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1 Get Your Craft On! 5 Valentine's Day Crafts For Tots
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2 Cute as a Button: 10 Cool Crafts You Can Make With Buttons
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3 Our "Roadway to My Heart" Downloadable Valentine Is Perfect For School!
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4 Wax Works: 5 Creative and Easy Projects With Crayons
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5 ECOWEEN: Cardboard Box iPod Costume
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6 A Matzo House Adds a Fun and Tasty Treat to a Kids' Seder
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7 Celebrate Chinese New Year With Kid-Friendly Crafts
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8 How-To: Make Dad (or Teacher) a Doodled Mustache Mug
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9 This Father's Day Let Your Printer Do the Work
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10 When Life Gives You Lemons, Create a Lemonade Stand
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11 A Thanksgiving Craftacular For Creative Kids
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12 Kidoodles: Martha Stewart Shares 5 DIY Mother's Day Crafts For Kids
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13 Kidoodles: DIY Wall Art
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14 Easy, Last-Minute DIY St. Patrick's Day Shirts to Keep the Pinchers Away!
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15 Todd Oldham to Bring Kid Made Modern to Target With New Line of Art Supplies
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16 Kidoodles: Make a Sockmonster!
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17 Crayons and Markers Your Kids Can Actually Eat!
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18 Ready, Set, Craft: 5 Easy Holiday Crafts For Kids of All Ages
Who needs hearts, kisses, and all that pink? If your home is filled with lil ones who'd rather play with cars, trucks, and things that go than add some glitter to a valentine he'll hand out at school, we've got just the card for you! We were challenged by the editors at Martha Stewart's Living in the Family Room blog to create a boy-friendly valentine that would get tots excited about more than Read more
Arts and crafts with toddlers can be a bit messy — but lots of fun — and Valentine's Day is the perfect occasion to create some heart-shaped projects with your lil one. So break out the construction paper, glitter, paint, and glue and get creative with these five Valentine's Day crafts for tots. Read more
Art supplies and crafts collection, designed by a real-life designer, at Target prices? Sign me up! When Todd Oldham first published Kid Made Modern ($16) almost three years ago, he created a minirevolution in the world of arts and crafts. Inspired by the most influential midcentury artists — including Alexander Calder, Charles and Ray Eames, and Marimekko — he sought to teach lil ones about Read more
Happy Year of the Dragon! Today, the Year of the Rabbit comes to a close, as the Year of the Dragon roars in. According to Chinese culture, the dragon — representing power and strength — is the most powerful animal in the Chinese zodiac. Lunar New Year is a holiday full of symbolism, stories, and fun ways to teach tots about another cultural celebration. Click through for festive craft ideas Read more
Get crafty this Hanukkah season! With the holiday falling over most schools' Winter vacations, it's the perfect time to pull out some glitter and glue to create a masterpiece. Store-bought menorahs are beautiful, but lil ones will love creating their own to add to the evening's festivities. Check out these fun and easy menorahs your tot can create at home in time for next week's holiday! Read more
Bring out the scissors, stock up on glue, and this year make a plan to craft your own holiday goodies with your kids. If the idea of setting up an arts and crafts project with your kids has you feeling like a deer in headlights, don't fret. I recently spent the afternoon with Martha Stewart's Darcy Miller and her Living in the Family Room bloggers to see just how easy it can be to craft with your Read more
It's turkey time, and not just the edible kind! Sandwiched in between the crafting bonanzas of Halloween in October and Christmas and Hanukkah in December, Thanksgiving crafts don't always get the respect they deserve, but it's a holiday rife with crafting possibilities. Check out the following holiday crafts that are so cute, they just might earn a place at the adults' table. Read more
It's learning time! Mama knows that teaching her tot the ABCs, shapes, and colors is an important job, but, most of the time, it isn't easy. Getting your kiddo to pay attention can sometimes be challenging, so why not make it fun, too? The Learning Boat is a great way to get your tots motivated and teach them all about the alphabet, basic shapes, and colors. Even making the Learning Boat, is a Read more
How many times has your lil one presented you with an art project, only for you to turn to her and say, "It's beautiful . . . what is it?" We don't mean to question kids' artistic skills, but we would like to be able to identify what it is they are presenting to us. While parents can't expect their tots to present them with museum-quality work, we can now encourage them to create their own Read more
Button up! It may not be coat season quite yet, but if mama's got a drawer full of buttons, or if she's simply looking for an easy DIY project, those extra fasteners may be perfect for her next arts and crafts project! Check out these 10 cute-as-a-button crafts. We've got something for everyone! Read more
