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.

Light Up the Halloween Night

by Marie October 22, 2009

I’m contributing over at Craftzine today with a fun crafty project for lighting up Halloween night. These Paper Bag Luminaries lead the path to some scary tricks and yummy treats!

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Monsters, Monsters, Everywhere

by Marie October 19, 2009

We’re excited to go see the new movie, Where the Wild Things Are, so we’ve got monsters on the brain. Along with my eBook, Monster Mania – Crafts for Little Monsters, we’re horn deep in crafts, but we can’t get enough! I’ve found a few other great monsterific links to help set the Halloween mood [...]

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Past Halloween Crafts

by Marie October 13, 2009

Here’s a few of the Halloween crafts we’ve made in the past. What fun decorations are haunting your house this Halloween holiday? Halloween Fabric Wrapped Letters ~~~ Pumpkin Stitched Card ~~~ Mini Witches Brooms ~~~ Crafty Witch Hat ~~~ Creeeeepy Candy Houses ~~~ Spooky Spider Stitched Card ~~~ Mod Podge “boo” Board

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Five Halloween Craft Ideas on Local TV

by Marie October 12, 2009

Today I had the chance to showcase five Spooktacular crafts from the Make and Takes files for Halloween on a local Utah morning show, KSL Studio 5. Check out these fun crafts you can do with your kids at home or at school.

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Painted Gift Wrap for the Holidays

by Marie October 12, 2009

Halloween is a fun time to give a ghostly gift with terrorific treats. We’re wrapping up this painted cellophane to give to some of our neighbors and friends, sharing some holiday fun. Supplies for Painted Gift Wrap: cellophane wrapping – cut into 24 inch square sheets craft paint – halloween colors paper plate sponges, paint [...]

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15 Minute Distraction Technique!

by Heather October 11, 2009

Need a way to distract your child for 15 minutes? Let them color on your table with marker! Yes, you heard me right! If you have a glass or tile-topped table, that is! And if the markers are dry erase. I gave my three year-old a couple of dry erase markers and an eraser (naturally! [...]

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Weekend Make and Takes: Halloween

by Marie October 10, 2009

Halloween is just a few weeks away, so here are some fun holiday links to keep you crafting! What Halloween crafts and treats do you have up your sleeve? Silly Little Bats (pictured above) by My Little Gems Candy Corn Math Fun by Raising Creative and Curious Kids Old Fashioned Halloween Games by Vanilla Joy [...]

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Super Silly Spider Hats

by Marie October 9, 2009

I love the craft foam hats that are available for kids these days. There are so many fun things you can make and create with them. Today, we made some super silly spider hats that are almost too creepy to wear! Supplies for Crafty Spider Hats: black craft foam hat paper hole punch 4 black [...]

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“Going Batty” 3D Halloween Card

by Marie October 8, 2009

This Halloween Bat card comes alive with tissue paper wings. He’s making his way to your house to give all a good SCARE! Supplies for 3D Bat Card: cardstock paper cutter black tissue paper – a 3×12 inch piece black art paper white crayon letter stickers 1. Fold your cardstock piece in half to form [...]

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Googley Eyed Green Blobs

by Marie October 5, 2009

Halloween is getting closer and we’re prepping the house for some spooky scares! These green blobs in a bottle will fit right in, as we craft up some scary Halloween decorations this year. I found this creepy craft in the Halloween craft book called, Make Yourself a Monster by Kathy Ross. There’s tons of fun [...]

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