Create a hand printed poem (perfect for gift-giving) with your child’s handprint.  This is a great keepsake for parents and other relatives to remember this precious time with their child.  They grow up so fast L:!

This craft is fun because it gives the children a chance to go through old magazines and pick out their favorite pictures.  It’s fun to see their amazement as they transform black and white photos into impressive works of art!  We used a picture of a blue jay and then used pastel chalk.  It looks like an old fashioned hand-colored read more

These are fun gifts for your children to make to bring home for the parents or to give as gifts.  My children have made and brought these home different times of the year and I LOVE receiving them.  Have the children make thumbprint designs on some cardstock and then draw pictures around their thumbprint designs.  When you collect a few read more

Use Shaving Cream to Create Marbelized Prints
 
Sometimes it’s the simple things that turn out to be the best and this art project fits the bill.  Swirl paints look like magic when you make them and are sure to amaze your kids.  Try framing them or mounting them on a black background to make them really ‘pop” or create a set read more

Handprint Keepsake Craft Project
Handprint and thumbprint crafts are some of my favorites because they become real keepsake crafts for the family or are great ‘giveaway’ gifts to relatives. You’ve got to love a craft that combines both!

Make a Rainbow Painting with Sponges
This is such an easy craft and makes such a dramatic effect that it will look like magic to toddlers, and maybe you too!. This also makes a really easy face painting idea to put a rainbow on the cheek, ankle or wrist and you don’t even need to be artistic to do a great read more

Little Chicks in a Basket Craft is Too Cute!

These are the cutest chicks in a basket craft that your preschoolers will enjoy making and hanging up in their home.  This is a real “parent pleaser’ craft that is sure to get those coveted ‘oohs and ahhs’ and make your preschoolers, oh so proud!

Valentine’s Day celebrations for toddlers can be kept simple and this Valentine’s Day heart craft made from jell-o fits the bill.  It’s easy to make and smells great too.  

Children’s Photo Hanging Spider Craft

Kids just love this Halloween spider craft. It’s fun to see themselves as a hanging spider. This is a perfect Halloween school craft. We made them in my son’s classroom and hung them in the hallway with spider webs. They loved it!

Halloween Craft from Recycled Juice Box

Here’s a really easy and really cute craft project for Halloween. It also doubles as a treat holder for Halloween goodies or as a Halloween table decoration.   What fun your trick or treater will have filling them up.  I think a matching bride is in order, don’t you?