Easy Sponge Painting Summer Crafts for Kids

Hello, little artists! 🌞 Summer is the best time for colorful crafts. With sponges and paints, you can make ice cream, jellyfish, suns, kites, boats, and hats. These crafts are simple, playful, and perfect for classrooms or home decorations.

What You Need

Round sponges (or cut sponges into circles)
Watercolors or fabric paints
White and colored sheets of paper
Crayons or markers
Scissors
Glue stick
Wooden bottle caps or holders (optional, to attach sponges)

Get ready with paints and sponges.
Cut the sponge into round shapes, or use ready‑made round sponges. Dip the sponge into paint and press it onto your images to make colorful crafts. You can use watercolors or fabric paints for this.

To make it easier to hold, you can glue the sponge to a handle or pin it onto something like a wooden bottle cap.

🌼 How to Make:

1. Ice Cream Craft 🍦

Print the cone shape on brown paper, cut it out, and paste it at the bottom of a white sheet.
Dip sponges in colorful paints and stamp scoops above the cone.

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2. Jellyfish Craft 🪼

Print the jellyfish head on a white sheet and the tentacles on colored sheets.
Stamp colorful sponge prints on the jellyfish head.
Cut out tentacles and paste them under the head on another sheet.

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3. Sun Craft ☀️

Print a circle on a white sheet.
Stamp colorful sponge prints inside the circle.
Print strips on yellow paper, cut them out, and paste them around the circle as rays.

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4. Kite Craft 🪁

Print a rhombus shape on a white sheet.
Stamp sponge prints on it and let it dry.
Print bows on colored sheets, cut them out, and paste them along a paper strip or yarn.
Paste all parts together on a white sheet to make a kite.

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5. Boat Craft ⛵

Print the boat bottom on a white sheet and the other parts on colored sheets.
Stamp sponge prints only on the boat bottom.
Cut out all parts and paste them together on a white sheet.

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6. Hat Craft 👒

Print the hat shape on a white sheet.
Stamp colorful sponge prints on it.
Cut out the hat and paste it on another sheet.
Print a strip and a flower on colored sheets, cut them out, and paste them on the hat.