24 foolproof craft ideas your kids will love

• Make a spectacle

  Have a ball creating and photographing your own funny spectacles, click here for directions.

• Crayon Art

  Create a cheap canvas artwork using up old broken crayons, see the full tutorial here.

• Superhero

  It's amazing how a bit of paint and glitter can transform toilet paper rolls into these awesome superhero cuffs.

• Potato prints

  A super fun way to create your own wrapping paper, click here for the tutorial.

• Waterworld

  Create your own underwater aquarium using paper plates great for an animal habitat research project, check out how to here.

• Rocket Man

  Sky rockets in flight with this homemade jet pack your little one will love - here's how to make your own.

• Fantastic Mr Fox

  Toilet rolls, paddle pop sticks and bottle tops never looked so good together. Click here for details on how to make this puppet.

• Take flight

  Teach them the art of folding with this free origami download. Get it here.

• Paper flower balls

  Create several flower balls to make mobiles and garlands, see more details here.

• Paperplane

  Recycle large cardboard boxes into an aircraft fit for your little aviator. Instructions here.

• Centre Stage

  Create your own stage for impromptu finger puppet shows, here's how.

• Mini bi-plane

  Turn a cereal box and toilet paper roll into a fierce fighter plane, get the instructions here.

• Odd bobs

  Use odd bits and bobs to create a hanging mobile, get the instructions here.

• Mario Mario!

  Bring the Super Mario Brothers to your garden. Make it here

• Robot blocks

  When your littlies have outgrown their building blocks, upcycle them into cool robot characters. Get the how-to here.

• Fairy dust

  Create your own magic in a jar - check out this easy http://pinterest.com/pin/36169603227943282/http://pinterest.com/pin/36169603227943282/

• Autumn Trees

  No falling leaves just bright buttons. Make it here

• Cereal guitars

  Encourage their musical talents with an upcycled cereal box guitar - click here to make your own.

• Landscape art

  Release their inner Monet with this fun DIY landscape painting.

• Campside

  A safe way for kids to carry their own lantern - bookmark this one for Halloween!

• Circus

  Create your own mini circus with this quick tent idea from Bloesom Kids

• Viewfinder

  Go retro with this oldschool viewfinder, make it here.

• Kaleidoscopic

  A fun weekend project to teach them about colour  - build your own kaleidoscope here.

• Finger puppets

  Keep them amused with these easy cardboard finger puppets made with scrap paper and textas via Martha Stewart.

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