Cooking/Food Theme

Check out and create a variety of cupcake related crafts. These fun cupcake crafts are great for all ages. Browse through these cupcake projects and then submit your own.

You and your kids can use the craft recipes provided here to whip up some homemade clay, colorful paint, bath and beauty products, and even creative snacks.

Find out how to create this unique cupcake craft by recycling an almond can.

Find out how to make an alphabet collage using noodles or cereal and construction paper. This is a fun craft and a great way to help with letter recognition.

You can use this applesauce and cinnamon dough to make ornaments and sculptures.

Angela explains how you can make a costume that looks like a bag of jelly beans.

Believe it or not, you can make clay using slices of bread!

A fun and creative snack idea - paint a masterpiece on a piece of bread and then eat.

Use this free pattern to make beaded safety pin jewelry that looks like a candy corn.

Bake up some mini-cupcakes and creatively store and give them in a decorated egg carton.

This is a fun and simple activity that can even be at snack time! Just let the kids keep threading the cereal onto the chenille stems until they get bored, and then they can eat them.

Encourage your kids to play with their food while making colorful rainbow pictures.

Instructions to make a home made chia pet out of a potato.

Karen explains how you can create a bunny shaped picture using chocolate pudding.

Stacey Hicks shares this holiday snack mix and the reason behind each ingredient. Includes printable bag tag!

Make a story sack for the book Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett.

Follow these directions to make a unique collage using unpopped popcorn.

Try your hand at printmaking by making these unique prints using corncobs!

Find out how to make this simple yet creative Halloween costume. Follow these directions and you can dress up as cotton candy.

No trip to the circus is complete without getting some sweet, sticky cotton candy. This craft may not be sweet and sticky, but it sure looks like the real thing.

This instructional video shows you different foods your kids can use to finger paint.

Elizabeth shared this fun project made using shrink plastic. I think these are adorable!

Find a nice collection of printable activities all related to being healthy and eating vegetables.

Use these suggestions for fingerpainting with pudding! Great project for toddlers and preschoolers.

Find out how to create this fun and useful sleeve to slip onto a freezer pop to protect little fingers against the cold.

Instructions to make a cute fruit craft. Great for a bulletin board, submitted by PB3KIDS.

Find out how you can make miniature gingerbread-type houses using graham crackers.

Barbara E. shares this snack mix and the reason behind each ingredient. Includes printable bag tag!

What a great reason to celebrate on November 17th. Find ideas for crafts, games, and other activities.

Jan Hennings shares these directions for making a unique hot cocoa container.

See a photo of a hot dog Halloween costume made by Lissa MacGregor.

Follow these instructions and you can make a cob of Indian corn out of a toilet tissue roll.

Vicki Moretta shares her ideas for a New Year's snack mix and the reason behind each ingredient. Includes printable bag tag!

Find out how you can use a variety of noodles to create fun snowflake crafts.

Make yourself a paper apron just like the kind real chefs wear.

Jennifer Determan submitted this apron craft. While she helped her kids make this apron as a gift for their grandmothers, this can be a great gift for anyone.

Follow these instructions to make a corn cob magnet out of a pine cone

Make yourself a fancy pizza collage picture using a paper bag and old magazines.

Follow these directions and you can make a miniature ice cream cone using felt and pom-poms. This fun ice cream cone can be an ornament, necklace, or even a bracelet.

Make this unique pizza costume for Halloween or any time.

Become a popcorn box this Halloween with this easy to make costume idea shared by Bekah in Tennessee.

Make a picture using popcorn. With a little imagination, the possibilities are endless!

Check out these instructions for making wall decorations that look like potato people. A fun Saint Patrick's day craft shared by H. Marie.

These instructions will teach how to craft an apple into a Santa face.

Use this free pattern to make beaded safety pin jewelry that looks like a s'more.

Find out how to create this fun and unique hat using a paper plate that looks like a plate full of spaghetti and meatballs.

Learn how to trace your arm and use colored pop corn to make this neat tree full of blossoms.

This is a fun printmaking activity that that all ages will enjoy. Try your hand at printmaking by making nice designs using different vegetables.

Use this free pattern to make beaded safety pin jewelry that looks like a watermelon.

Make a craft that looks like a slice of watermelon using a paper plate and real watermelon seeds. A fun craft for Summer!

Several great crafts and other activities to help you plan a bakery theme.

This is an adorable crochet project from Ana Paula's Amigurumi Patterns & Random Cuteness blog.

Check out these directions for making your own brown bag lunch using felt. I love this!

This free Little Cafe Con Leche Cup pattern is from from Amigurumi World.

If you want to go one step farther than the crocheted marshmallow I shared, why not make a crocheted s'more.