Kids learn about the fine art of printmaking using flat pieces of styrofoam, tempera paint, and rollers to make prints.

Explore some lovely Rosh Hashanah Activities for kids this holiday season. Welcome in the New Year with these great ideas. In 2024 we we begin on October 2.

Beautiful and creative inspiring art rooms. These art teachers have gone all out decorating their art rooms. Super-creative!

Salvation Verses Finger Puzzles are perfect to help kids memorize Bible verses about salvation - great for a Sunday School craft!

Bem Vindo ao Brasil means Welcome to Brazil! Help your kids learn about Rio, the Andes, and many other things about South America! These beautiful Brazil-inspired crafts for kids are a perfect way to get

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Try some of these water bottle crafts for kids. These are perfect for keeping the kids busy without breaking the bank. 24 crafts that use what you already have at home.

Merry Christmas! Enjoy this passport application and passport book! It will go perfectly with your Christmas Around the World Unit!

We love flowers and look forward to the time we can plant annual flowers in the spring. Our love of flowers often shows up in our crafts like today's Paper Plate Flower Craft. We've also made

OCEAN WAVE ART LESSON can be used for grade K-8. Large or small painting surface, acrylic or tempera paints. Perfect for in class or studio art lesson.

Our collection of Germany Crafts for Kids are ideal to help you learn about this amazing country! Perfect for German Unity Day and Oktoberfest!

Pipe Cleaner Finger Puppets are an easy, mess-free kids craft and boredom buster perfect for rainy days!

This easy emoji Agamograph is a fun for kids. It is great for teachers, families and anyone interested in making an emoji agamograph.

I usually start the year with kindergartners learning about and using lines. In previous years we have made line paintings and line sculptures with wire and pipecleaners. Another fun project we made was line windsocks by rolling up line paintings and adding tissue paper streamers. We’ve done line drawings (check out what my old blog used to look like before I moved it over to this website.) This year I was reminded by Cassie Stephens of a project I used … Read more... →

We love rainbow science, and this STEAM / STEM light activity using a blank CD and paper is a really fun one! Not only will kids create rainbow reflections with the CD, but they’ll use paper to alter the patterns of the light. Follow our Science for Kids and STEM for Kids Pinterest boards! …

This is a digital file. You will NOT receive anything by mail. Make the sweetest flowers ever with your little ones handprints (or footprints) for Grandparents Day! This is a digital download in 8.5x11. Handprints are not in downloaded file. This Grandparents Day printable is a project that allows kids to add their own handprints and/or footprints to the page. Makes a great keepsake for grandparents. Great for use at home or in a classroom! *I am a former childcare teacher turned stay at home mom of a toddler. I have 14 years of experience in writing lesson plans and planning activities for the toddler age range. These are the same activities I do at home with my daughter! Follow us on Instagram for tutorials and more toddler ideas! Search growing_upwith_grace. *This printable is for private use only either at home or in a classroom. NOT TO BE RESOLD.

Inspired by the latest Encanto movie? Have a go at these Encanto inspired crafts for kids and learn all about Colombia! Easy & fun crafts

Make these shrink film keepsake keychains with your students using Shrinky-Dink paper! These fun names will preserve how they wrote their name when they were first learning! We share how on Simply Kinder.

Developing empathy in children has never been more fun than with this collection of 19 simple empathy activities for kids!

three years of my work-life was spent as a preschool teacher. part of the job was to come up with inexpensive but stimulating activities for the kids, and this is one of the easiest and cheapest, but also one that the kids loved the most. my little guy is finally old enough to start enjoying this little activity, and i can't tell you how nice it is to sit him in his high chair and have him play quietly while i make dinner! the best part is that i know he's discovering and learning as he explores texture, colors, and cause-and-effect. supplies: plastic bag that seals tightly at the top (like a Ziploc bag) packing tape paint (I used Crayola's washable finger paint) directions: just dot little bits of paint in the plastic bag, close the bag, getting out most of the air, and tape the top closed with packing tape so the bag can't be opened. if your kids are anything like my little guy, that bag will be opened in seconds with paint everywhere, so make sure you tape it closed! really, it's so simple, but can give lots and lots of entertainment and exploration. i even gave my son a block, crayon, and cars to run over the plastic bag so he could see the different effects. he loved it. it stays fresh for a long time, so after he is done playing i just slip it in a little drawer in my kitchen to pull out for next time. other things that i've put in the plastic bags using the same method are: + white shaving cream (just the cheap stuff from the dollar store) and food coloring + cheap hair gel (and you can add buttons, beads, and little toys for even more fun) + baby oil, water, and food coloring or glitter really, anything goes, so be creative with it and have fun!

