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5 Creative Activities Kids can do Themselves

5 Creative Activities for Kids

Here are fun crafts to boost creativity at camp or when kids are home from school.

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Clay

Here you can read about what clay is, where to find it and how to work with it.

Ages: 2-5 yrs, 5-8 yrs, 8-11 yrs, 11-14 yrs, 14 yrs+

Grades: Preschool, K-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Levels: ECE, Primary, Junior, Middle School, High School

Homemade Play Dough

Make your own play dough using this recipe. This is our favourite homemade clay recipe of all time!

Baking Clay Recipes

Here are two baking clay recipes that kids can use to make terrific sculptures.

Cave Art on Ceramic Stones

Students will create cave art in the style of the Lascaux Caves in France.

Ages: 5-8 yrs, 8-11 yrs

Grades: K-2, Grades 3-5

Levels: Primary, Junior

Bear Spirit green stone in the collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario

Make an Inuit Carving

Kids will make a clay sculpture inspired by Inuit soapstone carvings.

Ages: 8-11 yrs, 11-14 yrs, 14 yrs+

Grades: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Levels: Junior, Middle School, High School

Play dough recipe and tips from KinderArt.com

Tips for Working with Play Dough

Tips for working with play dough and a recipe too!

Ages: 2-5 yrs, 5-8 yrs, 8-11 yrs

Grades: Preschool, K-2, Grades 3-5

Levels: ECE, Primary, Junior

Mini Meals Made of Clay

Students will use basic clay hand building techniques to construct mini clay food.

Ages: 8-11 yrs

Grades: Grades 3-5

Levels: Junior

Clay Gargoyles

Middle school students can make clay gargoyles using self-hardening clay.

Ages: 11-14 yrs, 14 yrs+

Grades: Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Levels: Middle School, High School

How to Make Coil Pots Out of Clay

Kids will learn how to make coil pots out of clay.

Ages: 5-8 yrs, 8-11 yrs, 11-14 yrs, 14 yrs+

Grades: K-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Levels: Primary, Junior, Middle School, High School

Clay Sandcastles

Children will develop their sculpture techniques and creativity by molding and decorating their own clay sand castles.