What are some fun crafts for pre- teens?

Giovanni Malool: You could get canvas bags from a craft store and buy fabric paints so that the guests can decorate the bags themselves. You could also do the same thing with t-shirts. Another way to come up with ideas is to go to your local craft shop and look at the prepackaged crafts and see if there is one you like. If so look at what supplies it gives you then buy enough for everyone instead of just the boxed set. Otherwise making plaster stepping stones is usually popular as is doing collage work. Most craft stores also sell pressed board boxes and such. I loved decorating them with paint and stickers when I was younger and I could use them as jewelry boxes or desk catchalls....Show more

Luis Farlow: -- make paper beads & string into jewelery, curtains, etc.http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Paper-Beadswww.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/pa...-- paint/decorate flower pots, vases, mugs, etc.-- make artificial flowerswww.papercraftcentral.com/paper-r... -- paper roseswww.or! igami-instructions.com/origami-lily.html - origami lilywww.origami-club.com/en/fruit/iris/iris/iris.gif - origami iriswww.youtube.com/watch?v=rT_SLFFt3... â€" tissue paper flowers-- make satchet potpourri www.ehow.com/how_8548_make-sachet...-- distribute one page to each kid & let them draw/decorate/write as they wish. later, you can add their photo or your party fotos to each page & bind into a scrapbook of your party.kids-paper-crafts.suite101.com/.../how_to_make_paper_photo_quilts-- each kid can make a box & that could also be their return-gift/favor [just put in some candies, etc].http://www.wikihow.com/Fold-a-Paper-Box-- collect old magazines. use the colored, glossy paper to make a collective landscape/picture by tearing & gluing on a large cardboard. You can add other embellishments like buttons, feathers, sequins, glitter, beads, ribbons, yarn, fabric, nuts & bolts, etc. etc. Later, you can get it framed & use a wall-hanging.-- just go wild with colors. use a p! lain bedsheet & fabric colors. you can spray-paint, make leaf/! veggie imprints, stamp pictures, paint free-hand, make palm & foot prints, etc. etc.some other general sites : http://familycrafts.about.com/od/teens/C...www.instructables.com/www.craftbits.com/www.craftideas.com/hope these inspireall the very best & have fun :-))...Show more