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Character Crafts
Your Kids' Favorite Characters!
Kung Fu Panda
Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus
Horton Hears a Who
Indiana Jones
Harry Potter
College Road Trip
Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus
Horton Hears a Who
Indiana Jones
Harry Potter
College Road Trip
Miley Cyrus in Bolt Movie
- Miley Cyrus Bolt Coloring Pages
- Coloring pages from Bolt, with Miley Cyrus!
Miley in Bolt
Madagascar Escape 2 Africa Coloring Pages
- Free Madagascar Coloring Pages and Printables
- The movie comes out this Friday, warm up your printers!
- Madagascar Birthday and More
- My lens with more ideas for Madagascar coloring pages, Madagascar birthday parties and more.
Alex the Lion
Madagascar Toy
Battle Droid
DIY iPod Skins
Crafts for kids and parents
- DIY: Star Wars: The Clone Wars iPod Skins
- Make your own Star Wars: The Cone Wars iPod skins. Sweet!
R2 Mask
Free Star Wars: The Cone Wars Coloring Pages
- Clone Wars Printables
- Free for all! Have fun!
Star Wars Printables
- Printable Star Wars Masks for Halloween or Dress Up
- Assemble your own Star Wars costume and print one of these official Star Wars masks to complete the outfit
iPod Skin Sample
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Camp Rock Coloring Pages
- Camp Rock Coloring Pages
- A collection of printable Camp Rock coloring pages.
Camp Rock Printables
The Best Camp Rock Toys
Kung Fu Panda
Kung Fu Panda Birthday Party
- Planning A Kung Fu Panda Birthday Party
- Everything you need to know to plan your Kung Fu Panda Birthday Party
- Kung Fu Panda Birthday Party
- Kung Fu Panda Birthday Party shopping checklist
Kung Fu Panda Printables
- Where to Find Kung Fu Panda Printables
- Kung Fu Panda Po and his Master friends are busting onto the scene! Here are the top resources for finding Kung Fu Panda printables including Kung Fu Panda coloring pages, activity sheets, and take out boxes.
- Kung Fu Panda Coloring Pages
- More Kung Fu Panda fun!
Kung Fu Panda 4U
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Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus
Miley Cyrus / Hannah Montana Paper Doll
Miley Cyrus / Hannah Montana Paper Doll
- Miley Cyrus / Hannah Montana Paper Doll
- How to Make a Miley Cyrus / Hannah Montana Paper Doll for Dress Up Games
Horton for Coloring
Indiana Jones Cute Lego
Indiana Jones Coloring Pages
- Indiana Jones Coloring Pages
- While some images from the movie may not be appropriate for children, these coloring pages are free of violence and guns.
Indy Legos
Harry Potter Themed Magical Arts and Crafts
For a Harry Potter Birthday Party, Halloween Party and more!
- A Harry Potter Spell Book from Recycled Materials
- This is a great rainy day project, or a craft project for a Harry Potter themed party.
- How to Make a Wizard's Time Pendant, a Harry Potter Themed Party Favor
- Let partygoers decorate their own wizard's time pendant that you make in advance!
- How to Make Sorcerer's Hats for the Harry Potter Themed Kids Birthday Party
- Every little wizard needs a proper hat!
- How to Make a Crystal Ball
- I see a crystal ball craft in your future!
College Road Trip Movie
- College Road Trip Coloring Pages
- Raven-Symone, Martin Lawrence, and that cute little piglet!
College Road Trip Coloring Pages - Sample
Arts and Crafts Supplies
Arts & Crafts Supplies
Products
Reviews and more!
- Elmer's Squeeze'n Brush: Kids Arts and Crafts Product Review
- My family loves to try out new arts and crafts supplies, but we don't like to waste money. Is your family on the same canvas as mine?
Free Materials For Crafts
...are everywhere....
Where to find free materials for crafts. Hint: look around the house, look outside the house...read the articels for more ideas.
- 5 Ways to Use Magazines in Kids Crafts
- Five ways to re-use magazines in everyday kids crafts.
- Recycled Materials for Homemade Crafts for Kids
- From applesauce containers to tissue boxes...craft materials are all around. Read the article for more useful and free ideas.
