Doing craft activities with your child is important for many reasons. Making crafts develops creativity and ingenuity. Kids learn how to work with materials that they have to make something fun and worthwhile. Kids can learn how to occupy their …[Continue]
Garland Of Gratitude
Getting kids involved with holidays can be tough. Yes, they love holidays because it means one less day of school and presents to open or treats to eat, but they aren’t really getting the true meaning of the holiday. Luckily, …[Continue]
Paper Turkeys
Kids love making paper turkeys. It is fun and festive and easy to do. You will need black, brown, yellow, and red construction paper, squiggle eyes, feathers, orange pipe cleaners and glue. Look for instructions for making paper turkeys all …[Continue]
Make A Pilgrim
To do this craft, you will need to assist your child by first drawing a hat, buckle, circle (for a head) and shirt on a large piece or several pieces of construction paper. Then help your child cut out what …[Continue]
Paper Flowers
construction paper strawstapescissors Cut construction paper in any shape you want the flower to be. Tape the straw on the flower. Cut out some leaves and tape them on to the straw. From Victoria Broadfoot, age 8, Stratford, Ontario…[Continue]
Shoebox Aquarium
Shoebox aquarium ( you can also make puppet theaters and other story telling designs out of this same kind of box, just choose different types of stickers) What You’ll Need: Shoebox Construction paper Scissors Fish stickers Bamboo skewers Card stock …[Continue]
Jumbo Treasure Sack
• Materials Paper bagCrayonsStapler • Instructions Cut off a 4 inch strip around the top of the paper bag (Should look like a big loop) Cut the strip so that it makes one long strip rather than a loop and …[Continue]
Check Box Camera
• Materials Empty check box coverCardboard toilet paper rollsConstruction paperFoilTapeCrayons or markers • Instructions Using construction paper cover the outside of the check box cover Cut the toilet paper roll in half. Place the toilet paper roll in the center …[Continue]
Box Guitar
• Materials Shoe boxRubber bandsScissorsPaper towel tubePencil • Instructions Cut an oval shaped hole in the top of the shoe box Stretch a few rubber bands around the box and over the hole Put a pencil under the rubber bands …[Continue]
Homemade Binoculars
Now that the days are longer and the nights are shorter perhaps you are looking for things to keep you busy? If so then you should try some of the different types of crafts that are designed for summer fun. …[Continue]
Mardi Gras Float
When it comes to shoe box crafts the good news is that almost every craft that involves using a shoe box is fast and easy. But the best part about how fast and easy the shoe box craft projects are …[Continue]
Dried Flower Sachet
What You’ll Need: Flowers String Felt Glue Lace material Piece of lace Perfume Instructions for the Project: Dry the flowers (make sure that flowers are dry to the touch). Cut out the felt and lace material into whatever shape you …[Continue]
