Spring time is the perfect season for sitting outside and enjoying some bird watching in your backyard or neighborhood. This colorful accordion fold paper bird craft is a perfect compliment to learning about birds this

The ultimate list of fun indoor winter activities. Perfect for days when the weather is miserable. Awesome boredom busters for kids of all ages.

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We love 3D paper art at our house and this 3D paper lizard is a fun and artsy craft for kids. The easy lizard template is included and with some brightly colored card stock paper, you’ll have an adorable paper reptile that can be used as a fun gift tag. If you like working with…

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Me on the Map - Activities, games, crafts, printables - So many activities to keep the kids busy and active this summer!

See our range of fun trail playground markings helping children at schools and nurseries to develop fitness whilst inspiring creativity.

This perfectly simple preschool game about colors requires no prep, gets kids moving, and helps them practice colors and counting skills.

Learn all about Australian landmarks, culture, and food through crafts, activities, and recipes with these fun Australia activities for kids.

Learn about all the ways to achieve a professional seam finish for the interior of your sewing projects - including Hong Kong seams, serged, French Seams and more. From Love Notions Sewing Patterns, using the Luna Loungewear Pattern Collection

Since ancient times, cats have been cherished as companions. Despite their unique personalities, certain traits and behaviors are common among

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Let's travel to France in this France homeschool unit! It's packed full of France crafts, activities, Van Gogh paintings, books and more!

I will admit to being a little excited last night when I went to bed, because I knew that on the morrow I would get to make yoga pants! Yeah! I certainly thought I would accomplish many other things as well, but what I am learning is that doing tutorials while sewing...really....really...really drags the process out. But let's begin..shall we? I find that a prayer is always a good way to start any project. I pray for patience, and due care. That having been said you want to lay your fabric out with right sides together, Supplex is sticky and stretchy, so from the get go you need that patience, just take your time and lay the fabric out so that there is no twisting going on at the fold line and both selvage edges...which like to curl...are curling up together. Use a rotary cutter if you can with a new blade in it, and pattern weights for the most accurate cutting. If this is not an option for you, you will want to use sharp scissors. Micro fibers will dull your scissors quickly like any polyester will. Some people keep a pair of relatively inexpensive sharp scissors for these fabrics and then just replace them when they get dull. This keeps their good dressmakers shears for the finer fabrics. To pin use very fine silk pins, like the pin on top, or even better a long quilting pin as shown on the bottom. The thicker the pin the more difficulty you will have getting it into your fabric. After cutting my pants out I take a scrap and sew up some sample seams to check my tension, stitch length, thread color etc. Never skip this step, as it can save you a lot of headaches down the road. Begin by using a #12 ball point, 10 sharp, or microfiber needle. Ball points are often recommended for knits, but with the new sharps and microfibers(which is just a fine sharp) these work just as well and often better then the ball points. Here I have my sample seam. I chose a three thread overlock which finishes the edges nicely and still allows for a lot of stretch. My seam allowance is 3/8" and my overlock takes up a scant 1/4". After sewing a few samples and stretching them I determined I would need to use the stretch stitch on my Bernina. If your machine does not have a stretch stitch just set it to do a very narrow tight zig-zag and then pray again for patience, because this stitch moves slowly and you cannot rush it. Settle in, get a nice cup of tea, put a movie in, whatever it takes, but you have been duly warned. I only use this stretch stitch for extreme active wear situations. You will not want to use this stitch on a rayon jersey for instance, as it's overkill for soft delicate knits, but it's quite necessary for something you want to do lots of stretching and bending in and you want the fabric to stay with you. Additionally if you do not have an overlock you can just trim back your seams and use a normal zig zag to finish them together. This I believe is the only time you will hear me suggest that you sew the crotch seams before the inseam, but there are always exceptions to the rules. Sewing the inseam after the crotch allows for maximum mobility. Pin your inseam at the crotch so the seam allowance on the crotch seams butt against each other and lay in opposite directions. This makes a flatter seam juncture. Start with basting you inseam and then baste your side seams, so you can check the fit before preceding, unless you are using a tried and true pattern. After the fitting you can sew your seams again using your stretch stitch and overlock. This is what your crotch seam will look like after its been stitched and overlocked. The crotch seams are the vertical seams in the picture, while the horizontal seam is the inseam. With the inseam and side seams sewn its time to sew the waistband on. I chose to use a 3" wide elastic for my waistband because I like the look and secure comfortable feeling of the wider band. I started by measuring around my low rise, meaning my pants are not sitting at my natural waist, but about an 2" below my belly button. I cut my elastic to this measurement, and then mark a 1" inch line with chalk along one cut edge. I then create a loop out of my elastic by overlapping the opposing short end to match the chalk line and sew a box. Now that my elastic is ready to go I sew my waistband together along the center back seam and sew it along one long edge to the waist of my pants. This requires me marking the waistband in 4ths and pinning it with right side together to the pants, matching the quarter marks to the center back, center front and side seams. This does require that I stretch the waistband a touch as it is slightly smaller in circumference then my pant waist. Once the waistband is attached I repeat that same process to my elastic of dividing into 4ths. With a zig zag I lay the elastic on top of the seam allowance using the stitching line to guide me and attach the waistband. You can see in the picture how I have lined the inside left edge of the foot with my elastic. This insures me catching the seam allowance underneath. The waistband is not being caught,except for its seam allowance but is laying to the left, with the elastic to the right. My elastic is now attached to the pants along the waistline seam allowance. I then wrap my waistband around my elastic bringing it to the inside of the pants and pin it carefully about every 3-4 inches. The 1st seam allowance is now laying to the right, or up into the waistband. The seam allowance of the waistband on the inside is laying flat extending beyond the seam. From the right side and using a zipper foot, stitch in the ditch of your waistband, catching the inside seam allowance as you go. This will create a nice flat attachment. My pants are sewn...that didn't seem so bad. They just need their hem. On ready to wear clothing they use a cover stitch to hem and sometimes seam. Most of us do not have this stitch on our overlocks. I actually do, but rarely use it, unless I will be sewing with it for a few days, as the the set up is a bit tedious. So my answer to the cover stitch, which I like the looks of , is to simply overlock my hem edge. Press and pin it up the desired amount..I used 2" Then I straight stitch from the inside stitching down the middle of my overlock and being careful not to stretch as I go.. Next I turn my pant legs inside out and sew another line of stitching a scant 1/4" from the first line. This gives me the double needle look you are accustomed to seeing along hemlines of knits. Here is the final result! A bit boring actually this first pair, but still mighty useful. I now know the pattern is good and have worked out the basic construction details, so I think for my next pair I will add some contrast piping down the side seam, or eliminate the side seam and add a racing stripe. I will work out in them tomorrow and let you know how they do, and what my husbands reaction to them is...giggle.

