The 24 Most Fun Crafts for Tweens

Vibrantly Colored Bath Bombs

Bath bombs are wonderful presents with a relaxing spa-like feel. The variety of shades achievable with food coloring in this attractive project is sure to motivate your tween or teen to explore their inner soap creator. Bath bombs don’t have to be spherical; try searching for playful molds shaped like lips, donuts, fruit, or other whimsical designs.

Fizzy Bath Bombs from The Spruce Crafts

Customized Flower Planters

Welcome spring by decorating a collection of personalized flower pots with basic permanent markers in one shade or several. The only thing you need is a steady hand for placing dots around sticker letters, which can later be removed to uncover the word’s shape. Add someone’s name to a pot, or label it with the name of a plant you plan to grow inside. If your tween or teen hasn’t developed a green thumb yet, add DIY faux felt succulents for a convincing look.

Sharpie DIY Dot Flower Pot Craft from DIY Candy

Everyday Stress Ball

Help your tweenager get an early start on holiday presents and stocking fillers by creating homemade stress relievers for the grown-ups in their life. They can also prepare a couple for themselves. Choose the brightest, most festive balloons, fill them with cornstarch, and add a personal touch with a permanent marker if they wish.

Stress Balls from The Spruce Crafts

Custom Alphabet Beach Towel

Give a plain beach towel a personal flair with an embroidered monogram, beloved word, or charming quote made from free alphabet letters. A towel designed just for you can add brightness to any seaside or poolside outing. Repurpose worn favorites or buy a few fresh towels featuring playful patterns at the dollar store, then start crafting.

Free Alphabet Letters from The Spruce Crafts

Swirled Smartphone Cover

Marbling is a traditional crafting method for producing lovely, effortless-looking patterns. This swirling phone cover will make your tween or teen the envy of their friends. Start with an affordable clear plastic smartphone case, aa handful of your child’s favorite nail polish shades, then watch the enchantment take shape.

Marbled Nail Polish Phone Case from The Spruce Crafts

Pop Top and Ribbon Bracelets

Turning can pop tabs into a bracelet is a timeless project that sits beautifully on even the most fashionable wrists. Today’s take on the pop tab bracelet is bolder and unmistakably stylish. To achieve this appearance, overlap and stack 20 to 30 pop tabs, securing them with satin or velvet ribbon for an elegant finish.

Upcycled Pop Tab Bracelets from Destination Decoration

Rainbow Tie-Dye Shoes

When your tween’s distinct fashion sense cannot be conveyed with an ordinary pair of shoes, let them showcase it through paint. Simple white sneakers provide the ideal surface for your child’s design. Pick up a tie-dye set and plenty of masking tape to create these colorful rainbow sneakers. Using a foam brush makes it easier to manage how much dye reaches the shoe.

Rainbow Tie-Dye Shoes from A Pumpkin and a Princess

Sweet Cupcake Lip Balm

These DIY lip balms are as adorable as cupcakes and smell equally delicious. They are simple to create and incredibly enjoyable. Repurposing old egg-shaped lip balm containers is a great option, although empty containers can also be purchased for this craft. Edible sprinkles give the top its bright, cupcake-inspired appearance.

DIY Eos Cupcake Lip Balm from DIY Projects for Teens

Washi Tape Switch Plates

Washi tape is a remarkably ordinary yet wonderfully versatile, sturdy, and vibrant crafting material that is available nearly everywhere, including craft shops and grocery stores. Your tween may have numerous scraps and partial rolls left over from earlier projects, tucked away unused in a drawer. Encourage them to put those neglected rolls to work by decorating a light switch plate with washi tape. It is a simple way to add brightness to a room without undertaking major alterations.

Washi Tape Switch Cover from Washi Tape Crafts

DIY Bohemian Yarn Wall Hanging

Reproduce expensive boho-style wall décor using yarn embellished with beads, buttons, and feathers. Form a foundation with yarn in assorted colors and weights. Secure the yarn to the metal frame, then cut the strands to shape the bottom edge. Add the design by fastening beads, buttons, or feathers to individual yarn pieces before tying them onto the frame.

DIY Boho Yarn Wall Hanging from A Cultivated Nest

Finger-Knit Snakes

Encourage your tween or teenager to explore knitting without needing needles. Show them how to use their fingers to make an adorable finger snake, perhaps as a playful prank for a younger sibling. Once mastered, finger knitting becomes an enjoyable craft that can inspire additional projects, including wreaths and lovely flowers for decorating scarves and purses.

Finger-Knit Snakes from Red Ted Art

Vintage Cassette Gum Dispenser

There is no need to destroy your old cassettes to create this fashionable retro gum dispenser. Your child only needs the complimentary printable template, a little adhesive, and lots of gum pieces to share with friends.

Vintage Cassette Gum Dispenser from Designs By Miss Mandee

Glittery Tumblers

Encourage your tweens to express their individual style by creating a personalized glittery tumbler they can bring to school. You’ll need a small amount of sequins and glitter, an optional photograph, and a double-wall acrylic tumbler designed to hold an inserted picture. Since glitter tends to scatter, choose the finest, highest-quality glitter available for this craft.