- 65 Free Arts and Crafts Supplies for Kids Paper Crafts
- No money for art and crafts supplies? You don't need any. Here are 65 free items to use in arts and crafts.
Homemade Recipes for Crafts
No More Sticky Situations
Don't get stuck without glues, clays, play-dohs and more. Make your own!
- Paper Crafts: Homemade Glue Recipe for Kid Crafts
- Running out of glue in the middle of making a paper craft is no fun, especially on a rainy day.
Some paper crafts just stick together better with some good glue.
Don't worry, kids and parents can work together to make their own homemade glue for paper crafts, that can be used in any kids crafts or rainy day crafts. - Flour Paste Recipe for Kid Crafts and Paper Crafts
- A simple recipe that kids can make to glue their paper crafts. This flour paste recipe contains a mere three ingredients.
- White Flour Clay Recipe: Kids Crafts
- This flour clay recipe is a cooking recipe that adults will need to make for kids. Once the flour clay is cooled, kids can make all sorts of figurines, shapes, and craft projects.
Clay Recipes
Save money and a trip to the store when you make these homemade doughs and clays.
- Salt Clay Recipe
- This is a baking clay.
- Flour Paste
- Paste you make with flour.
- Homemade Glue
- Out of glue? No problem!
Clay to Buy
Winter Crafts
- Reindeer Cone Feeder
- One craft, three ways to make it!
- Flying Reindeer Craft
- The whole family can have fun making these free and easy Christmas craft for kids.
Crafts by Theme
Animal Crafts
Roar! Moo! Meow! Woof!
Kids love animals! Here are some easy and fun animal craft ideas!
- Toddler Paper Crafts: Torn Paper Lion
- The torn Paper Lion is an easy paper crafts collage project for children as young as 18 months, and as old as five.
- Toddler Paper Crafts: Pet Paper Puppy
- Another scissor-free craft is the torn puppy paper collage for kids.
- Lion Mask for Toddlers: Making No-Sew Kids Costumes with Paper Crafts
- The lion "mask" for toddlers is a no-sew costume accessory that kids can make with some help from you. The lion "mask" is safe for toddlers 18 months and up because they won't really be wearing the mask.
Birthday Party Crafts
Invitations, crafting birthday party favors, and arts and crafts to make at birthday parties.
- Kids Crafts for Kids Birthday Party Invitations for Under $5
- My son and I just finished making birthday party invitations for his second birthday party. I was astonished at the price of pre-made invitations. I have always made my own greeting cards, rather than pay $3-$6 per card, so I decided that together we could make the invitations for his birthday party.
- Blue's Clues Birthday Party Ideas
- Original craft ideas and where to find free Blue's Clues party recipes and printable invitations.
Clay Crafts for Kids
Let's Get Messy!
Clay is a fun and sometimes messy crafting medium. Here are some clay crafts and clay projects for kids, and for adults just beginning their adventure into this earthy craft.
- Making a Modern Art Clay Bowl
- How to use a form, like a real plastic bowl, to make your own clay bowl.
- Making a Clay Ball into a Clay Bowl
- One of the first hand-building lessons in clay is learning how to make a bowl out of a ball.
- How to Create a Homemade Miniature Clay Spring Flower Pot
- A miniature clay spring flower pot is fun to make. Make one, make two, or make a dozen! Great gifts for mom's birthdays, a favorite teacher, a best friend, an aunt or a grandmother.
- How to Make a Clay Sweetheart
- For Valentine's Day, a birthay, for a loved one. Sweet!
Paper Crafts
Paper Crafts
For Kids and Kids-at-Heart
Paper crafts for kids, and for kids-at-heart.
- Dress the Celebrities
- Virtual paper dolls for kids 7-13. Printable! Dress your favorite celebrity, celebrity movie star, or celebrity singer.
- How to Use Baby Shower Cards to Enhance Baby's First Scrapbook
- Get older kids involved in helping make a scrapbook for a younger sibling. They will feel involved in the new baby's life, and they will have fun helping you make a scrapbook.
- How to Make Shiny, Crystalline Paper
- Shiny paper can be used for Valentine's Day crafts, or any other crafts. Adults help older kids with this one. Let kids of all ages use the final product in their own paper crafts.
