Water arts and crafts

Summer is here and the hot days that are perfect for water activities for kids. Cool down with these 45 fun and easy water play ideas.

These borax crystals are SO COOL and beautiful! Use pipe cleaners and a simple borax and water solution to grow your own crystal gems. This is such a pretty and fun science experiment! Borax Crystals Making borax crystals is such a cool science experiment. It takes a bit of patience to let the crystals grow, but the results are amazing! Borax crystals are a great chemistry experiment showing the recrystallization process. Kids can see how molecules react to different temperatures, and…

Bubble painting is so much fun! Both kids and adults will have a blast experimenting with this unique way of painting without a paintbrush. Turn your bubble art into monsters, flowers, or leave it as abstract art - it's so much fun to experiment with this technique! To make these colourful paintings, simply combine dish soap, water, and paint. Then use a straw to blow bubbles in the mixture and press the paper onto the bubbles. It's such an easy process, but it creates beautiful, unique…

Set up a fun geometric bubble activity for the kids using everyday items. Can you make different shape bubbles? Easy STEM challenge for kids.

Under the Sea Silhouette Art for Kids. A fun arts and crafts activity for preschoolers and kindergarteners to try this summer. #artsandcrafts #summer #preschool #kindergarten

Educational and craft activities for kids and parents

This colorful jellyfish craft for kids is great for a summer kids craft or ocean kids craft. It's so simple to make and requires no messy painting. #kidscraft #summercamp #iheartcraftythings #summercraftsforkids #summercrafts #summerfun #oceancrafts

Check out this stunning way of painting this summer: water gun resist art! Create cool patterns and designs with water guns!!

Crayon Resist Spray Bottle Painting for Summer fun Art! Paint outside with spray bottles and food coloring. A fun crayon resist art project for summer!

When the temperature rises, nothing sounds better than a trip to the beach! To bring the ocean indoors, cool off with this amazing Ocean Process Art activity.