Summer Crafts for Preschoolers

Oh yes, we are heading into that lovely SUMMER season!! Long warm sunny days. It is great to take the day a bit slower and enjoy the sunshine. Though summer is leisurely (and we love it) there also seems MORE TIME to fill with the kids… fear not. I have LOTS of Summer Crafts heading your way (as always), but also thought it would be useful to pull together this list of Summer Crafts for Preschoolers! I often find there is a grey area between summer crafts for toddlers and preschoolers – the differentiation is often based on the development and interests of your child…but I do think many of these lovely Summer Crafts for Preschoolers are suitable for the slightly young toddler too! I hope you agree with me! We have another section on Summer Crafts for Kids (are more general age group) coming soon. So WATCH THIS SPACE! Obvious Summer Crafts include How to Press Flowers and DIY Bubble Recipe.. but there is SO MUCH MORE to Summer!

As before, I have tried to group this extensive collection of summer crafts into browse sections. SOMETIMES a craft fits into two areas, so I have repeated them. Hopefully that will be useful, rather than irritating! Your Preschoolers may also love these 5 Free Beach Coloring Pages too. Do check them out!

Nature Summer Crafts for Preschoolers (excl. Shells & Sand, see below for those!)

We love crafting with nature. Nature finds are so easy to get hold of in the Summer months. We all spend more time outdoors – at the park, the beach or the garden. See what you can find and the create some of these wonderful and easy Summer Crafts for preschoolers!

Stick Men
Grass heads (seriously one of my favourite summer crafts for kids EVER)
Nature Fairy Houses (Summer Fairy House version here)
Nature Play Ideas (a collection of 12 “just add nature” play ideas… nothing else needed, perfect holiday activity)
Stone tic tac toe
How to Press Flowers
Leaf Crowns (technically we did these in Autumn, but they are lovely all year round)
Nature Bug Hotel
DIY Mini Indoor Garden to grow and look after
Flower Crowns
Flower Play
Stone Ladybugs

Feeling inspired? We have an extensive list of Easy Nature Crafts for Kids to explore!

Beach Summer Crafts for Preschoolers – Shells, Sea Glass & Sand

This is a section SPECIFICALLY for breach related crafts – whether you are crafting with sand, pebbles or shells or creating a summer craft that represent beach fun.. check out these summer craft ideas!

Sea Shell Pendants
Sea Shell Mobile
Shell Crab Fridge Magnet and Shell Turtle Fridge Magnet
Sea Glass Christmas Ornaments (turn your summer collections into Christmas keepsakes!)
Sea Shell Heart Ornaments
Sand Art Greeting Cards
Sand Art Collage
Shell Rattle
Salt Dough Crab and Turtle Fridge Magnets (ok not technically “nature” crafting, but they fit well in this section!

Want more Shell Crafts? Take a look at our Collection of Fun Shell Craft Ideas.

Summer Crafts for Preschoolers you can play with & decorate your home

We love crafts for preschoolers that you can have lots of fun with! The summer crafts in this section are great for decorating your home or for playing with.

DIY Bubble Recipe (with TON more Bubble Activities for you here)
Beaded Bubble Wands
Paper shooter toys
Toilet Paper Roll Mermaid Craft
Mermaid Clothes Pegs
Easy Flower Cards
Pinwheel DIY
Summer Jar Lanterns
Paper fans (make the plainer ones with preschoolers.. and the melon ones with older kids)
TP Roll Binoculars for Summer Adventures
DIY Photo Journal (get kids into photography)
J uice carton bird feeder
TP Roll Mini Beasts
Bubble Wrap Printing Rain Cloud
Adorable Pirate Finger Puppets (so cute and fun!!!)

Summer Art for Preschoolers

Summer is a great time to get arty – especially when you go “big” or go “messy”. But of course, summer art does not have to be either of these things. There are lots of other summer art projects to explore! We particularly love the “four seasons” explorations we did over the years – a great way to celebrate summer and discuss the seasons.

Splat Painting (and flag making)
Giant Painting
Summer Four Seasons exploration
Giant Flower Collage
Bubble Art Butterflies
Footprint Fish Collage
DIY Sun Prints (no special paper needed, this is SO SO cool!)

Boat Summer Crafts for Preschoolers

We love boats. Especially boats that you can PLAY with. 3 out of the 4 boats below are great for a bit of water fun too!

Cork boats
Paper boats (ok you may have to make these FOR them.. but they are so simple and fun)
Egg Carton Boats
Upcycled Crocs Boats (funny!)

Butterfly Summer Crafts for Preschoolers

Summer to me is all about sunshine, sea, beach, but also butterflies and bees buzzing around you, as you enjoy the warm weather. This section is dedicated to the wonderful Butterfly.

Coffee Filter Butterflies
Cork Butterflies
Bubble Art Butterflies
Paper Butterfly Mobile (includes a butterfly hatching activity, just wonderful)
Preschoolers may also be ready for these darling Paper Butterflies?
Paper butterfly shooter toys
We also have some fabulous Butterfly Colouring Sheets for you!
And I reckon these TP Roll Love Bugs, make great butterflies too!

If you are interested in more Butterfly Crafts, we have a whole section dedicated to them here.

Paper Plate Summer Crafts for Preschool:

Finally.. a round up of summer crafts for preschool, would not be the same without some fabulous Summer Paper Plate Crafts. Here are some of the most fun! You simply HAVE to see our Under the Sea Paper Plate Crafts special edition post too. Many more ideas to go with the ones below!