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Summer Arts & Crafts for Kids

Cheap and Easy Project Ideas

by Kimberly L. Keith
for About.com

Don't think you have to spend a lot of time and money to do creative projects with your kids. Check out these cheap, easy, and quick ideas for creative fun at home this summer. You shouldn't have to spend more than a few dollars for any of these activities, and many of the supplies you have at home.

Learn how to make homemade bubble solution or sidewalk chalk at About Family Crafts. Find an easy idea for a big bubble blower from RunnerDuck Toys.

Pick up some crepe paper streamers and let your child decorate her bicycle with this idea from Kids Domain.

Get creative with kids' favorite crayons, markers, watercolor pencils, and colored pencils with these techniques from Crayola.

Summer art projects might be Drawing a Sunflower or Wet Chalk Drawing from KinderArt.

Coloring pages are always quick and easy. Some of the cutest coloring pages online are from children's book illustrator and author, Jan Brett.

Use bags of colorful dry beans or peas to make collage pictures. Or, color some rice in a small amount of alcohol infused with food coloring, then let your child glue the rice to construction paper to make a picture.

Older kids still love play dough, so cook up a quick batch to keep them occupied while you work in the kitchen.

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