--- title: 12 August Crafts for Preschoolers (Easy Ideas) description: 12 August crafts for preschoolers, each with a picture and simple steps. 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Easy ideas for ages 3 to 5 using paper, paint, and glue. [Kindergarten Prep Team](https://kindergarten-prep.com/blog/author/kindergarten-prep-team) Oct 11, 2026 --- August is hot, long, and a little aimless, and the last two weeks have a school bus in them. Here are 12 August crafts for preschoolers, each with a picture, supplies, and steps. A three-year-old paints the paper plate sun and dots the paper plate jellyfish on the porch, where the mess does not matter. A five-year-old weaves the paper weaving sea turtle shell over and under and saves the school bus for the week before preschool. The bus sits by the door on the first morning. ## Start here: three August crafts that always work [![Paper plate sun, an easy August craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C254-4.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C254-4.webp)**Paper plate sun***Yellow paint and paper rays, a three does it*](https://kindergarten-prep.com/blog/august-crafts-for-preschoolers#c254)[![Paper plate jellyfish, an easy August craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C136-2.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C136-2.webp)**Paper plate jellyfish***Dot markers and half a plate, no paint*](https://kindergarten-prep.com/blog/august-crafts-for-preschoolers#c136)[![School bus craft, an easy August craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C061-2.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C061-2.webp)**School bus craft***The back to school one, one carton and paint*](https://kindergarten-prep.com/blog/august-crafts-for-preschoolers#c061) All 12 Easy for 3 year olds No paint ## 12 August crafts for preschoolers, with pictures [![Paper plate sun, an easy August craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C254-4.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C254-4.webp)](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hubfs/crafts/C254-4.webp) ### 1. Paper plate sun The child paints a paper plate yellow and glues paper strips or triangles around the rim as rays, then adds a face. Fits August: Summer and Paper plate. Easy for 3sPaint and glue **You need:** 1 small white paper plate, yellow poster paint, orange paper, black marker, glue stick How to make it 1. Your child paints the plate yellow. Let it dry. 2. You cut orange triangles. 3. Rub glue stick on the back of the plate rim and press the triangles on from underneath, with the point sticking out as a ray. 4. Your child draws 2 dot eyes and a curved smile in the middle. [![Paper plate watermelon, an easy August craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C290-1.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C290-1.webp)](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hubfs/crafts/C290-1.webp) ### 2. Paper plate watermelon The child paints the rim green and the middle red, then glues on black beans or punches paper seeds. Fits August: Summer and Paper plate. Paint and glue **You need:** 1 paper plate, red paint, green paint, dried black beans, white glue How to make it 1. You cut the plate in half and use one half. 2. Your child paints the curved rim green as the rind and the flat middle red. Let it dry. 3. Glue black beans on the red part as seeds, pressing each one for a few seconds. [![Handprint campfire, an easy August craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C037-8.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C037-8.webp)](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hubfs/crafts/C037-8.webp) ### 3. Handprint campfire The child layers red, orange and yellow handprints as flames above brown paper logs. Fits August: Summer and Handprint. Handprint **You need:** white paper, red, orange and yellow paint, brown paper, glue How to make it 1. Paint your child's hand red and press it in the middle of the white paper, fingers pointing up. 2. Paint the hand orange and press it overlapping the first, to one side. 3. Paint it yellow and press it in front, between them. 4. You cut 2 brown strips and glue them in an X shape below the palms as logs. [![Paper weaving sea turtle, an easy August craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C280-2.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C280-2.webp)](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hubfs/crafts/C280-2.webp) ### 4. Paper weaving sea turtle The child weaves coloured paper strips over and under through slits in a turtle shell. Fits August: Summer and Ocean. Threading **You need:** green paper, yellow paper strips, 2 googly eyes, glue How to make it 1. Cut a turtle from green paper in one piece: a big round shell, a head, 4 flippers and a tail. 2. Cut slits across the shell. 3. Your child weaves the first yellow strip sideways through the slits, over and under. 4. Weave the next strips one below the other, starting opposite to the one above. Glue the ends down. 5. Glue 2 googly eyes on the head. [![Toilet paper roll octopus, an easy August craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C172-4.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C172-4.webp)](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hubfs/crafts/C172-4.webp) ### 5. Toilet paper roll octopus The child paints a cardboard tube, the bottom half is snipped into eight strips that curl out as legs, and eyes are glued on. Fits August: Summer and Toilet paper roll. Build it **You need:** 1 toilet paper roll, purple paint, 2 googly eyes, black marker How to make it 1. Your child paints the whole roll purple. Let it dry. 2. You snip the bottom half upward into 8 strips. 3. Your child bends each strip outward and curls the end up so the legs spread out. 4. Stick the 2 eyes onto the top half and draw a smile below. [![Egg carton ice cream cone, an easy August craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C053-1.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C053-1.webp)](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hubfs/crafts/C053-1.webp) ### 6. Egg carton ice cream cone The child paints egg carton cups as scoops and stacks them on a paper cone with a pompom cherry. Fits August: Ice cream and Letter I. Build it **You need:** single egg carton cups, pink, light green and yellow paint, brown paper, 1 red pom pom, light blue paper, white glue How to make it 1. You cut the cups apart and cut them in half. Your child paints them. Let them dry. 2. Cut a brown triangle and glue it point down on the light blue paper as the cone. 3. Glue the halved cups upside down in a stack above the cone, the first one touching the cone. 4. Glue the red pom pom on top as a cherry. 