How to make a coffee filter butterfly

Makeables

  Here’s an easy project that will put you in a Springy mood whether it’s warm at your house yet or not. At Kaboose.com they have a new Spring craft- making butterflies out of coffee filters and water color paints. After you’re finished you can...

Make an indoor golf game

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Okay, this isn’t exactly free but it’s pretty cheap and I thought it was such a great idea I had to post it. The creative mom at the Scribbit blog posted about making a golf game for her kids out of dowel rods and aluminum cans. The only tools you need are...

Make a magazine house

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Via mommysavers.com, I found this cute craft idea that looks like it would really take a nice long time to do and get those creative juices flowing: Using an old catalog or magazine, cut out pictures of chairs, tables, curtains, bathroom fixtures and other...

Kool-Aid PlayDough

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I came across this new and improved version of homemade playdough on the Rainy Day Resource site. The Kool-Aid colors the playdough and makes it smell really nice- way better than that weird smell that regular homemade stuff has. 2 cups flour 4 teaspoons cream of...

Print and play toys

Makeables, Printables

All you need is paper to create these fun toys at this site.  There are space ships, race cars, an Italian villa (complete with fountain!) and even animals and games to play for hours of fun!

How to make a 3-D Paper Snowflake

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Have you visited Wikihow.com?  They have instructions on how to do a million things.  One of my favorites is the instructions for making a 3-D paper snowflake.  They’re beautiful, and are great indoor decorations for when there are lots of flakes...

Mary Englebreit Kids Site

Makeables, Playables, Printables

Mary Englebreit artwork is some of my favorite, and now her website has an area just for kids.  There are online games, coloring pages and crafts, as well as music and videos with her beautiful artwork.  Click here to check out all the fun stuff!
Fun Valentine’s Day Crafts

Fun Valentine’s Day Crafts

Makeables

A homemade gift is the best kind!  Here are links to a few crafts to give you that lovin’ feelin’: Valentine’s Day Scroll Candy Valentine Butterfly Valentine Salt Dough Pins & Magnets

Printable thumb wrestling championship belts

Makeables, Printables

Do you have epic thumb wrestling battles in your home? Check out these cute championship belts. (they are at the bottom of the page when you click on the link)  Now here’s something for the champion to wear to reward his victory! It even has a thumb wrestling...

I want some Origami Mommy!

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All you need is paper to make the folded models at Origami.com. Origami only uses a small number of different folds, but they can be combined in a variety of ways to make intricate designs. You can download a range of projects from Simple to Complex. When you get...

Make an entertaining picture book for your toddler

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I never would have thought of this- it was my mother’s idea. She filled up an empty photo album she had lying around (the small kind that holds just 4×6 photos) with pictures of babies, kids and other familiar things from magazines, and also threw in some...

Make your own pop-up book

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Freelance illustrator Clay Cantrell has a great web site, with some really nice illustration work as well as some fun stuff for kids. I loved these simple pop-up book instructions. It would be a great project for a creative child of almost any age from preschool on....