You only need a few simple supplies to try this amazing bubble art for kids.

Bubble painting is a fun and easy art activity that kids of all ages will love!

It’s a great outdoor art activity and a perfect summer activity for creative kids, and if you do it outside it’s really easy to clean up too!

Bubble painting is a fun and creating activity that encourages kids to use their imagination, experiment with colors, and create unique patterns and designs.

Bubble Painting for Kids

Bubble Painting Supplies

To do some bubble blowing paintings you will need:

• Bubble mixture – we used a commercial mix from a bubble blowing set (similar to this one)
• Food colouring
• Bubble wands
• Cups and/or trays to dip your wands into
• Large sheets of painting paper

How to Do Bubble Painting with Kids.

1. Start by mixing up your bubble paint solution by tipping a little bubble mixture into each tray or cup – one for each colour. Then add a little food colouring to each tray and stir gently – you don’t want to make too many bubbles in your cup because the bubbles don’t work so well when the mixture is all bubbly. We made red, blue, yellow and pink bubble paint solution.
   
2. Set out a large piece of paper onto a flat surface. If you are working inside make sure to cover the surface so you don’t get paint on it.
   
3. Dip the bubble wand into the bubble paint solution then gently blow bubbles downwards so they land on the paper and pop.
   
4. Blow more paint bubbles and add more and more to your paper until it is covered in popping painted bubbles! Place the paper somewhere flat to dry and make another bubble painting!

Bubble Painting Hints & Tips:

• The activity is a little messy but our mixture did not stain at all, in fact it was really easy to clean up thanks to the soapy bubbles!
• This is perfect for an outdoor art activity so no stray bubbles pop anywhere you don’t want them too.
• I would suggest wearing art aprons and covering work surfaces too.
• If your colourful bubbles are not showing up on the paper, be sure to use food dye with nice strong pigments, or you can try adding a small amount of nontoxic paint to the mixture to add more colour.
• For younger children have them practice blowing bubbles with plain bubble solution before you add the food dye as it can be tricky for little ones to remember to blow and not to put the bubble wand too close to their mouth.

The effect the bubbles make on the paper is amazing and the experience was lots and lots of fun!

For even more fun activities exploring colour, check out Kaleidoscope.

This is STEM, art and literacy like you’ve never seen it before – dressed up in all the colours of the rainbow!

Kaleidoscope: Hands-On Explorations in Colour (and Color!) includes 25 awe-inspiring color activities that integrate learning across a range of subject areas, including the STEM topics of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, as well as art, literacy and cooking. This is a great resource for teachers, parents, camp organisers, youth and community group leaders, homeschoolers, out of school care educators and more. Click here to find out more.

Do you have a favourite bubbly activity that your children love?

More Art Activities for Kids

You might also like these art activities:

Modelling Clay Pictures.

Ice Painting.

Spider Web Scratch Art.

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And if after all of these ideas, your tween is still left looking for more inspiration, check out our collection of 32 tween art and craft projects and our A to Z of tween boredom busters.

These tween crafts are perfect for filling your summer days at home with your kids, and they would make great summer camp crafts for tweens too!

These art and craft ideas for tweens are all use basic art supplies and have simple instructions so your 9-12 year olds can do thing with little to no help!

From fun emoji crafts, to making simple jewellery, and lots of summer themed crafts, this huge list of ideas includes so many fun crafts for older kids that you will easily be able to find a summer craft project to suit your tween!

Avoid having bored kids all summer long with this huge list of more than 50 cool summer crafts for tweens!

Awesome Summer Crafts for Tweens

These DIY crafts for tweens will keep your kids busy creating and making all summer long. They’ll lovr crafting jewellery, stationery, and other items they can keep or give as gifts!

• Peppermint Lip Balm
  This lip balm recipe is a delicious, yet simple, DIY craft for tweens. Once you’ve made one you’ll want to make more!
• Homemade Air Dry Modelling Clay Necklaces
  Make your own wearable art with this easy homemade air drying clay recipe. Tweens will love designing their own necklaces to wear.
• Marbling with nail polish
  Use this fun and simple technique to decorate a mug, a glass or even a pencil holder! This is a super cool craft for older kids to try.

