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Teen Crafts - Crafts, Projects and Ideas for Teens

Teen crafts are great fun! Arts and crafts project ideas and resources for teens can be found here. Many types of crafts for older kids, teens and young adults are simply taking adult crafting and giving them a teen look. Ideas for craft fairs and crafts for shows for youth groups and teen clubs can also be found here.
Aches and Itches Bath Salts Craft
Ease aches and itches away with these salts. Prefect teen craft for camping or to sell in a youth group booth.
Beaded Bookmark Craft
Make this beautiful bookmark with beads and twine. Now your teen's books can wear beaded jewelry too.
Beaded Glass Heart and Pearl Choker Project - Making Jewelry
Step by step instructions on jewelry making, beaded glass heart and pearl choker.
Beaded Personalized Stretch Bracelet
Beaded bracelet craft for teens to make with a personalized flair that teens really enjoy.
Indian Corn Beaded Safety Pin Pattern
Beaded safety pin craft pattern for the fall season, indian corn.
Pumpkin Craft Beaded Safety Pin Pattern
Beaded safety pin craft pattern, pumpkin on a vine.
Beaded Safety Pin Patterns Index
Great to swap with friends.
Beaded Stretch Bracelet Pattern
Beaded bracelet pattern for an easy to make stretch bracelet. Teen girls love beading and making these pretty stretch bracelets with different craft patterns. This free pattern comes with step by step instructions to make this bracelet.
Belt for Wearable Teen Crafts
Simple belt craft for teens to make and wear. This craft can be sewn with a sewing machine or by hand.
Braided Bead and Hemp Anklet
Anklets are a nice body embellishment for teenagers who enjoy wearing sandals. This anklet is an easy to make craft and budget friendly.
Cable Friendship Bracelet Craft
Step by step instructions on how to make a cable friendship bracelet.
Cable Friendship Bracelet
A simple friendship bracelet pattern that can be made quickly using embroidery floss.
Chocolate Lip Balm
Recipe to make chocolate lip balm for teens. Fun craft and teen party activity.
Chocolate Rose Buds Valentine Crafts
How to make these beautiful rose Valentine craft.
Cleopatra's Honey & Milk Bath
Your own spa recipe for skin like Cleopatra!
Crafts made from Drinking Straws - Trash to Treasure Crafts
Find many teen crafts using straws. A great way to recycle clean drinking straws.
Decoupage Bookmarks
Decoupage bookmarks that teens can make with many different themes heart, star, clover, sun and more.
Decoupage Clover Bookmark Craft - Saint Patricks Crafts for Teens
Fun craft for teens to do. Decoupaging is easy for older kids and teens, this Saint Patricks Day clover bookmark craft can be made for school or shared with friends.
Decoupage Heart - Teen Crafts
Craft for teens to make, a decoupaged heart.
Decoupage Snowman Bookmark Craft - Winter Crafts for Teens
Fun craft for teens to do. Decoupaging is easy for older kids and teens, this winter snowman bookmark craft can be made for school or shared with friends.
Decoupage Star Bookmark Craft - Patriotic Crafts for Teens
Fun craft for teens to do. Decoupaging is easy for older kids and teens, this patriotic star bookmark craft can be made for school or shared with friends.
Decoupage Summer Sun Bookmark Craft
Fun summer craft for one teen or groups of teens to do. Decoupaging is easy for older kids and teens, this summer sun bookmark craft can be made for school or shared with friends.
Drop Pearl Beaded Earrings
Teens enjoy making beading jewelry crafts. This beaded earring project is the Drop Pearl Beaded Earrings project.
Earrings for Beginners
Beginner jewelry makers will find some easy earring crafts. If you're new to jewelry making, earring crafts are the best place to begin.
Easy Knitted Scarf Craft
Trendy and stylish kitted scarf craft for teens to make, very easy beginners craft for teen's to learn how to knit. Wonderful teen craft for winter.
Ediable Valentine Crafts
Yummy valentine messages for make and eat Valentine crafts.
Energizing Bath Salts
Give your body that extra zing with these salts, useful bath crafts.
Fall Crafts - Girl Scout Swaps - Indian Corn Pin
Fun fall craft pin, indian corn, made with pony beads and corn husk. Step by step instructions for this pin which makes a great Girl Scout Swap.
Falling Leaves Beaded Earrings
Teens enjoy making beading jewelry crafts. This beaded earring project is the Falling Leaves Earrings project.
Free Cross Stitch Pattern Flamingo
This teen craft is a cross stitched pink flamingo in a tropical theme for teens and old kids to do. It uses the simplier cross stitch stitches and can be made into a number the things.
Free Digital Quick Page Album: Birthdays
Fun digital birthday quick pages you can download and use right away with your children's birthday pictures.
Free Digital Scrapbooking Kit: Caught Thinking
This free digital scrapbooking quick page and kit, Caught Thinking is perfect for digital pictures of your teens staring off into space.
