Holiday Craft Source

Summer will be here before we know it. Are you looking for some crafts for the children to do this summer?

At DLTK Growing Together I found some Flower Crafts:

• Daffodil Egg Carton Craft for children ages 4 and up. Click here for supplies and instructions.
• Handprint Tulips for any age. Click here for supplies and instructions.  A great project for kids who like to get messy.
• Plus many more Flower Crafts.

At My Craft Book I found:

• Paper Towel Roll Rain Stick. Click here for supplies and instructions.  If you like the sound of rain sticks why not make one of your own.
• Braided Jean Bracelet. Click here for supplies and instructions.  Before your old jeans are tossed out  make this bracelet for yourself and your friends this summer.
• Flowers and Bees Decorated Flip Flops. Click here for supplies and instructions.  Great idea to decorate those flip flops for summer.
• Plus many more summer crafts.

And, remember to take photos of the crafts your children make this summer to put into a scrapbook to be treasured to many years to come.

Happy Crafting!!

Today I was looking for some handmade gifts and cards that children can make for their mom for  Mother’s Day.

At Amazing Moms I found:

• Flower Door Stop for Mom. This door stop is made using a coffee can, felt and florist wire. Click here for supplies and instructions.
• Helping Hands. Make your Mom a bouquet of special things you can do for her. Click here for supplies and instructions.
  
• Mother’s Day Button Bracelet. Make your Mom a bracelet using buttons. Click here for supplies and instructions.
  
• Mom’s Vase Handmade Card. Make this handmade card with flowers. Click here for supplies and instructions.
  

At Family Fun I found:

• ABC Book of Mom. Using a blank notebook, some crayons or markers. For each letter of the alphabet draw or write something about your mother. Click here for supplies and instructions.
• Mother’s Day Box. Decorate a shoe box and add small presents. Click here for supplies and instructions.
• House Helper Card. Make a pledge to help Mom around the house with this colorful card. Click here for supplies and instructions.
• Photo House Card. Make this card in the shape of a house and include photos of Mom’s favourite faces. Click here for supplies and instructions.

Happy Crafting!!

I hope that everyone had a wonderful time crafting for Easter and of course eating all that Easter Candy that the Easter bunny left. It is now the middle of April, so time to start working on gift ideas for Mother’s Day.

Today I was checking out the Creative Kids at Home website. They have lots of Mother’s Day Gifts that your children can make.

• Make a Hand Print Poem. A great craft idea for Dad’s to do with their younger children. Click here for supplies and instructions.

• Hand Print Apron. Buy a plain apron and then decorate it with your children’s hand prints. You can also decorate pillowcases or shirts. Click here for supplies and instructions.

• Box of Kisses. Here is a great gift idea for the very young children to make for Mom on Mother’s Day. Click here for supplies and instructions.

• Paper Flowers. Make up a bouquet of these paper flowers for your Mom on Mother’s Day. Click here for supplies and instructions.

• Making Gift Wrapping Paper with Kids. Spend a rainy day in April making up some Gift Wrapping Paper to wrap that special Mother’s Day gift in. Click here for supplies and instructions.

Happy Crafting!!

Easter is just around the corner. I thought today I would post a few quick crafts that you can do with the whole family.

• Easter Crafts Kids Can Make with Pom-Poms at Amazing Moms. Make up a few of these cute Easter characters fto use as fun Table Placeholders.

• Easter Chick Activity at Kids Craft Zone. These little chicks are made using styrofoam balls, yellow construction paper and toothpicks.

• Paper Baskets from Creative Kids at Home. Make a few of these cute baskets with your children, fill with candy and give as a gift to family at Easter.

• Easter Coloring Pages from Woman’s Day.  Print out these coloring pages for your children to color: Easter Egg, Easter Bunny, Easter is in the Air, Easter Basket and Easter Chicks. You will need Acrobat Reader to print these coloring pages.

• Easter Chick Cookie for Kids from Chocolate Candy Mall. Bake some of these cute chick cookies for Easter. They are made using a basic sugar cookie recipe and a baby chick cookie cutter. Click here for the recipe and instructions.

Happy Easter!!

I hope everyone had fun making some of the Bunny Easter Crafts we posted about last Sunday. This Sunday we have found some more fun Easter crafts for the whole family to make.

At Craft of the Day we found this cute Easter Envelope. Click here for supplies and instructions

At Activity Village:

• Pompom Chick Key Ring – Click here for supplies and instructions.
• Chicken Mask – Click here for supplies and instructions.
• Rocking Chick - Click here for supplies and instructions.
• Chick Mask – Click here for supplies and instructions.

At Families Online Magazine we found these cute puppets. You can make either a bunny puppet or a chick puppet. Click here for supplies and instructions.

At Kinderart:

• Footprint/Barefoot Chicks – click here for supplies and instructions.
• Fingerprint Chicks – Click here for supplies and instructions.

And here are some free coloring pages you can print out of Easter Chicks from Coloring.ws.

Happy Crafting!!

It is warm and snow is melting here today. I started to think it was time to find some crafts for Easter for the Children and family to make. So, today I am going to post some Easter Bunny Craft ideas:

At FamilyCorner:

• Spring Bunnies. These cute bunnies are made with a Styrofoam egg, chenille stems, felt. Click here for supplies and instructions.
• Styrofoam Cup Bunny. This cute bunny is made using Styrofoam cups, cotton balls, pom poms. Click here for supplies and instructions.
  
• Mini Bunny in a Pot. For this cute bunny you will need: blue & pink felt, pom-poms, and a mini clay pot. Click here for supplies and instructions.
  

