Summer is the perfect time to get kids off screens and into hands-on, creative activities! June is filled with fun national themes that provide endless inspiration for themed crafts. Whether you’re planning summer camp activities or looking for ways to entertain your kids at home, these summer crafts for kids celebrate June’s celebrations in crafty, colorful ways!
National Garden Week (First Full Week of June)
DIY Bug Garden in a Box
Let kids create magical miniature gardens in recycled boxes using pebbles, moss, small faux flowers, and plush garden critters. Sew ladybugs, bees, snails, and more from felt and stuff them with Poly-Fil® to create a soft garden playset. This no sew bug plushie from Our Happy Tribe is a great activity for this summer project.
National Camping Month
For older kids who want to learn how to sew, make a soft sleeping bag for stuffed animals using cotton fabric and batting from Fairfield World. Next, craft a pretend play camping kit with felt s’mores, mini faux logs (toilet paper rolls), and Oly-Fun Fabric flames. Now their dolls have a camp ground for their new sleeping bag!
National Candy Month
Create giant candy bars that kids can use for decor or for pretend play. They can imagine they are tiny toys living in a big world with this fun project! Use recycled take-out containers with Oly-Fun Fabric to make super sized candy bars!
National Lemon Month
Scented Lemon Stress Balls
Teach kids how to hand sew an adorable lemon from felt with this lemon and lime project from The Yellow Birdhouse. Fill the lemons with Micro Beads and spritz the finished plush with a lemon essential oils spray to turn it into a scented stress ball!
World Oceans Day (June 8)
Help kids create an adorable jellyfish plush toy using this fun tutorial and pattern from Sew a Softie. Kids will love to make their own ocean critter!
National Rivers Month
Take the kids fishing to celebrate National Rivers Month! Pure Sweet Joy shares how to make an adorable felt fishing game. Kids can help make this set and then go fish in their imaginary river!
Superman Day (June 12)
Make a Cape
Every Superman needs a cape, and they’re easy to make with Oly-Fun fabric! Kids can cut and glue the fabric to create their own super hero cape easily. If you want to make something that will last all year, check out this super hero hooded towel that kids can help sew.
National Rose Month
Kids can create durable rose bouquets using squares of Oly-Fun Fabric. This tutorial is for a red bouquet, but with the wide variety of Oly-Fun colors available you can easily create pink, yellow, or white rose bouquets, too!
Doll Day (June 14)
Beginning sewists will love this project! First, kids get to draw and color their doll. Then they get to sew the outline and fill their design with Poly-Fil Fiber Fill to create a cute art doll. Visit Red Ted Art to see the complete tutorial.
World Sea Turtle Day (June 16)
This cute craft for kids by One Creative Mommy is perfect for younger kids! They can paint and glue pieces on to create their own sea turtle. Tissue paper rips easily when glue touches it, so cut squares of Oly-Fun fabric instead! It glues like paper but is much more durable.
Juneteenth (June 19)
Use Poly-Fil® Classic Bean Bag Filler to create an interactive sensory bin for kids! You can even color the beads, like Happy Toddler Playtime did in her tutorial. This is one of the summer crafts for kids that will last until school starts!
Pride Month
Use Oly-Fun fabric strips in rainbow colors to create outdoor windsocks. Kids can decorate the top with inclusive messages, stars, and glitter! To extend the activity, let each child decorate a strip with messages about kindness and unity before you assemble the windsock. Me and My Inklings shows how to use a can lid as the base for your rainbow windsock.
World Giraffe Day (June 21)
The Craft Train has an ingenious idea to make a giraffe using just a cardboard tube and paint! This cute project will keep kids busy and give them a fun toy to play with as they celebrate World Giraffe Day.
Upcycling Day (June 24)
Help kids blast off on an up cycling adventure with this fun project from Baker Ross! Turn discarded plastic bottles into a cool jet pack, complete with Oly-Fun flames shooting out!
Rabbit Week (Starts June 30)
The classic sock bunny is a simple yet fun project for kids to make to celebrate Rabbit Week. Add Poly-Pellets to the project to turn the bunny into a weighted toy that can be used in a variety of games, like “toss the bunny in the burrow” using a bucket. A Pumpkin and a Princess has an easy to follow sock bunny craft for kids to make.
Celebrate June with Creative Fun!
These themed summer crafts for kids do more than entertain; they help kids learn about the world, express themselves, and make meaningful connections with current events and the environment. With just a few supplies (and some Fairfield World products for soft crafts!), you can turn each June celebration into a memory-making opportunity.