October 12, 2026

Crafts for Ages 9–10

Older children making a paper collage and a folded animal

Nines and tens want a result that looks intentional. These crafts still use household paper and cardboard, but the steps include measuring, layering, and a design choice. Give them the plan and let them change colours and details.

Layered paper landscape

Ages: 9–10. Time: 40 minutes.

You need: three sheets of paper, scissors, glue, pencil.

  1. Cut a far hill, a near hill, and a foreground strip.
  2. Stack them from light in the back to dark in the front.
  3. Add one object: a tree, a house, or a boat.
  4. Glue only the bottom edge of each layer so the paper lifts a little.

Leaving a small gap between layers makes the picture feel deeper.

Folded fox

Ages: 9–10. Time: 25 minutes.

You need: a square of paper, marker.

  1. Fold the square in half into a triangle.
  2. Fold the two side points in to make ears.
  3. Fold a small tip up for the nose.
  4. Draw eyes and an ear line.

Use a 15 cm square. Smaller paper is fiddly.

Cardboard bookmark press

Ages: 9–10. Time: 30 minutes.

You need: cereal-box cardboard, paper, glue, markers.

  1. Cut two matching rectangles.
  2. Draw a border and a small picture on paper and glue it to one rectangle.
  3. Glue the second rectangle behind it.
  4. Punch a hole and add yarn if you have it.

Two layers stop the bookmark from curling.

Pattern grid

Ages: 9–10. Time: 30 minutes.

You need: paper, ruler, markers.

  1. Draw a grid of 16 boxes with a ruler.
  2. Pick three colours and one rule, such as stripes, dots, checks.
  3. Fill each box with a different mix of the rule.
  4. Stop at 16. A full grid is the finished piece.

The ruler is the new skill. Hold it with a spare finger so it does not slide.

The Imagination Hive is a children’s art and STEM studio in Milton, Ontario. These projects use ordinary paper and scraps so you can start today.

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