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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 “There’s a Superhero in Your Book” lies on a green patterned surface. In front is a craft superhero figure—one of many fun summer craft ideas—made from a popsicle stick, green mask, and paper cape.

POPSICLE STICK SUPERHERO PUPPET

AFFILIATE LINK – THERE’S A SUPERHERO IN YOUR BOOK

A childrens book titled Theres a Unicorn in Your Book sits beside a unicorn craft made from a paper plate, red yarn, pink paper, and a glittery horn—perfect for fun summer craft ideas! Tag: @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS.

PAPER PLATE UNICORN MASK

AFFILIATE LINK – THERE’S A UNICORN IN YOUR 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 handmade card with a yellow cupcake liner fish and red fins reads “Swimming by to say…” Surrounded by ocean-themed paper cutouts and the “Pete the Cat: Pete at the Beach” book—perfect for summer craft ideas. @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS watermark at the bottom.

CUPCAKE LINER FISH CRAFT IDEA

AFFILIATE LINK – PETE AT THE BEACH

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

Two children’s books, “Grumpy Monkey” and “Pete the Cat and the Bad Banana,” are on a table with a yellow paper plate banana craft. The handle @gluedtomycrafts appears at the bottom.

PAPER PLATE BANANA CRAFT IDEA

AFFILIATE LINK – PETE THE CAT BAD BANANA

A children’s book titled “The Best Mouse Cookie” sits next to a mouse craft made from paper, tissue, and a googly eye—perfect for summer craft ideas. Gold and silver star decorations surround the items. The text @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS appears at the bottom.

PAPER PLATE MOUSE

AFFILIATE LINK – BEST MOUSE COOKIE

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

A children’s book titled The Watermelon Seed with a cartoon crocodile on the cover sits on colorful paper, next to a handmade watermelon craft—perfect for summer craft ideas using green yarn and pink tissue paper.

PAPER PLATE WATERMELON

AFFILIATE LINK – THE WATERMELON SEED

A Dr. Seuss Sharks book is shown with a popsicle stick shark craft featuring gray paper fins, white zigzag teeth, and a googly eye, placed on colored paper. The handle @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS is at the bottom—perfect for your next shark kid craft!.

POPSICLE STICK SHARK

AFFILIATE LINK – DR SEUSS SHARKS

A fun summer craft idea inspired by Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs uses a paper plate with red tissue for sauce, white yarn for spaghetti, and brown paper circles for meatballs. Elmer's glue and the book complete this creative activity.

PAPER PLATE SPAGHETTI

AFFILIATE LINK – CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS

A children's book titled And Then Comes Summer is displayed with colorful paper cutouts of hand shapes and craft sticks arranged to resemble a campfire, perfect for summer craft ideas. @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS is watermarked on the image.

POPSICLE STICK CAMPFIRE

AFFILIATE LINK – AND THEN COMES SUMMER

Three handmade puppets made from wooden craft sticks—one with blonde hair and a blue dress, and two brown bear faces with googly eyes—are perfect for summer craft ideas. Decorative paper and gold ribbon add flair. @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS is at the bottom.

USE SPOONS & PAINT TO MAKE STORY TIME PUPPETS

AFFILIATE LINK – GOLDILOCKS & THE THREE BEARS

A Paddington Bear All Day book sits on pastel striped paper, next to a bear face craft made from popsicle sticks, googly eyes, and brown paper—perfect for summer craft ideas. @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS is written at the bottom.

POPSICLE STICK BEAR CRAFT IDEA

AFFILIATE LINK – PADDINGTON BEAR ALL DAY

A copy of Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons lies on striped paper with two paper plate crafts resembling buttons—one red, one yellow—each with four white circles. @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS is written at the bottom, perfect for summer craft ideas.

PAPER PLATE BUTTONS

AFFILATE LINK – PETE THE CAT AND HIS FOUR GROOVY BUTTONS

Colorful craft sticks painted as crayons lie on a book titled The Day The Crayons Quit, with each stick decorated with a smiling face and a matching paper tip—making this scene perfect for those looking for creative summer craft ideas. An Instagram handle @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS appears twice.

POPSICLE STICK CRAYONS – ADD SMALL TRIANGLES TO THE TOPS

AFFILATE LINK – THE DAY THE CRAYONS QUIT

A children’s book titled A Pizza With Everything On It is next to a handmade pizza slice craft made from colored paper shaped like a hand. Red dot pepperoni and a brown paper crust are on the craft, making it one of our favorite summer craft ideas. @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS.

PAPER PLATE AND HANDPRINT PIZZA

AFFILATE LINK – A PIZZA WITH EVERYTHING ON IT

A children’s book titled The Sun Thief is next to a paper plate art project covered in yellow and white paint, on a pastel dotted surface—perfect inspiration for summer craft ideas. The image is watermarked with @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS.

SIMILAR TO OUR PAINT SPLAT MOON TUTORIAL, YOU CAN MAKE A SUN!

AFFILATE LINK – THE SUN THIEF

A childrens book titled The Sun Thief, a bottle of Elmer’s glue, and a yellow sun-shaped craft with googly eyes, glitter, and a smile are shown on a table—perfect inspiration for summer craft ideas. @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS is written at the bottom.

JUST LIKE THE PREVIOUS CRAFT IDEA, YOU CAN MAKE A PAINT SPLAT SUN DESIGN

AFFILATE LINK – THE SUN THIEF

A childrens pumpkin-themed book, green and orange craft supplies, Elmers glue, and a paper plate decorated as a green jack-o-lantern are arranged together—perfect inspiration for your summer craft ideas. @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS appears at the bottom.

PAPER PLATE WATERMELON JACK-O-LANTERN

AFFILATE LINK – BUT I’M A PUMPKIN!

Text saying LET'S GET CRAFTY! in teal letters, surrounded by colorful stars and heart shapes on a white background—perfect inspiration for making handprint clay ornaments.

There is something truly magical about bringing a favorite book to life. When you combine the wonder of storytelling with hands-on crafting, you give children a powerful way to stretch their imaginations. Books open up new worlds, and making art about those stories helps kids step right inside them.

So on that note, grab your favorite picture books, gather your art supplies, and let us make this summer a season full of colorful stories. We hope you enjoyed these tutorials and we highly encourage you to explore the other fun activities on our website! Happy crafting, my friends!

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