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Story Time Craft Ideas for Kids to Recreate During the Month of June

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Story Time Craft Ideas for Kids to Recreate During the Month of June

As the summer sun begins to shine brighter and school days wind down, June becomes the perfect month for kids to explore their creativity through fun and educational crafts.

Why not combine the joy of storytelling with the excitement of crafting to keep young minds engaged?

In this roundup post, we’ll explore a variety of story time craft ideas designed to inspire and entertain children throughout the month of June. We even included some book suggestions under each one. We hope you give these ideas a try this month. Happy crafting, my friends!

A colorful seahorse craft made from blue paper, tissue paper, and a googly eye is displayed on patterned sheets next to the book Mister Seahorse by Eric Carle—perfect for summer craft ideas. The image is tagged @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS.

PAPER PLATE SEAHORSE

AFFILIATE LINK – MISTER SEAHORSE BOOK

A children’s book titled Seagull Sid and the Naughty Things His Seagulls Did! lies on colorful ocean-themed paper, surrounded by a paper plate seagull craft, starfish, and fish—perfect for summer craft ideas. @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS is tagged.

PAPER PLATE SEAGULL

AFFILIATE LINK – SEAGULL SID

A Pete the Cat book titled Pete the Cat and the Bad Banana sits on patterned paper beside a craft palm tree made from a painted paper plate, a craft stick trunk, and brown cutout coconuts—perfect for summer craft ideas. @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS is at the bottom.

PAPER PLATE PALM TREE

AFFILIATE LINK – PETE THE CAT BAD BANANA

Children’s book “A House for Hermit Crab” by Eric Carle on ocean-themed paper, featuring a paper crab, starfish, yellow fish, and a creative paper plate craft—perfect for summer craft ideas. The @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS watermark is at the bottom.

PAPER PLATE HERMIT CRAB

AFFILIATE LINK – A HOUSE FOR HERMIT CRAB

A fun summer craft idea: a paper girl in a purple swimsuit floats on a blue sheet decorated with sea animal stickers. Colorful patterned paper and the book And Then Comes Summer complete this playful scene.

PAPER PLATE POOL FLOATIE

AFFILIATE LINK – AND THEN COMES SUMMER

A childrens book, The Berenstain Bears Lemonade Stand, a Sharpie, glue stick, and a lemon-themed summer craft idea made from paper and a cupcake liner are on a table with pastel papers. @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS text is at the bottom.

CUPCAKE LINER LEMONADE

AFFILIATE LINK – LEMONADE STAND

A Pete the Cat Goes Camping book rests on colorful starry paper. In front is a campfire craft made from hand-shaped paper cutouts and popsicle sticks—perfect for summer craft ideas! @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS is written at the bottom.

POPSICLE STICK CAMPFIRE

AFFILIATE LINK – PETE THE CAT GOES CAMPING

A childrens book titled How to Catch a Mermaid sits behind a mermaid craft made from a colored paper cutout and a brown paper plate with glitter and googly eyes—perfect for summer craft ideas. The username @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS is at the bottom.

PAPER PLATE MERMAID CLAM

AFFILIATE LINK – HOW TO CATCH A MERMAID

A children’s book titled Turkeys Sandtastic Beach Day lies on colorful paper, topped with a handmade turkey craft made of craft sticks, paper, and googly eyes—perfect for summer craft ideas. @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS is written at the bottom.

POPSICLE STICK TURKEY

AFFILIATE LINK – TURKEY’S BEACH DAY

A mermaid-themed summer craft idea with a book titled Mermaid School, a handmade card featuring a paint-and-felt mermaid, blue felt fish, star stickers, and a dolphin cutout on a dark surface. Text: @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS.

FOOTPRINT MERMAID

AFFILIATE LINK – MERMAID SCHOOL

A childrens book titled Frank the Farting Flamingo and a handmade craft with You Are Fla-Mazing! features a flamingo made from a pink handprint, perfect for summer craft ideas, next to illustrated palm trees. @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS is at the bottom.

HANDPRINT FLAMINGO

AFFILIATE LINK – FRANK THE FARTING FLAMINGO

A kids’ beach-themed craft scene features a handmade palm tree on white paper, decorated with colored paper, a mermaid, a crab, a flamingo sticker, scrapbook paper, and the book Beach Bummer—perfect for fun summer craft ideas. @GLUETOMYCRAFTS is labeled.

THUMBPRINT PALM TREE

AFFILIATE LINK – BEACH BUMMER

A copy of Pete the Cat and the Treasure Map sits beneath a red paper pirate hat craft—complete with googly eye, colorful feathers, and black mustache—perfect for summer craft ideas. The handle @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS appears at the bottom.

POPSICLE STICK PARROT

AFFILIATE LINK – PETE THE CAT TREASURE MAP

A book and a cut out of a lantern—perfect inspiration for summer craft ideas.

STAINED GLASS LANTERN

AFFILIATE LINK – LET’S GO CAMPING

A children’s book titled Pie-Rats lies under two pirate-themed summer craft ideas: a red pirate hat made from a paper plate and a crayon-colored pirate flag with a skull and crossbones, on a blue background.

PAPER PLATE PIRATE SHIP

AFFILIATE LINK – PIE RATS!

A children’s book titled “How to Be a Superhero” sits on star-patterned paper with two handmade superhero bookmarks—one of this summer's cutest craft ideas—made from craft sticks, felt, and googly eyes. The Instagram handle @GLUETOMYCRAFTS appears at the bottom.

POPSICLE STICK SUPERHERO

AFFILIATE LINK – HOW TO BE A SUPERHERO

A book with a cut out of paper and a hamburger, perfect for summer craft ideas.

POPSICLE STICK HAMBURGER

AFFILIATE LINK – HAMBURGER HARRIET

A handmade Fathers Day card featuring a smiling pink bug in a jar is displayed on blue paper, alongside a red book titled My Grandpa is Grand! and felt heart decorations—a sweet addition to your summer craft ideas. The handle @gluedtomycrafts is at the bottom.

THUMBPRINT FATHER’S DAY CARD

AFFILIATE LINK – MY GRANDPA IS GRAND

A perfect addition to your summer craft ideas, this children’s DIY Father’s Day project features a paper with a painted hammer and a brown handprint handle, surrounded by red heart stickers, next to the book How to Catch a Daddysaurus.

HANDPRINT HAMMER

AFFILIATE LINK – HOW TO CATCH A DADDYSAURUS

A handmade card reads I HAVE THE BEST POP IN THE WORLD! with a child’s green handprint as the “O” in POP, decorated with hearts. Behind it is a book titled “Dad’s Runaway Butt!”—a fun choice for summer craft ideas on patterned blue paper.

BEST POP KEEPSAKE PRINTABLE

AFFILIATE LINK – DAD’S RUNAWAY BUTT BOOK

A “Grumpy Monkey” book, Elmer’s School Glue, and a handmade yellow paper plate craft monkey with brown ears and tail on a polka dot background—perfect for summer craft ideas. @GluedToMyCrafts is displayed at the bottom.

PAPER PLATE BANANA

AFFILIATE LINK – GRUMPY MONKEY