- How to Make Your Own Free Greeting Cards
- While the artcle focuses on Valentine's Day cards, the ideas and techniques used in this paper craft article can be applied to making a greeting card for any holiday!
- Paper Crafts: How to Make Homemade Antiqued Paper
- How to make antiqued paper for paper crafts: make old-looking maps for letters for school projects, treasure maps, or greeting cards.
- How to Make an ATC (Artist Trading Card)
- Use a playing card out of a deck of cards (ask permission first) and make your very own Artist Trading Card.
- Paper Crafts for Kids Three and Up: Learning About Colors While Making Stained Glass
- Learning about colors can be confusing and messy, when making kids crafts.
With this paper crafts idea for kids, they will learn how to make colors without actually mixing them.
By layering colors, kids will learn which color combinations can be used to make other colors.
Parents can teach kids about colors and color combinations with this paper crafts idea. - Dye Your Own Paper
- Christmas Card Paper Dyeing: Holiday Paper Crafts for Kids
Science Crafts
Educational Crafts
Learn science while making arts and crafts!
- Fantasy Solar System: Science Meets Arts and Crafts for Kids
- Science + imagination + paper crafts = one Fantasy Solar System.
Recycled Crafts
Re-Use, Recycle, Craft, and Recycle for Good
Environmentally-conscious parents, and frugal parents, these crafts are for you!! Re-use what you have to make crafts with your children.
- Recycling Crafts and the Environmental Police
- How do you recycle crafts made out of recycled materials? Do you feel guity just tossing them in the garbage? Read this article for some handy tips.
- Use Recycled Materials to Make a Harry Potter Spell Book
- You already have everything you need to make your own spell book!
- Turn Recycled Materials into a Craft Toy for a Pet Cat
- Recycled materials like empty thread spools can be very entertaining to a kitten or cat. Use empty thread spools and other recycled items in this craft that you make for your pet cat.
Making Crafts for Pets
Kids can make crafts for their favorite pet.
- Making a Cheap Homemade Placemat for a Pet
- Kids, is your dog or cat a messy eater? Make them a placemat!
- Kids: Turn Recycled Materials into a Craft Toy for a Pet Cat
- Find shiny and fun objects in the junk drawer or a sewing kit, and make a craft that you and your pet cat can enjoy together.
Eco Deco Baby
Parents' Projects
- Useful and Decorative DIY Drying Arts Rack
- DIY a cheap drying rack for kids' art.
Free Stickers to Make
- Free Preschool Thanksgiving Crafts: Holiday Stickers
- Make your own holiday stickers to use in paper crafts.
Dr. Seuss Coloring Pages
- Free Dr. Seuss Coloring Pages
- Free Dr. Seuss Coloring Pages
- More Dr. Seuss Coloring Pages
- Find mroe Dr. Seuss printables and coloring sheets for kids
Looking for a Craft?
Ask Me!
Are you looking for a kids craft idea with a certain theme or item? Ask me about one and I will do my best to find the information for you.
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- Very nice lens Pam! I cannot get enough of neat craft ideas for kids. 5 stars for you and a lensroll! :)
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- Nicely done. A 5 to you. If you have a minute stop by and visit my lenses, perhaps my Recycling lens. It is my favorite! Keep up the good work and kindest regards to you.
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- Glad to have you as a member of the Crafts and Hobbies Group - drop by the Group HQ sometime and see what is there for you. Great Lens!
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Free Coloring Pages
- Where to Find Free Holiday Thanksgiving Coloring Pages for Kids
- Free turkeys and more to color!
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Seasonal
Holiday Crafts
Coloring Pages
- Hanukkah coloring pages
- Hanukkah coloring pages: free click and print coloring sheets.
- MLK Coloring Pages
- Free click and print portraits and more.
- Thanksgiving Coloring Pages
- Free click and print turkey pictures, Pilgrims and more!