Glittery Tumblers from Sunshine and Hurricanes

Summertime Glitter Bracelets

Create a set of charming summer bracelets with glitter and vinyl tubing. Visit a nearby home improvement shop to find PVC vinyl tubing in your preferred diameter, pour glitter inside with a funnel, and then secure the ends with hot glue. For a family Fourth of July celebration, why not make three bracelets in red, white, and blue? Alternatively, wait a few months and craft cheerful red-and-green or shimmering silver-and-gold holiday bracelets. With wider tubing, you can add tiny beads left over from when your child was younger.

DIY Glitter Vinyl Tube Bracelet from A Pumpkin and a Princess

Keys Decorated With Sparkle

Receiving a house key is an important milestone. Celebrate this occasion with your child by transforming that special key into a miniature piece of artwork. (Vivid shades can also make the key easier to spot among the others.) Pick up colorful and glittery nail polishes, then create a house key unlike any other on the block.

Sparkly Decorated Keys from A Thrifty Mom

T-Shirt Carryall Bag

Your tween has probably outgrown a few favorite T-shirts, so why not repurpose them as tote bags for trips to the beach or shopping? This simple, no-stitch tote gives old shirts a fresh purpose in just ten minutes. If you have previously made a no-sew fleece tie blanket, you’ll recognize the basic idea behind this bag. And if you have never tried making a no-sew fleece tie blanket, it is another wonderfully simple and enjoyable project to master.

No-Stitch T-Shirt Carryall from Mommypotamus

Emoji Bookmarks Made with Duct Tape

Make books more appealing to your children and encourage them to put down their phones with these emoji-inspired creations. A little yellow duct tape and some clever folding bring these charming bookmarks to life. With an emoji bookmark nearby, assigned reading might not feel quite so tedious.

Emoji Bookmarks Made with Duct Tape from STEAMsational

Stunning Marble Mug

Old nail polish is all you need to give a DIY project an impressive “wow” effect, just like these beautiful marbled mugs. Refresh a few worn-out mugs or transform inexpensive white ceramic ones from the dollar store into personalized treasures. Keep pencils, coins, or jewelry in these mugs on your desk or dresser. When packed with little treats, they also become charming gifts that should only be washed by hand.

Marbled DIY Mug from Surviving a Teacher’s Salary

Nature-Inspired Necklace

Bring a touch of the outdoors into your life with these delightful little jars containing natural treasures. Wear them around your neck or display them as decorations. Small jars for necklaces can occasionally be found at craft shops, but they are more commonly available online. Once

you have them, you’ll inevitably want to fill them with treasures like tiny seashells, little seeds, grains of sand, a small pebble, or even build miniature worlds inside the jar.

DIY “Element Jar” Necklace from MomDot

DIY Watermelon Mason Jars

Bring a little summer indoors with a refreshing jar. Enjoy a smoothie or add a cheerful touch to your bedroom with watermelon-themed decor throughout the winter, even when the weather is cold. Choosing the ideal watermelon-colored paint for your jars is half the enjoyment. Spray-paint the pink base, add the seeds, and savor a bit of summer every day of the year.

Watermelon Mason Jar from The Spruce Crafts

Canvas String Art Graffiti

If your tween is eager to bring more color into the bedroom, lend a hand with this canvas string-art activity. It can occupy an entire day and works with either spray paint or washable paint markers, based on how much outdoor mess you and your child can tolerate. Stretch string between points across the canvas, apply the paint, then pull away the string to uncover the designs. Create a complete collection for the room using varied patterns and matching hues.

Canvas String Art Graffiti from Juggling Act Mama

Whimsical Dreamcatcher

Encourage your child to make a craft that can help bring about longer, more restful nights. This dreamcatcher comes together with ease. Start with an embroidery hoop, plenty of attractive trims and decorations, and be sure to include feathers. Attach everything with glue and ties, then suspend it above your tween’s headboard for the most peaceful dreams.

DIY Dreamcatcher from Dear Creatives

Marimo Moss Aquarium

These charming little aquariums, filled with Marimo moss balls, are an ideal craft for an aspiring environmentalist or oceanographer. Marimo moss balls are soft algae plants that can live inside a homemade aquarium. For this project, look for light bulb-shaped jars at hobby or craft stores. Their screw-off lids make them simple to use. Place rocks, pebbles, beads, and cabochon stones inside, followed by your Marimo moss ball. To help it remain healthy, refresh the water about once a week.

Recycled Lightbulb Aquarium DIY from Soap Deli News Blog

Barefoot Beaded Sandals

Your tween or teenager is sure to enjoy these eye-catching summer beaded barefoot sandals. Wear them at the beach or around the backyard, where shoes are unnecessary. Glass beads, silk flowers, and elastic jewelry cord create the foundation of this design. Once the sandals are complete, keep the good times going with a relaxing pedicure.