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      Bird Nest Craft

      Bonnie Scorer
      April 14, 2014
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    • 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
    • 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
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Monthly Archives May 29, 2015

Tissue Paper Collage (This would be great for an end of the year teacher gift!) from make-it-your-own.com (Crafts & activities for kids!)

Painted Tissue Paper Collage

Bonnie Scorer
May 29, 2015
Activities, Celebrating Spring 3
2 Comments
When I was a teacher the kids and I loved doing Eric Carle inspired pieces, painting large papers with various types of texture creating techniques and then cutting them up into many coloured collages!  I...
Nature Inspired Sketches from make-it-your-own.com (Crafts & Activities for Kids)

Nature Animals

Bonnie Scorer
May 27, 2015
Activities, Celebrating Spring 3
Turn your child's nature finds into parts of their sketches.  Our son wanted an animal theme, but "make it your own" with whatever interests you! Materials Nature finds (rocks, leaves, sticks,...
Polaroid Portraits (perfect for Father's Day!) from make-it your-own.com (Crafts & Activities for Kids)

Polaroid Portraits

Bonnie Scorer
May 25, 2015
Activities, Celebrating Spring 3, Featured On
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A bit of a throwback for Dads of a certain vintage...  Weren't polaroids technologically magical?  Create an image of you and your dad.   This project was featured...
Marvelous Matchsticks from make-it-your-own.com (Crafts & activities for kids)

Marvelous Matchsticks

Bonnie Scorer
May 22, 2015
Activities, Celebrating Spring 3
These wooden sticks were part of our childhood collection of crafting materials that my mother passed along to the kids and they were keen to try painting them, coming up with a few...
Kid-made Decorative Driftwood Kite from make-it-your-own.com (Crafts & activities for kids)

Kid-Made Decorative Driftwood Kite

Bonnie Scorer
May 20, 2015
Activities, Celebrating Spring 3, Featured On
What kid doesn't love to collect sticks? We are always trying to think of ways to display their treasures! Check out our kite project and all sorts of other goodies...
Squishy Painting from make-it-your-own.com (Crafts & activities for kids)

Squishy Painting (Or no-mess finger painting!)

Bonnie Scorer
May 18, 2015
Activities, Celebrating Spring 3
Happy Victoria Day to our fellow Canadians! This is an easy, accessible, mess-free, fun activity for a wide age range.  We went with a multitude of bookmarks and a few necklaces, but you could use it for...
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Office Supply Inspirations

Bonnie Scorer
May 15, 2015
Activities, Celebrating Spring 3
Use office supplies as both a material for inspiring creating or as a finishing touch! Materials Office supplies (paper clips, stickers, elastics etc.) Glue Pre-made artwork OR paper and...
Sewn Burlap Bookmarks from make-it-your-own.com (Craft & activities for kids)

Sewn Burlap Bookmark

Bonnie Scorer
May 13, 2015
Activities, Celebrating Spring 2
We had a few scraps of burlap and wanted to make this easy bookmark for book lovers! (This would be a great project for Father's Day!) Materials Burlap Yarn Ribbon Tape (we used Washi...
Snapped Elastic Party Garland from make-it-your-own.com (Craft & activities for kids!)

Elastic Painting Birthday Garland

Bonnie Scorer
May 11, 2015
Activities, Celebrating Spring 2
A delightfully fun process to create a handmade birthday garland for a party or a friend! Materials Directions Paint Wooden flags or print these ones ( flags ) out on cardstock (you will need...
Dancer Garland (fun with coffee filters!) from make-it-your-own.com (Crafts & Activities for Kids)

Dancer Garland

Bonnie Scorer
May 8, 2015
Activities, Celebrating Spring 2
2 Comments
A playful garland we made for a school celebration! Materials Coffee Filters Markers (non-permanent) Water Spray bottle (we find this industrial version easy for kids to use and long...
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