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School bus craft The child paints a milk carton, box or row of craft sticks yellow and adds black wheels and paper windows. Fits August: Community helpers and Shape. Paint and glue **You need:** jumbo craft sticks, yellow paint, 2 black paper circles, white paper squares, 1 sheet of light blue paper, glue How to make it 1. Your child paints the craft sticks yellow. Let them dry. 2. Lay the blue paper sideways. Glue the sticks one above the other, touching, to make a long yellow rectangle. 3. Glue white squares in a row across the upper part as windows. 4. Glue the 2 black circles at the bottom edge as wheels, one at each end. [![Star sticker constellation, an easy August craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C056-2.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C056-2.webp)](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hubfs/crafts/C056-2.webp) ### 8. Star sticker constellation The child sticks star stickers on black paper and joins them with chalk or white crayon lines. Fits August: Space. Collage **You need:** 1 sheet of black construction paper, gold star stickers, white chalk How to make it 1. Peel the stickers off the sheet for your child, or let them try. 2. Your child sticks stars on the black paper in a loose zigzag. 3. Draw a white chalk line from the first star to the next, then hand the chalk over. 4. Join all the stars in one chain. [![Coffee filter butterfly, an easy August craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C033-9.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C033-9.webp)](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hubfs/crafts/C033-9.webp) ### 9. Coffee filter butterfly The child colours a coffee filter with markers, sprays it with water, then pinches it in a clothespin or pipe cleaner body. Fits August: Spring and Summer. Easy for 3sProcess art **You need:** 1 round coffee filter, pink, blue, purple and yellow washable marker, water spray bottle, 1 wooden clothespin, 2 small googly eyes, 1 black pipe cleaner piece, glue How to make it 1. Your child scribbles all over the filter with all 4 colors. 2. Spray it with water so the colors bleed together. Leave it to dry. 3. You gather the filter in the middle and pinch it in the clothespin so it spreads into two wings. 4. Glue 2 eyes near the top of the clothespin. Bend the pipe cleaner into a V and clip it in the top. [![Handprint fish, an easy August craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C089-8.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C089-8.webp)](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hubfs/crafts/C089-8.webp) ### 10. Handprint fish The child makes sideways handprints in bright colours and adds eyes, bubbles and seaweed to make fish. Fits August: Summer and Father's Day. Handprint **You need:** 1 sheet of blue paper, 2 colours of paint, 2 googly eyes, black marker, green paper, glue How to make it 1. Paint your child's hand and press it sideways in the upper half of the blue paper. 2. Wash, then repeat in the other colour in the lower half. 3. Let the prints dry, then glue 1 googly eye on the palm end of each fish and draw a small smile. 4. You cut 2 wavy green strips. Glue them standing up from the bottom edge as seaweed. 5. Draw small circles above each fish as bubbles. [![Paper plate jellyfish, an easy August craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C136-2.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C136-2.webp)](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hubfs/crafts/C136-2.webp) ### 11. Paper plate jellyfish The child decorates half a paper plate with dot markers, adds eyes and tapes on yarn or ribbon tentacles. Fits August: Summer and Paper plate. Easy for 3sPaint and glue **You need:** 1 white paper plate, pink and purple dot markers, pink yarn, 2 large googly eyes, clear tape, glue How to make it 1. You cut the plate in half. Place one half with the curved edge at the top. 2. Your child stamps dots all over it with the dot markers. 3. Tape yarn pieces behind the straight bottom edge so they hang down as tentacles. 4. Glue the 2 large googly eyes in the middle. [![Paper plate ladybug, an easy August craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C141-2.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C141-2.webp)](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hubfs/crafts/C141-2.webp) ### 12. Paper plate ladybug The child paints a paper plate red, dots on black spots, and adds a black head, legs and googly eyes. Fits August: Spring and Summer. Paint and glue **You need:** 1 white paper plate, red and black poster paint, black paper, 2 googly eyes, glue How to make it 1. Your child paints the plate red. Let it dry. 2. Paint one black line down the middle from top to bottom. 3. Dot black spots on each side of the line. Let it dry. 4. You cut a black half circle and glue it at the top edge as the head. Glue the 2 googly eyes on it. 5. Cut 6 black strips and glue 3 under the rim on each side as legs. Nothing matches that filter. Clear it and try again. ## Easy august crafts for preschoolers: the 3 a young three can do These 3 need no exact cutting and no small pieces, so a young three can do most of it alone: [Paper plate sun](https://kindergarten-prep.com/blog/august-crafts-for-preschoolers#c254), [Coffee filter butterfly](https://kindergarten-prep.com/blog/august-crafts-for-preschoolers#c033), [Paper plate jellyfish](https://kindergarten-prep.com/blog/august-crafts-for-preschoolers#c136). ## Last-of-summer crafts with a 3 year old The paper plate sun and paper plate jellyfish are the low-prep ones. Yellow paint or dot markers, one plate, and a three year old does it alone while you cut the rays or tape the ribbons. The handprint campfire uses three colors of paint on one hand, red, orange and yellow. Press each color as its own print, stacked up from the logs. Do it outside and keep a bowl of water close. The school bus craft fits the week before preschool starts. Paint a milk carton or a row of craft sticks yellow, let it dry, and talk about the bus while your child glues on the wheels and windows. The star sticker constellation is a quiet one for after dinner. Black paper, a sheet of star stickers, a white crayon to join them, and a three year old can do the stickers alone. ## What you need for August crafts Most of these use the same handful of supplies: glue, googly eye, white paper plate, black marker, white glue, brown paper, green paper, light blue paper. Everything else is named on the craft it belongs to. 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