Rainbow Music Shakers

Empty plastic bottles are everywhere and waiting to be re-used into this fun project. Emma at My Little 3... and Me shows us how to make these stylish musical shakers. You will need pom-poms, white rice, coloured ribbons to create one of your own.

Make a colour sorting game

I was looking for something to create from all the left over Christmas paper rolls when I discovered this great educational activity at Learning4Kids. Just paint the cardboard rolls in advance and allowed them to dry before masking them to the wall or window.

Stained Glass Hearts

This colourful Valentine Craft is made from milk bottles, glue and tissue paper. It is the translucency of plastic milk bottles that makes them great for creating a stained glass effect.

See the tutorial at Emma's blog My Little 3... and me

Heart mobile

Donni from The Magic Onions shows you how to create this hanging heart shape mobile with string and a heart shaped paper punch.

Circle punch wall art

This wall art is made by Merrilee and her boys.

" I wanted to do something simple and graphic, and most importantly, something that the boys themselves could do, pretty much on their own. So we came up with a circle punch art idea."

See more photos, the finished art and the tutorial at mer mag

Seed Pod Babies

Create these beautiful sleeping babies from milkweed pods and acorns

with this tutorial at

How To Run A Home Daycare with Jana, a former elementary school teacher, who runs a Waldorf inspired home child care.

Egg shell planters

Great easter gift idea, don't you think?

Get the know how to make these egg shell planters

at Lilliedale

Easter Eggs made of string

 

 

Alissa from Crafty Endeavour explains and shows

how to create these cool easter eggs

from string or other threads

such as lace.



Clay ornament tutorial

Air-dry clay ornament tutorial by Christina Lowry.
They look Christmassy but just change the string
and they could be for any occasion or season.

Christina is a craftsperson and silversmith

living in Brisbane, Australia.

Bunny Rabbit Card

 

Create a similar card, with any animal stencil

and some co-ordinated paper.

See other stencil bunny rabbit ideas at

Zing Zing Tree

Easter Egg craft: decoupage

I have not seen a tutorial for decoupaging an egg before

so it was great to find this at My Poppet

Thanks Cintia.

Decoupage Easter Egg

with lots of helpful pictures.

Paper Plate Bunny

Paper Plate Bunny tutorial at All Kids Network

20 Valentine Mailbox Ideas

This fabric covered mailbox to place Valentines

and 19 others are all viewable at

Tip Junkie

 

Christmas table decoration

This idea is so simple that even young children can put it together.

Just supply a metal bowl, some white candles, pine cones and blu tak to stick to the bottom of the bowl to keep the candle or candles in place. If you don't have blu tak, you could use playdough.

I think it makes a very stylish Christmas decoration.

Handmade Christmas tree ornaments: glittery pinecones

Glittery pine cones ready to hang

Mom spotted has this idea for a simple but attractive Christmas decoration that kids can make after collecting pinecones.

Making a musical shekere

The shekere is an instrument from West Africa
made from a dried gourd. 
It has a net covering the gourd which is woven with beads. Above is the idea transformed and made by children at Play Ideas. Learn how to make one there.

 

Paper flowers you can create with preschoolers

Craft Scope has instructions for making these simple but effective flowers

from cupcake pans, paper and buttons.

Great rainy day idea for kids craft

tutus & turtles calls this Silly Sculpture

So simple to set up for a party.

You could do individual ones or a massive group sculpture.



Make a paper mache boat with sail

Ann Wood explains how to make these marvelous boats

from paper, glue, dowel and fabric.

Cardboard Fort

How to make a Cardboard Fort that has an escape chute

at What I Made