Discover the best crafts to teach. Whatever your skill, some craft projects will be a better fit for a classroom than others. Here's how to think through your own craft skills and discover the best type of project to teach to a class.

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Sharing my top tips for a successful Relief Society Craft Night.

"At the end of everything, hold on to anything." The video game "Night in the Woods" is filled with memorable lines, but this hard-hitting quote really stuck with a lot of folks. Stitch it, along with a color fading rendition of the game's main character, Mae, to hang on your wall or desk, or to give to your NitW-obsessed friend. When stitched on 16-count Aida fabric, the finished project will be approximately 3.75 inches wide x 5.5 inches tall, or 9.5 cm x 14 cm. Please note that this listing is for a digital download only of a cross stitch pattern. You will receive no physical copy of the pattern (though you are welcome to print one for yourself, should you choose).

Here in Israel, the joyful holiday of simchat torah begins tonight, (it begins tomorrow night outside of Israel) so there is no better time than to keep the kids busy with the simply cute mini torah scrolls craft! While many...

Make a Wild Island Map for a Family Dinner Book Club craft inspired by My Father's Dragon.

This craft stick harmonica is fun to play, and you can adjust the pitch by moving the straws! It’s a neat project, and a good one to make with a group because the materials are very inexpensive. You can fit in a little science learning too – see the bottom of the post for ways […]

If you’ve played on Pinterest enough, you’ve likely seen one of Petr Vaclavek’s world-famous acorn elves! The first time I laid eyes on them, I was smiling ear to ear! They are fun, silly, absolutely unique and incredibly brilliant! I couldn’t stop flipping from one image to the next! And the best part? The idea was born out of a simple brainstorming session of how to make art from the collections of materials brought home from nature walks with his kids! How wonderful! If you want to see his site, click here! You won’t be disappointed! Of course, as soon as I saw Vaclavek’s beautiful acorn elves, I just knew that I had to plan an Acorn Art Night at our house! The hardest part was waiting for autumn so the acorns would fall. Ha! The best part? An unexpected road trip to see my sister in North Carolina in October meant that we could collect acorns from all different states along the way! By the time we started this project, we had acorns of all different colors and sizes! All said and done, we had an absolute blast making our own acorn art, but we learned a lot along the way! So, in this blog post, we will share some of our best tips and hints to help you make your “Acorn Art Family Night” a huge hit! In this blog post, you’ll find: Our List of Materials Our Favorite Tips Our Scary Surprise Pics of Our Final Pieces Acorns (some with hats! (also known as the stem and capule)) Small Sticks or Branches Small Acorn Hats (Capules) for Feet Google Eyes Hot Glue Gun and Glue Sticks Sanding Block or Sanding Paper Paint and Painting Supplies (optional) Bowls, Cups, Plates, Canvas, or Other Supplies for Mounting Additional supplies or materials could be needed, based on your design, so you may need to brainstorm what you want to include in your piece. When we first sat down to create our acorn art, I didn’t really think through what I planned to create. We just dumped a bunch of nature art materials on the table and jumped in. The more we built our pieces, the more we realized what materials we would need. #1 – So, my first tip would be to take some time to brainstorm how you want to build your art piece to make sure you have all your supplies picked up ahead of time. Once we started gluing our pieces together, I realized that we were having a hard time connecting the bodies and heads due to the remains of the style, better known as the pokey part at the bottom of the acorn. That’s where a sanding block or sanding paper come in handy. #2 – Before you try to glue your pieces together, sand down the remains of the style for a better fit. We found that using a hot glue gun worked best for this project, however, as we went along, I found that often times I needed to use a small stick and wipe excess glue off the acorns and art pieces before attaching them to each other. Because you are working with such small materials, excess glue will be very noticeable. #3 – So, my third tip is to have something handy to use while gluing in order to quickly and efficiently remove excess hot glue before it dries. Make sure it’s something small enough that you can easily move it around your tiny pieces of art. (Additionally, we also made sure the hot glue gun was handled by adults only.) As you can tell from our pictures, we painted some of our acorns, specifically the fishing bobbers on one of the pieces. #4 –When painting the acorns, we generally found it easier to remove the hat (capule) and paint it separately and then hot glue the hat back onto the acorn. #5 – This also leads me to our next tip… We glued every hat (capule) on every acorn, even if they initially felt secure. The two pieces would often come apart during the process, so it was easier to attach them securely with glue before attaching them to our art. Some of our supplies had to be gathered outside of our nature walk. #6 – When gathering extra supplies for your art, don’t forget to think thrifty! We shopped all of our supplies at our local Dollar Tree and thrift shops! My son had a blast walking through the thrift shop and finding various pieces that he could use to design his acorn art! He ended up with a really neat little leaf that fit his project just perfect! Best part? It was only $1! You never know what treasures you’ll find when you think thrifty! Want to use leaves in your acorn art? #7 – Wax your leaves! So, we recently tried a leaf waxing project and, while it didn’t turn out the way I had hoped, it worked perfect for this art project! Want to learn more about leaf waxing? Click here. (Side note: We used a double boiler and a mini crockpot and none of our leaves held color. Probably a mishap of some kind on our end, but I wanted to note this since I was referring you to the article.) There’s absolutely no way I can complete this blog post without telling you about our scary surprise! We happened to be visiting my mom, aka Nana, when we built our acorn art and we managed to totally gross her out when these tiny little maggot looking larvae started literally crawling out of our acorns! Sound totally gross? It was! But of course, it was also very educational! Our acorns had been stored in a cup for over a week and these little creatures started chewing holes from the inside out and crawling all over! So, we had to do some research and learn just what we were witnessing! Turns out, it’s the gloriously disgusting larvae of an acorn weevil! Based on our research, the acorn weevil plants her eggs in acorns and the larvae eat the inside of the acorn until the acorn falls to the ground and then they chew their way out. Check out this very detailed description from a fellow blogger, Mrs. Homegrown: “The female weevil, whose snout is as long as her body (about 3/8″), digs a hole in a green, developing acorn with tiny appendages on the end of her snout. She sucks the oily nutritious juice out of the acorn, and thus fortified, lays her eggs in the hole, and plugs the hole with her own poo. The grubs hatch in the continuous buffet which is the acorn, and snuggled up in there, snacking, until the acorn falls from the tree. By this time (as Nature is smart) they are ready to leave the acorn, and they take the fall to the ground (which must be quite a shock) as a signal to start chewing their way out of the acorn. How fast this happens depends on how thick the acorn’s shell is — anywhere from a few hours to three days. The grubs always chew a perfectly round, 1/8″ hole. It’s just big enough for their head, and they have to squeeze and wiggle their fat, shiny acorn-stuffed body through the hole to escape. Once they fall to the forest floor, they hurry to bury themselves in the soil before something comes along and eats them. If they make it, they take a multiyear nap underground (I’ve read anywhere from 1-5 years). They don’t eat, but they somehow metamorphose into their adult beetle form. When they wake one fine summer day, they crawl out of the soil, mate soon after, and start the process all over again.” Want to read more of her post? Click here. … and here are a few of our “art in progress” shots:

Learning about Shadows and Reflections We talked a lot about how shadows move with the sun and how the location of the sun determines which way your shadow falls. This was a fun craft to help the kids to visually understand how the sun casts shadows. We used the projector to see the 'shadows' different objects make. We played a game too, I sent each kid to hunt for something in the classroom that was small enough to fit in their hand. I called them up one by one and they placed their object on the projector, the other kids had to guess what the object was! It was fun and some of the items were tricky!!! We have these cool bugs in our classroom, we brought them over to the projector to see what kinds of 'shadows' they would make, because they are clear the kids observed how you could see color....more like a reflection then a shadow! Exploring with different objects. Shadow puppets!! Each kid had a chance to make a shadow puppet on the wall. This is actually my hubby and my son at LACMA in Los Angeles but it was fitting since we were talking about shadows! I made these shadow games by taking objects and photocopying them onto a sheet of paper, then I glued the paper onto a file folder and laminated it. I taped a envelope on the inside to store the pieces. The kids take out the objects and match them to the correct 'shadow'! These are my favorite! Have you ever tried to trace the silhouette of 24... 3 and 4 year olds?!?! It's NOT easy!!! But this is!!! I simply set up the projector and put a chair in front of a white sheet of paper on the wall. I took my CAMERA and turned the flash off, then simply snapped the picture....TA-DA instant silhouettes minus the tracing and cutting!!!! We spent lots of time looking into mirrors and seeing our reflections! Talking about the differences between our shadows and our reflections! Questions to ask when talking about shadows and reflections! Can we see our shadow at night or in the shade? Why not? Do our shadows have colors? Do our reflections have colors? Why do our shadows get bigger and smaller? Why do our shadows move? We also took the kid outside and traced their shadows with chalk then we went out later and had them stand in the same spot.....their shadows moved!!!! We of course also played shadow tag! We also read the book Moon Bears Shadow. It was a GREAT week learning about Shadows and Reflections!!!

It's been a couple of weeks since Sukkot ended and we took lots of photos... but wanted to share a few here that I compiled into collages. ...

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This Jonah and the whale craft teaches a lesson on obedience. I believe in teaching our kids about the importance of obedience. Here is why! Obedience is one of the 52 words in my character development series. Although I want my kids to fully understand God’s grace and mercy first and foremost, I want them...Read More

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Explore sound science with a tonoscope, a device that helps you see sound vibrations. It's a super fun sound science experiment for kids.

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I've been wanting to post this project for a year. This rainbow collage invitation was presented to my art camp kids one year ago today, which just happened to be the same day as the Pulse night

Craft project: How to make a Chinese lantern from one sheet of paper. This is a very simple craft that's terrific for groups. Make colorful lanterns to brighten up any party.

This charity shop fancy dress book is certainly… something. Lots of 80s actors modelling the costumes.

Take girls night to the next level by hosting a craft night and serving some fun cocktails using this start-to-finish guide!

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Did you know that some of the best money making crafts can be made with a simple die cutting machine? I bet you probably have a Cricut machine but don’t know how you can make money with it. Find out what are the 10 most profitable crafts to sell.

Limited quantity back in stock!!! Celebrate this holiday season and treat yourself or a loved one with this unique Holiday String Art Kit ! >>>> If you wish to purchase more kits then are available please message me with your request! <<< This Kit Includes: * One 10” x 12" Rustic Wood Board (barnwood finish) * Stencil Template (easy to use guide) * Nails * String * decorative Snowflakes * 'Let it Snow' (pre-cut out cardstock) * Grip Mat (to use while crafting) * Easy to follow Instructions Make your String Art shine bright by adding on our Starry String Lights (20 Micro LEDS on 3.3 ft copper wire, batteries included). What you will need: *Elmer's glue *Hammer

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Hello from Salt Lake City! I am spending the weekend at SNAP, a conference for creative bloggers and DIYers. Yep, that's right - I'm playing hooky right in the middle of the One Room Challenge.

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I can't wait to make these wood block gnomes! This gnome tutorial is so easy--I could probably have them done. Click through to get the easy pattern to make these 2x4 gnomes in minutes!

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