Kids Arts & Crafts by Holiday or Occasion

Filled with love, these valentines are sure to please!

Three sweet ways to transform lollipops into a Valentine's Day bouquet! This is also a great arts and crafts project for Mother's Day and Grandmother's Day.

wrapped heart shaped lollipops
green chenille stems
scissors

Say "Be Mine!" with a sweet chocolate kiss mouse valentine craft.

Materials
Two wrapped chocolate Hersey's Kisses
2x2 squares of construction paper, fun foam, or felt
Thread
Wiggle eyes
very small pom-pom
craft glue

Save those Christmas candies for this unique Valentine's Day craft!

You'll need:
2 candy canes for each heart
wrapped hard candy
hot glue gun (adults or older kids)
yarn or ribbon
decoration - optional

Serve a meal or a snack with love, using these easy to make Valentine's Day napkin rings. Make one for each family member to set a festive table even before February 14th!

You Need:
craft foam
stick-on hearts
a stapler.

An easy to make Valentine's Day craft kids can make using the ever popular Conversation heart candies!

You'll need:
Candy Conversation hearts (large or small)
Or Jewel Hearts Glue Gun
Mod Podge Craft Sealer
Glass votive holder

Create a puzzle to say "I love you" on Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, Father's Day, Grandmother's Day, or Grandfather's Day.

Materials
Jigsaw puzzle pieces
spray paint or acrylic paint
(red, purple, pink)
Paint brush
Craft Glue or glue gun
Pin Backing -craft store
Newspaper

Make this creepy Halloween Haunted House Stained Glass Window Picture. Even the youngest will enjoy sticking the tissue paper on and seeing the finished effect, although you will obviously have to do most of the cutting out yourself.

Materials Needed:

Black construction paper or card
Scraps of tissue paper
Glue
Scissors

Kids can make this Lincoln Log Cabin craft to celebrate Abraham Lincoln's birthday and President's Day. - A simple-to-make Lincoln Log Cabin with popsicle craft sticks to celebrate Presidents Day. Teach your kids about Abraham Lincoln, and you can turn it into an educational arts and crafts project that is both fun and educational for your children.

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED:

# Construction paper (white and at least one other color)
# White glue or a glue stick
# Scissors
# Craft sticks (popsicle sticks)
# Crayons
# A shiny penny

You and your children can make this cure Log Cabin Arts and Crafts project to have fun or to celebrate President's Day and Abraham Lincolns birthday. Teach your child about Abraham Lincoln and his log cabin and you can turn a fun project into an educational one as well. This Little Log Cabin Craft can be make using a cardboard box, twigs, and hot glue.

-A small cardboard box (we used ones about 9 inches by 12 inches by 9 inches)
-A sheet of cardboard (for the roof)
-Hot glue (you'll need a lot)
-Craft knife (to cut the cardboard)
-Garden shears (to cut the twigs)
-A lot of twigs (choose the straightest ones you can find)
-Pencil
-Optional: Acetate (for the windows)
-Optional: Tiny pebbles and a tiny box (for a chimney)</li>

Kids will love celebrating Thanksgiving by creating these Clip-On Turkeys. This crafts for kids is a fun and relatively easy Thanksgiving crafts project for children to make ... Clip-on turkeys. You can clip them to curtains, or whatever!

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED:

# Construction paper
# Pencil
# Scissors
# Yellow pipe cleaners
# Glue
# Wiggle eyes
# Clothes pin

Children can celebrate Thanksgiving by crafting this Turkey Made from their own Glove. This Craft for Kids is called the Glove-ly Gobler. Your kids can Turn a glove into these googly-eyed gobblers for a jaunty addition to your Thanksgiving decorations.

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED:

# 1 glove or mitten (in an autumn hue such as orange, yellow, brown, or red)
# Poly-fill stuffing*
# 1 wooden thimble*
# Paintbrush
# Black acrylic paint
# 2 googly eyes*
# 1 scrap orange felt
# 1 scrap red felt
# Thin red ribbon (about 1 inch)
# Gold ribbon (about 1 inch)
# Multicolored ribbon (about 7 inches)

Kids can actually create their own MayFlower Ship with this cool crafts project idea for chidren. These Instructions to make your own version of the Mayflower Ship is a great arts and crafts project for your kids to celebrate Columbus Day. You can turn a project like this into a historical and educational project.

