Junior Crafts can include any young person from toddler to teen. Surprisingly many of the same activities can be enjoyed by both. There are other crafts, however that are definitely age specific. An example of an activity that both can enjoy is scrap booking. Something that is not appropriate for little hands might be woodworking or sewing. Hopefully from this site you will not only gleam many types of crafts but ones that are appropriate for your needs.

Crafts can be both educational and fun at the same time. Learning new skills and working with new tools is fun but can sometimes be frustrating for the child depending on his/her attention span. It is important that the tools used are age and skill appropriate. Also important is the appropriate clothing and safety gear.

There are crafts that are seasonal, appropriate for indoors or outdoors, ones to do on vacation and others to do in small or large groups. The key is to have the appropriate setting and supplies at hand. Seasonal crafts may vary widely by region, climate and availability of materials. These crafts may include elements from nature such as pine cones, sea shells, acorns, leaves, flowers and rocks.

Crafts that can be done throughout the country are ones that include materials available from around the home or a local craft stores. From a sewing room you might include buttons, ribbons, fabric and thread. From the kitchen you might include such items as rice, beans food coloring, flour, salt and other dry pastas. From the bathroom you might find cotton balls. From the garage you might have wood, nails or screws, a hammer and tape measure. From the den or existing craft room you might have a variety of paper, glue, beads and other "crafty" supplies. From the craft store comes any other supplies necessary to complete the craft project.

On the pages and links that follow you will be able to find many sources to fun crafts.