Free Digital Scrapbooking Kit: Fab Colors Base Kit
This free digital scrapbooking kit, FAb Colors is a base kit with papers and elements for fun pictures of you and your family. Very colorful and perfect for celebrations and summertime.
Free Digital Scrapbooking Kit: Fab Colors Birthday Kit
This free digital scrapbooking kit, Birthdays in Fab Colors is a kit with a birthday theme with papers and elements for fun pictures of you and your family. Coordinates with the free Fab Colors Base Kit.
Free Digital Scrapbooking Kit: Graduation
This free digital scrapbooking kit, Graduation is perfect for digital pictures of your teen's school graduation. It makes saving the memory so easy.
Free Printable Halloween Coupons
Printable coupons for Hallowen treats for your teenager.
Free Scrapbooking Cutouts Index
These free printable scrapbooking supplies can be printed on cardstock and used how ever many times you wish. New sets will be added to this page, so bookmark it now!
Friendship Circle Swap
A Girl Scout Pin SWAP with a friendship theme, made with pony beads and ribbon.
Friendship Pin Patterns
Over fifty different patterns for those fun friendship pins using seed bead and safety pins.
Fringed Pocket Purse Made with Jeans
Pocket purse made with the back pocket of a recycled pair of blue jeans. Fringed and beaded for a trendy look.
Girl Scout SWAPS
SWAPS are Girl Scout crafts which girls trade with each other to promote friendship. They can be pin crafts, bookmark crafts or any other small crafts.
Give a Pair of Jeans the Grunge Look
How to make a pair of jeans have the grunge look.
Glistening Winter Nights Bath Salts
This bath salts recipe will calm any busy teen on a winter’s night. Plus they will love the glittery look.
Glove Crafts
Find many teen crafts using gloves. A great way to recycle lonely gloves and mittens.
Graduation Beaded Safety Pin Patterns
Smilin' grad and grad cap seed bead patterns for these easy to make beaded pins for graduation. This is a recommended youth group craft as supplies are easy to get in bulk.
Grapefruit Face Mask
For the oily skin type, useful teen bath crafts.
Halloween Fall Craft Beaded Safety Pin Patterns
Over ten different Halloween craft patterns for seed bead friendship pins. Scroll down to catch them all.
How to Make Beaded Earrings Jewelry Craft for Teens - Bunch of Flowers
Making beading jewelry crafts for teens - beaded earring project - Bunch of Flowers Beaded Earrings
How to Make Beaded Earrings Jewelry Craft for Teens - Flower Dangle Beaded Earrings
Making beading jewelry crafts for teens - beaded earring project - Flower Dangle Beaded Earrings.
How to Make Beaded Earrings Jewelry Craft for Teens - Loopy Loops Beaded Earrings
Making beading jewelry crafts for teens - beaded earring project - Loopy Loops Beaded Earrings.
How to Make Beaded Earrings Jewelry Craft for Teens
Making beading jewelry crafts for teens - beaded earring project - it's hip to be square beaded earrings.
How to Make Friendship Bracelets - Learn the Basics
Making Friendship bracelets is a creative activity for friends to do for each other or together. This article explains the basics of making friendship bracelets and has links to our bracelet patterns.
Indian Corn Pin
Fun fall craft pin, indian corn, made with pony beads and corn husk. Step by step instructions for this pin which makes a great Girl Scout Swap.
Jean Bracelet Craft for Teens
Braided blue jean bracelet with scraps of blue jeans we had left over from another craft and some beads. It's easy and totally cute.
Jeans Notebook Cover, Crafts for Teens
Cover a notebook with a recycled pair of jeans, craft for teens.
Jeans Pencil Holder Craft for Teen School Lockers
Recycled jeans pencil holder craft for teens to use in their school lockers.
Jeans Pencil Holder Craft for Teen School Lockers
Recycled jeans pencil holder craft for teens to use in their school lockers.
Kids Teens Crafts - Outdoor Nature Craft - Earring Holder Branch
Outdoor and nature craft for older kids and teens, earring holder branch.
Leaf Tshirt Camping Craft
Making a Tshirt camping and outdoor craft. Nature collage leaf craft for kids for camping events or family camping trips.
Leaf Wreath Sign In Craft
Fun crafts for fall fun and harvest parties.
Make a Graduation Tassel Key Chain
Graduation crafts for teens to make for friends, party favors or just because they want one. This cute craft is a tassel key chain that any grad would love to have.
Make a Love Bead Necklace
Teen crafts for hippy theme events, camps and parties - Make a Love Bead Necklace
Make a Mug Gel Candle
Making this wonderful candle is easy. It is a melt and pour gel candle type that can be used for various candle making projects.
Make a Round Striped Friendship Bracelet
Pattern for a striped friendship bracelet.
Make a Simple Beaded Ring for Fingers or Toes
This simple beaded ring can be made in any color or multi-colors. It is versatile in size, just add or subtract a few of the smaller beads to make it bigger or smaller. And the elastic makes it comfortable to wear as a toe ring as well, which is a trend teens really like.
Make a Striped Friendship Bracelet
Pattern for a striped friendship bracelet.