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED:

# Construction Paper
# Styrofoam Meat Tray
# Straw
# Glue

Hey children, learn how to make this cool Paper Scarecrow arts and crafts project for kids. It is fun and easy to make. You can make a paper scarecrow to celebrate Autumn / Fall, or Thanksgiving. This scarecrow makes a wonderful Thanksgiving table centerpiece or decoration.

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED:

# Printer
# Construction paper
# Pencil
# Glue
# Scissors
# Markers or crayons
# Optional: googly eyes
# Optional: real straw or raffia

Kids can celebrate Thanksgiving by creating this Pilgrim Collage Craft. Make a Pilgrim collage to celebrate Thanksgiving. This Pilgrim makes a wonderful Thanksgiving decoration and you can make it educational by teaching your child about the history of Thanksgiving and of Pilgrims and Native Americans.

# Printer
# Construction paper (black, white, yellow, and pink for the Pilgrim + a piece of paper for the background)
# Pencil
# Glue
# Scissors
# Markers or crayons

Youur children will love celebrating Thanksgiving by creating these Spoonie Turkeys. A great craft for kids to create a cute turkey out of spoons, paint, glue, and magnets.

ARTS AND CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED:

Wooden Spoonies (craft section)
brown, red, yellow & white paint
googly eyes
glue
magnets (optional)

Help your kids celebrate Thanksgiving by making this Stuffed Turkey Table Decorations. This craft for kids is a Turukey made out of an odd mitten and an outgrown sock, this little turkey will delight the little ones. Who wouldn't love something so cute? A great arts and crafts project for your children.

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED:

# Mitten (who has lost its mate)
# Sock (that has been outgrown)
# Stuffing (old socks, scraps of felt, or torn up old clothing)
# Pencil
# Tacky glue
# Scissors
# Two wiggle eyes
# Gold or yellow felt
# Red felt

Thankful Turkey Craft - This cute construction paper turkey lists what your child is thankful for. It makes a very nice Thanksgiving decoration.

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED:

# Brown, red, orange and yellow construction paper
# Pencil or marker
# Scissors
# Glue
# Googly eyes (optional)
# Printer (optional)

Help your kids make this Thankful Wreath of Leaves arts and crafts project for children. You and your child can make a beautiful wreath of leaves that displays what your child is thankful for. This wreath makes a great Autumn or Thankgsiving decoration.

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED:

# A plain white paper plate
# Construction paper (orange, red, yellow, brown, and other earth tones)
# Crayons or markers
# Scissors
# Glue or a glue stick

Your children can Learn how to make this cool Thanksgiving Turkey 3D Paper Model. Only one page to print for this crafts for kids. Teachers, perfect for school or home project. Use as home/table decor or write your name on the tail feathers for a place card! Easy to cut out and glue together.

Celebrate Thanksgiving by making this Turkey Pinata. This arts and crafts project will tell you how to make this Turkey Pinata craft. Celebrate Turkey Day with this fun fowl piñata

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED:

Batch of papier-mâché
14-inch balloon, inflated
10-inch-wide bowl
1 two-page spread each of regular newspaper, comics, and plain newsprint, torn into 1 1/2- by 11-inch strips
String
9-inch orange balloon, inflated
Cloth tape
Black marker
White paper
Scissors
Yellow construction paper
9-inch red balloon, not inflated
20- by 30-inch sheets of tissue paper: 1 red, 1 yellow, 3 orange, 2 brown
Stapler
Glue
Wrapped hard candies

Learn how to make a fun Thanksgiving Turkey Spoon craft for kids. This arts and crafts project is for children to celebrate thanksgiving in a fun way - Gobble, gobble, this turkey is sure to spoon up lots of fun.

