Do you have a child who loves arts and craft? If so, this list of the BEST craft kits and other crafty art supplies for kids is just what you need to make gift shopping easy!
My kids certainly love to craft! They are always getting out the glue, scissors, and construction paper for some kind of project! I enlisted their help to come up with a list of the best craft kits, art supplies, ect. for kids. Check it out!
Best Gifts For Crafty Kids
Do you have a crafter you're shopping for this holiday season? Check out this roundup of the best gift for kids who love to craft!
This Kid's Activity Kit is filled with fun things, thoughtfully selected to bring out the creativity in your little one.
Featuring a Paper Magic origami kit, eco-friendly finger paints, and a Crazy Aaron's 8-piece putty set, it's sure to deliver hours of imaginative playtime fun.
- Paper Magic Origami Kit - Transform flat sheets of paper into animal kingdom favorites with simple folding techniques! Kit includes 36 eco-friendly printed papers and complete instructions.
- Eco-Friendly Finger Paints - These finger paints are food safe, made from non-GMO ingredients (including potatoes, rice and beans) and provide an all-natural, colorful adventure for the very youngest artist. Recommended for ages 3 and up.
- Crazy Aaron's Putty Set - This putty set includes a variety of 8 fun-filled colors and effects in a portable design that's great for mom's purse or kids' backpacks. Great for collecting and trading, or as an introduction to Thinking Putty. The assortment includes Aurora Sky, Night Fall, Moon Light, Sun Beam, Eternal Flame, Coral Reef, Super Star and Super Fly Thinking Putty. WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD NOT FOR CHILDREN UNDER 3 YEARS. SMALL PARTS. Product may contain colorants that can stain. Putty may stick to clothing, hair, and fabric. Do not eat. Do not use as earplugs. Non-toxic.
Create pictures of 10 awesome dinosaurs... with stickers!
- Step 1: Find the sticker
- Step 2: Peel the sticker
- Step 3: Place the sticker
...and watch your dinosaur painting come to life!
This fun book includes everything you need to create ten sticker paintings on sturdy stock––plus, all the pages are perforated, making it easy to tear out each finished work to frame and share. Features fascinating dinosaur facts on the back of each painting!
Batter up! Serve tiny clay waffles fresh off the griddle in your own miniature bakery-café with al fresco dining. Oven-bake clay is perfect for sculpting your favorite sweet treats and adorable animals.
Choose from 17 step-by-step projects, including donuts, macarons, croissants, and more! (Don’t forget the tiny café cats and bird friends.) Assembling your café is a breeze, and tiny papercraft projects let you box up your clay confections with baker’s twine.
This amazing Art Travel Pack from Bright Stripes will let any crafty kiddo doodle their heart out with the smoothest gel pens on the market!
Giving kids the tools to express themselves is important and this fun kit makes it easy to put a smile on your little artist's face.
It's a unique mini portfolio that kids love.
What's Included:The Travel Pack comes with 10 gel pens, 25-page pad and a Techniques Guide that teaches you how to draw with this unique medium!
An entire pottery workshop is inside this kit—wheel included! Learn hand-building techniques with clay using a turntable and miniature bowl molds. Let your creations air-dry, then paint them with vivid colors. Finally, glaze your pots, plates, bowls, and vases with clear glaze to get that artisanal finish.
Perfect for crafting, Washi tape is a decorative adhesive tape made of gampi tree fibers, bamboo, wheat, rice, and hemp fibers.
It was invented by Japanese and the fact that it can be recycled and that it’s made of biodegradable resources makes it a great addition for a sustainable lifestyle.
This fun set comes with 9 rolls (featuring 9 different patterns) and each roll is about 10 feet long.
Get ready to discover your inner artist with this Oil Pastel Art Made Easy Kit!
Klutz: Pastel StudioThis beginner friendly kit shares techniques and offers practice space to make colorful creations.
You'll also enjoy the 24, artist quality pastels in a rich rainbow of colors to experiment with. There's even blending sticks included!
I still remember that my 3rd-grade teacher had a container of scented markers. I'd never seen anything like that before but I LOVED using them! I never had the opportunity to own them myself but now my kids do!