At Craft Elf:

• Styrofoam Ball Easter Bunny. This cute bunny is made from Styrofoam balls and chenille stems. Click here for supplies and instructions.
  
• Sock Bunnies. Quick and easy for all ages. Click here for supplies and instructions.
  
• Paper Bag Easter Bunny. An easy craft for the younger children. Click here for supplies and instructions.

At FamilyFun:

• Easter Bunny Basket. This cute basket is made using a half-gallon ice cream container. Click here for supplies and instructions.
• Easter Bunny Ears. Make these cute bunny ears are made using a headband, egg carton. Click here for supplies and instructions.

At AmazingMoms:

• Bunny Paper Cup Easter Friend. Using a small paper cup and construction paper you can make this cute craft. Click here for supplies and instructions.
• Easter Bunny Bag Craft. This cute bunny is made using a white paper lunch bag. Click here for supplies and instructions.

At MyCraft Book:

• Bunny Ears Easter Bookmark. Click here for supplies and instructions.
• Easter Door Hanger. This door hanger has a cute bunny on it. Click here for supplies and instructions.

Don’t forget to print out some bunnies to color to hang on the fridge and wall at Easter.

• Spring Bunny
• Bunny and Eggs
• Easter Bunny Face
• Easter Bunny with Easter Egg

Happy Crafting!!

I was looknig at the Enchanted Learning website today and found some very interesting and cool St. Patrick’s Day Crafts, Activities and Lessons.  If you are looking for St. Patrick’s Day crafts and activities for your students, children or daycare group you might want to check some of these out:

• Green Eggs
• Green on Green
• Heart Shamrocks
• Leprechaun Wishes Necklace
• Pot o’ Gold
• Shamrock Painting
• Coloring Pages
• and much more!!

So have fun making some of these and other St. Patrick’s Day crafts that can be found at the Enchanted Learning Website.

Happy Crafting!!

I was reading some of my favorite blogs today and I would like to share some of the creative and interesting Valentines Crafts from these bloggers.

• Ramblings of a Crazy Women has many great Valentine Craft Projects: Valentine’s Day Flower, Valentine’s Day Cards, Pre-School Valentine’s Game, Valentine’s Day Sunchaser, Valentine’s Day Card Box and more.

• Lucky Me has many great Valentine Craft Projects: Heart Sun Catchers, Secret Valentine Messages, Valentine Bugs Felt Board, Valentine Flowers, Heart Art and more.

• Maya Made has posted about Woven Hearts Baskets.

Happy Crafting!!

Well Valentine’s Day is going to be here before you know it. Have your children started to make up their Valentine Cards for the class party?

Check out some of these great Handmade Valentine Cards ideas we found today.

Top 10 Homemade Valentine Cards from Family Fun:

• Thumb Bunny Card
• You’re Dino-Mite
• The Write Card
• Feet-Heart
• and many more card ideas here.

Valentine Day Cards from Kaboose:

• Butterfly Kisses Valentine Card
• Easy Homemade Valentine Cards
• School Valentine Card
• Cards and Coloring Pages

Cards for Valentines from Enchanted Learning:

• Valentine Rose Coupon Card
  
• Sponge Heart Valentine Cards
• Pop-up Valentine Card
• Heart Picture Valentine Card

Sweet Valentines from from The Best Kids Book Site.

• Heartwarming Valentines Day Card
• Glitter Valentine Hearts
• I Dig You Valentine
• Valentine Cat

Make Your Own Valentine Cards from Activity Village:

• Glittery Heart Card
• Stripy Heart Card
• Fingerprint Flower Cards
• and many more here.

Here are some links to Valentine coloring pages, printable cards, and clip art:

• Valentine Printables from Activity Village
• Printable Cards from DLTK’s Growing Together
• Print Clip and Give Cards from Kid’s Turn Central
• Printable Disney Valentine Cards from Disney Stationary.com
• Zeebra Valentines to Print from Bunny Cakes

I hope you and your children have a great time making up their Valentine Cards this year.

Happy Crafting!!

With Christmas only 8 days from now, I thought I would post some quick easy Christmas Popsicle Stick Crafts that the whole family can make.

• Christmas Picture Frame from Crafttown.

• Snowflake from Arts and Crafts for Kids .

• Christmas Tree you can make using Popsicle sticks, glue, paint, sequins, and a little wooden star from Billy and Green .

• Christmas bookmarks from Craftbits

• Popsicle Stick Santa Clause from Craftideas.info

• Popsicle Stick Star Ornament from Kaboose.

• Snowman Puppets you can make using free printables and popsicle or craft sticks from  Free Kids Crafts .

• Craft Stick Christmas Tree Ornament from Makingfriends.com

• CraftStick Snowmen from Getcreative.com.

• Popsicle Stick Reindeer from Christmascrafts.com.

• Three popsicle stick crafts: Christmas Tree Ornament, Christmas Picture Frame and a Christmas Jewelry Box from Funschool Kaboose.

• Popsicle Stick Christmas Tree from Ramblings of a Crazy Women.

• Recycled Christmas Card Puppets you can make using old Christmas Cards and popsicle or craft sticks from AllFreeCrafts .

• If you feel really energetic, you could try making this Popsicle Christmas Wreath we found at How Stuff Works .

Here is a video I found at You Tube from ActivityVillage.co.uk showing you how to make a Christmas Tree Decoration using a Popsicle or Craft Stick and pipecleaners. Enjoy!!

Happy Crafting!!