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All About Me: Fun & Educational Crafts and Activities for Preschoolers
POSTED ON MAY 29, 2023 BY LEANNE
Creative Green Thumbs:
10 DIY Garden Markers for Gardening with Children
POSTED ON MAY 17, 2023 BY LEANNE
Creative Green Thumbs:
20 DIY Decorated Pot Projects for Gardening with Children
POSTED ON MAY 16, 2023 BY LEANNE
10 Fun and Easy Ideas for Crafting with Rocks
POSTED ON MAY 14, 2023 BY LEANNE
10 engaging and easy-to-follow collage crafts for kids
These activities offer children the opportunity to explore their creativity, enhance their fine motor skills, and create memorable artworks. Projects include a Shape Collage, Each project comes with a list of required materials and step-by-step instructions, making it easy for parents and caregivers to facilitate these fun crafting experiences. Whether it's learning about shapes, recycling old magazines, appreciating nature, or understanding family relationships, there's a collage craft for every interest and learning objective.
POSTED ON MAY 11, 2023 BY LEANNE
10 easy paper plate animal crafts for preschoolers
POSTED ON MAY 9, 2023 BY LEANNE
10 Easy Paper Plate Crafts for Kindergarten
POSTED ON MAY 8, 2023 BY LEANNE
25 Animal Paper Plate Crafts for Kids
POSTED ON MAY 7, 2023 BY LEANNE
POSTED ON APRIL 29, 2023 BY LEANNE
Let nature inspire creativity! Discover a world of enchanting nature crafts for little ones. From coloring pages to leaf animal creations and stunning collages, ignite their love for the outdoors and let imaginations soar!
Leaf Animal Crafts for Kids
POSTED ON APRIL 28, 2023 BY LEANNE
Whether you're crafting a leafy hedgehog, squirrel, owl, or chick, remember that the process is as important as the end result. Embrace the opportunity to slow down, connect with your child, and immerse yourselves in the wonders of nature.
10 Fun and Easy Crafts dads can make with preschoolers for Mother’s Day
POSTED ON MAY 11, 2023 BY LEANNE
10 Easy Egg Carton Animal Crafts for Kids
POSTED ON APRIL 28, 2023 BY LEANNE
These 10 egg carton animal crafts are fun, creative, and eco-friendly ways to repurpose egg cartons. So the next time you find yourself with an empty egg carton, give one of these adorable animal crafts a try!
5 Egg Carton Caterpillar Crafts for Kids
POSTED ON APRIL 27, 2023 BY LEANNE
Ignite your children's imagination and artistic expression as they embark on a journey of creativity, with five ideas for transforming simple egg cartons into charming caterpillars.
Spring into Creativity: Top 10 Websites for Spring-Themed Crafts for Kids
POSTED ON APRIL 25, 2023 BY LEANNE
20 Delightful Nature-Inspired Crafts for Kids: Engaging Activities for the Whole Family
POSTED ON APRIL 23, 2023 BY LEANNE
Looking for fun, engaging, and eco-friendly crafts to keep your kids entertained and connected to nature? Look no further! I've gathered, remembered and […]
Celebrate Earth Day with DLTK's Earth Friendly Upcycling Crafts for Kids
POSTED ON APRIL 11, 2023 BY LEANNE
Earth Day is just around the corner, and what better way to celebrate than by engaging in fun and sustainable crafting activities with your children? At DLTK's Crafts for Kids […]
International Astronomy Day
POSTED ON APRIL 11, 2023 BY LEANNE
Happy International Astronomy Day, space explorers! Today, we celebrate the beauty and wonder of the cosmos and the amazing discoveries that have been […]
April Adventures: Crafting, Exploring, and Celebrating Spring with DLTK's Crafts for Kids
POSTED ON APRIL 1, 2023 BY LEANNE
Hello, creative parents and little explorers! As the days grow longer and the earth awakens from its winter slumber, April presents us with a delightful opportunity to […]
Painting Rainbows: A Colorful Adventure with Watercolors for Kids 12+
POSTED ON MARCH 24, 2023 BY LEANNE
Let your child's creativity soar with the magical world of watercolor painting! If your child is 12 or older, they're the perfect age to explore the endless […]
(you can't escape) Harry Houdini's birthday!
POSTED ON MARCH 24, 2023 BY LEANNE
Hear ye, hear ye! March 24th marks the birthday of the one and only Harry Houdini, the master of illusion and the greatest escape artist of all […]
Happy World Water Day, everyone!