• Decorated tennis shoes
  This is a super fun, super easy, super cool, tween craft that all kids will love! Your kids will be begging you to buy another pair of shoes so they can make more.
• Lego Mosaics
  These free printable Lego mosaic templates are a fun and easy craft that 11 year olds and younger tweens will love.
• Easy floam slime recipe
  Tweens love making slime and this easy floam slime is a great recipe for tweens to try this summer.
• Craft Stick & Tissue Paper Lantern
  This fun tween craft will look gorgeous decorating their bedroom!

• Magical Glitter Sensory Jar
  This is a super easy, and super cool, craft for tweens that only requires a few items to make.
• Drip Painted Paper Towel Flowers
  Turn this simple art technique into a fun paper craft for tweens!
• Easy to fold Origami Fish
  Make a whole school of paper fish with this easy origami craft for summer!

• Animal painted mason jars from Color Made Happy.
  Tweens will love making these adorable painted jars, perfect for storing pens, pencils and more!
• Tie dye beach towel from Mom Endeavors.
  This is a super fun tween craft that the kids will love, and you make a gorgeous colourful towel to use at the pool or the beach!
• Duct Tape Water Bottle Holder from There’s Just One Mommy
  Perfect for summer, these water bottle holders are a fun and useful craft for tweens!
• Colourful soapsicles from a DIY Inspired.
  This easy soap making activity is the perfect summer craft for tweens! Make a soapsicle that looks good enough to eat!

• DIY citrus bath bombs from Mama Instincts.
  Making bath bombs is a great craft for older kids. Not only are they fun to make, but they are fun to use too.
• Pineapple candles from Happiness is Homemade.
  What is more summery than a pineapple! This fun tween craft is easier to do than you think!
• Craft stick marble run from Frugal Fun for Boys & Girls.
  Design and create a marble run made out of craft sticks. This is the perfect teen craft for those summer days when you are stick inside.
• Ladybird string art from Easy Peasy and Fun.
  Grab a hammer and nails and some wool to make this cute string art. It’s a great crafts for older kids to try this summer.

Summer Art for Tweens

Creative kids will love these arts and crafts for tweens ideas. These art activities are easy to do and are great crafts for tweens to do at home. Your kids can really let their creativity run wild with these arty crafty ideas.

• Being Me – Social Emotional Learning Journal
  Explore feelings, interests and relationships with lots of creative activities in this great printable journal for tweens.
• Painted Emoji Rocks
  Your tweens will love this fun emoji craft! Their creativity will really shine as they try this rock painting activity.
• Embossed foil artwork
  Make super cool summer designs and pictures with this fun and easy sharpie and foil embossing technique.

• Paper pinwheels
  This simple pinwheel design is perfect for your tween to be creative and really make a one of a kind art project.
• Doodle Art Prompts
  Tweens will love making a doodle journal and creating fun drawings with these free printable doodle art prompts.
• Rainbow name art
  Once you try this simple name art idea you will want to make more and more! Tweens will love this easy art project!

• Free Inspirational Quotes Colouring Pages
  Older kids will love these cute colouring pages that also have positive and inspiring quotes on them.
• 3 Ways to Draw With Photos
  Arty tweens will love starring in their own artwork by using photos to create fun drawings.
• Yarn painting from Picklebums.
  Tweens will love this fun and colorful art project to make a picture using yarn.

• Painted seashells from Color Made Happy.
  This is such a fun and summery craft idea for tweens! These colourful painted shells will look gorgeous displayed on your tween’s shelf!
• DIY Polymer Clay Earrings from Mama Smiles
  Get creative with some polymer clay! A great tween girl craft for summer.
• Comic book templates from Picklebums.
  Star in your own comic book with these fun free printables that tweens will love.
• Handprint doodle art from The Craft Train.
  This handprint art activity is a fun and easy craft for 9 year olds, and great for older tweens too!

• Colourful mandala collages from Picklebums.
  Make a colorful mandala suncatcher with this easy summer activity for tweens that everyone will love.
• Easy art party activities from Happy Hooligans.
  Host a tween art party with your friends and try one of these fun arts and crafts for tweens.
• Floating chalk prints from Picklebums.
  This is a super cool art and craft activity for tweens that uses chalk and water to make amazing artwork.
• Glue and watercolor resist from Rhythms of Play.
  This is a fun and easy art technique that tweens of all ages will love.

Love these ideas? We know you’ll also love the colourful, creative ideas in Kaleidoscope.

