Crafts Category
Mother’s Day Butterfly Card
Mother's Day Butterfly Card
Mother’s Day is this Sunday and what better gift for that special mom, grandma, aunt or friend than a homemade card? We love this easy-to-make butterfly card that will be sure to bring a smile to any mom’s face.
What You Need:
- Scissors (Adult Use Only)
- Construction Paper (2 colors)
- Non Toxic Glue
- Markers
- Hole Punch (Optional)
Mother's Day Butterfly Card folded
What To Do:
- Fold two pieces of construction paper in half, placing one piece inside of the other
- Draw half of a butterfly along the fold
- Cut along the line, keeping the two pieces of paper together. You will now have 2 separate butterflies
- Keeping only one butterfly folded, draw a smaller butterfly within and cut it out.
- Glue this smaller butterfly onto the larger, alternately colored butterfly.
- On the reverse side, glue on the other cut-out piece.
- Cut out a body and antennas and glue onto the inside piece.
- Using markers, a hole punch or scraps of construction paper, decorate your butterfly
- Write a message to mom on the inside of the card
What are some of your favorite Mother’s Day cards?
Earth Day Crafts & Activities for Your Child
Happy Earth Day!
To celebrate Earth Day we have some easy kid-friendly crafts and activities!
- Recycled Milk Jug Flower – Teach your child to love nature through recycling and caring for her own plant with this fun craft.
- Magazine Holder – Why buy a plastic organizer when you can make a recycled magazine holder and have fun with your child while doing it!?
- Earth Day Activities - From planting a tree, to cleaning up your neighborhood or planning a picnic, get outdoors and have some Earth Day fun!
What are you doing to celebrate Earth Day?
Fun Spring Craft for Kids
Whether the weather is cooperating or not, Spring has sprung. We love this fun flower craft for you and your child to celebrate Spring.
What you need:
- Scissors (adult use only)
- Crayons
- Construction paper (green and another color)
- Tissue paper squares (optional)
- Non-toxic glue
- Photo of your child
What to do:
- Trace your child’s hands on the green construction paper and cut them out. Let them do it if they are old enough to trace.
- Cut a stem with the remaining green paper
- Cut a circle with any color paper of your choice
- With older children you can use tissue paper squares and glue them down using a pencil eraser to “fill out” the flower petals.
- With younger children you can have them color the circle instead of glue the tissue paper squares to make the flower petals.
- Glue a picture of your child in the middle to personalize it.
Happy Spring!
Easy Juice Box Craft for Kids
We love crafts that recycle and are fun. This easy-to-do craft from Baby Center of turning juice boxes into airplanes and cars is perfect for a rainy day (like the MANY we have had in Chicago). You can have juice boxes with your lunch and then do this easy craft!
What you need:
- Empty washed out juice box and straws
- Non-toxic glue
- Scissors
The instructions for the activity can be found here.
Happy Fun Friday!
Easy Book Craft for Kids
Easy Book Craft for Kids
We continue Dr. Seuss’ birthday celebration with an easy and fun make your own book activity you can do with your child!
What you need:
- Blank 8.5 x 11 paper
- Crayons, markers or non-toxic paint
- Felt
- Hole Punch
- String
- Scissors (adult use only)
What to do:
- Cut sheets of paper in half.
- Have your child draw pictures, print alphabet letters, write a story with you, etc.
- Punch a hole at the top side & bottom side of the felt and the the paper. If you prefer to just use a long piece of string to bind the book together like we did in the photo, you can do that as well.
- String the pages together using the felt as the book cover.
Enjoy your child’s very first published book! 
Easy Craft for Kids – Wilbur Wonderworm!
Wilbur Wonderworm craft
You may have heard Wally Wonderbug talk about his friend, Wilbur Wonderworm. We wanted to share our easy Wilbur Wonderworm craft with you. It’s a perfect time of year to do this as we await Spring and all the new life & crawling creatures it brings with it!
What you will need:
- Egg carton
- Yellow non-toxic paint
- Black marker
- Googly eyes
- Non-toxic glue
- Pipe cleaner
How to make Wilbur Wonderworm:
- Cut the egg carton into 4 single row egg cups (you can make it longer if you wish).
- Paint the egg carton yellow.
- Write numbers, alphabet letters or your child’s name on the side of Wilbur.
- Glue googly eyes on the front egg cup & draw a smile on it.
- Bend pipe cleaner into antenna and glue to front egg cup.
You can read the adventures of Wilbur Wonderworm in the Wonderbug storybook located under the Fun Bug tab on the Wonderbug website.
Easy Stained Glass Heart Craft for Kids
Valentine's Day Stained Glass Heart Craft
Valentine’s Day is around the corner and what better way to spend some loving time with your child than by doing a Valentine’s craft? This easy children’s craft makes a beautiful sun catcher and a reminder of how much love is in your house.
