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2 Fun Bird Feeder Crafts for Kids to Make in the Winter

2 Fun Bird Feeder Crafts for Kids to Make in the Winter

November 26, 2019 By Katie Chiavarone Leave a Comment

These bird feeder crafts kids can make in the Winter use materials easily found on a nature walk or in the grocery store to make a Winter treat for birds. Winter is here. Snow is blanketing the ground and covering the bare trees with a brilliant coat of white. The

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Filed Under: Arts & Crafts, Winter Tagged With: bird feeder craft, kids crafts, winter crafts

Color Matching Turkey Feather Game

Color Matching Turkey Feather Game

November 4, 2019 By Katie Chiavarone Leave a Comment

This printable turkey feather game includes a printable turkey body template and prompts children to match the colors of craft feathers to the bodies. Turkey games are so fun to play with toddlers and preschoolers around Thanksgiving. This color matching turkey feather game uses a free printable turkey template and

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Filed Under: Fall, Thanksgiving Tagged With: kids crafts, thanksgiving, thanksgiving game, turkey craft

20+ Apple Crafts for Kids

20+ Apple Crafts for Kids

September 5, 2017 By Katie Chiavarone Leave a Comment

Fall is all about apples and pumpkins around here! We love to craft, explore and play with apples. After a day of apple picking at a local farm (a family tradition) we love to follow up the hands-on experience with further apple fun. This list of apple crafts for kids is

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Filed Under: Arts & Crafts, Fall, Preschool Arts& Crafts, Toddler Arts & Crafts, Uncategorized Tagged With: apple crafts, apples, fall crafts, kids crafts, preschool, toddlers

7 DIY Moana Necklaces Kids Will Love to Make

7 DIY Moana Necklaces Kids Will Love to Make

August 2, 2017 By Katie Chiavarone 1 Comment

Moana is such a hit in our house right now. From DIY Moana necklaces, to Moana slime and Moana birthdays, we are in the middle of a craze. Our simple Moana necklace craft is perfect for younger children to make mostly independently, and is great as a DIY dress-up accessory.

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Filed Under: Arts & Crafts, Preschool Arts& Crafts Tagged With: diy, kids crafts, moana, moana necklaces

Simple Bird Seed Bear Craft for Kids with Free Printable Template

Simple Bird Seed Bear Craft for Kids with Free Printable Template

January 9, 2017 By Katie Chiavarone 7 Comments

When I was little I had a piece of artwork hanging on my door. It was a bear outline filled in with bird seed. We did a lot of arts and crafts so I must have thought this was was especially cool because it stayed proudly taped to my door

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Filed Under: Arts & Crafts, Preschool Arts& Crafts, Toddler Arts & Crafts Tagged With: bears, kids books, kids crafts, preschool, toddlers

Spend, Save, Give Jars: Teach Kids How to Manage (and give) Money

Spend, Save, Give Jars: Teach Kids How to Manage (and give) Money

November 6, 2016 By Katie Chiavarone 1 Comment

Teaching kids how to be responsible with money is a task in and of itself, helping them understand how to manage it and even allocate some to give to others, can be difficult. We made these fun recycled spend, save, and give jars to help us (as a family and

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Filed Under: Arts & Crafts, Parenting Tagged With: charitable, diy, giving, Homemade, kids crafts, money, recycled

Rainbow Suncatchers – A Kid-Made Spring Activity

Rainbow Suncatchers – A Kid-Made Spring Activity

March 6, 2015 By Katie Chiavarone 2 Comments

This simple rainbow suncatcher craft turned out beautifully and is great for a variety of ages, you will really be able to see the difference in ability with age but no matter how ‘accurate’ these are they will come out beautiful! I started by using placemats with a piece of

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Filed Under: Arts & Crafts, Learn Through Play, Preschool Arts& Crafts, Preschoolers, Toddler Arts & Crafts, Toddlers Tagged With: Colors, Homeschool, kids activities, kids crafts, preschoolers, rainbows, suncatchers, toddlers

DIY Kids Valentine’s Day Placemats

DIY Kids Valentine’s Day Placemats

February 7, 2015 By Katie Chiavarone Leave a Comment

  Our Valentine’s crafting is in full swing! We put together a couple of the projects that we have been working on this week to create our fun kid’s placemats! These are perfect for seasonal decor, or for a kid’s Valentine’s party, which is what we are using them for!

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Filed Under: Arts & Crafts, Holidays, Preschool Arts& Crafts, Toddler Arts & Crafts, Valentine's Day Tagged With: Arts and Crafts, hearts, kids crafts, paint, valentines day

Invitation to Create: Winter Wonderland

January 13, 2015 By Katie Chiavarone Leave a Comment

Follow my blog with Bloglovin                 I did a quick bathroom raid to find some wintery-looking materials for a simple invitation to create. I love just setting out some small loose parts and seeing what the kids can produce! I found some cotton

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Filed Under: Arts & Crafts, Preschool Arts& Crafts, Toddler Arts & Crafts, Winter Tagged With: kids crafts

C is for Candy Cane: Simple Kids Craft

C is for Candy Cane: Simple Kids Craft

December 13, 2014 By Katie Chiavarone Leave a Comment

          I’ve had a box of candy canes sitting around waiting for me to come up with some crafty thing to do with them…I got sick of them staring at me, taunting my lack of inspiration, so we smashed them up and made ‘candy cane glitter’.

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Filed Under: Arts & Crafts, Christmas, Holidays, Preschool Arts& Crafts, Toddler Arts & Crafts Tagged With: art, candy canes, christmas, crafts, glitter, kids activities, kids crafts

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