Summer Camp Crafts for Tweens

These tween craft ideas are great for doing with a group of kids, whether that is at summer camp, a summer party or with a bunch of friends. Your tweens will love these fun camp craft ideas.

• Pom pom bookmarks
  Never lose the page in your favourite book again with this fun and easy tween craft that is perfect for summer camp.
• Shoelace Ladder Bracelet
  These easy to make shoelace bracelets will be a hit as a tween camp craft!
• Origami Heart bookmark
  This easy tween craft is perfect for a summer camp, or summer party!
• Tape Art
  Use colorful tape to make gorgeous artwork! This low-mess activity is a great summer camp craft for tweens.

• Twig Frame Weaving
  This cool DIY twig frame is the perfect weaving craft activity for tweens.
• Homemade Coasters with Sharpie Art
  Grab some sharpies and make some gorgeous coasters that tweens can use for summer drinks or give as a gift.
• Heart String Art
  Tweens will love using a hammer, nails and wool to make this gorgeous heart string art to hang on the wall.
• Printable Star Wars Shadow Puppets
  Tweens will love printing and making these Star Wars character shadow puppets. Then they can put on a shadow puppet show!

• Heart Paper Lantern Craft
  This is a great paper craft for tweens that will look gorgeous light up on a summer’s night.
• Paper Mache Pots
  This fun summer activity for tweens used paper mache to make adorable little pots!
• Heart Pop Up Card Craft
  Tweens will have fun making this simple paper pop-up card craft.
• Emoji Perler Bead Keychains from Frugal Fun for Boys & Girls.
  This is a super fun tween craft that everyone will love to make and hang from their bags.

• Tissue paper flower bracelets from Buggy and Buddy.
  These bright and colourful bracelets are an easy craft for tweens to make and only need a few craft supplies.
• Sharpie Tie Dye from Playdough to Plato.
  This is an easy way to tie dye t-shirts and it makes the perfect summer camp craft for tweens!
• Cute washer necklaces from Small for Big.
  These necklaces are simple to make and so much fun! They are a great tween camp craft that everyone will love to wear!
• Paper ninja stars from Frugal Fun for Boys and Girls.
  This is a low-mess and easy craft for 10 year olds, that older tweens will love making too.

More Summer Fun for Your Family

If you are looking for more summer activities to do with kids of all ages, try some of these awesome family game night ideas. Or try one of these fun summer activities for families, there’s no end to the fun you can have with these ideas:

You’ll love these retro summer ideas kids can do at home.

Everyone will love playing these fun family card games.

Get the kids outside with these awesome toys for outdoor play.

RELATED: Does your tween love to read? Check out our great chapter books for kids collection – it includes heaps of awesome chapter books and graphic novels sorted by age, genre and theme.

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Straw Flower Painting Craft

You will need:

• 1 sheet of white cardstock
• 1 sheet of yellow cardstock
• Printed watering can template
• Purple twine or ribbon
• Craft glue
• Scissors
• Paint brush
• Paper plate or paint palette
• Green acrylic paint
• Light purple acrylic paint
• Dark purple acrylic paint
• 2 disposable plastic drinking straws

Instructions for Making Straw Flower Painting

1. Cut out the three pieces from the printed watering can template. Trace around the template pieces to create a set of watering can pieces from the yellow cardstock. Alternatively, print the watering can template directly onto the yellow cardstock and cut out the three pieces.

2. Wrap a short length of purple twine or ribbon around the top of the body section of the watering can, and tie in a bow at the front.

3. Add a dot of craft glue to secure the bow in place at the front of the watering can body.

4. Add craft glue to the back of the watering can and attach it to the white cardstock, making sure to place the can as close to the bottom as possible in order to leave room for flower painting at the top of the page.

5. Add craft glue to the back of the watering can handle and spout pieces and glue into position onto the white cardstock.

6. Next, add a little green paint to your paper plate or paint palette, and paint a series of short flower stems coming out of the top of the watering can. You can add as many, or as little, as you like. You can make them curly or straight.

7. While the stems are drying, use the scissors to cut tiny slits all around the end of one side of a drinking straw. Cut about ½ inch or 2cm into the straw.

Flare out all of the cut sides to make the flower stamp.

8. Add a little light purple paint to your plate and dab the end of the straw flower stamp into the paint. Make a few light dabs on the plate to remove any excess paint.

9. Begin making flowers on the top of the painted stems and alternating on each side of the stems, until you have covered the area with light purple flowers. Let the paint dry.

