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Home > Arts and Crafts Projects for Kids > Newspaper Crafts for Kids
Here are newspaper crafts activities and instructions for kids to make beautiful crafts projects with used / recycled newspapers. Find childrens' newspaper crafts below.
Making Trees from Newspaper Rolls
Roll up a newspaper and wrap with rubber bands...one close to the bottom adn the other one close to the middle. Then use a scissor to cut 4 slits down almost to the middle rubber band. Now just pul the middle of the tree up through the bottom tube that is still left. Now you have a Palm Tree looking creation.
Make a Colorful Coat or Vest with Newspaper Sheets
To make this cool costume coat, just take a double sheet of newspaper and fold it in half cross-wise. Now you will need to cut a circle in the center of the fold for the neck to fit through. Now also cut down the front, as seen in the 2nd picture above. Now get some paint, crayons, or markres, and paint many colorful strips and designs all over the coat. You will now have a great vest for your Mexican costume or your Joseph's coat of Many Colors costume.
Even More Crafts with Newspapers
Newspaper Log Cabins Construction - Learn how to make a newspaper rolled log cabin...possibly as a Thanksgiving centerpiece for decorations.
Brown Paper Bag Bunny Rabbit Puppets - Make these adorable bunny puppets with the following simple items : Paper Bag, Newspaper, String or Yarn, Paper, Scissors, Glue, and a Pencil.
Oatmeal Box Elephants - Make an elephant out of oatmeal box cylinders, wallpaper or wrapping paper, newspaper, felt, buttons, and yarn.
How to Make Papier Mache Puppet Heads - For high quality puppets, you need a really good puppet head. Find out how to make one with this tutorial...newspaper is used heavily in this craft.
Papier Mache Bowls & Dishes - In this craft, you use a glass jar as the mold and then papier mache around it with newspaper strips.
African
Paper Plate Mask Newspaper Craft for Kids - African
tribal masks are worn during religious rituals or are put up on walls
to protect their owners. There are a wide variety of masks, most of
them depicting tribal ancestors, animal spirits, or gods and deities.
Craft your own African mask using a paper plate and colored pasta.
Alligator
Craft for Kids - There
are only two countries in the world that have alligators. The
alligators in China are an endangered species. American
alligators are not -- they live from the Carolinas to Florida and
along the Gulf Coast.
Awesome
Comic-Wrapped Decorative Balls Craft for Kis - This
is a fun and easy crafting with kids project. Recycle your favorite
comic strip from the newspaper or a comic book and decoupage them on
to STYROFOAM™ Brand Foam balls. Kids will love picking out
their own design and displaying these in their rooms.
Baggy
Fish Creatures Craft Puffy Fish Craft for Kids - Create your own puffy fish-with paper lunch bags! Paint and stuff a
whole school of these delightful creatures.
Carnivore
Owl Bag with Recycled Newspapers – You will surely give a “hoot” when you get to
send some precious time with your children in making this barn owl
craft made using old newspaper and some coloring materials.
Crafty
Flowers Summer Crafts Activity for Kids - Don't throw those newspapers away until you try this! This flower
tutorial is a perfect summer activity to do with the kids!
Dynamite
Newspaper Dome Arts & Crafts Activity - Your kids will be amazed when they build a dome out of some old
newspapers with this activity. A large one can be a playhouse for
children, or make a small one as a playhouse for dolls.
Egyptian
Papyrus Paper Newspaper Crafts Activity - Ancient Egyptians made their own paper—and you can, too! Then
write a message in hieroglyphics or create a treasure map for more
fun with your friends.
Hand-Made
Envelope Craft - Make
a special envelope out of gift wrapping paper, old maps, pretty
wallpaper scraps, catalogs, brochures, newspaper, or magazines. You
can even make a tiny envelope to match a gift exactly.
Hot
Air Balloon Craft- Create this amazing mini hot air balloon through paper
maché using all the newspaper you can find in your basement.
