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      Bird Nest Craft

      Bonnie Scorer
      April 14, 2014
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    • 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
    • Snow Plough Play Tray: With these printable roads and snowy scene (http://make-it-your-own.com/snow-plough-play-tray/) you can create a winter sensory tray where children clear the snow. We also have several sensory ideas that you can use for snow!

      Snow Plough Play Tray

      Bonnie Scorer
      January 4, 2021
    • Use these printables to turn a juice or milk carton into a 3D gingerbread house! Complete with printable gingerbread people, trees and paper candies to decorate! This makes a great Christmas small world play scene for kids using recyclables!

      Beverage Carton Gingerbread House and Play Scene

      Bonnie Scorer
      December 14, 2020
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    • Finger Puppets and a Recycled Kleenex Box Theatre! Included are printable characters (Santa, Reindeer and Woodland Animals) and a background scene (one winter-y and one you can design yourself) to attach to your recycled Kleenex tissue box stage to make a theatre!

      Christmas Finger Puppets and Tissue Box Theatre

      Bonnie Scorer
      December 9, 2020
    • Angel puppet or Christmas tree ornament printable template. Use this pattern to make a handmade ornament craft for kids! #ornament #christmasornament #handmadeornament #christmastreeornament #ornament #ornaments #kidschristmascraft #puppet #puppettemplate #angelcraft #angeltemplate

      Paper Angel Puppet

      Bonnie Scorer
      November 30, 2020
    • Beaded Christmas Ornaments: We show you how to make a snow person/ snowman, Santa and a Christmas tree ornament all out of wooden beads! These cute holiday ornaments make a wonderful children's craft (and develop their fine motor skills in the process). See the video tutorial with the steps on our website. #christmas #christmasornament #ornament #hoidays #holidayornament #beadedornament #beadornament #beadcraft #kidcraft #kidscraft #santa #christmastree #snowman #snowperson #crafttutorial #craftinstructions #christmascraft

      Beaded Christmas Ornaments

      Bonnie Scorer
      November 23, 2020
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Monthly Archives July 31, 2014

Nature Imprints (with leaves, sea shells, twigs) to make keepsakes (coasters, dishes etc.) from make-it-your-own.com

Nature Finds: Making Imprint Keepsakes

Bonnie Scorer
July 31, 2014
Activities, Summer Fun 3
Remember the beachy feel of summer all year long, by making these imprint coasters and a dish (for jewellery etc.) Materials Air dry clay (you can buy this at art or craft supply stores) A circle...
Card making with highlighters and ink from make-it-your-own.com (Art & Craft projects for kids)

Rainy Day Fun: Experimenting with 2 Different Art Supplies

Bonnie Scorer
July 30, 2014
Activities, Summer Fun 3
Pair different materials together to make something like cards and see what happens- our experiment: ink and highlighters... Materials Highlighters Blank cards (or make your own using cardstock) Eye...
Nature Finds: Weaving with Sticks, Fabric & Ribbon from make-it-your-own.com

Nature Finds: Weaving

Bonnie Scorer
July 29, 2014
Activities, Featured On, Summer Fun 3
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Weaving is a great way to develop children's motor skills.  We decided to incorporate a little bit of nature into the process. Featured...
Landscape Project from make-it-your-own.com (Kid's art and craft projects)

Nature Finds: Use the Landscape as Inspiration

Bonnie Scorer
July 28, 2014
Activities, Summer Fun 3
For one evening this summer we zipped up to the mountains for a mini-holiday.  Inspired by the landscape, we decided to try a scraping technique for applying paint to create special paper for a landscape...
DesignPlaydoughMat

Rainy Day Fun: Play Dough Part 2, Design Your Own Play Dough Mats

Bonnie Scorer
July 25, 2014
Activities, Summer Fun 3
There are so many fun play dough mats that you can purchase or print out from various sites (make a face, make letters for words, make ice cream for a cone, apples for a tree, decorate a cake etc.), that we...
Playdough Materials from make-it-your-own.com

Rainy Day Fun: Play Dough Part 1: Play Materials

Bonnie Scorer
July 24, 2014
Activities, Summer Fun 3
Play Dough is great for developing motor skills and strengthening hand muscles (which lends to the development of writing skills, cutting, the use of a variety of tools etc.)  It can ignite creativity,...
KidDesignPlayMat

Rainy Day Fun: Kid Designed Playmat

Bonnie Scorer
July 23, 2014
Activities, More Summer Fun
It can be quite fun to design your own playmat and see your vision realized! Materials 2 large felt pieces of felt Various colours of felt Ribbon Fabric glue or sewing machine/thread Fabric...
Personalized Napkin Rings from make-it-your-own.com

Nature Finds: Personalized Napkin Rings

Bonnie Scorer
July 22, 2014
Activities, More Summer Fun
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Some of my favourite memories are family dinners with my beloved sisters.  Have your child(ren) add a personal element to your next get together. Materials Small twigs Craft wire Wire...
Movie Night Treat Topper from make-it-your-own.com (printable included!)

Rainy Day Fun: Movie Night Package

Bonnie Scorer
July 21, 2014
Activities, More Summer Fun
A fun surprise to enjoy together! Materials Cardstock Printer Candy or dried fruit Popcorn Paper bag or plastic loot sized bag (you can find these in dollar and party stores) Printout of the...
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Outdoor Play: Writing & Drawing with Sand

Bonnie Scorer
July 18, 2014
Activities, Summer Fun
Along with water, sand seems to be a favourite play material.  This year at Kindergarten our son loved digging for jewels (plastic gems) and we used our allowance to buy various types of rocks to become...
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