It’s time for The Kids Craft Stars monthly craft challenge! Every month we have a challenge between a few blogger friends and I, to in-cooperate a different craft medium or technique into a simple kid craft. This month’s

Maker Fun Factory VBS Craft Ideas - Invention themed craft ideas

You will love these Olympic-themed party ideas, from food to backyard games and lots of kid-friendly crafts! Who else is super excited about the Olympics starting? We cannot wait! Especially since it's now been 3 years since the last Olympic games. As a family, we decided that we're going to have an Olympic-themed party for the opening ceremonies, and my kids are already brainstorming ideas. There are so many fun ideas that we found, we just had to share with you guys. Which one of these ideas is sticking out to you? I want to make them all! This isn't

Ever since I was a child, I have loved watching the Olympics. It’s my dream to one day attend an event in person, but for now, I’ll settle with getting…

Celebrate the spirit of the Olympics with these Outstanding Olympic Crafts for Kids! Learn about countries, sports and cheer for your favorites!

Eiffel Tower Craft for Kids. Great fine motor activity to use for France theme preschool or kindergarten.

This cute Pipe Cleaner Dragon craft is very simple to make, even for children. Just follow my step by step tutorial to make your own Pipe Cleaner Dragon.

When I was going through my stickers to find a teensy heart for 'The Kissing Hand' raccoon, I came across some opossum (possum?) stickers I'd forgotten I had. There aren't a lot of opossum (possum?) crafts out there, so I decided to make one. I'm always on the lookout for topics that aren't represented on Fun Family Crafts and a quick search determined we had neither opossums nor possums on the site. Once I did the research to learn the difference between an opossum and a possum, I proceeded, confident that the stickers were opossums and that's what I'd be making. Cardboard Tube Opossum Materials: cardboard tube grey paint scissors white cardstock grey cardstock glue pink colored pencil pink mini pom pom (or white pom pom + pink chalk) googly eyes pink pipe cleaner tape Start by painting the cardboard tube grey. While it is drying, cut a narrow, elongated heart from white cardstock. When the paint is dry, glue the heart onto the end of the tube. A rubber band holds it in place while it's drying. (See the opossum stickers?) Cut a pair of skinny arms and a pair of skinny legs from the grey cardstock. Cut two rounded ears from the grey cardstock and use the colored pencil to add pink shading to the centers. Bend them up slightly. Glue the arms, legs and ears in place. Add the googly eyes and the pink pom pom nose. Finally, bend the pipe cleaner to make a tail. Secure it inside the tube with tape or hot glue. A completed opossum! I'm glad it's an opossum and not a possum because that means it goes in Letter O which is more sparse than Letter P. It's the little things.

One of my favorite things about winter is how bright and clear the stars shine. Orion is easy to spot, guarding the night sky and pointing the way to the the winter constellations. Thankfully, my b…

Celebrate King Tut Day with 10 Fun Ancient Egypt Crafts for kids - Mummies, Pyramids, Pharaohs, Hieroglyphics, and more!

Pink hot cocoa, chandeliers and treats fit for royalty!

It's easy to replicate anything with cardboard, and I love making these realistic Cardboard Sculptures! If you live in a city, it's an economical material.

This free printable All about Me worksheet is a fun activity for preschool and kindergarten kids. PDF template available in color and B&W

You don't have to live in Canada to make this beaver crafts for kids! Celebrate this adorable animal for International Beaver Day on 7th April.

If I Were a Superhero Identify a few well-known superheroes with your students and brainstorm adjectives that describe these superheroes and their actions. After reviewing the list, ask students to identify people in their real lives that possess these characteristics. Ask students to complete this thinksheet and describe what kind…

Build stone men. It's a fun relaxing activity for you and the kids. It doesn't cost anything and doesn't take much time. These stone men are known as Inuksuk in Canada.

With the Olympics just days away, children are very excited to learn more about the Olympics both in school and at home. Parents and teachers will love the

We’ve got a fun ocean activity for kids to help learn the ocean zones: it’s a craft that upcycles a used container and turns it into a cool piece of undersea art that can store treasures! This takes just a few materials and there’s a good chance you already have the supplies at home. Look…

Origami hats are the perfect summer party hat! An ocean themed party makes the perfect little boy birthday and is easy to

Do you love to watch the Olympics? What is your favorite Olympic Event? Swimming is one of our family favorites. I thought it would be fun to have an Olympic themed party and so I collected some Olympic Crafts, Activities and Game Ideas from around the web. How will you celebrate the Olympic Games? As always, be

Awesome DIY spy party games and secret agent themed activities that you can use to make your child's spy party a blast!

Make an easy model spine for kids! Use at home items to create a model of the spine and learn how the spine works. Easy science for kids!

Your new readers will love making their own Magic Wand Reading Pointers that they can use to keep their place while reading. It's an easy way to make reading magical.

