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Your child will have as much fun creating his own puzzle as he has putting one together. Make sure you choose a picture that's interesting to him.
Materials

* Interesting photo of a family member, favorite animal, cartoon character, and so on
* Poster board
* Spray adhesive
* Black felt-tip pen
* Child's blunt-tip safety scissors
* Small box
* Table

If you like, glue plastic ants (or draw them on with a marker) onto the tablecloth.

Materials

* Red marker or tempera paint and paintbrush
* White construction paper
* Small paper plate
* Old magazines
* Scissors
* Glue
* Black plastic ants or black marker (optional)

Have your child tear the paper products into small pieces and stick them onto the plate.

Materials

* Paintbrush
* Glue thinned with water
* Clear plastic plate
* Red, white, and blue paper products (streamers, tissue paper, napkins, and so on)
* Confetti stars and glitter (optional)
* Poster putty

Color in the traced hands and feet. If you like, use water colors, glitter glue, or poster paint to add rings and polish to the fingers and toes.

Materials

* Drawing paper
* Crayons, colored pencils, or washable markers
* Water colors
* Glitter glue or poster paint (optional)

It takes more than balloons, streamers and matching plates to create a birthday party your child will never forget! Often, what makes a child's birthday party a huge hit is a simply prepared game or activity. We've collected our favorite party games and traditional party games that can be played as-is or adapted to your party theme. If this is your first children's birthday party and you are bit intimidated, don't worry. We also have tips and advice from our party professionals.

Olympics party theme with fun party games, decorating and party tips. These games are great way to celebrate a birthday,
or the end of a wonderful summer break!

Surprise an elderly neighbor, relative or teacher with a May Day Basket. The response is sure to bring a smile to your little ones face and warm the recipients heart ! This craft is also great for Mother's Day or Grandmother's Day..

You'll need:

A plastic berry basket
Construction paper cut in narrow
strips or "curly ribbon" will do well.
Tissue paper or cellophane wrap
and a potted 4"inch pot of pansies or
any outside plant.
These can usually be purchased
for under $1.00 this time of year.

A Reindeer craft that kids can make and give as a gift. These whimsical little reindeer can serve as place card holders for a holiday table, party favors, or give a large reindeer as a gift, filled with the recipients favorite candy! They are an easy and inexpensive craft for classrooms or scout troops.

Celebrate your child's birthday with fun animal party games, and activities. A wonderful party for toddlers and preschoolers. Have a birthday party adventure with this wild animal safari theme including party games, activities and fun decorations.

The month of December is a joyous time of year, full of friends, family, fun, good food, and great gifts. In the midst of all of this holiday cheer, however, many holiday babies get the short end of the peppermint stick. Instead of being thrown separate birthday parties, their celebrations often get lumped together with Christmas parties, Hanukkah dinners, and New Years Eve gatherings.

Children of any age will enjoy this art discovery. Aim your straw at the paint and BLOW! This is a perfect classroom or scout project.

You'll need :
Straws
Poster or tempera paint
Paper
Place drops of paint onto the paper, and blow!

With Marble Painting for Kids - Marbles, paint and some "Rock and Roll" are used to create a beautiful picture, worthy of any refrigerator gallery.

You'll need :
Poster or tempera paint
paper
container
Use Any of these for your painting container: gift box, shoe box, Pringles or tennis

Party Tips for Children with Food Allergies, So All Guests Feel Included. You don't need to make the same mistake. I'm excited to be offering a safe and delicious alternative, as well as providing tips so that children will no longer be excluded.

AmazingMoms.com - great ideas for family fun, kids birthday parties, kids craft, Highlights Catalog. home - arts & crafts - parties - playtime - recipes

Macramé Power Bead Ankle Bracelet Jewelry Craft for Kids This Craft is too cool! Pick the beads you want for the power you need.