POSTED ON MARCH 22, 2023 BY LEANNE
Today, March 22nd, we come together to raise awareness about the value of water and its vital role in sustainable development. This year's theme, "Valuing Water," […]
Random Thought: And the Winner Is! (*drum roll*)
POSTED ON December 15, 2016 BY LEANNE
People occasionally ask me what my all time favourite craft on the website is. That’s a really tough question because I have a lot of much loved […]
Random Thought: Many years later and she still loves paper plates…
POSTED ON OCTOBER 3, 2016 BY LEANNE
My youngest daughter is eighteen now. Gosh, time flies when you’re raising children! I may get in trouble with her about this, but I had to share! When I
Spring Bunny Paper Craft
POSTED ON MARCH 4, 2016 BY LEANNE
The spring bunny is a paper craft that kids enjoy as part of a number of different themes including a spring theme, a weather theme, an April Showers theme and
Preschool Patterning Practice
POSTED ON FEBRUARY 10, 2016 BY LEANNE
Creating patterns is one of those preschool math skills that seems like “just fun” but really is forming the basis for lifelong learning. Some kids
Groundhog’s Day Predictions Paper Craft
POSTED ON JANUARY 26, 2016 BY LEANNE
Happy Groundhog’s Day! (My husband went to great lengths to find me a stainless steel fridge that lets magnets stick to it… I was SO HAPPY!) Groundhog’s Day is
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Activity
POSTED ON DECEMBER 28, 2015 BY LEANNE
Nina is one of our viewers who has been following us since our sites started many years ago. She sent this project suggestion using the templates from
Paper Bag Puppets (for Christmas)
POSTED ON DECEMBER 14, 2015 BY LEANNE
Paper bag puppets aren’t just crafts—they’re creative toys for the kids to play with throughout the season! Have everyone make a different character and
How To “Build” a Tree
POSTED ON AUGUST 16, 2015 BY LEANNE
Many years ago when I was in elementary school, our art teacher taught us how to “build” a tree with paint. To this day, I still enjoy mixing a couple of tree […]
Halloween Scarecrow Pumpkin Carving
POSTED ON OCTOBER 28, 2014 BY DARREN
Leanne has been designing pumpkin carving patterns for the site and I have been carving them for over a decade now. This year is no exception and I […]
Halloween Math Activities
POSTED ON OCTOBER 21, 2014 BY KAITLYN
Math isn’t always fun, in fact math is rarely fun, but it can be! Math activities that give kids a way to view math visually are a really inspired way to educate […]
Samson and Delilah Crafts.
POSTED ON OCTOBER 14, 2014 BY LEANNE
The website began with a passion for crafts made from cardboard tubes—toilet paper roll crafts! I love the simplicity of them—they’re basically just color, […]
Snowboarding and Skiing
POSTED ON FEBRUARY 28, 2014 BY KAITLYN
Skiing and snowboarding are both very popular sports in Canada, and tons of my friends are all hyped up and excited for competition season! […]
Happy Valentine’s Day
POSTED ON FEBRUARY 14, 2014 BY KAITLYN
Today is Valentine’s Day, which means lots of chocolate, flowers, and cards. For little kids it means LOTS of heart shaped crafts and candy! When I […]
The 2014 Winter Olympics
POSTED ON JANUARY 31, 2014 BY KAITLYN
The 2014 Winter Olympics will start exactly one week from today; the events are being held in Sochi Russia and the preparation has been a long […]
Chinese New Years
POSTED ON JANUARY 18, 2014 BY KAITLYN
Chinese New Year is celebrated on a different day each year because it is based on the Lunar year. And each year is named after an animal based on […]
Five Cut and Paste Paper Crafts for the Holiday Season
POSTED ON DECEMBER 14, 2013 BY LEANNE
© by Leanne Guenther If you craft with your child from a very young age, you’ll find yourself doing a lot of “cutting out” with your handy pair of scissors[…]
Movember
POSTED ON NOVEMBER 29, 2013 BY KAITLYN
I have always thought that Movember was a really neat idea because it isn’t like your classic fundraiser, but up until junior high I didn’t even know it […]
Thanksgiving Paper Strip Pumpkin Craft
POSTED ON NOVEMBER 22, 2013 BY KAITLYN
Thanksgiving is a wonderful time of the year; it is a chance to visit with friends and family and show them how thankful you are! For me in Canada, thanksgiving […]
Paper Lantern Crafts
POSTED ON NOVEMBER 8, 2013 BY KAITLYN
Over the past week I have been going to town on a new holiday craft idea that my mom had, paper lantern crafts. Until now I never realized how […]
Bath Salts
POSTED ON NOVEMBER 1, 2013 BY KAITLYN
This craft would make an excellent homemade gift for a relative! Some of the ingredients are a bit unusual, like the glycerin or the Epsom […]
Grass Seed Caterpillar
POSTED ON SEPTEMBER 13, 2013 BY KAITLYN
This grass seed craft is a very fun craft that creates an adorable caterpillar! The neat idea about this craft is that you can watch the grass grow before […]
Paper Mache Animals
POSTED ON AUGUST 23, 2013 BY KAITLYN
I’ve spent the past week making adorable paper Mache animal crafts. At times it was a bit challenging but it was definitely worth it because they […]
Paper Plate Echidna
POSTED ON AUGUST 9, 2013 BY KAITLYN
This craft is absolutely adorable and very fun to make! Rather than just an average paper plate craft there is the extra component of cutting the fringe […]
Animal Cracker Ark
POSTED ON JULY 26, 2013 BY KAITLYN
This craft is very entertaining to make since there are so many different components; from the cotton ball clouds to the animal cracker animals this […]
Paper Plate Bird Nest
POSTED ON JULY 19, 2013 BY KAITLYN
This paper plate bird nest is very fun to make and looks absolutely adorable when it’s finished! I found that I couldn’t help but grin when I realized how […]
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