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Tubs of paint make me happy. So I was giddy to pull O's out this week when it was time to make a little craft for our upcoming lessons about "greater and less" in math. Who knew math could be such fun? Bleh. Last year, I pinned these "Math Munchers" from one extra degree: confessions of a teachaholic. In grade school, I remember making the < > marks, then drawing my own teeth on them. Sometimes, I even added 3/4 of a circle to make the signs look like Pacman. I'm sure I wasn't original in doing so. It made sense because Pacman would always want to eat the bigger of two numbers, right?! So would Math Munchers, of course. So I took a little of one extra degree's Math Munchers idea and, well, added some teeth. Using jumbo popsicle sticks, paint, glue, "googly" eyes and white construction paper (oh, and shipping tape - I'll explain that shortly), O and I set out to make some Math Monsters. O chose the color schemes and decided to make one red with green polka dots. He said he made it for his baby sister because poppies are red with green stems. A time-saving tip: Use the eraser-end of a pencil to make polka dots. For even tinier dots, use the "butt"-end of a small paintbrush or even the tip of a pencil - just wipe it off if you want to use the pencil again. I love how O's Math Monsters turned out: I cut triangles out of white construction paper for teeth. But knowing everything has to be durable around here, I needed to strengthen them up a little. Flouride wouldn't work. And I don't have laminating sheets on hand. I avoid contact paper whenever possible. Clear shipping tape to the rescue. It's simple: Just lay one piece down, sticky side up, lay down whatever small item you're wanting to protect, then lay another piece of the shipping tape, sticky side down, on top. Smash and rub together, and the tape serves as an instant protector and strengthener. (Is that even a word?) The "Equals-to" sign is connected by both halves of a smaller popsicle stick, which O painted white. We glued them to the back and then hid them from the front with (now strong and protected) teeth. I had to stop for a moment and question if my son is a genius when he insisted on placing the googly eye on the corner of his < and > monsters. I had envisioned the eye a little more toward the center of the top stick, which is the reason we needed two symbols - one for "greater" and one for "less." But his decision to put the eye where the sticks meet means we only needed one because < can flip to >. If you think about it, the way I had envisioned it would not have worked that way. Apparently, I'm not smarter than a first-grader. Now armed with an extra Math Monster, O gave his poppy-inspired monster to Poppi. She didn't want it. She just wanted her mom. I told y'all. I wasn't exaggerating. (But please note, for the record, she is wearing clothes.)

Dancing rice experiment for kids. Make rice dance like magic in this super simple kitchen science experiment from Green Kid Crafts...

Ducks are a beloved animal for kids of all ages and especially preschoolers. Take your child to the park or playground and they’ll probably spend a fair amount of time watching those cute little ducks floating on the pond, waddling around on land, and quacking. There are also lots of popular nursery rhymes and storybooks […]

One of my favorite parts about homeschooling my kids is doing art projects with them. Pierre Auguste Renoir is the current artist we are learning about and I have a fun idea for a Renoir

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Molas are a form of reverse applique using many layers of fabric. In a later lesson we will sew simple molas out of layers of felt. In the mean time let's make one out of construction paper so that we can better understand the reverse applique process. First, choose an image that inspires you. Choose a design with simple colorful shapes. Flowers, birds, fish and suns all work well as mola designs. Next create a simple line drawing. Notice how wide the feet are? You will need to cut out your design so make sure to compose it of bold simple shapes that you can easily cut. Create a simple cut out pattern without any detail. When you are done cutting flip the pattern over. Does it look like a recognizable image or just a blob? If it isn't immediately recognizable you need to go back and do a more precise job cutting. Here are the layers of my mola design: The top layer is yellow with a bird shaped hole cut out of the middle. Whenever I need to cut a hole out from the middle of a paper, I pinch the paper and make a tiny cut on the fold. Then I open the paper, stick the scissors in the hole and continue cutting. Pointy scissors can fit into smaller holes than blunt tipped scissors, allowing for more precise cutting. Now lets begin to put the design together: Layer 1 layer 1 and 2 layer 1, 2 and 3 All four layers together Have some fun with your mola by adding some pattern cut outs to layers 2 and 3. For more extensive information on molas visit http://www.molaartandcraft.com/ Learn about the Kuna people of Panama by clicking here. Learn more about this art form by clicking here The most common mola motifs are; birds, fish, animals and flowers. I have created some simplified patterns based on common images from real molas. Feel free to download or print them or use them as inspiration for your own ideas. Start with a simple design of three layers. You can always increase the complexity and detail of a paper mola design by adding more layers of color. Paper molas make beautiful cards and framed pictures. You can sew or glue simple molas using felt. Felt is a good material for children to use because you do not have to worry about the edges fraying. Kuna women use light weight cotton fabric to make molas. They cut a fringe along the fabric opening and tuck the edges of material underneath to create a clean design. The hallmark of good mola craftsmanship is that you appreciate the image before you notice the materials used to create it. This is true no mater what media you use. Sloppy stitching, visible glue, loose threads or ripped paper all detract from the quality of the design. Nancy Walkup, the editor of School Arts Magazine, writes about using Mola designs as a vehicle to teach big ideas to children: http://www.slideshare.net/mobile/nwalkup/teaching-with-big-ideas

Explore a world of creativity with our easy DIY Halloween crafts for kids and adults! From spooky Halloween decorations to fun DIY projects, discover the best Halloween craft ideas. Get ready to create haunted house crafts, pumpkin crafts and decorations, and eerie decorations that will make your Halloween party unforgettable. Whether you're into creepy spiders or witch-themed crafts, our Halloween craft projects have you covered. Get inspired and bring your spooky visions to life!

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

19 Sunday School Object Lessons [with videos] that you'll cry with happiness over. And then of course, you will proceed to use every LAST ONE OF THEM because they are SO AWESOME!!! Check them out below! > (Free) Download the entire list Preview modal- First Name Please enter your name.…

A kid-friendly rain stick craft that actually works! Your kids will love the realistic rain sounds made by these simple-to-make rain sticks.