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Crafts for Kids: Cinnamon Sandpaper Shapes
The warm, sweet smell of cinnamon sticks is a great way to welcome fall. This craft combines a few inexpensive materials to create a beautifully scented memento you’ll treasure for years.
Age Group: 3-6 with help, older with supervision
Time: Less than an hour
Materials needed
• 1 sheet of sandpaper per child. Sandpaper [...]
Make Colorful Swirly Glass Christmas Ornaments
I have been making these swirly colorful glass ball ornaments for years. My tree is covered with them and they’re super easy to make and a great project for kids. For this project, all you need is some plain glass ball ornaments and acrylic paints that you can get from any craft store. I recommend [...]
Two Fall Leaf Projects
If you’re blessed to live in an area where you have trees that change with the autumn season, there are lots of fun projects to involve the kids in!
Preserving leaves: there are several methods, including the relatively simple preservation in wax paper, to the more tedious preservation method of submerging them in glycerin. The results [...]
Mother’s Day Crafts for Kids
Ready to make something special for Mom for Mother’s Day? FamilyFun.com has some great Mother’s Day craft ideas, as well as some fun card and gift ideas. There are projects for little ones to make, and more complex ideas for the older kids. I love this ABC Book of Mom, and these [...]
Free May Day Craft for Kids
Can you believe May Day is this Thursday? This year is just flying by! Some people celebrate May Day by making a small flower-filled basket and leaving it on someone’s doorstep. Celebrate the day by trying this cute May Day craft from Kaboose.com.
What you’ll need:
2 Flimsy paper plates
Construction paper
Markers or paint, optional
Scissors
Decorative scissors, optional
Glue
Stapler
Hole punch
Ribbon [...]
Free Pipe Cleaner Crafts for Kids
My little sister has been having a blast the past few weeks making dolls out of pipe cleaners. She has been so creative using all kinds of items to embellish them; a cotton ball for grandma’s hair, googly eyes, sequins and beads for earrings and other jewelry. Use whatever you want, there’s so much scope [...]
Cardboard Tube Crafts
I have quite a few empty wrapping paper tubes leftover from all those Christmas gifts, and I’m sure I’m not the only one. If you have any around the house try making some of these great crafts instead of just throwing the tubes out. The first two are pretty simple, and the second two are [...]
Free Christmas Card Craft Ideas
Don’t throw away all those Christmas cards you get this season. Here are 6 different crafts to do using recycled greeting cards.
1. Bookmark – Cut a strip from posterboard or thin cardboard, about 8-inches x 2-inches. Cut out the picture on the front of a greeting card. Glue the picture at the top of the [...]
Make Your Own Ornament
You can buy ornaments for your Christmas tree at the store, but a tree entirely decorated in store bought ornaments can feel plastic and impersonal. I know some of my parents favorite Christmas tree ornaments are the ones we made when we were little. So why not make some memories with your kids to [...]
Make Your Own Dollhouse
I’ve never met a little girl who didn’t like a dollhouse, but the store bought plastic ones can be very expensive. So why not make your own? Making a dollhouse can be just as much fun as playing with it, and you can make a pretty snazzy one with materials you already have at home. [...]