Make Cell Phone Charms
Cell phone charms are very easy to make if you have the right supplies. Teens love them because they can personalize their cell phones with them and change them from time to time to something new. They are also a fun craft that last a long time.
Make Chocolate Covered Strawberries - Food Crafting with Teens
This is a simple way for making chocolate covered strawberries that teens like to make as a food craft and love to eat.
Making Gel Votive Candle Project
Step by step instructions on how to make a gel votive candles.
Making Initial Greeting Cards
A simple initial card that can be made in your word processor and printed out on card stock. Making cards is a fun craft for teens and the whole family.
Making Initial Greeting Cards
A simple initial card that can be made in your word processor and printed out on card stock. Making cards is a fun craft for teens and the whole family.
Paper Bookmark - Crafts for Teens
This easy to make bookmark won't kill your activity budget either. A simple and useful teen craft that can be easily made in groups.
Peace Sign Stickers to Print for Free
Stickers printable craft for 1960s peace sign themed events for older kids and teens.
Perler Bead Patterns - Teen Crafting with Perler Beads
Fun perler bead patterns that teens can make with groups and enjoy this activity with friends.
Personalized Blue Jean Neck Pillow
Easy teen craft, a no sew blue jean neck pillow and it is personalized!
Personalized T-shirt Craft for Teens to Make
Teens can make this simple personalized tshirt for any event or sport. Easy to make and lasts for a lifetime of memories.
Printable Birthday Cards - Free Printable Cards Birthday
Free printable birthday cards that you can print out and use.
Printable Cards Graduation Invitations - Free Printable Invitations for Graduation Party
Free printable graduation invitations for graduation parties, simple printable craft for grads.
Printable Cards Mothers Day - Free Printable Cards for Mothers Day
Free printable cards for Mother's Day that you can print out and use.
Printable Fathers Day Cards - Free Printable Cards for Fathers Day
Printable Father's Day cards that you can just print out, fold and give to Dad.
Printable Harvest Party Invitations
Invitations to print out for a Harvest party.
Printable Thank You Cards
Free printable Thank You Cards that you can print out and use to show your gratitude for gifts from graduation, birthdays, Christmas, etc. .
Ribbon Hair Tie Teen Craft
This is a simple craft for teens to make a hair tie and use it with school colors or to coordinate with a special outfit.
Round Striped Friendship Bracelet
A simple round friendship bracelet pattern that can be made semi-quickly using embroidery floss.
School Crafts - Locker Notepad
A notepad for your school locker, with pen. Very cool school craft.
Seed Bead Pin Patterns
These Valentine crafts can be addictive. Instructions and patterns for these cute seed bead and pin Valentine crafts.
Sewn Flower Bookmark Craft for Teens
Your teen can learn how to sew with this easy to sew bookmark craft on recycled denim jeans.
Snowflake, Ice Skate and Snowman Seed Bead Patterns
Scroll down past Rudolph and you will find three winter craft patterns for seed bead pins you can make and trade with other teens.
Sock Crafts
Find many teen crafts using socks. A great way to recycle single socks and even nylons.
Sparklin' Hot Summer Nights Bath Salts
This bath salt recipe will soothe excited teens on a hot summer’s night. Plus they will love the glittery look.
Stripe Friendship Bracelet or Anklet
Flat, four stand friendship bracelet, directions with diagram.
Striped Bracelet
An intermediate friendship bracelet pattern that is made using embroidery floss.
Summer Crochet Sunglasses Case
This summer crochet pattern for sunglasses case is a fun and easy project for teens learning to crochet - and it looks hot.
Summer Flower Flip Flops
Flip flops are a standard summer fashion for teens. You can make these fun summery flower flip flops in one afternoon and be wearing them in one hour. This fun summer craft is great for teens and older kids.
Summer Jewel Sparkle Flip Flops
Flip flops are a standard summer fashion for teens. You can make these fun jewel sparkle flip flops in one afternoon and be wearing them tonight.
Trendy Summer Tote Bag Craft for Teens
Trendy summer tote bag to take to the beach. Easy stamping and sewing craft for teens to make.
Using Magazines and Catalogs in Crafts
Find many teen crafts using old magazines and catalogs. A fun way to recycle.
Valentine's Day Recipes For Teens
Cute heart and fun love type recipes for teens to make for friends, their dates or you to whip up for a family Valentine's Day dinner at home.
Vanilla Lip Gloss
Great tasting lip gloss, useful makeup crafts.
Wish Friendship Bracelet
A simple bracelet teens make to make a wish.
Wrapped Pen Craft
Step by step instructions with pictures to make this pen craft that older kids and teens will enjoy making.
Arts and Crafts Business
Learn all about having an arts and crafts business as well as how to sell arts and crafts for your youth group or organization.
Back Pack Bead Critters
Alphabetically listing of pony bead beadie critters to make and hook an your back pack.
CD Crafts
Find many teen crafts using CDs. A great way to recycle all those CDs you get in the mail.

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