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      Bird Nest Craft

      Bonnie Scorer
      April 14, 2014
      Activities, Easter, Featured On, Nests, Spring, Thought You Might Like...
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    • Dinosaur Easter Eggs: Print the templates to make three different dinosaurs (there are ones to colour yourself as well). Make these prehistoric pals for a fun Easter activity, particularly for older children!

      Dinosaur Easter Eggs

      Bonnie Scorer
      March 29, 2021
    • Rainbow Play Paper Plate: On our website find this free printable to make your own rainbow small world play scene. We have several different types of rainbows to colour or paint and some that are already filled in. Glue your standing rainbow plate to make this St. Patrick's Day kids' craft that you can play with after!

      Rainbow Play Paper Plate

      Bonnie Scorer
      February 22, 2021
    • Ancient Egypt Valentine's Day Box: With these free printables and a Kleenex tissue box, make these fun sarcophagus to store your Valentine's Day cards! Included is two options for printable cards as well!

      Ancient Egyptian Valentine’s Day Box

      Bonnie Scorer
      February 10, 2021
    • Best Ideas For Kids Craft Kits: These craft kits available at Michaels come with everything you need for a fantastic online creating playdate or birthday party!

      “The Best Ideas for Kids” Craft Kits

      Bonnie Scorer
      January 29, 2021
    • Robot Valentine's Day Box: With these printables and recyclables (a Kleenex tissue box and cardboard tubes), make these adorable Valentine boxes! Additionally, there are two card options for school Valentine's Day cards! This kids' Valentine' Day craft is one to surely impress!

      Robot Valentine Box and Cards

      Bonnie Scorer
      January 25, 2021
    • Using the provided template and reused paper (envelopes, magazines, gift wrap etc.) to make this recycled craft. This winter craft is a fun way to explore how you can reuse items to create a unique snowman or snow woman! If you create this kids' craft, we'd love to see it!

      Recycled Snow Person

      Bonnie Scorer
      January 12, 2021
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Monthly Archives March 31, 2016

Are you excited for spring?! This collage project shows you how children can use textured paper and recyclables to create a one of a kind paper flower garden! This is a great collaborative art piece, particularly if you are studying the illustrations of Eric Carle.

Paper Flower Garden

Bonnie Scorer
March 31, 2016
Activities, Spring 2016, Spring 2019
8 Comments
In the summers in University I worked at a family centre and we would often do this style of project with the kids each week, hanging them up for the week-end celebration.  The sweetest part was the fact that...
Roller Painting with make-it-your-own.com (Creative activities for kids)

Roller & Scrape Painting

Bonnie Scorer
March 29, 2016
Activities, Spring 2016
1 Comment
Two methods of creating texture while painting with these easily accessible items!  Materials Roller Painting Rolling pins (we used various types to create different kind of lines) Paint Craft...
Happy Easter from make-it-your-own.com (Creative activities for kids!)

Hoppy Easter!

Bonnie Scorer
March 27, 2016
Activities, Spring 2016
From our family to you- a most happy...
Funnel Painting with make-it-your-own.com (Creative activities for kids)

Funnel Painting

Bonnie Scorer
March 24, 2016
Activities, Spring 2016
1 Comment
Have you borrowed items from your kitchen to use in creative exploration?   Materials Cardstock or paper Craft trays Paint Funnels We always find a smock helpful too! Directions Don...
Ribbon Roll Painting with make-it-your-own.com (Creative activities for kids)

Ribbon Roll Painting

Bonnie Scorer
March 22, 2016
Activities, Dreaming of Spring 2016
1 Comment
Plastic ribbon rolls are like painting with big spools! Materials Cardstock or watercolour paper Craft trays Paint We always find a smock helpful too! Directions Don your...
Glittery and Gold St. Patrick's Day Ideas with make-it-your-own.com (Creative activities for kids!)

Glittery and Gold…

Bonnie Scorer
March 15, 2016
Activities, Dreaming of Spring 2016
Last week, our daughter, who is quite excited about leprechauns, brought home a finger painted gold sheet of paper from Playschool.  She wanted to make more shimmery papers and punch out coins to hide for her...
Create with the rainbow! Make-it-your-own.com (Creative activities for kids!)

Create with the Rainbow!

Bonnie Scorer
March 10, 2016
Activities, Dreaming of Spring 2016
Put together a little tray of rainbow coloured items with your children or students and then create something magical! Materials Sectioned tray (this is an old veggies and dip one, but you can find...
Dipped Painted Eggs with make-it-your-own.com (Creative activities for kids)

Dipped Painted Eggs

Bonnie Scorer
March 8, 2016
Activities, Dreaming of Spring 2016
Rather than applying the paint to the paper we dipped the paper into the paint!  This is an activity that is accessible to many age groups and who isn't excited for spring!? Enjoy the process and then use...
Mesh Painting with make-it-your-own.com (Creative activities for kids!)

Mesh Painting

Bonnie Scorer
March 4, 2016
Activities, Dreaming of Spring 2016
1 Comment
Whether for the exploration of process art or to create the appearance of texture for collage making, this is a great activity in that it relies on items within your recycle box to create the...
Loving Lines Easter Eggs with make-it-your-own.com (Creative activities for kids!)

Easter Eggs: Lines

Bonnie Scorer
March 1, 2016
Activities, Dreaming of Spring 2016
This activity evolved from experimenting with different types of lines! Materials Watercolour paper Liquid watercolour paper Containers Water Paint brushes Thicker paint (we used this Crayola...

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