Top 10 Summer Christian Crafts for Toddlers for 2026 ✂️🕊️

Summer christian crafts for toddlers can be surprisingly hard to find when you just want something simple that won’t leave your kitchen covered in glitter. I put this list together because most faith-based activities online are geared toward older kids with long attention spans.

If you are a parent or Sunday school teacher dealing with short toddler focus windows, these options will help. You will get easy, low-mess projects that keep little hands busy while sharing simple Bible stories they can actually understand.

1. Paper Plate Noah’s Ark 🌈

Rainy summer afternoons usually mean restless kids, but making a colorful boat is a great way to talk about God’s promises. Toddlers love anything involving stickers, which makes this project incredibly easy to set up. It requires very little prep time and keeps their attention focused on placing the animals side by side.

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Craft Supplies & How to Make

1. Buy heavy-duty white paper plates and a pack of foam animal stickers.
2. Cut the paper plate in half to create the base of the ark.
3. Have your toddler color the half-plate with brown crayons or washable markers.
4. Let them peel and stick the animal pairs onto the top edge of the boat.

2. Handprint Fishers of Men 🐟

Kids love getting messy with paint, and stamping their little hands makes a wonderful keepsake for your fridge. This specific activity ties perfectly into the story of Jesus calling his disciples by the water. You can easily do this outside on the patio to keep paint away from your living room rug.

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Craft Supplies & How to Make

1. Grab a pack of blue construction paper and non-toxic washable finger paints (orange, yellow, and red).
2. Help your child coat their palm in the paint and press it firmly onto the blue paper.
3. Once the handprint dries, use a black marker to draw a small eye and a smile on the thumb part of the print.
4. Write “I will make you fishers of men” neatly at the bottom of the page.

3. David’s Five Painted Stones 🪨

Finding rocks in the backyard gives your little ones a reason to get outside before the afternoon heat kicks in. It is a very hands-on way to teach the story of David and Goliath without needing expensive materials. Plus, toddlers genuinely enjoy washing the dirt off the rocks before they start painting them.

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Craft Supplies & How to Make

1. Gather five smooth, flat outdoor rocks or buy river rocks from a craft store.
2. Provide your child with a palette of chunky washable tempera paints and thick paintbrushes.
3. Let them paint the rocks however they want, mixing colors and covering the surface.
4. Leave the rocks in the summer sun to dry completely.

4. Popsicle Stick Crosses ✝️

When you only have five minutes to prep an activity, grabbing some wooden sticks and yarn is a complete lifesaver. Wrapping string around sticks is excellent for developing those early fine motor skills. You can hang these up in their bedroom window when they finish.

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Craft Supplies & How to Make

1. Purchase a box of jumbo wooden craft sticks and a few skeins of multicolored yarn.
2. Glue two craft sticks together in the shape of a cross and let the glue dry.
3. Tie one end of the yarn securely to the middle of the cross.
4. Show your toddler how to wrap the yarn around the sticks in different directions.

5. Creation Day Sun Catchers ☀️

Hanging something colorful in a sunlit window instantly brightens up the room on a lazy July morning. Tearing up paper is a sensory activity that toddlers usually find hilarious and fun. This visual project makes talking about God creating the light completely natural.

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Craft Supplies & How to Make

1. Buy a roll of clear contact paper and a pack of bright yellow and orange tissue paper.
2. Cut a large circle out of the contact paper and tape it sticky-side up on the table.
3. Have your toddler tear the yellow and orange tissue paper into small, messy pieces.
4. Let them drop the pieces onto the sticky circle, then seal it with another piece of contact paper and stick it to the window.

6. Joseph’s Coat of Many Colors 🧥

Scraps of colored paper often end up in the trash, but they work great for practicing early gluing skills. This idea is basically foolproof because there is no wrong way for a two-year-old to arrange the pieces. It helps them learn their colors while you share the story of Joseph’s special gift.

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Craft Supplies & How to Make

1. Print out a simple black-and-white outline of a coat on heavy cardstock.
2. Gather leftover scraps of colored paper or buy a pack of multicolored construction paper.
3. Give your toddler a purple glue stick (so they can see where they apply it).
4. Let them paste the colorful squares all over the coat outline until it is full.

7. Moses in the Basket 🧺

Digging through your pantry for basic baking supplies is all it takes to set up this simple baby Moses scene. Using a cupcake liner as a little boat is a fun surprise for kids who are used to normal paper crafts. It provides a tactile way to explain how Moses was kept safe in the river.

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Craft Supplies & How to Make

1. You will need standard brown paper cupcake liners, a blue paper plate, and mini baby figures (or draw a baby on paper).
2. Cut the blue paper plate in half to represent the river water.
3. Cut a brown cupcake liner in half to look like a small basket.
4. Glue the basket onto the blue water and place the little baby inside.

8. Daniel’s Lion Paper Plate Mask 🦁

Pretend play keeps toddlers entertained for ages, especially when they get to roar and run around the living room. Making a mask is highly interactive and gives them a prop to use long after the craft is done. You can read the story of Daniel in the lions’ den while they wear their new creation.

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Craft Supplies & How to Make

1. Buy yellow paper plates, orange tissue paper, and a pack of jumbo wooden craft sticks.
2. Cut the center out of the yellow paper plate so your child can peek through it.
3. Have your toddler glue crumpled pieces of orange tissue paper around the rim to make a furry mane.
4. Tape a large craft stick to the bottom edge so they can hold the mask up to their face.

9. Jonah and the Whale Paper Bags 🐋

Storytime becomes much more engaging when your child has a little puppet to play along with the characters. Paper bags are surprisingly durable for tiny hands that tend to grip things tightly. They can open and close the bag’s fold to make the whale ‘swallow’ a small paper Jonah.

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Craft Supplies & How to Make

1. Get a pack of standard brown paper lunch bags and blue acrylic paint.
2. Let your child paint the entire paper bag blue and wait for it to dry.
3. Cut out a simple water spout and tail from blue paper and glue them to the bag.
4. Draw an eye on the side and let them use their hand inside the bag to make the whale’s mouth open.

10. Let Your Light Shine Fireflies ✨

Catching bugs outside at dusk is a classic summer memory, and bringing that idea indoors avoids the mosquito bites. Using a bit of glow-in-the-dark paint makes this project feel like absolute magic to a toddler. It perfectly pairs with the Bible verse about letting your light shine in the world.

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Craft Supplies & How to Make

1. Purchase a small plastic jar, glow-in-the-dark kid-safe paint, and yellow pipe cleaners.
2. Help your toddler dip their thumb into the glowing paint and press it randomly around the plastic jar to make ‘fireflies’.
3. Use a black marker to draw little wings on each dried thumbprint.
4. Twist the yellow pipe cleaners around the lid for decoration and turn off the lights to see the jar glow.

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I hope these simple projects give you a few moments of peace and connection with your little ones this season. If you found these ideas helpful for your Sunday school class or afternoons at home, be sure to pin this post to your Pinterest board so you can easily find it later!