Easy summer camp crafts to keep kids entertained – creative DIY projects perfect for outdoor activities or rainy day indoor fun. Whether you’re planning crafts for a summer camp, nature activities, easy group daycare activities, VBS craft ideas, or just keeping the kids busy at home with a summer fun list on staycation, you’ll love these budget-friendly ideas for a summer fun list!
12 Best Summer Camp Crafts for Kid Activities
Fun Summer Camp Ideas for Kids:
- Make A Flower Paint Picture with DIY Dandelion Paint
- Make DIY Strawberry Paint
- Create a DIY Bubble Solution and Have a Camp Water Splash Day or Bubble Day
- Have Fun with an Easy DIY Container Fairy Garden
- Make a Pumpkin Bird Feeder Craft for Nature Activities
- Make A Handprint Flower Craft With Growing Poem
- Make Paper Flower Vases With Real Flowers from Nature Walks
- Make Tissue Paper Flowers
- Make Funny Flower People
- Make A Marshmallow Flower Craft Kids Can Eat
- Make A Flower Keeper Card From Nature Camp Walks
- + a BONUS BIBLE CRAFT FOR VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL
Get the links to the instructions for camp crafts for summer below!
Make A Flower Paint Picture with DIY Dandelion Paint
Out of all the crafts we’ve done, making dandelion paint is definitely in my top 5 favorite crafts ever. (It probably ranks as #1 craft for my daughter!)
Go on a hike around your yard and gather dandelions. Then, crush them to make the most beautiful sepia-toned paint ever that you can actually paint with and make beautiful flower crafts paintings.
If you only have time for one flower craft, make it this kids activity. It’s really cool to see how you can transform picking flowers into painting with flowers!
- This is also a flower art project that tweens and teens will love, so it’s great if you need ideas for older kids for summer camp activities.
Get the step-by-step instructions for making flower paint from the link:
LEARN HOW TO MAKE FLOWER PAINT
Make Crushed Strawberry Paint (From Real Strawberries!)
This homemade paint made with fresh strawberries is an awesome nature craft, kids activities, or teen art projects for art camp!
My budding artist was testing out nature paint ingredients one day and came up with two art ideas she loved: DIY paints made from dandelions and painting with strawberry paint she made on her own.
LEARN HOW TO MAKE DIY STRAWBERRY PAINT
MORE FUN SUMMER ACTIVITIES: 7 Dandelion Kids Activities for Summer Fun
Make DIY Bubble Solution
If you’re having a camp water day or bubble day at camp, make these amazing homemade bubbles with the camp kids!
You will NOT be disappointed with these big bouncy bubbles!
LEARN HOW TO MAKE HOMEMADE BUBBLE SOLUTION
Make an Easy DIY Container Fairy Garden
Get small planter pots, flowers, and small trinkets (bottle caps, buttons, rocks, etc.) and let kids make their own DIY fairy garden that they can take home!
We made our fairy garden as a big one, but you can easily make this a small, individual fairy garden for each camper!
LEARN HOW TO MAKE AN EASY FAIRY GARDEN FOR KIDS CRAFTS
Make a Pumpkin Bird Feeder Craft
If you’re looking for a nature craft, add this mini pumpkin bird feeder to your camp activities for kids of all ages.
It’s an easy group craft that uses mini pumpkins (or even apples) and bird food for a project your campers can take home to continue bird watching!
(Or, hang them in one area near your camp so you can journal about the birds you see!)
LEARN HOW TO MAKE A DIY BIRDFEEDER
Make A Handprint Flower Craft With A Cute Growing Poem
If you’re looking for preschool camp crafts or VBS crafts for younger kids, this is it!
This is an easy hand flower craft with a cute poem about growing and is perfect for toddler crafts or preschool camp activities.
- CRAFT TIP: It’s hard to tell in the picture, but each one of the construction paper flowers has a fingerprint in it. We used too much paint, so I recommend using a stamper pad for that part.
This is one of those simple flower crafts that is really cherished and treasured for years and a fun activity with faux flowers.
Get The Handprint Flower Craft Instructions And Poem
Make Paper Flower Vases With Real Flowers
I love this as an easy craft for preschoolers because it’s a fun way to include a nature walk or backyard play time with craft projects.
And, it’s a super easy craft to make:
- Draw vase shapes on sturdy cardstock or a piece of cardboard.
- Poke holes into the cardboard above the vase.
- On your nature walk, kids pick wild leaves and flowers (leave the stems on!) and string them into the holes to fill up their vase!
- CRAFT TIP: If you’re careful enough, you can pick the dandelion puffs and make a vase of flowers with them!
You don’t have to use dandelions, you can use any flowers you can find or even flowers you buy!
It’s a really great fine motor skills activity for preschoolers while also giving them some outside time.
Make Tissue Paper Flowers Crafts
I remember making these DIY tissue paper flowers with my bestie when we were kids (and I had just as much fun making them as an adult!).
And, even better? You can make this easy craft with craft supplies you probably already have at home: tissue paper (any color) and pipe cleaners!
You can make this as gigantic tissue flowers using full sheets of tissue paper or small paper flowers like we made for colorful flower crafts to fill a vase.
- CRAFT NOTE: You may have to help young children who are struggling with fine motor skills.
GET THE FULL TISSUE PAPER FLOWER CRAFT INSTRUCTIONS
Make Funny Flower People
This flower craft is made by drawing different funny faces on pieces of card stock or card board.
Head out on a nature scavenger hunt to pick wild flowers, leaves, flower petals, and more.
Then, using a glue stick, make hair (or scenes) out of your nature finds on different pictures.
- CRAFT TIP: If you’re doing this as a toddler craft for daycare camp, you can also pre-punch holes above the drawings and have kids place the flower stems right into the holes.
Make A Marshmallow Flower Craft Kids Can Eat
If you’re looking for a fun food craft, try making marshmallow flowers is the perfect flower craft.
All you need are white marshmallows, small colored marshmallows, and powdered sugar!
Learn How To Make Marshmallow Flowers
Make A Flower Keeper Card From Nature Camp Walks
Make your own DIY flower bouquet card with fresh flowers and leaves and finds from your nature hikes!
To make an easy nature card:
- Cut a square piece of cardboard.
- Cut notches in the side of the cardboard.
- String yard or twine tightly across the cardboard and tie in back.
- When you find a cool nature find, tuck it under the twine on your own nature keeper card!
- CRAFT TIP: For an easy step saver, use larger rubber bands stretched over the cardboard instead.
BONUS CRAFT FOR VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL
If you’re looking for VBS craft ideas, this Abraham and Sarah move craft (where kids make and pack a camel) was a huge hit for Bible kids activities!
You can download: an Abraham and Sarah Craft Free Printable with Bible Coloring Pages Trust God Craft in one pack.
I hope you have fun with this list of summer camp crafts!
