9 of the Best Easy and Cheap Craft Books for Young Kids

Easy craft books for young kids are great to have on hand for those rainy days, when you need an easy activity, or just for a quick reference. 

Easy craft books

Unfortunately, google doesn’t always have the answer. It’s true. Sometimes you just can’t find the right words to type to find exactly what you want. Sometimes I just want an easy craft with the supplies I have sitting right in front of me. Those articles are not always easy to find without scouring the whole internet. 

It’s nice to have a little kid’s craft book tucked away in your library that you can refer to easily and quickly. Plus, sometimes you find books that have crafts that aren’t on the internet at all. And there are all different topics of craft books: Books all about paper, no mess projects, kids crafts with limited supplies, crafts all for toddlers, or crafts that take little time to complete. 

Not all craft books are created equal. Some are better than others, and only certain ones will meet the needs of what you’re looking for. Being in the craft world for a while, I’ve researched quite a bit of craft books, and I follow quite a bit of craft blogs written by crafty moms. They usually know what people are looking for and have created books based around the needs of other moms wanting to do crafts with their kids. Here are the ones that I think are worth while, almost all of them are created by other craft mom blogs. 

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9 of the Best Craft books for young kids

Fun and easy crafts with recycled materials 

In this fun craft book by Kimberly from The Best Ideas for Kids, you will learn how to create masterpieces using toilet paper rolls, egg cartons, and cardboard. It’s a super easy and super cheap way of making crafts. Simple can definitely be awesome!

Low mess crafts for kids

Who doesn’t love a good craft without the mess? In this craft book, by Debbie from One Little Project, you can created 72 different projects without creating a big mess. I know the mess stops a lot of moms from doing crafts with their kids. Well, take the mess out, and you got one easy craft project. You can expect these no mess crafts: paper plate flying saucer, race care poster board track, and paper roll fairy houses.

Easy paper projects 

Maggy from Red Ted Art created a craft book all about paper! They are super easy craft projects that mostly only require paper, glue and scissors. You never knew paper could be so versatile. Make a paper dog puppet, kite birds, or confetti bookmarks.

Paper Crafts for Kids

This is another great paper craft book for kids by Stephanie from Non Toy Gifts. This book contains a lot of scissors activities, all you need is some paper and scissors. She also provides several templates for making different designs including puppets, and easy to follow instructions. Easily make a clothespin puppet, a balancing butterfly, or a cool owl hat.

Awesome Engineering Activities for Kids

If your kids love engineering, building things, or working with their hands, they will love this engineering book by Christina from There’s Just One Mommy. It helps to build critical thinking and spark creativity. In this book you will learn how to construct a telephone with cups, a flying dragon, or a pendulum.

Awesome Science Experiments for Kids

Christina also made a science book with awesome science experiments. She has a second science book entitled Kitchen Science experiments. Both these books are geared toward kids so they have easy science projects and experiments that some kids can do on their own. It gives difficulty and mess rating with each experiment. Some of those science experiments consist of a fizzing rocket, magnet-powered cars, and pencil sundial.

Adventure Girls

Adventure Girls, by Nicole from Activity-Mom is packed with activities and crafts for girls that encourage independence, inspire imagination, and reward the brave. It includes outdoor activities like shelter building and compass making. It also includes simple crafts like building a kite or windchimes, and active activities all for girls like making a rope swing or going on a scavenger hunt.

101 Kids Activities that are the Bestest, Funniest Ever

This awesome activities and crafts book was made by two moms from two different craft blogs: One Crazy House and Kids Activities Blog. This book was created with all ages in mind. Your kids will never be bored again, or need to sit in front of the television with all of these EASY, kid-loving activities. You can expect to make homemade playdough, sidewalk chalk, or create a balance beam obstacle course.

Easy Arts and Crafts for Kids

In this simple craft book there are 50 different projects that are super easy for kids. Most of these projects can be done without any help from mom and dad. You’ll be making Tin-can robots, no-sew scrunchies, and rainbow bath bombs.

I’m pretty sure this list of easy and cheap craft books for kids includes something for everyone. It’s also nice to have a book that the kids can just flip through and pick a craft that sounds fun to them. It mixes things up a little bit. You can check out any of these books and the mom blog websites, and they are all great. I hope you find one that you like. They also make great birthday gifts for kids.

Happy Crafting!

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