Kids Crafts

Welcome to our Kids Crafts page. Here you'll find all kinds of fun crafts, projects, tips, and activities for kids, many centered around the current holiday or season. Check out a few of our most popular posts here, or scroll down for the most recent projects.

Make Your Own Window Clings

by Amanda March 7, 2011

I’m happy to introduce a new regular contributor to the M&T family, Amanda. She’s the fabulous kid crafter at Crafts by Amanda and will be here once a month on Mondays. I can’t wait to see all the fun she’ll be bringing in. Welcome, Amanda! These fun and colorful window clings are a great project [...]

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Mini Pot of Gold Party Favors

by Marie March 1, 2011

These mini pots of gold are the perfect little place setting for a St. Patrick’s Day party. You can make these with large pots for a centerpiece or craft them into this miniature version. Supplies for Mini Pot of Gold: small terra cotta pots black paint and brush pipe cleaners in rainbow colors scissors gold [...]

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Mixing and Layering Rainbow Pudding

by Marie February 28, 2011

We’re getting really close to St. Patrick’s Day as March begins tomorrow and rainbows are forming everywhere to get ready for the gold! Last year we mixed up a Milk Rainbow Connection, so this year we’re trying it out with pudding. Supplies for Rainbow Pudding: vanilla pudding food coloring bowl glass 1. Mix up your [...]

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Crafting with Angry Birds

by Marie February 22, 2011

We’ve joined the Angry Birds craze. These little birds are everywhere, but we can’t seem to get enough. Today we’re crafting little angry bird yarn poms, crashing down our tower of greedy little pigs. Supplies for Angry Bird Poms: yarn craft glue googley eyes craft paper stacking cups 1. Create your mini pom poms with [...]

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Making Memories, Baby Showers, and Smashing Art

by Marie February 21, 2011

Here’s a few places I’ve been posting this week. Memory making, cute cookies for a baby shower, and smashing up our arts and crafts. I’m happy to share that I’m a leader of the new Blog Frog community, Memories in Motion by Pixorial. I’m numbered among some amazing women who will be leading discussions all [...]

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Love is in the Air

by Marie February 14, 2011

With love in the air, here’s a quick last minute Valentine’s Day craft I created over at Daily Candy. It uses a recycled paper towel tube, paint and paper! So easy. But before you stamp your tube with paint, use it as a backdrop to photograph your family first. I love this idea I ran [...]

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Cupid’s Crafty Bow and Arrows

by Marie February 11, 2011

Does Cupid have your heart this Valentines? Well, he will with these crafty pipe cleaner arrows, complete with a glitter painted bow. Supplies for Pipe Cleaner Valentine Arrows: pipe cleaners (aka chenille stems) wooden dowel or popsicle stick red sparkle paint – Thanks, DecoArt sponge brush 1. Using your red sparkle paint and sponge brush, [...]

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Video: Tips for Cutting Paper Hearts

by Marie February 7, 2011

I’ve shared a post on how to cut symmetrical paper hearts before and now I’m sharing the quick video to go with it, showing how easy these are to create with kids. There’s two quick tips for cutting paper hearts, perfect for the projects when you need a lot of hearts. Projects using paper hearts: [...]

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Saturday Spotlight: Hearts

by Marie February 5, 2011

Hearts are all-a-flutter over at the M&T Spotlight. With Valentines a week away, here are a few fun and fancy heart projects found over on the Spotlight, perfect for this time of year. Next week I’ll be featuring Kid’s Valentine Cards, so submit your best to Spotlight. Chenille Heart Pillow Paper and Wire Heart Garland [...]

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Hide and Seek with Heart-Shaped Bean Bags

by Marie February 3, 2011

Play a game of hide and seek with these easy to craft heart-shaped bean bags. These would be perfect for a classroom party: Hide and Seek, Hot Potato, or the classic game of Hot n’ Cold. Supplies for Felt Heart-Shaped Bean Bags: red felt, or pink, or any color scissors craft glue or hot glue [...]

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