What you need:
1. Construction Paper
2. Tissue paper squares
3. Non-Toxic Glue Stick
4. Scissors ( adult use only)
Directions:
1. Fold paper in half
2. Cut out a half heart
3. Cut out the inside of that heart
4. Open up the heart
5. Glue the tissue paper squares on the inside of the heart
Have fun!
Easy Snowman Craft and Recipe for Children
After all the excitement of the holidays, you may be hearing from your children “I’m bored!” This snowman craft will surely keep them entertained and snowman soup will keep them warm while crafting!
What you need:
- Cotton balls (about 40 per snowman)
- Blue construction paper (1 sheet per child)
- Black construction paper or googly eyes
- Orange construction paper or pom poms
- Non-toxic glue
- Scissors for adult use only
Instructions:
- Squeeze some glue onto a paper plate and let the children scoop bits of glue with a popsicle stick because squeezing glue right onto the paper can get messy. Glue sticks are a great “not-so-messy” alternative.
- Have the children glue cotton balls in two or three stacked circles to make a snowman shape
- Cut out construction paper shapes if you are not using googly eyes or colored pom poms (adults can do this prior to craft time for young children)
BLACK: 5 large circles per snowman (2 eyes and 3 buttons)
BLACK: 5 small circles per snowman (for the mouth)
BLACK: hat shape (rectangle with a square on top)
ORANGE: Cut out one triangle per snowman (nose)
ORANGE (or brown): Long rectangle shapes (arms)
*We used colored pom pom balls instead of construction paper
5. Have the children glue their snowman faces, buttons, hat and arms to their cotton ball snowman.
Snowman Soup
Ingredients:
- Packet of hot chocolate
- Chocolate kiss
- Marshmallows
- Candy cane
- Sandwich bag
- Note paper
What to Do:
Put the ingredients in a sandwich bag with a note to your child that this is snowman soup eaten by many famous snowmen families such as Frosty the Snowman’s family. To make their snowman soup just add contents (except for the candy cane) in a mug, add boiling water and have them stir it with the candy cane.
What winter recipes and crafts do you like to do with your children?
Winter Craft for Your Child
In some places around the world, the winter wonderland landscapes have begun to be formed! No matter if you live in cold or warm weather, this winter children’s craft will be sure to make your children smile!
What you’ll need:
- 1 sheet blue construction paper (or if your child wants to use a different color, we say “Why not?” Let him express his creativity!)
- Construction paper: black, white, orange, and red/pink
- Pencil
- Non- Toxic glue stick
- Black marker
How to make it:
- Trace outline of penguin on piece of paper. If you think your child can do it, let her do it. Just draw a tall hump with a half circle on the bottom for the feet.
- Add a simple line behind the penguin’s body, just a few inches above the penguin’s foot to make it look like the penguin is standing on the ground.
- Tear white and black construction paper into strips, and then into squares.
- Apply glue with glue stick to small areas of the blue paper, using your tracing as a guide. Start building the “ground” first, pressing white paper scraps in place.
- Work in small areas so glue doesn’t dry before you get to it & press on all the black paper areas. Finish with the white area in the center of the penguin.
- Tear or cut out a triangle beak from the orange paper and glue on to the face. Use black marker to add eyes. Tear or cut out a bow from pink paper and glue it on top of penguins head (for a boy place it under the neck like a tie).
What winter crafts do you like to do with your child?
Family Gratitude Keepsake & Easy Turkey Craft for Kids
It’s the day before families gather nationwide to pause and be grateful. In the midst of our crazy, hectic schedules it’s easy to forget all the blessings we have. One idea to remember your blessings from year to year is to start a Family Gratitude Book. At Thanksgiving each member of the family writes in the book what she or he is grateful for. Make sure you write the date at the top of the list. Year after year, you will be adding memories that you can look back on and remember. It is especially rewarding to remember what kids wrote when they were little (especially if now they are grown up with their own children) or what family members who have passed on have written. Your Family Gratitude Book becomes an heirloom for many generations.
Supplies for Family Gratitude Book:
- Notebook or Journal
- Pen
- Grateful Heart
Decorate Your Thanksgiving Table
If you would like little place holders or an easy-to-do craft for your kids, how about a Turkey made from a toilet paper tube?
Supplies for the Turkey toilet paper tube craft:
- Construction paper
- Markers, crayons or non-toxic paint
- Toilet paper tube
- Scissors (to be used by adults)
- Non-toxic glue
- Wiggly eyes (not to be used by children under 3 years of age)
Directions:
- Cut feathers out of the construction paper
- Cut feet & beak from construction paper
- Glue feathers, feet, beak and wiggly eyes to the toilet paper tube. Toilet paper tube should be “standing” up vertically.
- Color Turkey as desired.
What fun Thanksgiving ideas do you have?
