13 Easy Construction-Paper Crafts for Kids of All Ages – Fatherly

Show your kids how to take a rainbow’s worth of paper and transform it into everything from flowers and ladybugs, to lanterns and butterflies.
Easy construction-paper crafts are an excellent, affordable and fun way for kids of all temperaments to channel their creative energies. Paper crafts for kids are also an easy indoor activity for friends and family of all ages, and they can double as visual aids for teaching younger kids about elementary topics such as animals, colors, shapes, and foods. Whether your kids are excited about making a 3D rabbit with a cotton-ball tail or working together on a mile-long rainbow paper chain, easy construction-paper crafts are the rare activity that suits every interest and every age, while honing kids’ motor and artistic skills.
The possibilities are endless when it comes to creating art with construction-paper crafts, but these easy-to-follow DIY projects require only a few materials, most of which you’ll likely already have around the house, and can be as quick as a construction paper twirl snake or as involved as a multi-tiered rainbow heart mobile.
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