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Halloween Trick or Treat Craft Project

hrparent — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 19:04:40 +0000

We love making craft projects using recycled household items. This is a fun and easy Halloween craft project that kids can help make.

For complete directions for this Halloween craft.

Wind Mobile Craft Project

hrparent — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 15:15:31 +0000

An easy summer craft project for the kids as to use as a family craft project. Made from a twig, string and Metal washers, it is also an inexpensive project. Fun to watch in the breeze! It’s also a great camp craft project for a take home art project.

Need:

Twig, 10-12 inches
String
Glue
Fender Washers (4) 1 1/2″ wide
Streamers (made from Ribbon or craft Foam sheets)

For complete directions … Wind Mobile Craft Project

Patriotic Star Mobile Craft for 4th of July

hrparent — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 17:17:59 +0000

Make this fun Star mobile for the 4th of July to decorate your picnic area. Or hang this patriotic mobile inside your doorway to greet guests. Easy to make 4th of July craft. Arts and crafts for kids are one of their favorite summer activities. Let them help make this mobile. for the kids be sure to print some of the free Patriotic printables on our sister site ZiggityZoom.com.

You Will Need:

Plastic lid or top inch from a discarded round cereal container
Red, white and blue cardstock or old file folders
Red paint and/or red duct tape
Scissors
Fishing line or string

What To Do:

Print star patterns and trace onto cardstock. We made one white and 2 red, 2 blue stars.
Poke a tiny hole using a pushpin in the top of each star.
Paint lid or container rim and let dry. Or use red duct tape to cover.
Cut a piece of fishing line for top and make a loop at top, with even length strings hanging. Tape to top of lid or inside edges of rim, using duct tape. Try to center as well as possible so mobile will hang level.
Cut a length of fishing line for each star, insert into hole and tie off end close to star. Tape ends of fishing line to inside top of mobile, hanging stars at random lengths. Attach one star to center … we placed our white star in center.

For more 4th of July crafts.

Patriotic Star Napkin Ring Craft for 4th of July

hrparent — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 17:09:43 +0000

Patriotic crafts and fun food recipes to make your 4th of July celebration a big success! Try this easy 4th of July craft to make a red, white and blue Star napkin ring. These will dress up your picnic table for any holiday and the kids can help with this fun patriotic craft.

What You Will Need:

Red, white & blue cardstock or construction paper
Scissors
Stapler
Glue

What To Do:

Print patterns and cut out. Trace patterns on paper and cut out. You might want to alternate large stars of red and blue if making a group of napkin rings.
for each napkin ring, also cut a strip of red or blue paper that is about 1 inch wide by 6 inches long. Roll into a circle, overlapping ends, and staple ends together.
Glue large, medium and small stars together and set aside to dry. Glue onto napkin ring and let dry before handling.

To make the Stars and Stripes placemat.

Easter Coloring Pages and Printables for Kids

hrparent — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 13:05:49 +0000

For Easter, we have some fun new printable coloring pages for the kids to color. These are perfect to print out for use at home or at school. Featuring bunnies and chicks, kids can color and decorate their rooms for Easter.

These coloring pages are perfect for school and home school use and a fun activity to use at home when the kids need a fun diversion.

My favorite is this Bunny with his Big Easter Egg.

We even have a fun Count and Color Easter Activity page to print and color.

Here are some more fun Easter coloring pages:

Easter Bunny Color and Trace

Easter Chick Coloring page

Easter Egg Coloring page

For Easter crafts and Activities

Printable Valentine Cards

hrparent — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 16:52:37 +0000

Valentine’s Day is such a special day of the year. It’s as much fun for kids as it is for many adults. I still recall picking out valentine cards for my friends, when I was little, and deciding who to give them to, signing them and putting them into the envelopes.

You can buy many kinds of Valentine cards for kids at the store, but why not print some of these cute little pages of cards and let the kids cut out their own? Save a little money and give the kids a fun activity. All you need for making these cute cards is some heavyweight printer paper and some scissors. They can even use the envelope template to make their own envelopes.

Valentine pages for Pirates, Mermaids, Aliens. Princess, Puppies, Dragons, Animals.

Printable Valentine cards

Free Printable Valentine Cupcake Wrappers

hrparent — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 16:31:02 +0000

We are still in love with cupcakes. Yes, we’ve heard that “pies” are the next big food thing, but cupcakes will always have a special place in our hearts. Cupcakes are the perfect kids party food and they can adapt to any theme. Yeah for cupcakes!