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED:

* Pattern Required
* Wooden spoon, 12-inch
* Wiggle eyes, 10mm, 2
* Felt, stiffened, orange
* Felt, red
* Fun foam, orange
* Fun foam, green
* Fun foam, red
* Fun foam, yellow
* Ribbon, orange, 1/8-inch
* Acrylic paint, brown
* Scissors
* Marker, black

Wild Turkey - Take a walk in the woods and find nature items to make this Thanksgiving pal.

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED:

# Items from nature, such as pinecones, leaves, sticks, pebbles, bark, and seeds
# Kitchen items, such as bay leaves and dry bean-soup mix
# Colored poster board
# Scissors
# Pencil
# Small plate
# Thick white crafts glue

Kids will love these Stained Glass Christmas wreaths to celebrate Christmas. Your children will love hanging them in the window. Size depends on the size of your window. The wreath measures 26" wide by 35" long. The materials and the pattern given below on the 2" grids is for the above dimensions. To make larger or smaller patterns, make the size of the grid squares larger or smaller, adjusting the construction paper size accordingly.

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED:

Two sheets of black construction paper— 30" x 40" for the wreath
one roll double-face transparent tape
X-acto knife No. 1 with extra blades
swivel knife
white or yellow carbon paper
heavy white tracing paper for the white portions of the wreath
one sheet each of colored cellophane as specified below (or gelatin sheets used by theaters to tint white spotlights, available at many photography shops)
two black illustration boards
Wreath Cellophane Colors: Red, orange, yellow, turquoise, chartreuse and emerald green.

Your children will love learning How to Make a Faux Stained Glass Christmas Ornament Craft for Kids. This Stained Glass Ornament will look great on your Christmas tree. It is a beautiful ornament or gift idea.

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED:

# Clear, plastic, smooth tumbler glasses
# Permanent markers
# Hot glue gun
# Ribbon
# Foil

Here is a 4th of July String of Stars Arts and Crafts project for Children to create to celebrate America's independence. This String of Stars is in red, white, and blue and is a great patriotic craft for Memorial Day, Veteran's Day, President's Day, and Labor Day as well. - Decorate a porch railing with these festive Fourth of July garlands.

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED:

Craft Foam
Scissors
Tacky glue
Hole punch
Ribbons

Children can learn How to Make Paper Snowflakes with this Snowflake paper making tutorial with pictures. You will easily learn How to Make Paper Snowflakes with these detailed instructions for doing so. Paper snowflakes make great decorations for Winter time and Christmas decorations.

Acorn Ornament Craft - Instructions for making simple ornaments using acorn and paint

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED

# Acorns
# Paint
# Metalic chenille stems
# Hot Glue

Let your kids participate in making their own Christmas Tree ornament for the Christmas tree with this very cool arts and crafts project for kids, the Christmas Tree Balloon Ornament. - Find out how to make a Christmas tree ornament using a balloon and other materials.

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED:

# Balloon (smaller,round ones)
# Liquid Starch
# Newspapers (cut in little pieces)
# Seeds of all kinds (I used corn)
# Glue
# Paint (I used gold)
# Matches
# Lace

Children can celebrate Earth Day with this Crafts Project for children to Grow a Seed Garden - Its a chance to celebrate Mother Nature and all of her gifts. Its also a chance to learn about how things grow&how we can take care of the earth ... on April 22nd and everyday.

MATERIALS NEEDED:

# a small clear jar
# dried beans
# water
# a lightweight tray or plate

Hey kids, learn how to make a really cool Sea Shell Paper Weight Crafts activity. This Sea Shell Paper Weight would make a perfect gift for Dad or Mom to put on their desk at work, so it would make a great gift for Mom on Mother's Day or Dad on Father's Day. Make this paper weight with Small sea shells, white glue, sand, paint, and a Wilson Tennis ball container.

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED:
Small sea shells
white glue
sand
paint
Wilson Tennis ball container

Learn how to make a cool picture with sand!!! This is a great children's arts and crafts activity to celebrate Summer time. Your kids will love making this Sand Picture. They can make their very own sand picture with the following crafts materials and follow the link to find out the instructions involved. Have fun!

