The Kids Crafts Blog

We are preparing by making Valentine paper bag craft mailboxes to collect all those soon-to-arrive Valentine cards!

As part of my mission to teach my class a diverse curriculum covering many other nations and cultures, I have decided to include a lesson about the Chinese New Year, which falls on January 23 this year. Combining a lesson with a craft is always a great way to get kids excited about a new topic. So in that vein, I introduce my Year of the Dragon craft.

While the weather outside is frightful, inside my classroom it’s delightful: we’re learning, playing games, and doing winter crafts for kids. But I also want to develop my students’ hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills while we’re at it. So this week we’re making a lacing craft that combines the winter theme with the development of skills the kids need to strengthen as the school year progresses.

The holidays have come and gone and still no sign of that fluffy white stuff we’ve all (or at least our kids have) been dreaming about. Here is a great winter craft for kids that is perfect for those days when little ones are dying to go outside and build a snowman – or, alternatively, an indoor winter activity to work on while they’re warming up after playing outside on a snow day – if they should happen to be so lucky!

New Years Activities for Kids – Holiday Noisemakers There’s no time to be sad about the end of Christmas in my house; we’re already moving full steam ahead into preparations for our annual New Year’s Eve party! Earlier in the evening, long before the clock strikes twelve, we’ll already get started with plenty of New [...]

Now that Christmas card preparation is in full swing, it’s high time we started making handmade Christmas gifts as well. This Christmas card holder is the perfect homemade gift because family and friends of all ages will love it. Anyone who has holiday cards, photos, or even artwork to display has use for this easy-to-make Christmas craft for kids.

Christmas is around the corner and this year my kids have gotten really into making handmade Christmas cards. I don’t know if it’s the feeling of glee when they open the mailbox and find a letter from Grandma (usually with stickers inside and a lipstick kiss to seal the envelope) or 6-year-old Marnie’s new across-the-globe pen-pal, but my kids love sending and getting mail. They’ve made a long list of relatives and friends they want to send cards to, and we’re getting through it little by little.

At my house – and in my classroom – we are starting to get into the festive holiday atmosphere. This means making Christmas decorations to hang up to get everyone into the holiday spirit. We decided to start out this year by making wreaths to hang on our doors.

There are two kinds of holiday gift ideas that come to mind when I’m making my Christmas list: the kind you buy and the kind you make. Usually at this time of year I dedicate my blog to all kinds of great, fun, and personalized craft gifts that we can make for our friends, families, and teachers. But today I want to suggest the top ten gifts to give to crafters to light up their holiday season.

This year, my children had the great idea to make Thanksgiving craft puppets. They’ll make them after school on Wednesday while I’m cooking, and give the puppets plenty of time to dry overnight. Then while they’re waiting for dinner to be served on Thursday (or maybe even during dinner, if they’re having trouble sitting still), the kids can entertain themselves (and our guests) with the perfect Thanksgiving activity – a Thanksgiving play!