I did tie dye t-shirts with a group of 2-6 yo kids this past week. The kids loved it.

I've done various Christmas ornaments with my kids too. The potholder weaving loom was fun.

Check out the craft magazines in the kid's section of your local library. There are lots of ideas in the Pack of Fun??? and other kid's magazines. I like to flip through them when my kids are playing on the computers.

There are lots of fun knitting and crochet patterns available now for funky scarves and purses and hats that someone her age might like.

Beaded jewelry for her and her friends? Cool wire-wrapped pendants might be an easy first project.

Decoupage a picture frame or mirror for her locker with words and pictures from magazines that she finds inspiring?

Tie dyed shirts were a great suggestion.

I have been seeing a lot of t-shirts decorated with stencils cut out from freezer paper lately (some funky flowers would be cute).

Anything she can wear or use to personalize her room would probably be a good place to start.

Gifts for friends and family are another idea come holiday time - great when your allowance is limited.

Here is a link that might be useful: craftfetish blog

How about plastic canvas -- ornaments, refrigerator magnets, etc.?

scrapbooking. Last year my nine and ten year old granddaughters made small scrapbooks of their visits to "Grandma and Grandpa's" house during the summer. By the end of the summer, they each had a completed scrap book to remember the summer of 2005. I put a photo made to look like a pencil sketch of our house on the front...this occupied their free time all summer

I used to baby-sit an 8 year old and he loved making things out of bread dough. I suppose air dry modeling clay works just as well, but I think children like the idea that they can take everyday household things and turn them into something else. Bread dough is simply one slice of white bread (is it good for anything else anymore?), with the crust removed (You can use the crust to feed the birds, or for stuffing recipes). Pinch it into tiny pieces and in a plastic bowl, add one tablespoon of tacky glue, plus a bit of acrylic, or craft paint to color it. Mix well with a plastic spoon, or use your hands. Kids seem to like using their hands. The 8 year old loved making green dinosaurs and I let him paint in the eyes, or use moving eyes you can buy from a craft store. With the tacky glue, you can also glue just about anything to the bread dough before it dries.

If your granddaughter has a doll house, she could make bread dough items for her doll house, like plates, platters, bowls, faux lamps, etc. She could also make Christmas ornaments out of the bread dough, like gingerbread men, flat round balls, and decorate with paint. She could even use cookie cutters to cut out the different designs.

If she has a miniature Christmas tree, she could make miniature decorations for her tree out of bread dough, too.

Another Christmas ornament idea: Toothpicks, sweet gum balls, paint, and a bit of ribbon. Have your GD glue the toothpicks to the sweet gum ball to represent a star. She can paint them with acrylic gold, or silver craft paint, or you could spray paint them gold, or silver, for her. Be sure to seal them with the appropriate sealer (oil, or water based sealer, depending on what paint you use). Glue on a ribbon to hang from the tree. I did an entire tree with these once, along with lace bows. It looked great!

Another idea: Copy pictures from coloring books and let her make paintings out of them by gluing dry foodstuffs, or glitter onto the picture to add color and texture. Besides glitter, you could use colored pasta, rices, couscous, dried corn, dried wheat, dried things you collect from the woods, etc. Not only does she get to create a 3-dimensional painting, but also gets to spend time with you collecting materials from the woods and kitchen.

You really need to find something that sparks her imagination, making her look at the world in a whole new light. Something that she can use, or display, that she can be proud of. What interests her? What does she play with the most? How can you expand her interests?

Here is a link that might be useful: Bluebonnet Craft Network

if she likes to work on the computer like most 10 year olds do try www.heritagemakers.com/204274 where she can create her own hardcover storybook published..she can use pictures she has drawn, photographs etc.

Hi - late to this, but I teach arts & crafts to school-age kids, so of course this caught my eye = )

Beads definitely! Beadie animals & Perler (fuse) beads are perennial faves for the kids I work with.

MakingFriends.com is a terrific resource for beadie projects & much, much more

American Girl magazine always features wonderful craft projects for girls - you might see if your local library has any copies.

Family Fun is another super resource for all kinds of cute kids' things - for all ages, actually....

HTH