You can choose between large, medium, or small tips, and these packages come with 14 colors/scents! Scents include: Passion Fruit, Apple, Coconut, Blue Raspberry, Cherry, Kiwi Fruit, Mango, Grape, Watermelon, Pineapple, Strawberry, Orange, Blueberry, and Blackberry and they are designed to last for two whole years!
Everything you need to organize and decorate your desk space! Set yourself up for success and turn any boring study space into a creative paradise!
Make 4 fantastical pen/pencil toppers, (pens not included,) including a furry fox friend, fuzzy paw, sloth and pineapple, and extra fancy magic wand glitter pen. Store your pens in a DIY rainbow pen holder and decorate with stickers. Keep track of your best ideas on a 40-sheet notepad with cute designs and save your place with a bookmark you made yourself. Make your space your own by assembling a custom nameplate to remind everyone the #KidBoss is in the house!
I was first introduced to the OOLY brand about 3 years ago and I have LOVED them ever since! All of the art and craft products we've gotten from them have been of the highest quality and loved by my kids!
Fantastic Dragons come roaring to life in this incredible scratch art kit! Simply scratch the illustrated guided cards to reveal the colorful dragons and their lairs or add your own patterns and designs. My preschoolers have especially loved these Scratch and Scribble kits!
Ring in the holidays this year with Chalk of the Town’s new Christmas Tree T-Shirt Kit.
This shirt features a “chalkboard” Christmas tree on the front, which you can decorate (and re-decorate) with the included chalk markers — and thanks to the patent-pending design, when you proudly wear your Christmas masterpiece, it won’t smudge or bleed.
The Christmas Tree T-Shirt Kits come with a 100% cotton, Kelly Green shirt; pink, green, & blue water-based chalk markers, and an erasing cloth.
It's available in kids sizes XS all the way through XL.
Air Dough is the lightest, most amazing dough on Earth! Make your own holiday ornament with this collection of 4 different Air Dough kits, each with 3 vibrant colors and a ribbon for hanging the ornament. This 4-Pack contains an Elf, Polar Bear, Reindeer, and Snowman.
Girls can dazzle their friends with the Lovely Llama colorful gem art kit. This Razzle Dazzle DIY gem Llama art kit lets her create sparkly gem-enhanced artwork of a beautifully colored little llama.
This kit includes everything you need to create beautiful gem art, including a white standing frame.
This kit includes everything your child needs to crochet their own baby owl! No need to hunt down materials or stock up on more than you need. The removable, illustrated color instruction book leads you through the pattern, step by step. With a foolproof pattern and matching materials, your perfect amigurumi creation will look just like the image in the book. Whatever your skill level, you will likely be able to complete the project with ease the same day you start.
Inside you’ll find:
- 4 Colors of Yarn
- Crochet Hook
- Plastic Safety Eyes
- Fiberfill
- Yarn Needle
- Illustrated Instruction Book
It’s watercolor—with a surprise twist! As you paint, reveal hidden designs in our invisible, paint-resistant “ink.” Uncover patterns in scenes with adorable animals, a star-studded galaxy, whimsical fairies, and more!
Follow step-by-step instructions to learn the basics of watercolor and work up to more intermediate techniques like ombré and tie-dye with 20 pieces of adorable, ready-to-paint artworks. With premium paints and magical designs, this is the perfect starter kit for budding artists.
Your craft-loving kid will LOVE this set and get so much use out of it! It's literally everything he or she needs to start painting and create a number of masterpieces to display in your home!
The ColorCrayz Acrylic Paint Set includes 12 acrylic paint colors, 5 paintbrushes, a wood easel, 6 pieces 8x10 cotton canvases, a waterproof smock, a paint pallet, and a storage bag.
It's affordably priced too!
This is such a fun craft kit for preschoolers and elementary-aged kids!
With this Fast Food! kit, children can craft 3 zany food-shaped racers with real spinning wheels and puffy 3D stickers! Customize your utensil characters with sticker accessories and paper hats, slot them in the cars and you're ready to roll!
