It's time for another easy summer kids craft! Awhile back I tried out a box from Little Loving Hands and made a cute no-sew felt tie heart pillow with my son. It was so fun making that easy pillow that we made another! Today I'm sharing these two adorable no-sew felt lion and sun pillows!
Here's the lion pillow....
Showing posts with label animals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label animals. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 28, 2016
Thursday, June 23, 2016
Tape Resist Dinosaur Bone Art (And our favorite 10+ Dinosaur Books!)
I love it when an art and science combine to create a beautiful and easy kids STEM project. When I was growing up science, math, and art were always treated as fairly different topics. And I get why they taught us that way... it's easier and we get to dig down deep into each one. But I wish that my kid self also experienced how all three things topics were linked. Don't artist use math and science when making art? Isn't there beauty in math and science? Certainly! And so my inner nerd and artist gets very excited when my son and I do a project that touches on what seem to be different areas.
Ok... but I digress. Recently my son and I visited our local natural history museum's dinosaur exhibit and marveled at the size and design of t-rex bones. (Gosh. Those are some ferocious creatures! So glad they don't live today. Eeek.) So, inspired by that visit and this awesome human skeleton tape resist painting idea, we made our own very beautiful and scientific tape resist dinosaur bone skeleton paintings!
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Ok... but I digress. Recently my son and I visited our local natural history museum's dinosaur exhibit and marveled at the size and design of t-rex bones. (Gosh. Those are some ferocious creatures! So glad they don't live today. Eeek.) So, inspired by that visit and this awesome human skeleton tape resist painting idea, we made our own very beautiful and scientific tape resist dinosaur bone skeleton paintings!
Tape Resist Dinosaur Bone Paintings
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Tuesday, May 31, 2016
30+ Awesomely Unique and Fun Paper Plate Crafts for Kids!
It's no secret that I LOVE paper plate crafts! Wanna make my heart sing? Hand me a bunch of blank paper plates. Seriously. No joke. (Ok- Crafter confessional here- I've even snuck interesting paper plates out of parties before to craft with... shhhh... )
If you follow me on Instagram you'll see that I'm this week's #kidscrafts101 judge! Yup! Every week there's a fun challenge to craft with a different material. This week's theme is... drum roll please... paper plates! I know all of you and your kids have such creative ideas, so I'd love to see your ideas on IG! (Just use the #kidscrafts101 so I can see your great ideas!)
And in honor of this week's theme, I thought I'd also share my absolute favorite paper plate crafts!
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If you follow me on Instagram you'll see that I'm this week's #kidscrafts101 judge! Yup! Every week there's a fun challenge to craft with a different material. This week's theme is... drum roll please... paper plates! I know all of you and your kids have such creative ideas, so I'd love to see your ideas on IG! (Just use the #kidscrafts101 so I can see your great ideas!)
And in honor of this week's theme, I thought I'd also share my absolute favorite paper plate crafts!
30+ Super Fun and Unique Paper Plate Crafts for Kids!
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Tuesday, May 24, 2016
Weaving Cute Baby Turtles Using God's Eye Weaving Pattern
Looking for some fun and unique summer crafts to do with the kiddos? Me too! School is almost over and I've got summer crafts on my mind! Today I'm sharing this fun twist on a God's Eye weaving craft. (Remember collecting sticks and making those in summer camp?) But, instead of making the traditional 2 stick version, we recently made a fun 3 stick version.... that also happens to look like a tiny baby turtle!
(Aww, aren't they cute? My preschooler was in looove with these.)
(Aww, aren't they cute? My preschooler was in looove with these.)
Weaving Cute Baby Turtles Using God's Eye Weaving Pattern
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Friday, May 20, 2016
Let's design a zoo! (And our 15+ favorite zoo books!)
Are you looking for an easy, open-ended prompt to encourage children's play and creativity? How about a building challenge? We've designed and built playdough and rock houses , cardboard bridges, boats from recycled materials, and super hero hideouts. Today, we're designing and building a zoo!
Designing a Zoo with Kids!
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Wednesday, May 4, 2016
3D DIY Butterfly Cutout Wrapping Paper
Are you a butterfly lover? Do you know a butterfly lover? Then you're going to love today's 3D butterfly cutout wrapping paper. 3D? Oh yes. The wings pop up, making this the ultimate spring craft!
DIY 3D Cutout Butterfly Wrapping Paper!
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Monday, March 14, 2016
Super Bunny Activity Pack
Hi everyone! Just dropping in with this 5 page super bunny printable activity pack. It includes a coloring sheet, secret code activity, word search, mad libs sheet, and a maze too!
Super Bunny Activity Pack
Friday, February 19, 2016
Egg Carton Owls (and Owl Picture Books!)
We've been eating a TON of eggs lately... which means that we now have material for another egg carton craft! (Yay, woot, woot. Or should I say... hoot hoot?) Today I'm sharing this super easy egg carton owl craft that I recently made with my preschooler. It's a great spring craft that doesn't require any special materials and is super easy to set up!
Hoot hoot! Let's Make some Egg Carton Owls!
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Thursday, February 11, 2016
Colorful 3D Paper Plate Fish Craft (and our 10 Favorite Fish Books!)
Today I've got another unique paper plate craft to add to our ever growing list of paper plate crafts. Recently I transformed several paper plates into beautiful 3D fish. Then, my son and I got to work painting them with all the vibrant colors of the rainbow!
