids to create and problem-solve as they lay out their...

Whenever we go out to a restaurant I always bring along a couple of spiral notebooks from Muji along with some markers to keep the kids occupied. They're small...

For our daughter’s 5th birthday, we took her to an art supply store and helped her stock an artist’s box–the usual watercolors, brushes and pastels, but also some new…

Craft-in-a-box, a.k.a. buy yourself a good half-hour of guilt-free kid print-making entertainment, are something we always like to have on hand. These art kits from...

Through camp we (re)discovered lanyards this summer. Thanks to my mother-in-law's saint-like patience and to a site, Boondoggleman that walks you through every...

We started storing our beach findings in jelly jars--nautilus shells in one jar, crab exoskeletons in another, etc. It's a tidy way to contain collections and if...

The neighborhood project: Our amazing 1st grade teacher had students put together key pieces of our Brooklyn neighborhood--kids chose what they wanted to recreate,...