Knight's
Shield paper mache craft-
Help your kids conquer the Medieval world with this easy to make
knight’s shield made out of molded recycled newspaper. Let the
adventures begin!
Log
Cabin Craft Arts & Crafts Activity for Kids - Many pioneers grew up in log cabins way back when, including some
of the United States' former presidents!
Maori
Bird Kite - Explore the traditional Maori culture of New Zealand. Then create a
bird kite that really flies.
Mexican
Sombrero Craft – Although
this craft takes a bit of assistance from an adult, it actually has a
great end result. It's a great fun for dress up!
Newspaper
Duster – Whoever said you need a feather duster to take off the dust
collecting inside your home? This unique creation is made using
recycled materials such as old newspapers cut out into thin strips.
Newspaper
Trees - Reducing, recycling, and reusing are important all year and it's a
good time to refresh on crafty recycling ideas. There are so many
wonderful ideas out there but newspaper material always stands out
from the rest.
One
Eyed, One Horned Flying Purple People Eater - This craft will make for a great for Halloween display near the
window sill.
Origami
Wreath – Teach your kids some paper craft techniques from the rich
Japanese culture such as this Origami wreath made using newspaper and
other materials.
Paper
Bag Pumpkin Patch - This Halloween pumpkin patch is in the bag for kids! It's a quick,
easy craft for holiday fun.
Paper Mache Bunny Crafts Project Create an
adorable bunny sculpture out of paper maché. This procedure
can also be used to make other animal and character paper maché
sculptures.
Paper
Mache Dinosaur Bone Craft You
can make your very own dinosaur bone from a big cardboard tube,
newspaper and flour.
Paper
Mache Frog Craft - This
frog’s mouth not only opens up wide to catch a juicy insect for
its meal, you can put your playthings inside too!
Paper
Mache Giraffe – Bring a whiff of safari adventure right into your home with
this paper maché giraffe made out of old newspaper, bonding
materials and some fun colors.
Paper
Maché Tree - Making
a paper
maché is
fun for children. Each one looks different.
Piggy
Bank - This is a
great way to make a really cute piggy bank out of papier-mâché.
This is a craft that you can use for a long time.
Pot
o' Gold Craft – Ahh! The luck of the Irish! As folklore goes, there’s a
pot of gold lying at the end of the rainbow which is guarded by a
leprechaun. But in this case, all you need are pennies and dimes to
fill up this molded newspaper craft project.
Really
BIG and stuffed newspaper Frankenstein - Sometimes,
bigger is better. The girls had SO much fun making these larger
than life crafts. There's something wonderful about creating a
project that requires daddy's help to hold...
Newspaper
Basket – The nice thing about this project is that once you're done
with the basket, it's painless to recycle it.
Newspaper
Snowflake Garland These aren't exactly garlands, more like delicate mobiles. They
gently spin and twirl at the slightest breeze. It seems to add to
their magic... as if they are spiraling to the ground like real
snowflakes.
Shimmering
Stacked Trees - This shimmering stacked tree will add a festive -- and eco-friendly
-- touch to your home this holiday season.
Stuffed
Newspaper Butterfly Craft – Your little girl will surely want one of these hanging around
her bedroom ceiling. Help them make one and enjoy the bonding time
too!
Stuffed
Poppy Finger paint Craft - Even the
youngest crafters can make this project. It's great for the
children in the baby room or toddler room in a daycare to make and
hang from the ceiling. Even the youngest crafters can make this
project. It's great for the children in the baby room or
toddler room in a daycare to make and hang from the ceiling.
Sturdy
Recycled Newspaper Pots - Making
pots for seedlings is a great way to recycle newspaper and save money
gardening. These recycled newspaper pots are relatively easy to make
and make transplanting seedling to the garden very easy. Making pots
this ways removes the need for any tape, glue, string, or staples and
results in a sturdy recycled newspaper pot.