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Kid Made Watercolor Cookie Cutter Christmas Card

November 30, 2016 By Thaleia 4 Comments

With Thanksgiving being celebrated last week it’s time to get into gear with our plans for Christmas learning and gift making. Since we have four kids it can be really fun to see the variety of kid made Christmas cards and gifts that they can come up with. Today we are sharing a simple Christmas card made by Big Red using watercolor and cookie cutters. The boys have been in a watercolor painting kick so why not create cute Christmas cards from their artwork!

Gather Your Supplies:

Cardstock or Construction Paper

Watercolor Paint set

Watercolor Paper

Watercolor Brush

Wilton Cookie Cutters

Scissors- we used some from Fundanoodle

Glue Sticks

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45 Fun Craft Kits for Girls from American Girl

September 21, 2016 By Thaleia Leave a Comment

Do you know of any girls who are crafty or want to be crafty? Maybe you, the mom, are NOT crafty and your child wants to make projects either for her American Girl doll or her friends. This collection of fun craft kits are great for girls for after-school, scouts, sleepovers, or mother-daughter date night!

This collection of fun craft kits are great for after-school, scouts, sleepovers!

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Top 10 Pumpkin Crafts for Kids

September 20, 2016 By Thaleia 2 Comments

Fall means leaves, apples, pumpkins, scarecrows, woodland animals, and Fall harvest! What better way to celebrate Fall then with a cute Pumpkin craft for kids. I have found 10 of the best pumpkin crafts for toddler to elementary aged children. I hope that you enjoy making one, some or all of these pumpkin crafts for kids!

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Nest Craft

January 17, 2016 By Thaleia 1 Comment

Winter is a great time to learn about birds, bird watching, and nests! If you have feeders in your yard then you can get an up close and personal look at birds. If you do not have access to birds in real-life then books can help do the trick!

We used four different books for reference and to spark some interest for our nest craft project! The books we used which can be found via our Amazon affiliate links were: Birds, Nests & Eggs , My Baby Blue Jays, A Nest Full of Eggs and The Best Nest .

After we looked through the books for ideas of what nests look like we tried making some of our own! We used brown crinkle paper and skinny straw-like raffia.

First we tried to shape them by hand. It sorta worked. Princess wasn’t too happy with how it turned out. I thought it looked pretty nice myself!

Then we used school glue on an empty applesauce cup to help with a nest shape. Princess wanted to try using a small water balloon and a jumbo plastic egg to see if that would work.

Most of this posts pictures were edited by Princess!

If you love learning about birds then you will love our 25+ Bird Crafts and Activities for Kids post!

This post is part of a series called Kids Crafts A to Z that is hosted on Play Dough & Popsicles. If you want a craft for every letter of the alphabet you will want to hop on over and check it out!

Helpful Bird Watching Resources:

How to Find a Pair of Binoculars? post on Something 2 Offer
Window Bird Feeder by Yellow Beaks
Most Popular Birds In The USA: Children’s Picture Book of Birds
Amazing Birds: Adult Coloring Book

25+ Bird Crafts and Activities for Children

January 10, 2014 By Thaleia 10 Comments

Bird Crafts and Activities for Children

I’ve got that mid-Winter nature and crafts itch. You know the one where you want to find good crafts and activities for children. Hoping to brighten up your dreary dark Winter walls with cheerful artwork and projects. Maybe it’s just me with a house that is lacking in windows and natural light!

I am hoping this provides any parent, grandparent or caregiver with a tremendous amount of bird activities to stay busy all Winter long. Do not worry if you do not know much about birds because we have you covered there as well. Check out my Free Bird Watching Resources.

Since Winter is a great time to bird watch why not at bird crafts and activities to the mix. Sure you could do snowflakes, snowmen, and the like. I’m a little sick of the cold and snow. Bring on the birds! The following ideas were contributed by fellow Kid Blogger Network Bloggers. These bloggers have really awesome ideas. ENJOY!