You Need:

* 12 Feet #20 Hemp
* Power Beads
* Masking Tape
* Scissors

This kids craft if for an Angel Worry Doll. Guatemalan children tell their worries to dolls and place them under their pillows. According to legend, the dolls take their worries away.

Materials You Need:

* Flat Slotted Clothespin or
Baby Flat Slotted Clothespin
* Two Wooden Kitchen Matches
* Embroidery Floss
* Gold Paint
* Gold Cord
* Scissors
* Craft Knife
* Fine Point Marker
* Tacky Glue or Low Temp Glue Gun
* Woodsie Angel Wings

In Remembrance of September 11th, have your kids create this 911 Angel Pin craft that is easy enough for your children to make. Here's a simple project your whole group can make and wear in remembrance of Sept. 11.

You Need:

* Coiless Safety Pins - 1½" Gold
* 18" of Red Satin Cord
* Angel Bead
* Heart Shaped Pony Bead
* Red and Blue Pony Beads
* 911 Number Beads
* Gold Metallic Pony Beads
* Scissors
* White Glue

Children will love making this craft for kids. Kids can make their own Floppy Disk Photo Cube 6 Photograph Frame. It is perfect to give to a Mom for Mother's Day, Dad for Father's Day, Grandma for Grandmother's Day, Grandpa for Grandfather's Day, or other loved ones for a birthday...they can then place this frame on their desk or mantel.

Materials You Need:

* 6 Old 3½" Floppy Disks
* Blank Index Stock
* 6 Photos You Can Cut
* Low Temp Glue Gun
* Double Stick Tape

A craft for kids that is surprisingly easy to make but something that they will be amazed that they can make. This is an envelope template / pattern that the kids can print out and then make.

This is a page for kids patriotic crafts that have to do with Military, The Army, The Nave, the War overseas, etc. These crafts are good for camps, for scouts, for our families overseas. A lot of times boys love making military crafts as well.

This craft for kids is a Reindeer Yarn Bug figure project. This is a great Christmas holiday arts and crafts project for children. With his red nose and antlers, this yarn bug (Rudolph?) is ready for Christmas Eve!

You need:

* Tan Yarn
* Pattern for Antlers
* Brown, Red and Green
Craft Foam
* Brown Foam Feet or
Pattern for Bug Feet
* Two Wiggle Eyes -- 20mm
* 2-1/2" Styrofoam Ball
* Brown Pipe Cleaner
* 1/2" Red Pompom
* 5" Square of Cardboard
* Tacky Glue
* Scissors
* Hole Punch

This craft for kids is to make hemp bracelets. This would make a great gift for a parent or grandparent.

You Need:
--6 Yards #20 Hemp
--Misc. Beads
--Masking Tape

This craft for kids is a Safety Pin Bracelet
This come out really nice. Try designing your own, the possibilities are endless!

You need:

* About 50 Gold
Safety Pins, Size 0
* E-Beads
* Gold 4mm Round Beads
* Beading Elastic
* Needle nose pliers

Tissue Paper Flag Decoration Craft for Patriotic Kids. Peel and stick makes this a fun craft for kids of all ages. Older kids can make a flag as shown. Younger kids can just work with the precut pieces to make an abstract patriotic sign wall hanging room decoration.

You Need:

* Tissue Paper Flag Kit
* Tacky Glue

Children can now make their own Beaded Penguin arts and crafts project with this neat Pony Bead Pattern.

You need:
--31 Black Pony Beads
--18 White Pony Beads
--3 Orange Pony Beads
--1-1/2 Yards of Satin Cord
--1 Lanyard Hook

Make this St. Patrick's Green Hat Craft specifically for kids. Cute paper hat to celebrate the holiday in style.

You need:

* Green and White Card Stock
* Crayons or Markers
* Glue Stick
* Hat Pattern
* Scissors
* Stapler

This is a Perler Bead Winter Sports Arts and Crafts Project for Kids. Pick your favorite winter sport and do it up in perler beads.