10. Add the dark purple paint to your paper plate and, using the same process, use a second drinking straw stamp to dot flowers on top of the light purple flowers, creating a pretty layered look.

Once you have added as many flowers as you like, leave time for the paint to dry completely.

Add your completed artwork to the front of a card, frame it or hang it up to display. It makes a lovely gift.

If you are looking for more Mother’s Day craft or gift inspiration, be sure to also check out our collections of Mother’s Day Gifts to Make with Toddlers, Mother’s Day Gifts Preschoolers Can Make and Mother’s Day Gifts for School Age Kids to Make.

Or for more flower craft inspiration, check out our sweet Paper Towel Flower Bouquet or our Kids Art Flower Fairies.

More Mother’s Day Craft Ideas

String Art Heart Card

Paper Heart Bookmark Craft

Pop Up Heart Card

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For those with older children, be sure to check out our collection of 12 Days of Christmas Fun for School Age Children or alternatively, for younger ones, our 12 Days of Christmas Sensory Play Ideas.

12 Preschool Christmas Craft Ideas

1. Work fine motor skills by folding cupcake wrappers to make this sweet preschool-friendly Christmas tree craft.

2. Keep small fingers busy by threading a festive garland with this idea for Christmas Threading from Picklebums.

3. These Popstick Christmas Trees are so simple to make and also look great hanging all together as a Christmas garland. Alternatively, add a string to each one to hang on the tree.

4. Explore textures as you make your own wrapping paper with this idea for Rolling Pin Wrapping Paper.

5. Thread Beaded Snowflakes on pipe cleaners to hang on the tree.

6. And then thread mini Button Christmas Trees.

7. Make Christmas Hearts with TP rolls.

8. Make sweet Salt Dough Ornaments that can also double as a great gift.

9. Get busy with Sharpies, glitter, confetti and even photos to make Laminated Christmas Baubles.

10. The tree will shine bright with these Easy Tin Foil Decorations from Picklebums.

11. Get your preschooler busy making and playing with a batch of Peppermint Playdough or make some chocolate playdough for fun making Playdough Reindeers.

12. Try Tabletop Monoprinting with red or green paint and use the completed prints for the front of handmade cards or as wrapping paper.

For more Christmas craft ideas for young crafters, check out these related posts;

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And why not pair your reindeer with a cute Santa Origami Bookmark, or check out our collection of over 25 Bookmark Crafts for Tweens & Teens.

How to Make a Reindeer Origami Bookmark Craft

You will need:

• 1 sheet of 4in x 4in origami craft paper
• Craft paper – one sheet each of red, white and brown OR use the pre-colored shapes included in the printable template
• Paper glue
• Scissors
• Marker pen
• Pencil
• Printable template (optional) – full download instructions for template at the bottom of this post

 How to Fold an Origami Bookmark

1. Take a square paper of origami paper and it diagonally onto the table top so it looks like a diamond. Fold the paper in half by taking the top point all the way down to meet the bottom point to form an inverted triangle.

2. Fold the triangle in half to find the middle point of the triangle’s base. Open back up once creased.

4. Lift the upper flap of the bottom point, taking it upwards until the tip touches  the middle of the inverted triangle’s base and fold it there.

5. Next, take the top right corner and bring it down towards the bottom until the tip lines up with the bottom point and crease firmly.

6. Repeat for the top left point.

7. Finally, tuck each of the bottom points up inside the flap that was created in step four to create the pocket that will slide over the book pages.

How to Make a Reindeer Bookmark

8. Cut out the pieces for the reindeer – antlers, face, mouth and nose – from the colored paper using the printable template page included below (full download instructions can be found at the bottom of this post), or cut them freehand. Alternatively, there are also pre-colored pieces included in the download.

9. Glue the horns of the reindeer on the top of the head piece.  Then glue the mouth piece onto the face.

10. Finish off the reindeer by gluing both the nose and the eyes onto the reindeer.

11. Finally, glue the reindeer’s face onto the top of the bookmark pocket.

Download and Print Reindeer Bookmark Template

Click here to download: Reindeer Bookmark Template . Save the PDF to your computer. Open the PDF and print the pages you require. When printing, select “Fit to printable area” (or similar) to ensure the page fits with your printer type and local paper size. Laminate the printed pages for durability.