This craft set comes with puffy stickers, paper stickers, paperboard shapes with peel-off sticky tabs, foam utensils, foam wheels, wooden axles, and instructions.
Any kid who loves to craft NEEDS to read "The Day the Crayons Quit." Your kid will ask to read this hilarious book again and again.
Not only do you need the book, but you also need these 4 colorful plush crayons from MerryMakers to go with it! These 4 soft and cuddly crayons, each have a distinct personality and beanie bottoms so they can sit up on your desk, shelf, or bedside table.
Your crafty kid will love them!
Make a little mini magic! Bring three whimsical fairy dolls to life. Mix and match colorful glitter skirts, wooden beads, flowing yarn hair, and faux flowers to design and dress the fairies with twisted wire and glue. Build their home and decorate it with teeny furniture, enchanted flowers, and faux moss. Finally, cut and bind an illustrated, fairy-sized storybook featuring your three fairies on a rhyming adventure.
This was the first product we ever tried from OOLY's and we love them! These paint sticks are vibrantly colored and dry quickly. It's all the fun of painting without the mess! This set has 24 colors to choose from!
The Spa*rkle Hair Chalk Pastels and Barrettes Set is an affordable and fun way to add temporary color to a few strands of hair or go bold with purple, blue, or metallic pink hair stripes. Kids love the pop of color while parents love the fact that it's safe and only temporary!
Each kit allows kids to feel good about themselves and have a good experience playing around with their style.
Behind the scenes, Bright Stripes makes sure none of the ingredients were derived from or tested on animals, and the glitter is ocean-safe and biodegradable.
Diamond Art is loads of fun and this hobby is sweeping the nation. This Christmas, introduce the crafty kids in your life to Chow Chow from Diamond Art Club!
Clean and bright, the Chow Chow is known as a powerful, refined, and dignified dog who is eternally loyal.
Celebrate your four-legged friend in this colorful painting which captures the beaming love this breed is known for.
Looking for a fun project for the entire family? Then grab your Tremendous Ornament Decorator and create a one-of-a-kind Christmas Tree this year!
The unique spinning allows ANYONE to create beautiful ornaments in a variety of colors and designs. It's crafting made simple and you can purchase extra ornaments to make new designs every year and for every occasion.
With the Tremendous Ornament Decorator, your family can customize colorful keepsake ornaments that will be cherished for years to come.
Get ready to create and build with this awesome Klutz Lego Gear Bots Kit.
Kids can build S.T.E.M.-driven models, such as DJ Bubbles (an octopus spinning records), a pterodactyl, a yeti, and so much more!
The kinetic sculptures, or automata, are mechanically engineering toys that move when you crank the handle on the side. Each model includes a paper-craft character that you fold and link with LEGO elements.
Highlights Include:- Build 8 physics-driven kinetic creatures using LEGO Technic bricks and papercraft
- Includes every LEGO element you need!
- S.T.E.M. content about axles, cams, cranks, engineering in everyday machines is included in the 64-page book, alongside the step-by-step instructions
The classic mix and match fashion drawing set moms remember playing with as kids is back!
The Fashion Plates Classic Styles design set makes it easy and fun for aspiring designers to get creative as they make their own fabulous fashion designs.
Create one-of-a-kind looks by combining the different rubbing plates together into the Fashion Plates tablet.
With just a few passes of the rubbing crayon, your design transfers to your sketch paper. Adding colors and detail to your new look is a snap with the included artist’s pencils and the fashion textures built into the back of each Fashion Plate.
The stylish portfolio case neatly stores your tablet, plates and tools making it easy to take your designs, fashions, and fun on the go!
Calling all crafty animal lovers! You can now build your own mobile pet adoption center and help these clay critters find their “furever” homes with this fun Klutz Mini Clay Pet Adoption Truck Kit.
Learn to make a variety of dog breeds, including a Corgi, Chihuahua, Rottweiler, Dalmatian, and Beagle, plus cats, birds, bunnies, and guinea pigs.
You get to decide which animals you want to make with colorful clay and pre-made eyes to help make each creation picture-purrfect.
It's time to get crafty and create your very own Color and Illuminate Fox Night Light!
