Free craft and art project ideas and activities for Pre-K through elementary grade levels.
Sponge Shape Paintbrushes DIY Painting Ideas Sponge shape paintbrushes are a new find for me. At the craft store, we recently found a bucket of sponge paintbruses with different shapes. Hmmmm, what could we do with those? After our first idea, we brainstormed a few more ideas. How about shape flowers? This was one
Ocean theme crafts and pretend play, anyone? This is a DIY arts and crafts idea that may be made at home using wooden spoons, permanent markers, wiggle eyes, and paints. So much fun! Be sure to scroll down for the free coloring page printable. The video has some step by step information as well
DIY Paint Stamping an Easter Egg Shape on Watercolor Paper Paint stamping, anyone? There are several ways to stamp shapes on paper such as using potatoes cut to size. I recently found sponge shapes on sticks (paintbrushes) at the craft store, and so that what what we used for this project. I am not
Winter crafts that are non-holiday can be difficult to find! Especially if you are a teen and in charge of leading activities at family night. Oriental Trading Company sent me $75 of crafts that we tried and are donating to church for just such an occasion. First, here is a very nice and quiet
A Single Shard Book Review and Free Student Work Pages A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park is book for ages 9 and up set in medieval Korea. This post is part of a summer read around the world blog hop by Multicultural Kids at MKB Read Around the World Summer Reading Series. The picture at
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