Hanukkah Crafts
- 10 Cheap and Unique Hanukkah Arts and Crafts Supplies for Kids
- 10 Cheap and Unique Hanukkah Arts and Crafts Supplies for Kids
- Free Hanukkah Coloring Pages
- Free Hanukkah Coloring Pages
Christmas Crafts for Kids
- Christmas Crafts for Kids: Three Homemade Christmas Gift Tag Ideas
- Three ways to make your own Christmas gift tags.
- Three Wise Men Door Hanger
- Religious Christmas Craft for Kids:
- How to Make a Chocolate Advent Calendar with a Recycled Egg Carton
- Kids can make their own chocolate advent calendars for themselves or for their siblings and families. Most of these items you can find around the house, but you might have to buy the chocolate.
- Christmas Card Paper Dyeing: Holiday Paper Crafts for Kids
- Kids can dye their own Christmas card and holiday decoration paper with this easy and cheap holiday craft idea.
Happy President's Day
President's Day
- Free President's Day Coloring Pages for Kids
- Free printables of all the Presidents, cool!
Valentine's Day Paper Crafts
I Love You, Crafts!
Find ideas for making Valentine's Day crafts. Any of these craft ideas will also work for making a crafted gift for someone you love on their birthday or any other special day.
- Creating Homemade Shiny Paper for Valentine's Day Crafts
- Older kids and adults can make this one together. Or, adults can make this one in advance for Valentine's Day or any other gift-giving day.
- How to Make Homemade Antiqued Paper for Valentine's Day Crafts
- Kids and adults can make this one together. It can also be used to make maps!
Baby Bird Craft
18 months+
- Cupcake Cup Baby Bird
- Cupcake Cup Baby Bird: Paper Crafts for Kids 18 Months and Up
Valentine's Day Crafts
Valentine's Day Coloring Pages
- Last Minute Valentine's Day Coloring Pages for Kids
- Free coloring pages and printables
Valetine's Day Craft List
red tissue paper
white and red pipe cleaners
wax paper
SweetHearts
black construction paper and pink chalk
heart cookie cutters
last year's Valentines
Valentine's Day Crafts for Toddlers
- See-Through Heart Craft
- An easy, glue-free, scissor-free craft for toddlers for Valentine's Day.
- Valentine's Day Crafts for Toddlers
- A variety of crafts for toddlers.
- Valentine's Day Matching Game and Craft for Preschoolers
Valentine's Day Crafts for Preschoolers
- Personalized Wax Paper Pillow Valentines' Day Cards for Preschoolers
- Easy and fun alternative to store-bought cards!
- Free Valentine's Day Game and Craft for Preschoolers
- This is a craft that turns into an educational game that focuses on patterns. matches and memory.
Valentine's Day Crafts for School Children
- Homemade Miniature Lace Valentines' Day Cards
- This craft uses scissors.
Springtime!
Springtime
Springtime Crafts
- Five Easy Indoor Gardening Projects for Kids
- This is more gardening than craft, but still great for little ones.
- Kid Craft: Painting a Rock Fish - Associated Content
- A kids crafts which involves the outdoors, imagination,painting, and some gardening. What fun! Use a painted rock fish to make a stepping stone in your yard when you are done.
St. Patrick's Day
- Pot of Gold Fishing and Counting Game
- St. Patrick's Day Game for Preschoolers
- St. Patrick's Day Parades in Massachusetts
- Where and when to find St. Patrick's Day Parades in Massachusetts - family fun for everyone!
Easter Photo
Easter
- Make a Homemade Easter Basket Using Recycled Material
- This remains one of my favorite crafts of all time!
- Religious Crafts for Toddlers 18 Months and Up: Stained Glass Craft Ideas
- Make a craft that imitates stained glass.
Great for springtime, rainy days, Easter or Christmas. - Easy Easter Craft and Matching Game for Toddlers
- A fun and easy craft and game for Easter.
- Easy Easter Craft for Kids: Recycled Coffee Creamer Easter Bunny Rabbit
- Put those coffee creamer bottles to good use: turn them into bunnies!
- Free Religious Easter Coloring Pages for Kids
- Where to find religious Easter coloring pages for kids.
Easter
Easter Squidoo for You
There were so many great Easter crafts and ideas that I made an Easter for Kids Squidoo Lens.