Scandinavian-inspired and generously sized, these ceramic night lights come packaged in adorable cottage-shaped boxes. Use the ceramic markers to decorate, turn on the LED tea light and display!
Set comes with ceramic fox, 3 ceramic markers, LED tea light with included battery, and instructions.
Check out the We Craft Box for a fun option that will keep on giving all year long!
This monthly kids subscription box features 2-3 prepared crafts for kids to enjoy. They do the work to help cut out the prep which enables you to enjoy more quality time being creative with your kids.
Geared for ages 3-9 years old.
What's Inside:
Each month the We Craft Box team sends you a themed story and the materials for 2-3 crafts. They focus on a new art material from markers and pastels, to Magic Nuudles and Wiki Stix, allowing your children to try new things and build up their crafting supplies.
Get crafty with a classic as this Spirograph allows you to make countless amazing designs!
This Original Spirograph Design Set features the iconic wheels and rings of the original, but re-engineered and updated for today.
A fun set that comes packaged in a classic, collectible, retro-styled package us parents will enjoy.
The kit features a travel-friendly tin with snap-in storage tray. The precision-engineered Spirograph gears work with the two design pens included in the set as well as with most standard pens, markers, and pencils.
Spirograph Putty holds the pieces securely on the paper so that you can create intricately beautiful designs with no holes in the paper! The set also comes with a 24-page design pad and a full color design guide, which explains the fundamentals of drawing with Spirograph as well as step-by-step instructions for creating your own designs!
Give a gift to help kids get creating in the kitchen with this Kids Magical Baking Cookbook + Tools Set.
Simply add a sprinkle of fairy dust and a dollop of imagination and you'll be ready to go!
This baking kit includes recipes, tools, and decorations to inspire kid chefs to make magic in the kitchen. Each recipe is designed for kids to make with a grown-up assistant’s help and follows a magical theme. There are mermaid-themed pies, yeti donuts, an enchanted castle cake, magic pretzel wands, fairy-sized cheesecakes, and so much more.
The Personalized Chalkboard Tote Bag Kit is the perfect accessory for both kids (and adults) alike! It allows anyone to create custom messages in any language, make a reminder checklist, or draw creative pictures. But the best part is you can do it over and over again!
The possibilities for designs and creativity are endless! When you want something new, all creations come off easily when wiped with a wet wash cloth.
Package includes:
- 1 black tote (14.5" width x 15" height; 1 inch gusset & 22 inch handles)
- 2 water based
- non-toxic chalk markers (white and pink)
- cleaning cloth
Your child will adore making their very own jewelry styles with the help of Stephen Joseph Bead Boutiques! Available in several designs including: rainbow, llama, unicorn, and mermaid.
It's so easy to just grab a string and get creative making necklaces and bracelets for all your friends. With so many beads to choose from, the design options are as endless. Plus, the wooden bead box doubles as a jewelry box once your creations are complete.
Each Set Includes:
- 125 wooden beads
- 4 necklace cords
- 4 bracelet cords
- Builds motor skills and pattern recognition
- Wooden storage box doubles as a keepsake box
Transform airy, fluffy clay into a world of seriously squishy, textured fun with the Mixy Squish Tabletop Creativity Desk!
Featuring 5 oz. of pre-made, pre-textured Mixy Squish colors — with crunchy, glittery add-ins — plus 14 sculpting tools and 3 double-sided molds, creative sensory fun takes on a whole new meaning for crafty kids.
Bring out the magic in your Mixy Squish by kneading it with your hands for a minute or two which will soften the clay and make it easier for kids to use! Then, jump right in and start creating!
Did you realize the the classic latch hook craft kits are still around!? I grew up loving these and spent hours and hours creating my own LatchKit creations as a kid.
Today, I'm introducing you to the Latchkits 3D designs — the classic latch hook craft with a new twist!
It’s so easy to do—just match the extra-long yarn to the color-coded spaces to add super fluffy 3D effects within your design!
