Mexicans have a national holiday that is celebrated on the 5th of May, called Cinco De Mayo in memory of the battle fought between Mexico and France in 1862 when Mexico defended a fort in the town of Peubla and won this important battle. The battlefield is now a city park, with a statue of General Zaragoza on horseback. Today, read more

This shark craft is sure to be a pleaser for the kids. What’s really interesting about this craft is that by cutting out a triangle for the mouth you get to reuse it for the fin! What a fun way to teach shapes to the kids. Triangle teeth and a triangle fin on the body. Maybe we should rename it read more

Children love memory games and this craft will allow them to create a craft that they can play with over and over again.  In fact, they’ll be creating memories with this fun to make memory game.

This cute, friendly octopus craft will teach your kids how to count to eight. Materials: Kraftykid octopus template Scissors Glue Googley eyes Marker

This craft is a great way to teach children their shapes in a fun way.  Just cut out shapes in different colors of construction paper and follow the pattern.  They’ll be having so much fun making their train that they won’t even realize they just learned something!

This craft is fun way to teach children about reusing objects to make new objects.  Turn an empty juice box into a cute snowman!

January 31 is Opposite Day and kids just love this day because they think it’s so funny.  Try teaching them what opposite means with some easy examples, like turning the light in the room on/off, sitting in their chairs and standing up, or having their eyes open and closed.  Once they understand the basics, have them make their own Opposite read more

The Native American flute is one of the oldest instruments in the world. It was commonly used in ceremonies, or for pure entertainment, depending on the tribe. To create your own craft flute, all you need is an empty paper towel roll, a pencil, a small, square piece of paper and a rubber band. Decorate the paper towel roll using read more

The Native American tribe, Ojibway, revered dreams.  They saw good dreams as the source of infinite wisdom.  They believed they could protect their young children from bad dreams by hanging woven webs or nets above their beds.  Read the book, Dreamcatchers, by Audrey Osofsky to learn more about the Ojibway Native American custom of hanging dreamcatchers above baby’s bed.

Everyone’s A Winner with this 4H Craft Idea! These easy to make puppets from paper bags can be used to introduce the fowl family to your preschoolers:  goose, hen, and rooster.  Let the children color them in and then apply to a paper bag so they can practice their animal sounds. And because, they have created such perfect works of read more