A free bug hunt fortune teller printable. Make, colour and learn! Download this free Bug Quiz Fortune Teller. Make origami & go on a bug hunt

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Every year, we design the zodiac animal for that year and share the free pattern with everyone. My husband, Ryan, does an initial sketch and then we bring that sketch to life with our yarn and crochet hooks.

Here is a fun free mouse shapes cookie matching printable for toddlers preschool and for kids for learning at home!

Very cool printmaking ideas and inspiration for printmaking projects.

These 10 Best Songs for Gross motor movement are just what is needed to keep even the liveliest toddlers active!

An Active Listening and Following Directions Game. A fun auditory processing twist on Simon Says that helps with following directions and impulse control.

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This puffer is lined with a comfy cozy flannel for a warm and soft inside. Equipped with side pockets and a drawstring waist. An absolute need for your Winter coat collection! Model wearing size small, 26 waist For over-sized look size up.

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Channel students' energy by incorporating opportunities for movement into your lessons. In this #2ndaryELA Twitter chat, middle and high school English Language Arts teachers discussed active learning, including movement in the classroom and layouts that accommodate it, games, hands-on activities, and technology that helps to engage students. Read through the chat for ideas to implement in your own classroom.

Paper towel butterflies are an easy and beautiful craft! You probably have most everything you need right in your kitchen.

My entire classroom is safari theme. I went on a safari last winter and fell completely in love with it. I just had to have my classroom theme be a safari. I have different table names, each after an animal (lions, tigers, rhinos, zebra, giraffes, and tigers). We recently have been working on researching a topic and writing about it. We researched and wrote about penguins as a class. We researched and wrote about polar bears as a class The kids LOVED it. I decided it was time for them to do some research in groups and create books about their animals. They are already in tables with an animal so we just used those! The books came out GREAT! The kids had such a fabulous time reading books and researching the animals. I even created non-fiction animal books for each of the tables to use when doing research. I have some writing samples that I will share later on (I don't have the pictures with me currently), but I do have pictures of all the covers we made for the books. The kids loved having a special craft that they got to do and loved showing off their animal! After creating the title pages, the kiddos added the title to their book and their name. We displayed our books proudly in the hallway :)

Here is the easiest and quickest way to dye dry and uncooked pasta noodles using paint. This colored pasta is great for crafts for kids and sensory play!

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Whether you're drawing a foursquare court or your favorite flower, sidewalk chalk can be used to turn your outdoor space into a classroom. Get active with