Make Your Own Fall Leaves Craft
November 20, 2008
Here’s a neat idea that you can actually use with other projects.
In my area, the pretty fall leaves are just about gone… or at least they’re turning brown. Not really the best kind of leaves to use for Thanksgiving centerpieces and projects… so I thought you could actually make your own out of coffee filters!
Separate Colors in a Fall Leaf using Chromatography
November 3, 2008
Fall is a beautiful time of year with all the leaves are changing colors. Children wonder why it happens, so it’s a great opportunity to use the power of science to show them the separate leaf colors and to explain how the leaves actually change colors.
Top 7 Reasons To Paint Pumpkins
October 9, 2008
Pumpkins have always been a big deal at our house, even before we had kids. My husband and I used to have contests every year to see who could carve the best pumpkin. I always won. (My husband might have a different opinion about that.) Then one year I took the kids to a local farm where they sold really cute painted pumpkins for $30-$50 per pumpkin. Being a pretty crafty person, I decided that I wanted to try pumpkin painting on my own.
Spine Tingling Salt Dough Ghosts
September 22, 2008
I saw this craft over at FamilyFun and thought you might like it as well!
It’s sooo easy that I should have thought of it myself.
First you’ll need a batch of salt dough. This is the recipe tha I use:
Creepy Spider Crafts
September 16, 2008
The spiders have gone absolutely crazy out here in the country spinning their beautiful webs… and although I wish they would choose somewhere else to call home, it makes for a good opportunity to craft!
Here are some fun and creepy spider crafts that work well for Fall or as Halloween crafts!
Cute Handprint Giraffe
September 11, 2008
I saw this basic idea many years ago at a preschool and had forgotten all about it until my oldest daughter reminded me about it a couple of days ago.
We should have done this one when we were getting ready for a trip to the zoo!
Anyway, we think it’s cute and the kids love it anytime, not just zoo time.
This would make a great craft for a zoo theme, jungle animal theme, or just plain fun for a group craft.
Little Kid Halloween Crafts Now Available!
September 5, 2008
It’s something I’ve been promising to do for a long time… but you know how time just gets away from you.
Well, I’ve FINALLY done it!
I’m proud (and a little nervous) to finally be able to offer you Little Kid Halloween Crafts!
The kids and I have put a lot of time and effort into creating a really high quality Halloween craft book for younger children, full of high quality photographs, whole page templates, and simple directions. The digitally delivered book has a pretty large file size (32 MB), but we think it’s beautiful!
We hope you like it too!
Click here to read more about it!
Doggone Goodie Cans Are Sooo Cute
September 3, 2008
I just couldn’t resist posting this idea out of the blue… it’s just so cute.
It’s a craft project that includes pictures, very good directions, and templates for creating dogs out of empty potato chip cans.
Quick and Easy Sunflower Crafts
September 2, 2008
Where I live, the sunflowers are hitting their prime… full of seeds and ready for harvest.
What more perfect time to do a few sunflower crafts?
One of my all time favorite sunflower crafts is to simply do a collage. Collect a bunch of sunflower seeds and let the kids glue them onto construction paper in any design they choose. The reason I like this craft so much is because just about any age child can enjoy doing it… even really big kids like me!
Here are a few more sunflower crafts you might enjoy… Read more
Watermelon Crafts You Can Sink Your Teeth Into
August 28, 2008
We have been waiting and waiting for our first crop of watermelons to come out of the garden and they’re finally here! In honor of our first successful crop of home grown watermelons, we thought we’d do some watermelon crafts too!
Enjoy!