- Easter for Kids
- Easter crafts, Easter basket ideas, Easter candy, and non-candy Easter basket ideas.
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Summer
Father's Day Crafts
Happy Father's Day to All Types of Dads!
Free Father's Day Crafts
- Father's Day Crafts
- My Squidoo Lens dedicated to all things Father's Day! Find e-cards, crafts, coloring pages, free clip art and more.
Summer Crafts
Beach and Summer Themes
Celebrate summer with summer crafts.
- Using Paper Crafts to Introduce Geometry to Kids: The Sailboat Collage
- One way to introduce geometric shapes to kids in a fun way is to make a Sailboat Collage.
- Picnic Basket Craft
- Make a pretend picnic basket and let the one-year-old help with decorating it. This craft is for any child who is one or older who can hold a crayon, and is learning to use a glue stick.
Sand Dollar Shaker Craft
- Sand Dollar Shaker Craft
- A cheap and fun craft for kids 2 years and up.
Sand Dollar
4th of July Crafts
- Red White and Blue Cardboard Bead Threading Craft and Game for Toddlers
- The Red White and Blue Cardboard Bead Threading craft is an educational and fun craft and game made from recycled materials.
4th of July Craft
Summer Food Crafts
Crafts to make and eat!
- Red and Blue Cookies
- Simply change the M & M colors from red and green to red and blue and you have festive 4th of July cookies!
- Chocolate-Covered Strawberries
- Kids will love dipping juicy, red strawberries into melted chocolate. Add colored sprinkles for summer fun!
- Red Foods
- The best red foods, and how to make them red, mostly with natural methods. Great for summer holiday parties!
Summertime Arts & Crafts Supplies
Use these cupcake papers in summer arts and crafts. Or, bake some yummy cupcakes!
Summer Crafts for the One-Year Old Child
Children as young as one can have fun with safer versions of crafts, with strict supervision. These are crafts I did with my son when he turned one.
- Picnic Basket: Age 1
- Make a pretend picnic basket and let the one-year-old help with decorating it. This craft is for any child who is one or older who can hold a crayon, and is learning to use a glue stick.
- Crayons and the One-Year Old
- How to teach a one-year old to use crayons.
- Teaching Textures
- How to use textures in crafts with the one-year-old.
Sailboat Collage
- Sailboat Collage
- Make an easy sailboat collage and sail the day away!
Sailboat
Dragonfly
Make Shiny Dragonflies
- Muffin Tin Dragonflies
- Paper Crafts for Children 2 Years Old and Up: Shiny Muffin Tin Dragonflies
Goldfish
Glitter Goldfish
- Glitter Goldfish
- A safe toddler craft: make a glitter goldfish!
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Fall
Pumpkin
Fall Holidays
- When is Thanksgiving?
- A guide to Thanksgiving dates for the next 20 years.
Halloween
Halloween Crafts for Kids
Because I love Halloween and have lots of craft ideas to share, I have moved the Halloween crafts to their own spooky lens.
- Halloween Crafts for Kids
- Enjoy Halloween with even the youngest family members with these safe and fun Halloween ideas.
Halloween Craft Books
Thanksgiving
Three New Thanksgiving Crafts
Three Special Crafts Just for You:Three Turkey Crafts
- Thanksgiving Crafts for Kids: 3 Turkey Craft Ideas
- Three turkey craft ideas in one article! Bonus for crafty little hands!
Thanksgiving Crafts 4 Kids
- Thanksgiving Crafts 4 Kids
- Find my favorite Thanksgiving Crafts 4 Kids!
Thanksgiving Crafts For Kids
- Thanksgiving Crafts For Kids
- Just looking for Thanksgiving crafts? Check here.
5 Edible Thanksgiving Place Cards for the Kids Table
*NEW* When you make these edible Thanksgiving place cards for kids, you may want to be sure you have enough for the adults, who will surely be wishing they were sitting at the kids' table this year. Get the five crafts
No-Sew Costumes
- Easy Coraline Costume
- Make your own no-sew Coraline costume
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Pam Gaulin is an artist, a work-at-home mom with a toddler, and a freelance writer. She holds a B.A. in Journalism. She has also shown her art in several... more »
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