So, if you are a cupcake fan, we have more exciting printable cupcake wrappers to share. You just have to print, cut out and tape around your cupcake creations. This Valentine collection of wrappers are really fun when mixed and matched. We even have some cute red Heart “cupcake picks” to print and make.

The Valentine collection of printable wrappers:

Floral Valentine cupcake wrapper

Red Polka Dot cupcake wrapper

Red and White cupcake wrapper

Hearts cupcake wrapper

Red hearts cupcake wrapper

Pink Polka Dot cupcake wrapper

Red Heart Cupcake Picks

Christmas Gift Tags and Free Holiday Printables

hrparent — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 23:01:39 +0000

The winter Holiday season is filled with so many fun things to see and do, bake and make and activities to do with family. If you are searching for some fun printables for kids, and yourself, that are absolutely free yet charming, check out some of these ideas.

Christmas Gift Tags, as shown above, feature a Reindeer, Penguin, Snowman and Santa … with cute sayings. You can print these on heavyweight printer paper and then cut apart and fold. Make a hole for a ribbon with a hole punch. Cute, cute, cute!

Print these cute trendy Christmas tree designs and make inexpensive Holiday Bookmarks to give as little gifts this year.

And here are some more fun holiday and Christmas printables for your family to enjoy!

Christmas coloring Pages

Bunbun”s Christmas Counting book

Santa Maze

Snowflake word Worksheet

Color by Number Penguin

Christmas Gift Tags

Christmas Wordsearch

Paper Reindeer and Sleigh

Christmas Letter Match

Make a Nativity Set from a Recycled Tissue Box

hrparent — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 15:33:27 +0000

We admit it … we love making things from discarded boxes. This is one of our newest projects using a recycled tissue box. It’s a fun Christmas craft that the whole family can help make. Send the kids out to collect some skinny straight branches and they can get a little extra exercise while they are collecting.

We made the Nativity figures using old corks and some bakeable clay. The tiny crib is made from a small matchbox. The best part is that the kids can play with this Nativity set that they have helped to make.

Need:

Rectangular Tissue box with oval opening
Sticks
Paint/ brush
Glue or Glue gun
Scissors
2 corks
1 matchbox
Air-dry or bakeable clay / or large wooden bead
Peel & Stick Glittery foam
Shredded paper

What To Do:

Enlarge the opening of the box, using scissors to cut an archway to the bottom edge, as shown.
Paint the inside and outsides of the box and let dry thoroughly. We used a light yellow for the inside of the Nativity.
Collect sticks for the top of the Nativity. Sticks should be cut to a length slightly longer than the length of the box for an overhang effect. Glue to the top of the box and let dry completely.
Cut a large Star from the sticky back foam and attach to the front corner of the Nativity.
Paint corks desired colors and let dry. Make heads from clay and let air dry or bake as instructed. We also made the baby shape from clay, using bakeable Sculpey clay. Let cool. Paint eyes on figures if desired. Use the head of a pin or nail to make small dots for eyes by diping end into paint and pressing to heads. Glue heads to cork bodies.
We swaddled our baby with a strip of paper towel (you could use a strip of cloth also) and wrapped around the body of the baby, attaching securely with glue. Let dry.
For the crib, use the inside section of a small matchbox. Attach 4 tiny twig legs with glue and let dry completely. Paint sides of crib.
For straw, shred, or cut thin strips of paper and then crinkle for a straw effect.

For additional Christmas Crafts

DIY Winter Reindeer Craft Project

hrparent — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 12:58:54 +0000

These striking Silver Reindeer are a great and inexpensive family craft project. The kids have fun collecting the sticks and they can even help assemble the reindeer. Although we made our silver you could also paint yours white or even red. For a really elegant centerpiece, make an entire herd of reindeer of varying sizes, but all painted the same color. We think silver is the best as the reindeer can then stay on the table well through the winter.

Need:

Assorted sticks
Silver or metallic duct tape
Silver spray paint
Garden clippers

What To Do:

After gathering the sticks, cut 1 body piece 6″ long, 4 legs 9 ” long, 1 V-shaped head-neck piece (neck 4″ long and head section 2 ” long.)
Make antlers from small branches, cutting 2 lengths about 7-8″ long.
Using tape, connect legs to front and back of body, twisting a thin strip of duct tape around each leg and the body several times to get a good joint.
Connect head/neck section, repeating the taping process.
Add antlers, one at a time, fastening well with the tape.
Spray reindeer and let dry completely.
You may even want to make a herd of reindeer, varying sizes, for a stunning centerpiece.