20+ Yarn Crafts & Activities for Kids
Fun yarn craft and activities for all year. You will find a mix of different ideas for kids to explore and play with yarn.
You will find yarn crafts, a letter y printables, and yarn sensory bins. And any new yarn activities will be added to this page.
These are fun to add to different art projects during the year and great for I love yarn day in October!
What is a Yarn Craft?
A yarn craft is a craft that uses yarn as part of the craft. It can be the whole craft or just part of the craft.
What is a Yarn Activity?
A yarn activity is where we use yarn as part of the activity, like a sensory bin or fine motor activity.
Yarn Crafts & Activities for Kids
You are going to see a collection of yarn activities for kids. Fun ideas for yarn sensory bins and yarn craft ideas for kids. And you can have loads of fun doing yarn activities.
Things to use with the Yarn Crafts & Activities
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- red yarn
- orange yarn
- yellow yarn
- green yarn
- blue yarn
- purple yarn
- black yarn
- white yarn
- white cardstock
- glue
- scissors – for cutting yarn
Yarn Books To Read
A fun yarn picture books to read with the activities.
Yarn Activities Menu
A jump to the yarn activities you are looking for. Below are all the sections you will find.
All Year Yarn Crafts & Activities
Fall Yarn Crafts & Activities
Winter Yarn Crafts & Activities
Spring Yarn Crafts & Activities
Summer Yarn Crafts & Activities
All Year Yarn Crafts & Activities
1. Yarn Moon Craft
Yarn Moon Craft is a fun moon craft made with gray and black yarn. You can make the background or not make it. Still a great moon craft for a moon theme or Moon Day.
2. Yarn Truffula Trees Craft
Yarn Truffula Trees is a fun craft to make for truffula trees. We love using yarn for activities. This is a great fine motor activity for find to do.
3. Green Eggs and Ham Sensory Bin
Green Eggs and Ham Sensory Bin has some of the words from the book to search through as find. You have all the words from the book in a sensory bin mixed with green and white items.
4. Yarn Pictures
Yarn Pictures is a fun yarn craft where kids use different colors of yarn to make pictures.
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Fall Yarn Crafts & Activities
5. Yarn Apples Craft
Yarn Apples are fun and simple to make plus have some good fine motor skills. You have apple, yarn, and glue to make this craft.
6. Yarn Apple Trees Craft
Yarn Apple Trees are fun to make with your kids. You can always change up the color of the apples as well!
7. Fall Yarn Tree Craft
Red Leaf Yellow Leaf – Yarn Tree is one of our favorite fall activities. You have a fun textured tree that kids can make.
8. Yarn Acorn Craft
Yarn Acorn is a fun craft with a squirrel theme book to read. This is a fun text craft for kids to do.
9. Yarn Corn Craft
Another fun craft is the yarn corn activity. It is great for fine motor and looks great as well.
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Winter Yarn Crafts & Activities
10. Yarn Paper Plate Christmas Wreath Craft
Yarn Paper Plate Christmas Wreath is loads of fun for Christmas wreath craft for kids to make!
11. Yarn Poinsettia Craft
Yarn Poinsettia – Legend of the Poinsettia is loads of fun to make! This is a great fine motor craft.
12. Christmas Light Sensory Bin
Christmas Light Sensory Bin was so much fun to dig around in. You have a mix of lights and yarn for the sensory bin.
13. Yarn Clover Crafts
Yarn Clover – fun yarn craft for kids to do for St. Patrick’s Day. Plus you get a nice sensory activity while making it. This is a great tot and preschool craft.
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Spring Yarn Crafts & Activities
14. Yarn Green Tree Craft
Yarn Green Tree Craft is a fun tree out of green yarn. We used light and dark green yarn and then made this fun tree for Arbor Day.
15. Spring Yarn Tree Craft For Kids
Spring Yarn Tree Craft is a fun tree for spring make out of yarn. You can use light pink and dark pink yarn to make the tree.
16 Yarn Rainbow Craft
Yarn Rainbow Craft is a great craft for fine motor work with cutting and gluing. Plus yarn is a fun craft to use. You make a great rainbow that stands out on paper.
17. Hogs Playing in Yarn Mud Craft
Hogs Playing in Yarn Mud is a very fun craft to make for kids and goes with a great book.
18. Green Yarn Sheep Craft
Green Yarn Sheep is a fun craft and activity to go with a book theme. This is a great color craft you can do as well.
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Summer Yarn Crafts
19. Yarn American Flag Craft
The Yarn American Flag is another fun activity to develop fine motor skills and learn about the flag. This is also good for recognizing patterns.
20. Sea Turtle Craft
Sea Turtle Craft is a fun book and craft activity. We really liked this one. It has torn paper and yarn for the turtle craft. This is a great one to make for world ocean day.
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You can also check out the Y is for Yarn letter pack!
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