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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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    • Transform a plain children's building block set into this seasonal STEM/ STEAM activity! We show you how to make the building blocks look like gingerbread, so you can make a house, theatre etc. We also provide you with a free template to make gingerbread people puppets to use for dramatic play! Included is a free gift label and the patterns to make a gingerbread house or gingerbread man or woman ornament for a present topper! This Christmas craft is a great, "make and play" and makes a lovely holiday gift for preschoolers, kindergarteners or kids in elementary school!

      Gingerbread Building Kit

      Bonnie Scorer
      December 9, 2019
    • Make these artist inspired Christmas Tree ornaments for a handmade holiday gift! We feature ones inspired by: - Georgia O'Keeffe - Sonia Delaunay - Henri Matisse - Vincent Van Gogh - Piet Mondrian - Jackson Pollack - Yayoi Kusuma - Wassily Kandinsky - Keith Haring - Kenojuak Ashevak We show you a few tips to make children's Christmas craft one that you can give to friends, neighbours, teachers and family to hang on their holiday day tree! This kid's craft encourages children to explore and recreate in the style of well known artists, so that they can start to identify some of their famous pieces and characteristics of their personal style!

      Artist Inspired Ornaments

      Bonnie Scorer
      December 2, 2019
    • Holiday Gift Guide

      Holiday Gift Guide

      Bonnie Scorer
      December 1, 2019
    • Create your own ADVENT CALENDAR with this snowy scene with your family portrait and a snowman! (Made of peg people and beads). This makes a beautiful, handmade holiday gift! We provide you with ideas for what to include in your countdown to Christmas as well.

      Family Advent Calendar

      Bonnie Scorer
      December 1, 2019
    • Kids can make these handmade holiday ornaments to hang on their Christmas tree! Transform a clear bauble ornament with a egg carton and some pom poms into these adorable elves, Santa and Mrs. Claus! This DIY Christmas craft is sure to make people smile! #Christmasornament #santaornament #Mrs.clausornament #elfornament #holidayornament #diychristmas #holidaydiy #ornament #christmascraft #wintercraft #recycledcraft #eggcartoncraft #pompomcraft #craftproject #crafttutorial #christmasproject #christmastutorial

      Christmas Ornaments: Santa Claus, Mrs. Claus and the Elves

      Bonnie Scorer
      November 25, 2019
    • Make yourself with Crayola model magic and puffy paint to create this winter art piece! This craft is a great way to get children working with different types of clay and makes a perfect Christmas gift! #snowangel #snowangelcraft #wintercraft #winterart #wintercraftforkids #winterartforkids #christmascraft #christmasart #christamsartforkids #christmascraftforkids #modelmagic #crayolamodelmagic #kidscrafts #kidsart #childrensart #childrenscraft #puffypaint

      Puffy Paint Snow Angel Project

      Bonnie Scorer
      November 20, 2019
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Fall Fun: Traced Leaves- Making a Stencil from make-it-your-own.com (Art. crafts and activities for kids)

Fall Fun: Traced Leaves- Making a Stencil

Bonnie Scorer
September 17, 2014
Activities, Fall Fun
A bit of autumn fun that focuses on how to make and use a stencil. Materials Leaves Cardstock Scissors Paint Sponge or brush Masking tape Shallow tray Pencil/ Eraser "Wood" contact...
Fall Fun: Felt Pinecone Present Topper from make-it-your-own.com (Art, crafts & activities for kids)

Fall Fun: Felt Pinecone Present Topper

Bonnie Scorer
September 16, 2014
Activities, Fall Fun
One of our friend's birthday is in the Fall and we wanted to make something special together to top her cookbook present. Materials Cardstock Scissors Felt (we chose a more stiff, wool-based type...
Fall Fun: Making a Tea Towel with Leaves from make-it-your-own.com (Arts, crafts and activities for kids)

Fall Fun: Traced Leaves- Tea Towel

Bonnie Scorer
September 15, 2014
Activities, Fall Fun
Nan loves dish towels that match the season so we thought we would make her this.  Materials Dish towel (tight weave, non textured, cotton--as seen in the photo) Fabric paint Paint brush Craft...
Fall Fun: Pumpkin Pie Playdough & Gift Jar from make-it-your-own.com (Art, crafts and activities for kids)

Fall Fun: Pumpkin Pie Playdough & Gift Jar

Bonnie Scorer
September 12, 2014
Activities, Fall Fun
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A lovely scented playdough gift.   Materials Felt (orange, brown & green) Fabric glue Fabric scissors Sewing marker (or a white pencil crayon) Sewing materials (optional) Mason...
Fall Fun: Traced Leaves- Hair Clip from make-it-your-own.com (Art, crafts and activities for kids)

Fall Fun: Traced Leaves- Hair Clip

Bonnie Scorer
September 11, 2014
Activities, Fall Fun
We have been exploring activities that use traced leaves as a starting point.  Our daughter asked for some headbands for back to school and we wanted to make some interchangeable embellishments together....
Fall Fun: Pumpkin Bean Bags from make-it-your-own.com (Art, crafts & activities for kids)

Fall Fun: Pumpkin Bean Bags

Bonnie Scorer
September 10, 2014
Activities, Fall Fun, Featured On
A bit of festive fun to get active! This post was featured on The Crafty Crow's round-up of ideas with pumpkins!  Check them out for more ideas for...
Fall Fun: Traced Leaves- Floral Pin from make-it-your-own.com (Arts, crafts and activities for kids)

Fall Fun: Traced Leaves- Floral Pin

Bonnie Scorer
September 9, 2014
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My grandmother had a lovely assortment of pins she would wear on her coats.  Inspired by nature around us, we traced leaves and added some felt florals to make this pin for your lapel. This post was...
Fall Fun: Traced Leaf Bookmark from make-it-your-own.com (Art, crafts & activities for kids)

Fall Fun: Traced Leaves- Bookmark

Bonnie Scorer
September 8, 2014
Activities, Fall Fun, Featured On
Our traced feather bookmarks was one of our reader favourites.  Thank you!  We took that idea for further inspiration for a few fall foliage ideas. This activity was featured on The Crafty Crow!  Check...
Fall Fun: Making a Tea Towel with Leaves from make-it-your-own.com (Arts, crafts and activities for kids)

Fall Fun: Traced Leaves- Napkin Ties

Bonnie Scorer
September 5, 2014
Activities, Fall Fun
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Our traced feather bookmarks was one of our reader favourites.  Thank you!  We took that idea for further inspiration for a few fall foliage ideas.  This one makes a lovely child-made hostess...
Fall Fun: Apple Watercolour Cards from make-it-your-own.com (Arts, crafts and activities for kids)

Fall Fun: Watercolour Apple Card

Bonnie Scorer
September 4, 2014
Activities, Fall Fun
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One of the best things about Fall are the crisp apples!  Last year our lovely neighbourhood friends gave us some fresh apple juice and the kids set about making a thank you card and this is what they came up...
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