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How to Make a Shoe Chair

By editor ⋅ August 10, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment
How to Make a Shoe Chair

Instructions from 1877 showing how to recycle a cane chair or wooden barrel into a Victorian-style shoe chair.

Kid’s Diary

By editor ⋅ July 31, 2008 ⋅ 2 comments
Kid’s Diary

How to make a colorful kid’s diary from craft foam and printable pages, or cover a purchased diary with denim cut from your worn out jeans.

Free Lemonade Stand

By editor ⋅ May 3, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment
Free Lemonade Stand

Sunkist® Take a Stand Program
There is an old saying which says if life hands you lemons, make lemonade. Sunkist® is taking that idea to a new level - encouraging kids to raise money for the charity of their choice by selling lemonade this summer. They are giving away 20,000 free lemonade stands [...]

Clothespin Mouse

By editor ⋅ March 21, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment
Clothespin Mouse

Use our free printable pattern to cut out small felt and fabric pieces and fashion yourself a wee little Clothespin Mouse. Originally submitted to me by craft designer Twila Lenoir, this project languished for a while, until I had time to make one for myself and take a photograph. As you can [...]

Egg Heads and Bunnies

By editor ⋅ February 26, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment
Egg Heads and Bunnies

Here’s an easy little nature craft that generations of kids have enjoyed at Easter or to celebrate the long-awaited arrival of spring. It begins by eating a boiled egg and ends when you get to give your sprouting Cress Egg Head an edible haircut.
Having a hard time getting your kids to eat healthy? [...]

Valentine Pencils

By editor ⋅ February 3, 2008 ⋅ One comment
Valentine Pencils

Decorating pencils for Valentine’s Day is a creative group craft for students, home schoolers, Sunday school or parties - just provide the kids with a choice of the basic supplies and let them have at it.
With the supplies on hand, these decorated pencils can be made in under half an hour, so the [...]

Going Buggy

By editor ⋅ September 14, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

A collection of bugs, insects and creepy crawlies for kids to craft from a variety of media. 
Ladybug Rocks
Easy rock painting craft project for kids of all ages, or try Ladybug Fridgies, a very simple project showing how to make ladybugs from craft foam.
 Dryer Sheet Butterflies are crafted from used dryer sheets to make scented butterfly fridgies; make Butterfly Pencil Toppers from [...]

Quick Seed Bead Creations

By editor ⋅ August 27, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

Here’s a couple of seed bead creations that don’t need needle and thread.  They are so quick and easy to do that even the busiest children can find time to make them.  They are also perfect little projects to use up seed beads that you have left over from other crafts. 
 For the Seed Bead Gel Pen, shown at [...]

Mini Art Lessons for Kids

By editor ⋅ August 12, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

I grew up with Arthur Mee’s The Children’s Encyclopedia, a ten-volume set that later became, I believe, The Book of Knowledge in the U.S., and eventually was absorbed, at least in part, by Groliers.  In each of the ten volumes were art lessons, as well as things to make and do - these sections called for creativity [...]

Butterfly Arts and Crafts

By editor ⋅ July 5, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

Butterflies have long been the inspiration for art and crafts, exciting our senses with their ethereal grace and beauty.  Whether you wish to attract more butterflies into your own backyard, or would like to make your own butterflies from a variety of craft media, we have some great butterfly resources for you.
Enticing butterflies to visit is easy when you make [...]

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