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Kidoodles: Thanksgiving Tablecloth
Since Thanksgiving is next week, we thought you could use a simple arts and crafts project to entertain your kiddos and help you prepare for the holiday. Let your children be in charge of the tablecloth. They will appreciate the opportunity to get involved and relish the chance to get a lil messy — all in the name of helping out!
Unique Crayon Shapes Get the Creative Juices Flowing
Empty out your craft box and start fresh with some crayons fit for lil hands. The custom made wax creations like these adorable handmade egg-kittens ($17) will inspire plenty of easel time. The creator melts down non-toxic crayons and molds them into the perfect egg-like shape before hand-carving the faces and ears.
Yellow Tea Bus: Cost-Conscience End of Year Teacher Gift
We all know the drill — the bell rings on the last day of school and students line their teachers' desks with boxes of candy, coffee gift cards and glass apples. But when economic times are tough and families need to stick to budgets, a creative thank-you is a nice concept that will evoke the year's memories.
Inspired by Maum's school bus tea bags, we asked our favorite lil ones to help make a yellow bus filled with tea bags adorned with each member of the class's picture.
Kidoodle: Flag Your Love
Buying a present for a one-year-old always seems a tad impersonal since the tot hardly acknowledges the gift. Give him something made with love that he can save throughout the years. It will keep mama from having to make a tough choice at the toy shop while keeping a few dollars in her pocket.
Kidoodle: The Cheap, Easy Way to Create Window Art
Moms are always looking for fun, entertaining ideas to keep their tots busy throughout the day's waning hours. We were recently sent a pack of Crayola's new Window Crayons ($6) and decided to test them out with a hard-to-impress preschooler during that harried hour before dinner.
The pack comes with five basic, bold colors that easily glide onto a window or mirror surface.
Kidoodles: Eggcellent Bouquets
Besides yolks, there is another by-product of the Easter egg dying process that usually gets tossed to compost — the egg crate. Instead of throwing it away, use it to craft up something floral with your lil ones. They will enjoy making something out of nothing and you'll get a nifty centerpiece out of it.
10 Indoor Activities and Crafts for Children
Spring may be in the air and on the racks of clothing stores and drugstore Easter shelves, but most of the US is still battling rainy days. Finding constructive and engaging warm activities can be a challenge, but there are plenty of ways to keep your children entertained indoors. Here are some of my favorite ways to keep my children on the move and creative when a thunderstorm is a-brewing.
Wrap It Up: Snowman Gift Tag and Ornament
Wee ones love helping to wrap presents, but if their small hands make maneuvering the big packages more of a hassle, set the kids up with a quick art project that will hold their interest. Made from the cotton makeup cloths you have in the cabinet, these frosty lil snowmen gift tags double as ornaments for the recipient's tree. For directions on how to make these simple creations with items found around the house and for step-by-step pictures, read more
Hanukkah 101: Your Hanukkah Party
What's Hanukkah without a party overrun by lil ones feasting on traditional foods, playing festive games and singing along to funny songs. To wrap up our week of Hanukkah coverage, we thought we would help you plan the ultimate party for kids of all ages.
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Hanukkah 101: Create Your Own Menorah
Get a little crafty this Hanukkah with a homemade menorah of your own. Using just a few household items and an hour or two of your time, it is easy to bypass the child-oriented menorahs in the stores for one that shows your tot's real creativity.
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