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Totally cool makeable toys
Check out some of the cutest makeable toys I have ever seen! Readymech.com has a whole line of unusual “characters” to print and build. There are scary monsters, and cute animals, robots and space creatures. Each is designed to fit on an 8.5″x11″ page and printed with any printer. You’ll need double-sided [...]
D.I.Y. (Do It Yourself) Kids Craft Site
DIYKids.org is the site of Ellen and Julia Lupton, who are the authors of a new book by the same name:
D.I.Y. Kids engages young people in making stuff, from binding their own books to sewing their own clothes. It’s packed with fun ideas for making stickers, logos, clothespin dolls, box buildings, graffiti furniture, ribbon accessories, [...]
Free Crayola Fun for Kids
Have you visited the Crayola website yet? There are tons of freebies here for hours of coloring and craft fun. You do have to register for access to some things, but after registering, you get access to over 900 craft ideas and over 1,000 activity and coloring pages. There’s a very nice digital [...]
10 Free Harry Potter Activity Sites
Finally the last book is out! It’s getting very good reviews and I’m sure it will be enjoyed by all fans. Here are 10 activity, craft, printables, recipe and activity sites for you to enjoy:
1. The Official Harry Potter Site – tons of games, downloads and activities
2. Printables4Kids – this post has [...]
Fun ways to reuse plastic bottles
If your family regularly buys plastic bottles of pop or juice, the recent post at MyEducationJunction, 10 Things You Can Do With Empty Plastic is one you’ll want to check out. I love the bowling play set, and cutting off the bottom of the bottle for use as a paint cup is an [...]
3D Paper Craft Fun
Via Heart of the Prairie, I found this amazing site by Canon where you can learn to make a zillion different things to play with out of paper. There are instructions to make animals and toys and even a “Craftown” with over 30 different buildings and vehicles! For each item, you can download both the [...]
More 4th of July Fun
Here are some more July Fourth activities as we get ready for Independence Day!
Printables4Kids has a July 4th word scramble to keep you busy, and the Free Holiday Ideas site has some neat ideas for homemade “poppers” made from things like Mentos and Alka Seltzer!
Free templates for pop-up cards
Do you like pop-up cards? Via Thingamababy, I found a site that has lots of wonderful pop-ups you can make. There are free templates and instructions for a pop-up pig, birthday cake, rabbit, birdhouse an ark with animals and even a pop-up Oz, and many others! These are very creative cards and [...]
A special Mother’s Day card to print and color
Would you like to create a special Mother’s Day card for Mommy? Here are two cards with pretty flowers to color. Just print them out and color the front. You can fold it in half and write your own special message inside or draw a nice picture, and your card is all done!
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Kids Craft Weekly Newsletter
I recently came across a wonderful newsletter for parents and kids called Kids Craft Weekly. This newsletter, which is written by a stay at home mom from Australia, is extremely well done, and contains a wide variety of projects for kids. Every week is a different theme, and the directions are easy to follow and [...]