You need:

* Perler Beads
* Large Square Pegboard
* Snowboard Pattern
* Skater Pattern
* Sled Pattern
* Iron and Adult

Chick Pencil Topper Arts and Crafts Project with a chicken on the top of the pencil. This chick pencil topper makes a great classroom project for your spring party.

You Need:

* Large Yellow Pompom
* Feet and Wing cut from Yellow Craft Foam
* Small Triangle of Orange Craft Foam
* Wiggle Eyes -- 10mm
* Yellow Feathers
* Tacky Glue
* Pencil

How to Bleach your jeans. Teens will love these instructions for Bleached Jeans.

You need:

* Plain Jeans
* Liquid Dishwashing Soap in Gel Formula
* Dimensional Fabric Paint
* Sponges
* Fabric Scrap

Make a handmade Easy Fleece Hat - a great craft to make with Mom or Dad or for older girls or teens to make. One seam is all it takes to make a cozy winter hat from fleece. Make a matching hat for your doll.

You Need:

* 1/2 Yard of Fleece (will make 2 hats)
* Fabric Scissors
* Needle and Thread or Sewing Machine

Handmade Decoupage Gift Box Arts & Crafts Idea for Kids. You would think this gift box came from an expensive boutique but you can make them... inexpensively!

You need:

* Kraft Box
* Decoupage Solution
* Foam Brush
* Raffia

Kids can learn how to juggle with this activity. A great activity for kids who are bored.

Make a great picture / poster from wool with this great arts and crafts activity for kids. Use different color wools also the sparkling silver/gold thread looks very nice. Try experimenting with different weaving patterns and nail layouts.

Materials Needed:
Wood
nails
wool
hammer

Let the kids help with the summer decorating. Whether its on the screen door, a window screen or your summer gazebo. A few appliques - either bugs, buds or butterflies - a little glue, some poster or cardboard and some magnets and you can have instant decorations all summer long!!!

Materials Needed:
2 Wrights® Butterfly Appliqué (#193-3210-001)
2 Magnets
-- Epoxy or Silicone Sealer

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

A friend or pet that requires only water and sun light. You will notice that your friend grows grass for hair.

You'll Need:
Shallow dish
Rubber bands
Grass seed
Sawdust
Old Nylon stocking

Kids can make these Friendship Boxes - Sometimes it’s not the actual gift but the message that it brings that is most cherished. This gift is great for showing how much your friends mean to you. This is a keepsake craft.

CRAFT MATERIALS NEEDED:

# 1 empty box, any size
# Valentine themed wrapping paper or pink/red construction paper
# Pink construction paper
# White paper for poem
# White craft glue
# White ribbon
# Scissors

Rainstick - This rainstick is definitely not traditional. It is made from a cardboard tube (instead of the dried cactus) and aluminum foil (in place of cactus spines).

How your kids can make this Valentines Day Notebook by Embellishing a basic notebook and using it as a diary, a record keeper for fun activities, a place to store friends phone numbers or even as a place to collect your Valentine cards in. Whatever you use it for, you'll love its colorful and whimsical design. This specific craft looks like girls and teens will love to do.

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED:

# Pink foam journal
# Heart shaped foam stamps
# Acrylic paint in white, pink, red, purple, and yellow
# Paint brush

Send a Valentine's Day Card along with plant or flower seeds to make this Plant One on Me Valentines Day Card craft for kids. Heres a two-in-one card that promises budding friendship now and blooming flowers later. This greeting comes complete with a packet of seeds and is one any recipient would dig.

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED:

Packet of seeds
Double-sided tape
Card stock
Markers

Puddle Boat - Spring showers set the stage for the type of adventure found only in a big rain puddle -- like setting afloat a toy boat.

CRAFT MATERIALS:
Fome-Cor or styrofoam
Craft knife
Acrylic paints and brushes
Nails
Rubber band