Crafts for Kids
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Paint A Fun Watercolor Chameleon Wall Hanging For Your Child’s Room!
After we painted watercolor strawberries and watercolor apples and pomegranates, I am still loving the idea of using watercolors in so many fun ways, so I thought I’d paint something fun for my twelve year old son’s room, as he just got his own room for the first time ever! Now that I’ve made this…
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A Daughter’s Sweet Birthday Decorations For Mom!
My darling 13 year old daughter, who very fortunately takes after mom just a bit in the crafting department, whipped up these sweet little decorations as a surprise for my birthday last week, and I have to say, sometimes when the apple doesn’t fall so far from the tree it can truly be a pleasure!
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Watercolor Apples In Rainbow Colors For Rosh HaShana Cards!
Once you start painting with watercolors, it is hard to stop, so I thought I’d practice trying to paint loosely with this idea for a sweet card for Rosh HaShana — tiny watercolors in rainbow colors do look cute, and you certainly don’t have to be perfect, in fact the less perfect the better, I’m…
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Watercolor Fruit Portraits Are So Much Fun To Paint!
Isn’t this watercolor strawberry portrait just the greatest? While I though at the time that she wasn’t really putting her mind to this little painting session, in the end her unstudied strawberry turned out to be the best of all. Isn’t it great when your kids out do you? You’ll Need: watercolor paper watercolors, palette…
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Paper Clip Mini Mobiles That Make Adorable Decorations Anytime!
When we were picking up school supplies last week I just couldn’t resist these colorful paperclips as I was quite sure they could be used for something, but what other than a chain? Well, here you have it, my first paper clip craft, mini mobiles made using just paperclips and recycled plastic bottles! I know,…
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Miniature Playground Craft For Kids Is So Much Fun!
About six weeks ago I shared with you our miniature swingset made from recyclables, and right after that two of my kids actually were inspired to make some more miniature equipment for our little playground that is just right for playmobil people. Well two great additions to the initial playground have been hanging out waiting…
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Milk Carton Sailboat Or A Milk Carton Pirates Schooner?
This milk carton sailboat or rather milk carton schooner was so hard to photograph as the minute I placed it into the pool it started sailing off into the wild blue yonder! That means that if you get a bunch of kids together to make milk carton sailboats they really could have races, how fun…
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Popsicle Stick Sailboat Craft For Kids
Ahhh, wouldn’t you like to set sail on a popsicle stick sailboat over the clear blue ocean right about now? Well we certainly can dream can’t we? And especially if we gather together a few simple supplies and make our very own sailboats from popsicle sticks and some recycled materials! Four years ago we also…
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Playdough Idea For Kids: Abstract Sculpture
Today two of my kids actually had more fun making play dough than using it to create something, so I got down on the floor with them to encourage some creative play. I think I had the most fun of everyone when I just decided to create something abstract (that is my abstract sculpture garden,…
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Miniature Swing Set Craft From Recyclables For Creative Kids
Summer is here, which means longer days and more time to spend on creativity, yippee! This summer I am buckling down and getting the kids involved in the kind of creative activities that we’ve been missing over the past six or so very busy months. We’re starting with this fun miniature swing set craft made…
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Rubber Band Fishtail Jewelry Crafts Are Perfect Summer Take Alongs!
Summer is here, and it is time to get crafting, us included! Things have been lacking in the creativity department around here, I’ll admit, so it is time to get back to doing the things we love, like basic crafts with recycled materials, drawing, painting and other simple yet so satisfying creative endeavors! My ten…
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Tin Can Robots Recycling Craft!
Here’s a super fun recycling craft for the kids (or for the kid in you) that is a great way to encourage creativity: a tin can robot character made not just from tin cans but from a wide assortment of recyclables.Yes, I did use batteries, but PLEASE DON’T when you make your robots, as in…