Awesomely colorful, 3D Paper Plate Fish
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Monday, November 9, 2015
Colorful Paper Plate Birds (And our favorite bird books!)
Today I'm sharing another beautiful and easy paper plate craft. These paper plate birds are simply gorgeous. They are also a great art and craft project to make with kids of all ages!
Paper Plate Bird Craft
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Friday, November 6, 2015
Recycled Hibernating Bear Craft! (And our favorite Bear books!)
Does your child love learning about nature? With the recent cooler weather we've been turning to more fall crafts and winter crafts. Recently we talked about bears and hibernation. (For some reason my preschooler was amused by the idea of an animal sleeping through the winter. As a tired, pregnant mom... the idea of sleeping for a long time really appealed to me!)
Today I'm sharing this easy Recycled Hibernating Bear Craft! It's a great way to teach kids about their natural world using some creative arts and crafts fun!
Today I'm sharing this easy Recycled Hibernating Bear Craft! It's a great way to teach kids about their natural world using some creative arts and crafts fun!
Recycled Hibernating Bear Craft
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Friday, October 30, 2015
7 Adorable Paper Plate Crafts
Do you love making paper plate crafts with kids? Well friend, then today's post is for you. Today I'm sharing a great collection of 7 adorable paper plate crafts, guaranteed to bring smiles to everyone's faces!
7 Adorable Paper Plate Crafts
Thursday, October 22, 2015
Easy and Colorful Paper Plate Snakes
Sometimes the easy and classic preschool crafts are the best. Today I'm sharing a super easy paper plate craft for all reptile-loving kids. We're crafting some beautiful paper plate snakes!
Watercolor Paper Plate Snakes
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015
How to Make Colorful and fun paper plate dragons! (And our 10+ Favorite Dragon Books)
Have you seen our paper plate dragons? My preschooler is currently on a dragon kick and we've been reading dragon books, watching dragon movies, and making dragon crafts... of course!
If you have a dragon lover at home, then you'll love this craft too. I've even included a template so that you can easily make these paper plate dragons with your little ones too!
Let's get making!
If you have a dragon lover at home, then you'll love this craft too. I've even included a template so that you can easily make these paper plate dragons with your little ones too!
Let's get making!
Make these Colorful and fun paper plate dragons!
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Tuesday, August 11, 2015
Gorgeous Fluttering Paper Plate Butterflies
Last week I shared these beautiful hyper colorful painted paper plate flowers. Since y'all seemed to enjoy them so much, today I'm continuing with the paper plate craft theme and sharing these lovely paper plate butterflies as well!
Gorgeous Fluttering Paper Plate Butterflies!
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Friday, July 17, 2015
Easy Kirigami Fish Craft
Howdy! For those of you living above the equator-- how's summer so far? I'm slowly recovering from illness (hooray!) Our days are packed with swim classes, trips to the library, play dates, and night time walks. Is it just me, or is summer just as busy as the rest of the school year?
Lately, I honestly haven't had the time (or energy) to craft. (Do you ever feel that way too?) Well, in case you wanted a quick, summer craft to do with the kids, I'm sharing this easy kirigami fish craft today! I've always enjoyed paper cutting and folding crafts, so I thought this was a really great way for young children to get creative with scissors and paper too!
Lately, I honestly haven't had the time (or energy) to craft. (Do you ever feel that way too?) Well, in case you wanted a quick, summer craft to do with the kids, I'm sharing this easy kirigami fish craft today! I've always enjoyed paper cutting and folding crafts, so I thought this was a really great way for young children to get creative with scissors and paper too!
Let's make some Kirigami Fish!
Tuesday, July 7, 2015
Make Super Graphic and Colorful Shark Sun Catchers with Kids
Did you know that it's Shark Week? We don't have cable, so I had no idea until someone else informed me. While I'm not quite sure what Shark Week entails.... we do love learning about sharks and doing easy shark crafts..... like this
Super Easy Shark Sun Catcher Craft!
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Thursday, June 25, 2015
DIY Super Cute Cat Bookmarks
Colorful. Cat. Bookmarks. Well, if that doesn't lure you in, I'm not sure what will! Today I'm over at DIYCandy sharing how I made these cute cat bookmarks from paint chips. So come stop on by!
Ha! Look at all these cats! I feel like a cat-lady....
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Tuesday, June 9, 2015
Make a Pirate Toilet Roll Craft With Your Mateys!
Toilet roll crafts, ah we've done so many toilet roll crafts over the years. They're simple, fun, and there are oh so many options! For last month's MollyMoo Contribution, I made these adorable cardboard roll mermaid and hula girls. This month I'm mixing it up... with a cute Pirate and Parrot Toilet Roll Pair. Arrrgh! So head on over to MollyMoo's, me hearties, and you'll find the full tutorial there!
Toilet Roll Pirate and Parrot
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Friday, April 17, 2015
Tape Resist Ant Art!
Are you going buggy over spring? Well, then today the preschool collaborators and I have 5 preschool bug activities that you'll absolutely love. We've been digging ants lately, so I thought it would be fun to combine art and science to make some tape resist ant art!
(And if you're looking for even more bug crafts, check out these egg carton bugs and my
fluttering butterfly craft!)
(And if you're looking for even more bug crafts, check out these egg carton bugs and my
fluttering butterfly craft!)
Tape Resist Ant Art!
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