Everything you need is included: handy latch hook tool, 2 lengths of pre-cut yarn, and a color-coded, super easy-to-follow grid. The sturdy canvas features fabric-lined edges and hanging loops to create your very own soft and fuzzy llama design that’s ready to hang on your wall or use as a mini-rug—it’s a great anytime project!
For kids who love to wear their creations, Chalk Of The Town Chalkboard Shirts are the way to go!
Available in both long and short sleeved versions, each shirt comes with water-based chalk markers, erasing cloth, and stencils.
The reusable design allows for created the perfect design for ANY event while the patent-pending chalkboard technology on the shirt allows for endless, creative, smudge-free designs.
Get ready to go on an adventure with the awesome DinoMazing Dino Decorator!
Featuring a fun, spinning action, kids love creating dino eggs which can then be cracked open to reveal non-sticky slime AND a mystery dinosaur.
The eggs turn out beautifully every time and the included markers work well on the plastic eggs included with this set as well as hard boiled eggs (if you want to also use for future holiday decorating!)
This Garden Décor Wood Craft & Paint Kit is made of real wood, and includes everything you need to create a beautiful work of art!
Truly the perfect gift for every art loving kid, these garden accessories even feature a pinwheel that spins!
Create your very own DIY Rainbow Catcher and stick it to any window in your home!
It's never been easier to color your world with rainbows! This clever snap-together rainbow catcher captures sunlight and projects tiny rainbows into your room like a disco ball.
The included book is full of information about how rainbows form, the science of sunlight, prisms, and the very special weather conditions under which rainbows might appear.
Activities and experiments include different ways you can mimic rainbow effects, including rainbow slime, a rainbow volcano, a rainbow bubble snake, and much more.
Raise your hand if you love ice cream! If so, this Ice Cream Pottery Kit is the perfect gift for you!
The coolest thing about this kit is that the pieces inside are hand-glazed by local artisans. This means the cup is food safe and ready for ice cream anywhere there is ceramic fired glaze. The remainder of the cup is bare bisque pottery, allowing you to paint and decorate it freely with acrylic paints without the need to fire it in the kiln afterwards.
Included in each kit is:
- AWESOME Ice Cream Cup & Spoon with a glazed and fired interior making it 100% safe for ice cream (3¼" Dia. x 3¼" H (8 Ounces)
- Ice Cream Ornament (3 ⅞" L x 2 ⅛" W) (1) Ice Cream Tag-Along (2 ½" L x 1" W x ¼" Thick)
- Color palette with acrylic paint including white, black, and other AWESOME colors
- Kids paint brushes
- 1 oz container of brush-on sealer
- Sealer brush
- Instruction card with QR codes that will direct you to painting tutorials and instructions for how to paint pottery and use brush-on sealer
Chalk isn't just for the outdoors anymore. Chalkola makes TONS of chalk markers in every color, tip size, and shape for any crafty kid (or adult!). Check out my favorite, the 40 pack of neon, pastel, and metallic colors in a 6 mm tip.
The sky is the limit for your creativity with these Chalkola markers.
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Ashley Parks
Wednesday 19th of June 2024
I just saw the dinosaur paint by sticker book in Target this week! I thought about getting that for my son to try the next time we go on vacation. I think that would be great for a long car ride.
gloria patterson
Tuesday 9th of January 2024
Have been doing crafts with great niece since she was 2 she is now almost 8. And her little cousin (2) loves to come visit me and do crafts.
So I enjoy going through and seeing different crafts available. I liked ceramics studio - hair chalk to name just a couple.
Ashley Parks
Saturday 30th of December 2023
The Cute Cafe set is super adorable! My daughter actually asked for some clay to make some small animals and things like she has been making in her art class. That set reminds me of what she has been working on. I think she'd love that!
Ashley Parks
Monday 3rd of July 2023
I have 3 kids who all like crafts! I'm trying to come up with some summer craft ideas for them. I would love to try the Chalkola markers with my kids. We have tried chalk markers before!
Amy D
Friday 19th of May 2023
My daughters absolutely love doing crafts, and it is something to keep them busy over the summer. My youngest daughter will be turning 8 years old at the end of the month and there are some great gift ideas here. I especially love all the Klutz clay kits for her.