Boy Craft Projects

Posted on Tuesday 30 January 2007 at 10:59 AM in Crafts and Projects - Post Comment

I'm always on the look out for craft project for my son.  There are lots and lots of crafts and projects on the net, unfortunately most are geared toward girls.  Click HERE to read about the ones I posted last year.  Here are some others that I've found for boys:

Duct Tape Projects:  Yes...my boy loves duct tape.  As a matter of fact, he got his very own roll for his birthday...and he was thrilled.  Here are some great sites:

http://www.ducktapeclub.com/ - Adventures with Duck Tape brand duct tape.  Click on Duck-tivities for projects that include pictures.

http://www.octanecreative.com/ducttape/howto/index.html - From the Duct Tape Guys site a page with a few projects including one of the better instructions for a duct tape wallet. 

Sandpaper Prints:  Another thing my boy loves to work with is sand paper.  Here is a great project that using sandpaper and crayons to make colorful prints:

http://www.forestvilleschool.org/art/curric/other/sandpaper/sandpaper.html 

Newspaper Kites:  This will be a spring project for us...I like that all you need is newspaper, tape and scissors...oh and kite string to fly it!

http://www.clem.freeserve.co.uk/

Craft Sticks:  Craft sticks are always fun! 

http://www.kidsdomain.com/craft/4x6holder1.html - Something he can make just for mom...a recipe card holder.

http://familycrafts.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.kidsdomain.com/craft/buscard.html - And he can make this just for dad...a business card holder.

http://familycrafts.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.makingfriends.com/pencil%5Fholder.htm - A pencil holder.

That's all I have for now, I'll post some pictures later.  If you have found some great boy crafts, I'd love to hear about them.