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED:

# Clean sand. (beach sand, toy sand box sand or even construction sand will do. )Note: sift out any unwanted particles, like rocks or pebbles.
# Small plastic bags
# Food Colouring
# Picture frame with glass (Old ones work great.)
# Drawing or Colouring book picture (not too detailed)
# Permanent Marker
# Elmer's white glue

Hey children, learn how to make a flower daisy puppet with the following CD Daisy Puppet instructions from About.com. A craft for kids to Make a flower using an old cd, a paper plate, a sock, and a few other supplies. Girls love this puppet. A great puppet to play with when Spring and Easter are coming around and the flowers are blooming.

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED

# Paper Plate
# CD
# Glue
# Large Wiggle Eyes
# 2 Inch Pom-Pom
# Scrap of Felt or Construction Paper
# Old Green Sock

Hey kids, do you want to make a spooky Halloween Goblin hand puppet? This crafts for kids project is to create Hand Puppet Goblins to make to scare people on Halloween.

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED:
Markers
Yarn scraps of different bright colors
2 old hankies
plain fabric scraps or felt
Beads, buttons, and other trim
Thread
Glue

Hey Kids - Learn how to Make this cute moving Leprechaun Marionette with easy to make crafts instructions from Enchanted Learning. With this arts and crafts project for children, you can easily make a Leprechaun Marionette for St. Patricks Day . When you pull the string, the arms and legs move! Cool!

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED:
# paper and a printer
# paste
# thin cardboard
# scissors
# a hole punch
# 4 paper connectors
# a needle
# thread.

Make some Easter memories with this adorable bunny puppet. Let the kids join in on the creating, then have a family puppet show!

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED:
* White Felt Squares (2)
* Pink Felt Square
* Opalescent Chenille Stem
* 10mm Wiggle Eyes (1 pair)
* Pink Pom pom
* White Pom pom



* Narrow Ribbon (color of choice)
* Paper (for pattern)
* Black Marker
* Scissors
* Straight Pins
* Low Temp Glue Gun

Are you trying to think about what to make for a special occasion for Mom or Dad? This arts and crafts project to create a handmade Business Card Holder is just perfect for Mom on Mother's Day or Dad on Father's Day, especially for that special someone who is a hard worker and needs somewhere to place his / her business cards. This craft for kids isn't very difficula and what a cute gift this can be for Dad, Mother, Aunt or Uncle. Children can Decorate the Popsicle sticks with hearts, stars, or other designs made out of Woodsies, felt or construction paper. This would also be a great birthday gift for Mom or Dad.

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED FOR THIS CRAFTS PROJECT:

# 11 Popsicle sticks
# Scissors
# Green craft paint
# School glue
# Decorations (Woodsies, paint, pom-poms, etc.)
# Waxed paper or plastic bag (to protect work surface)

Craft Sticks Picture Frame - Make a cool picture frame with craft sticks.

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED:

Craft sticks
Elmer's Glue-All™
Elmer's Squeeze Creations™

American Flag Craft Stick Craft for Children to create to celebrate America's Independence Day on 4th of July. This children's arts and crafts project is to make a Craft Stick Flag - This crafts project is a simple-to-make US flag made from craft sticks. This is a great way to celebrate July 4th, Memorial Day, Veteran's Day, Flags Day, or President's Day. Or you can simply have your children make the American flag to support the American troops.

ARTS AND CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED FOR THIS CRAFT FOR KIDS:

# 9 craft sticks
# Red and white acrylic paint
# Brushes
# Blue construction paper
# Glue
# Either white paper or a white gel pen

Your children can learn how to make a handmade Angel Christmas Ornament for your Christmas Tree. This craft for kids is to help kids to celebrate Christmas by making their very own Craft Stick Angel Ornament for Christmas - Make a cute little angel from craft sticks, buttons, and more. This also makes a great gift for family members on Christmas or a great keepsake.

ARTS AND CRAFTS MATERIALS YOUR KIDS WILL NEED:

# Craft stick or tongue depressor
# corrugated cardboard
# white felt
# cream or light yellow felt
# beige or light yellow yarn
# gold cord
# small rope or raffia
# 2 small round buttons, any color
# small scrap of material, trimmed with pinking shears
# black fine tip marker