Free craft and art project ideas and activities for Pre-K through elementary grade levels.
Welcome to our fourth annual Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month Blog Series and Giveaway! We are excited to announce our second annual Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month Blog Series. See our main page for a full schedule. Be sure to scroll down on this post to enter the giveaways. This post is about two Cherry
This post has a comparison of two kinds of clay for children’s handprints. We recently made handprints with a kit that came with prepared clay not requiring mixing, as well as Crayola Model Magic white air dry modeling clay. They each worked and basically dried to a different hardness and shade of white. This is a
This post has nesting boxes paper folding for Presidents’ Day. It is a a printable with six different sized boxes so that they fit together and appear as a single box. Children are surprised when they keep finding another and another box as they try to open it. They will find the penny in the last
This post has a peg doll family clothing pattern free PDF. Through trial and error, I found the sizes for clothing that best fits a peg doll family. I started this project with blank peg dolls, kid’s paint, felt, embroidery thread, buttons, and some ribbon scraps. We will be adding some hair and eyes but
Welcome to the kid made Christmas ornament blog hop! Shannon of the Crafty Mom in Me blog loves the holiday season and is so happy to be sharing these ornaments with everyone. This post has decorated kid made ornament projects for the holidays. Both are made on sphere shapes, one with a clear globe and one with an
This post has color matching palettes for flowers and butterflies and a free printable. Colorful flowers and bright butterflies catch the attention of children enjoying the outdoors. Their interest in color and beauty can help introduce color gradients (or color families). This post has activities and a free printable for matching multiple color swatches cards
Inexpensive Montessori color tablets for matching colors and learning about color gradients are fairly easy to make. I recently made some and this is what I did. Of course, these are just color cards and would fit in many traditional art classes, as well. I learned about the 3 sets of color cards, matching, and
Horned Chinese Dragon art ideas! This is the fourth week of the “How i Safari” Safari Ltd. promotion and this week They sent me a Horned Chinese Dragon (non-affiliate link). The Horned Chinese Dragon is typically seen for New Year festivities. Both Dragons and the color red are considered to bring good luck. The dragon is thought to bring rain, also. This
Cut and fold craft, anyone? Surfer Kids is the designer of this website and logo, and I have been finding new and creative products in his TpT store. For instance, the owl and rabbit cut, glue, and fold crafts are very fun for children. These are so nice they could be a classroom project, or
It is time for the annual 10 Days of a Kid Made Christmas Ornament Inspired by Books event! Our host is Mama Miss and this is a link to the kick off post for 2015. She has hosted this event for several years. What a nice idea to connect the children’s books and ornaments for a