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And why not pair your reindeer with a cute Reindeer Origami Bookmark, or check out our collection of over 25 Bookmark Crafts for Tweens & Teens.

How to Make a Santa Origami Bookmark

You will need:

• 1 sheet of 4in x 4in origami craft paper
• Craft paper – one sheet each of red, white and skin toned OR use the pre-colored shapes included in the printable template
• Paper glue
• Scissors
• Marker pen
• Pencil
• Printable template (optional) – full download instructions for template at the bottom of this post

 How to Fold an Origami Bookmark

1. Lay the origami paper diagonally onto the table top so it looks like a diamond.

2. Fold the diamond in half, taking the bottom corner of the paper to the top to form a triangle.

3. Fold the upper point downwards so the tip touches the middle of the base of the triangle.

4. Take the bottom left corner, bringing it up towards the point of the triangle and fold firmly. Repeat with the bottom right corner. You will have now formed a new, smaller diamond shape.

5. Tuck each of the top points inside the flap previously created in step three (3). This forms the pocket that slips over the page corner when the bookmark is in use.

6. Rotate the diamond so that the pocket sits at the top and add the Santa details as demonstrated below.

Santa Origami Bookmark Craft

7. Cut out the pieces for the Santa Claus – hat, pom pom, hat band, face, mustache, beard – using the printable template page below (full download instructions can be found at the bottom of this post), or cut them freehand. We used a fun, textured white craft paper for Santa!

8. Glue the white circular piece onto the pointed top of the hat as a pom pom (or add an actual mini pom pom if you like!)

9. Glue the white strip shaped piece along the bottom of the Santa’s hat.

10. Then glue Santa’s mustache and beard onto the skin toned circle to create Santa’s face.

11. Draw Santa’s eyes using a thin black marker pen.

12. Finish off by pasting the hat onto the top of Santa’s head.

13. Finally, paste Santa’s head onto the top of the bookmark pocket that you created in step 6.

Santa is now ready to slip over the corner of your current Christmas read!

Download and Print Santa Template

Click here to download: Santa Claus Bookmark Template . Save the PDF to your computer. Open the PDF and print the pages you require. When printing, select “Fit to printable area” (or similar) to ensure the page fits with your printer type and local paper size. Laminate the printed pages for durability.

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For more holiday craft ideas for tweens and teens, check out these related posts;

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Searching for a fun activity idea for your tween or teen? Or a DIY gift they can make for friends or family? Making their own lip balm is a super fun and engaging activity for this age group, and it’s also super simple to do.

DIY Peppermint Lip Balm Recipe

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You will need:

• 1 Tbsp beeswax pellets
• 2 Tbsp liquid coconut oil
• ¼ tsp deep rose cosmetic grade mica powder
• 5 drops peppermint food grade essential oil
• 3 lip balm tins

To make:

1. Add the beeswax to a microwave safe measuring jug with a spout. Heat on high in a microwave in 30 second intervals, stirring after each interval, until fully melted.

2. Add the coconut oil and stir well.

3. Add the mica powder and peppermint essential oil and stir well.

4. Pour the melted mixture into lip balm tins being careful not to overfill them.

5. Allow the lip balm to set undisturbed for a couple of hours.

Enjoy your wonderful, homemade lip balm or gift it to a friend to enjoy!

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Inside: An All About Me drawing ideas pack to use with students in grades 4 to 8. Great for back to school.

These All About Me activities are a fun way to get to know your students. Perfect for 4th to 8th graders (though, to be honest, my first grader had fun with these too!), their are seven printable All About Me drawing ideas and writing prompts in the pack.

All About Me Drawing Ideas Prompts

Each activity features a range of creative prompts about different aspects of personality, likes and dislikes, and reflections on themselves as learners. Most of the activity sheets can be completed using drawing or writing, or a combination of both.

To get started all you’ll need is a printed copy of your chosen activity, along with some pens and pencils or markers and you’ll be good to go!

The finished results look great when hung together as a wall display in your classroom, making this a great back to school idea, though ideas like the I Wish My Teacher Knew printable are great for checking in with students throughout the year as well.

The seven activities include;

1. All About Me Comic Strip Style
2. All About Me Acrostic Poem
3. I Wish My Teacher Knew
4. All About Me at School
5. Five Words to Describe Me
6. I Could Never Live Without..!
7. My Love-To-Do List

Available now for just $3USD.

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