This is at least 7 months late at this point, but I'm so proud of how Charlie's 4th birthday party turned out, I have to share! Let's pretend I've just been ruminating on the perfect way to present it... When I asked Charlie what he wanted to do for his birthday, he quickly told us he wanted to, "paint with [his] friends." Done, buddy. After a few trips to Hobby Lobby, Amazon, and Target, Charlie's art party came together relatively easily. Hobby Lobby had... Tiny easels (4 for $5) Washable paint ($1.50 bottle) Paint pallets (8 for $5) Chip board letters ($1 each) Paint theme cupcake liners ($2) Paint splotch wall decorations ($3) Black butcher block paper ($6 roll) 144 paint brushes ($5) Brown paper goodie bags (5 for $2) Target had... Back to School sale markers, crayons, chalk, and paint brushes (various prices, all under a dollar) Amazon had... ABC silicone molds for favors ($12) Smocks ($7.50 dozen) All in all, I was able to purchase the snacks, supplies, favors, etc. for under $75. The back to school sales going on the months leading up to the party really helped out with the various art supplies used for favors and decorations. Crayons were a quarter a box, which I'm thankful for as we went through tons of them! My favorite decoration for the party was the "cake." Since we planned to decorate cupcakes, there was no centerpiece to the food table. I saw this art supply cake on Pinterest and just had to recreate it. Thankfully, we had enough art supplies laying around to put it together at no additional cost. Another fun Pinterest find were these "spilling paint" can decorations. The empty paint cans were about $5 each at Lowe's and the plastic table cloths were from the dollar store. I used tripods (one was mine, one I borrowed) to prop up the paint can to look like it was spilling paint all over the food table. The space under the "paint" tablecloth also made for a good place to stash extra snacks, cupcakes, and supplies out of sight. To keep the kids occupied, we set up three activities for them - a chalk wall (black butcher block paper and chalk), a painting activity, and cupcake decorating. Alternating between the activity and free play time worked well for the kids and their parents. It seemed to mix things up and be just the right amount of entertainment while giving parents a break to eat and chat. Each child's station had the first letter of their name, smock, brushes, and paint in cut up egg cartons. I grabbed some small canvases as well in case little siblings wanted to do hand/foot print art. We included instructions on the invitation to come dress in clothes appropriate to paint in, which was appreciated by the parents. The paint was washable, but things happen! I wasn't sure how the cupcake decorating activity would go, but they loved it! A plain cupcake along with little bits of different decorations (sprinkles, candies, Teddy Grahams, mini marshmallows, colored sugar, etc.) entertained them for way longer than I could have imagined. Clean up was as simple as dumping the excess decorations in the trash and throwing the paint pallets in the dishwasher. Charlie's favorite part was blowing out his "4" candle. He had so much fun painting with his friends and playing the afternoon away. Each child got a splatter painted goodie bag with their name in crayons (tutorial on the way!) a scroll of paper, paint brushes, and of course their smock and painted letter. There were some beautiful masterpieces created that day! The best part of this party theme is that the supplies to make it happen are easy to come by, inexpensive, and if you don't happen to need 100 tiny paintbrushes or big bottles of paint afterwards, can be donated to a daycare or preschool. Thanks for checking out Charlie's art party (and being patient with it's slow posting!) Even now, 7 months later, Charlie still talks about his paint party and has kept up his love of everything art.

Easy 3D monster paper craft portraits kids can make with our printable template. Mix & match different facial features to make each monster unique,

BUTTERFLIES 🦋🐛🌿 Six caterpillars of different colors and patterns were eating the leaves on the bran

This paper plate compass craft is a fairly simple paper craft that kids will be able to complete with minimal help. Great camping themed craft!

Make these colorful painted crowns perfect for any celebration or play date. All you need are doilies and watercolors for these DIY paper crowns.

We love paper plate crafts and we love cupcake liner crafts so we combined those two fun materials and made paper plate & cupcake liner fish! Both paper plate and cupcake liner crafts are fun

Make a gorgeously colourful 3D Cactus! What a fun and vibrant summer craft for kids!

Preschool & kindergarten kids will love making this easy paper plate seahorse craft. They're perfect for ocean theme units & come with a free template.

Are you looking for mermaid printables? Mermaid printable coloring pages are easy & fun. Build & color your own mermaid with our free mermaid template.

A little hocus-pocus and craftiness will conjure up this adorable Paper Plate Witch House craft idea and it only takes a few minutes!

Here is a roundup of adorable 39 kid DIY Christmas ornaments to bring out your kids' creativity! They will love making these crafts with you.

This is an easy spaceship alien craft. Follow the tutorial and download your free alien craft tempalte to make this super fun preschool paper craft

Supplies Needed: Paper plate Scissors Glue White paper Black sharpie Paint/sponge Start by cutting the above design. Sponge paint it with blue or pink and let dry. Cut out two eyes and glue them on.

These coffee filter butterflies are such a classic craft! I love how easy they are to make and how the bright colours of the Mr. Sketch markers blend together to make gorgeous looking butterfly wings! (Don't worry, you can use regular washable markers too). Do you remember Mr. Sketch markers from when you were a kid? I was walking down the craft aisle at Walmart last year and saw them on display -- I was so excited to see that they still make them! I opened up the package, took the lid off of one of the markers and smelled