Fun Crafts for Girls

One of the ways to harness your girls creativity is to introduce her to the world of arts and crafts, this will ensure her all round development as well. Teen studies have indicated that teens and young girls who dedicate time to pursuing arts and crafts, fare well scholastically and are better able to deal with things like peer pressure. Fun crafts for girls is also a good way for parents and children to bond and to spend some quality time together. Here are some ideas for easy and fun crafts for girls :

# 1 Jewelry

Diamonds are a girls best friends and other kind of jewelry is the second best option, girls and jewelry are synonymous. Keeping this in mind here is a simple way to design and make your own jewelry, which is the most sought after fun crafts for teenage girls.

Materials Required

• Beads
• Thread
• Needle

Instructions

Buy beads from your local gift store, there are quiet a few variations available, like glass beads, shell beads, wood beads and more. Once you have chosen the beads take a thread or elastic and with the help of a needle carefully sow the beads into it. You can use a bottle cap as a pendant with your favorite picture inside it and by coloring the top half. You can wear this unique designer jewelry around your neck or around your ankle. It also looks very pretty as a bracelet and guarantees that your friends will get jealous after seeing it and it also is one of the best craft ideas for girls birthday party.

# 2 Dove Purse

One of the most sought after accessory is the purse and it is one of the easiest fun crafts for girls to do at home. A simple purse made at home can be a very beautiful example of kids crafts.

Materials Required

• Zip Lock Bags
• Big Hair Pin
• Glitter
• Buttons
• Glue

Instructions

Get two zip lock bags and place them over each other in such a way that one fourth of their bottom halves are over lapping each other. Make sure the openings of both bags are in the opposite direction and then glue the bottom halves of the bags to each other. Cover the surface of the bags with a thin layer of glue and stick glitter and colorful buttons on them. You can even make a design to showcase your initials, this can be a very unique, and personal touch. In the end take the hair pin and clamp it in such a way that you split the zip lock bags in two perfect halves to resemble the wings of a dove. Paint the hair pin with the color of your choice, this is one of the most useful craft ideas for girls.

# 3 Sleep Buddy

A soft toy is a girls companion who is privy to her most innermost thoughts and is an integral part of the sleeping ritual of many girls. The simplest fun crafts for girls to make, is a sleep buddy.

Materials Required

• Cloth Sheet
• Cotton/Foam
• Needle and Thread
• Buttons
• Paint

Instructions

Draw a picture of your favorite sleep buddy (character or animal) on a piece of cloth, then put another piece of cloth below it and cut out the picture so you have two sheets that are cut alike. Paint the outline of your sleep buddy on the cloth, then add the physical characteristics. For example if it's a teddy bear, you can sow on black buttons for it's eyes and sow on the end of your socks for it's ears. Stuff one of your socks with cotton or foam and sow it on the bear as a tail. In the end sow the two identical pieces of cloth together half way then stuff it with cotton or foam and then sow it all the way up. Fun crafts for girls at home are the best way to fertilize your girls creative mind. Scroll through fun crafts to do at home for more ideas.

Let your imagination flow and come up with new ideas for fun crafts for girls and put them to use immediately, after all 'action is the magic word'.