Oftentimes the summer grows old after a week of sleeping and watching Wall-E in your pajamas. Even with scheduled trips and vacation plans, the long days of summer can take a lot out of both parents and kids. These crafty blogs will give you tons of ideas to stay occupied while creating something amazing—while spending some quality time together.

Let’s Explore: This blog is full of ideas and activities that are great for just about any skill level. Categories allow for quick activity searching, whether you want something for your toddler, something to do “in the kitchen,” or even travel activities. Some of the greatest things about this site are the photos that usually accompany simple step-by-step instructions.

Soule Mama: Created by The Creative Family author Amanda Blake Soule, this site’s activities can often run more toward the advanced crafter with sewing projects and other creations, but many simple activities, such as outdoor exploration and pretend play, are accessible to all. A mother of four, Amanda is quite a creative genius and shares great tips and tricks, as well as her best fabric finds.

The Crafty Crow: If you have toddlers or elementary school-aged children at home, this blog is fantastic for projects with them. With just some paint, glue, cardboard or toilet paper rolls on hand you’re ready to go for fun all year round. The best part of this site is that it also browses all kinds of other children’s websites and highlights their best finds.

Learning to Love You More: This site contains 70 challenges for individuals and families to do together just for the fun of it, and some of them are pretty crafty! From making a field guide to your own yard to creating a portrait of your friend’s dreams, there are ideas from the wild to the inspiring to the just plain fun.

Kids Craft Weekly: Sign up for some great ideas to be delivered right to your inbox every week from this site. Not only are they fun and usually simple enough for most preschoolers, but they are also often around a weekly theme, allowing you to build on it throughout the week.

Craftzine: Many of these crafts are more difficult to make than the rest on the list, but they are wildly creative and adaptable. The site also has many searchable categories to find the them you are looking for quickly, as well as fun photos of the crafts once completed.