7 Fun Foam Craft Projects For Kids To Try At Home

by Dollar King Blogger

With these simple foam craft projects, your kids can express their creativity while having hours of fun. Dollar stores offer you foam arts and crafts supplies at the best price.

Play-Food Craft

It looks as if this sandwich is healthy and tasty as it is, but -- surprise! All the ingredients are foam sheets.

Make It: Prepare two rectangles from white, thick foam sheets (for bread); trim and paint the edges brown.

Slice the tomato into a circle, slice the cheese into a square, slice the meat into a circle, and slice the lettuce into a freeform shape with frilly edges.

Have your child cut thin strips of white foam, staple them into a loop, and paint them purple to make onion rings. Create oval chips by cutting them out and running them through a paper crimper.

Pretty Foam Pinwheels

These colorful foam pinwheels will catch the wind on a breezy summer day.

Make It: Cut a circle out of colorful foam sheet and slit the center of the circle six times. Fold in from the outside of the circle and secure with a touch of glue.

Thread a wire through a bright button to attach it to the pinwheel. Wrap the wire around a dowel covered with ribbon after gently pushing it through the back of the pinwheel. Shop for foam arts and crafts supplies from a dollar store!

Easy Foam Stamps

These simple homemade stamps will allow your children to stamp colorful images on cards, envelopes, and more.

Make it: Create flowers by cutting free-form designs out of foam sheets. Stamp the shapes onto wooden blocks. Create texture by adding dots and lines with toothpicks.

Foam Fish Windsock

This beautiful ocean-inspired windsock can be made from ribbon and craft foam.

Make It: On a large sheet of craft foam, cut out fish patterns to make the base for your windsock. Attach the fish shapes with glue.

Glue or staple the ends of the windsock together. You will need to attach ribbons in various colors and lengths at the bottom and one ribbon at the top to hang the windsock.

Foam Pencil Toppers

With a foam craft atop her pencil, your child can practice the alphabet or write thank you cards much more fun!

Make It: You can cut and layer foam shapes to make simple designs, such as a sun, turtle, and car. Cut a slit in the center of each to secure a pencil.

Buy necessary foam arts and crafts supplies from an online dollar store!

Foam Garden Stakes

These darling foam garden stakes will liven up your potted plants or outdoor flowerbeds.

Make It: Simple shapes become fruits and vegetables that can be used as garden stakes. Let them dry, then assemble and glue. Put the cute shapes on craft sticks and plant them in your garden.

Foam Blue Bird

Make this cute blue bird from colorful crafts foam and prepare a song for him to sing.

Make It: Cut half-circles from blue craft foam to create the bird. Make the legs and beak from orange craft foam.