10 Fun Paper Craft Kits to Beat Summer Boredom

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With long, sultry days of summer stretching ahead for school-age kids, it's helpful to have a few paper crafting ideas ready to pull out on short notice. Kits are ideal for developing new interests and teaching skills, not to mention the best ones ease frustration by providing the necessary supplies. 

 

Whether you're a mom, grandmom, nanny or sitter, enjoy this selection of appealing paper craft kits that I've rounded up from a number of sites.

 

1. Floral Llama Garland Kit 

 

 

Four stylized, colorful paper llamas stand in a row against a light blue background, decorated with festive saddles and accessories.
 

  

Paper Source offers many cute craft kits, and this Floral Paper Llama Kit caught my eye right away. Older children will have fun decorating a parade of a dozen die-cut llamas with flower crowns, wreaths, poms, and even sunglasses before stringing them as a garland.

 

You will need to provide standard craft supplies like glue, scissors, and tape. The llamas measure approximately 6.5 x 10.5 inches, so they're a substantial size. (Also from Paper Source, this adorable Doggie Garland Kit would be an amusing way to while away a couple of hours.) 

 

2. Swallowtail Sea Perch Kit 

 

 

A three-dimensional paper fish with articulated joints. It is reddish-orange with patterned scales and swims against a paper craft background of blue-green seaweed.

  

 

Perfect for a rainy day at the beach: older kids might enjoy making this dimensional Swallowtail Sea Perch from Catskill Art Supply. Its articulated construction means no glue is required, and once completed, the fish can be hung from an included hook. 

 

3. Pastel Flying Birds Kit 

 

 A craft kit for making pastel flying birds, displaying three completed bird ornaments wrapped in colorful string, along with cardboard cutouts, instructions, and spools of thread.

 

Kids will have fun with this Pastel Flying Birds Kit from UK Etsy shop CottonTwistLtd. It's a small kit containing cardboard bird shapes that are wound with colored cotton string. A super birthday party activity, each child will take home their own bird decoration that's ready to hang as a keepsake. 

 

Note: While the kit is reasonably priced, the shipping cost means it will appeal most to UK readers. 

 

4. Folded Forest Animals Kit

A DIY paper craft kit box for forest animals is shown with several completed, geometric paper animals in front, including a raccoon, squirrel, and skunk. 

 

HartiaToys, also on Etsy, offers this cuter than cute Forest Animals Paper Craft Kit that's suggested for ages 6+. The figures are printed on ten sturdy cardboard-like sheets; a pair of scissors and glue are required for assembly. It dispatches from Canada and there is no delivery charge to the U.S.

 

5. Paper Flowers and Vase Kit 

 

A bouquet of vibrant, realistic paper flowers in shades of red, orange, and yellow sits in a modern, white, dimensional paper vase. 


Staples sells this pretty Lifelines FlowCrafts: Paper Flower Bouquet Kit that can be ordered online or picked up in store. Not only will an older child or teen make five pretty flowers to display, each with more than eighty petals, but they'll have fun shading them with special petal paint, as well as making a stylish 3-D paper vase to hold them.

 

6. Paper Cup Craft Kit

 

A paper cup craft kit box is surrounded by eight completed animal figures made from paper cups, including a snowman, unicorn, crab, penguin, cow, and bunny. 

  

Geared to ages 3 to 6, this Paper Cup Craft Kit from Amazon will delight little ones as they decorate seven animals plus a snowman. I predict plenty of giggles as they dress each one with pompoms, feathers, googly eyes, and pipe cleaners. An instruction guide, paper cups, perforated templates, marker, and a glue stick are included too. 

 

7. Magic Petals Art Kit 


A decorative gift box is shown with its lid open, revealing a burst of colorful, completed paper flowers inside, in shades of pink, blue, yellow, and purple. 

 

This Bloom Joy Magic Petal Flower Art Kit from Amazon has no reviews yet, but it certainly sounds enticing. Teaching art and science in one, it's geared to children ages 6-12 (although I'm thinking it's best suited to middle and high school students). The filter paper flower shapes use capillary action as they absorb tiny drops of dye, changing color before your eyes. Once completed, they can be displayed in an included box. 

 

8. Watermelon Tissue Paper Kit 

 

A pair of hands is shown assembling a paper watermelon slice craft on a wooden table. Several completed watermelon slices lay nearby next to a bowl of real apples and grapes. 

 

This clever Motipuns Watermelon Tissue Paper Craft Kit arrives via Amazon with 24 cardboard shapes onto which kids will stick colorful squares of tissue paper, and then tie on a ribbon to hang as room or party decorations. Watch the quick video at the link to see how much fun creating these watermelon slices will be.... honestly, I want to make some!  

 

9. Paper Making Kit 

 

The contents of a paper making kit are laid out on a light blue surface, including a wooden mould and deckle, raw paper pulp, dried flowers and leaves, and small bowls of colored powder. 

 

This all-in-one Paper Making Kit from Hampton Art on Amazon is bound to give children a satisfying introduction to paper making. It contains the essentials to create custom paper sheets enhanced with dried flowers, foliage, and even sprinkles of glitter that they can fold in half to make pretty cards. What a wonderful way to create and send special notes!

 

10. Plants Starter Kit  

 

 

Stacks of biodegradable paper pots for planting seeds. One pot in the foreground is decorated with a green paper skirt and flower stickers and holds a small green plant sprouting from the soil. 

 

Summer is a great time to launch a child's love of gardening. This super-simple planting kit from Jecery on Amazon will give even very young children a taste of Mother Earth's magical ways. They'll watch seeds spring to life in natural paper cups that they've decorated with cute foam stickers. 

 

 

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