Activities With Children

Macro- Custom Order Clutch, originally uploaded by hobocampcrafts.

This is a macro shot of a custom order I’ve been working on. I am really happy with the way it came out- I hope the new owner is too. You never know- when you’re creating a custom order. The person is entrusting you to use your crafty psychic vibes to figure out what they want.

After some much stunting time- I’m starting to put craft supplies , fabric and my nik naks in their cozy little places. I reworked my universe board- and I’m much happier with the outcome.

We’re going up to Oneonta for a little getaway w/ my family. Thursday-Saturday. My brother has a little cabin up there. I love the area. The little strip has a great coffee shop with free WIFI and a great Salvation Army. We try to go up at least once a year. We might even try to go up again later in the year before baby comes. So I have the kitchen floor littered with reusable totes full of snackies and other treats to bring up for the 4th.

I’m meeting a friend at the mall in our area today. They use to have a humungo Joann’s which was always a great place to stop in and check sales. But alas it went out of business. We’ll probably do some window shopping and grab a coffee and I need to mail out some orders.

I’m hoping the outfit I’m wearing isn’t too much for a preggo. I asked Z before I left the house. He usually is honest- but aid I looked cute. I’ll have to take a pic and show you all later. I’m running out of clothes!

Have a great day and stay crafty!
xo
M

My review of Nicola’s and Largo’s e-book – Fun children’ Crafts for Any Occasion

We’ve put together a great list of spring crafts that will give you lots of great children’s activitivies to do during the months of March, April, and May, in addition to all the holidays that we have in the springtime! Enjoy the great Spring Crafts!

Now that its February (where did the time go?) its really time to start working on those Valentine Crafts. Today its a Valentine Headband craft, Lollipop Mice, and a Toilet Paper Tube Valentine Butterfly.

Valentine Headband (Super Simple)

Cut a strip of pink construction paper about 2 inches wide, fit it around your childs head to make the headband, and staple together. Next, cut several hearts of different sizes and colors ranging from about 4 inches across to 1 inch across. Glue the hearts onto the headband randomly until the headband is completely covered. Decorate the headband with glitter, sequins, stickers, markers, etc. and let dry completely. Now you have a beautiful Valentines Day headband that children will absolutely love to wear!

Lollipop Mice (Template Provided)

The inspiration for this craft came from a craft book many years ago, and I created a template for Lollipop Mice here.

Print the template out onto construction paper (red, purple, or pink construction looks great) and cut out the two mouse heads. Use a hole punch or a sharp pair of scissors (adult job) to punch holes in the nose where indicated. Thread a 3-4 inch length pipe cleaner through the top two holes to form whiskers. Do the same with the bottom two holes. Slip a lollipop down through the loops provided by the pipe cleaners. These make really great party favors!

Toilet Paper Tube Valentine Butterfly (Template Provided)

It just wouldnt be crafting if we didnt make something out of a recycled toilet paper cardboard tube. Youll need a cardboard tube, construction paper (any color you choose), gluestick, wiggle eyes (optional), and pipe cleaners (optional). You can use this template for this project if you want.

Wrap a cardboard tube with a sheet of colored construction paper and glue in place. Cut out two hearts that are about 4 inches across and two of a different color that are about 3 inches across. Glue the small hearts into the center of the larger hearts. Glue the two large hearts into place as the butterfly wings. If you dont use the face provided with the template, cut out two small antenas (or use pipe cleaners) and glue in place. Glue on the wiggle eyes and make your butterflys face. My girls really enjoyed making these!

If youre looking for more Valentines Crafts to get started early with your children, youll find lots of Valentines Day Crafts and fun stuff to do listed here.

If you’ve spent any time looking around Free Kid Crafts, it’s probably already come to your attention that we’re doing some major reconstruction and remodeling work.

Hopefully when we’re done you’ll see many new improvements designed to make it easier for you to find the children’s crafts and fun stuff to do that you’re looking for!

This HUGE selection of free mothers day gifts ideas, including flowers, cards and crafts, is a very special one, because all the ideas here are extremely unique!

Looking for mothers day fun stuff to do? These simple mothers day crafts ideas, such as the salt dough hearts, are all waiting for you and your creative hands!

We’ve been having fun exploring this website: activitytv.com
(NB. no link with Activity Village!). There are lots of great videos to check out all aimed at children, and each activity also has printable instructions available. The fun stuff to do range from crafts to science experiments, juggling to cartooning, with lots more besides.

With Father’s Day fast approaching, this card craft might be ideal:

Pop-up Card

The one possible drawback, as with all sites with videos, is that you do need a fairly fast internet connection or playback is very slow or disjointed.