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Drawing and Making Cute Animals Out of Hearts for Valentine?s Day
It is a lot of fun to draw cute and cuddly creatures out of any shape, but since Valentine's Day is coming up, why not try to draw animals, bugs, and flowers from hearts. You can even cut shapes out of construction paper, crafts foam, and other crafts materials to make Valentine's Day Cards out of the following Heart-Animal Shapes.
Peeping Groundhogs Craft Activity for Groundhog day
Make this cute craft which shows the groundhog peeping out of his burrow as you celebrate ground hog day. The groundhog pops out of his burrow when you slide the Popsicle stick upwards, and it goes into hiding when you pull the stick down. The simple steps to make this craft follow.
George Washington?s Camp Paper Folding Crafts Model Craft for Kids to Make for President?s Day
Presidents Day is coming up on February 15th this year (2010) and I am posting a great project for teachers to do with their classrooms full of students. This is a great group project to celebrate George Washington's birthday. This project includes paper folding and cutting and the use of clay. See below for the instructions to make George Washington's camp.
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Soon it will be the 100th day of school and the kids will want some fun arts and crafts projects & activities to do at school to celebrate the occasion. Look for them at Artists Helping Children on our 100th Day of School Page. |
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It will be Valentine's Day on February 14th and the kids are getting excited. Go to our Valentine's Day crafts resource page for kids and look for Valentine's Day Boxes to make, Valentines cards and hearts to make, as well as treats to make on our resource page. Have fun. |
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It is almost President's Day and that means that it is almost time to celebrate all the previous presidents such as George Washington and Abraham Lincoln and all previous US. Presidents. See our page full of Presidents Day Crafts. |
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On February 14th, 2010 it will be The Chinese New Year and we have a great resource page for The Chinese New Year Crafts Activities and for Tigers Crafts. |
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It is almost Mardi Gras / Fat Tuesday. We have put together a collection of some great Mardi Gras festival crafts activities. Come take a look |
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On March 17, 2010 it will be St. Patrick's Day again and oh boy is it fun for kids. Kids love to make Leprechaun traps, leprechauns, rainbows, pots of gold, shamrocks, and other green treats. Go and visit our Saint Patrick's Day Crafts Activities. |
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