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Crafts for and with Kids

  • A is for ant simple animal themed alphabet craft for toddlers to help with letters recognition and sounds.
  • Easy ladybug craft for toddlers and preschoolers to make a pretty suncatcher for the window
  • Simple Coffee Filter Sunflower Craft for Kids inspired by the book Lola Plants a Garden. Ideal for Summer Crafting
  • Combine Arts and mathematics and create your own Fish for pattern making for this Ocean themed hands-on Maths Activity for Kids.
  • DIY summer craft for you and your kids to make to remember your beach trip. Use your shell collections to make beautiful sand moulded stepping stones.
  • Ocean Paper Plate Wreath to make with kids
  • DIY Space Felt Board instructions and featured book
  • Get creative with this space-themed art project for kids inspired by literature to create an imaginative set of watercolour planets.
  • Create solar print dinosaur footprints
  • Don't let rain spoil your summer's day, discover these top 5 ways to have fun with the kids even when it's horrid outside.
  • Step-by-step instructions on how to create a needle felted layers of the earth model ideal for a teaching resource. Older kids would be able to use this simple technique to create it themselves or you can create to use as a model within your teaching and lessons.
  • Make these easy Easter Story Stones to help teach your children about the meaning behind the Christian Celebration of Easter. Read aloud the story of Easter and then create and use these simple stones to retell the story.
  • a set of DIY five little ducks puppets for circle time with instructions on how to make
  • DIY instructions on creating chalkboard dice perfect for a reusable mathematics or literacy resource or for when the dice go missing from your favourite board games.
  • Simple, easy and fun crafts for kids from toddler through to teens made with recycled materials and junk that you would normally throw out. Perfect Rainy Day Crafting and Activities for kids. From Egg Cartons to Shoe Boxes to cardboard Tubes and Sweaters there are plenty of materials you can use to get creative with.
  • A simplified version of the amazing String Art Hearts you see on Pinterest that even small children can help make or you can make as a family.
  • Get creative and make these 5 little monkey puppets to use when singing the popular children's rhyme Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed. Template to create these easy craft foam puppets included to download.
  • Make your own Needle Felted Robin to add to your Winter Nature Table with this step by step tutorial ideal for beginners. Includes details about a monthly Nature Based Book Club for Kids that you and they can join in each month.
  • Make your own resources for singing this popular counting rhyme for toddlers and preschoolers with this step-by-step guide to creating your own Five Little Men in Their Flying Saucers Puppets. Ideal for Circle Time or Sing Along with your children.
  • 30+ Snow crafts and activities for toddlers and preschoolers including literacy, maths, science, sensory, play and motor skills.
  • Your Salt Dough questions answered covering why things go wrong, how to store, what to use as an alternative if you don't have salt and many other problems and solutions to them.
  • DIY Snowmen Puppets ideal for using when singing the Winter Nursery Rhyme Five Little Snowmen. Full step by step instructions to create puppets that toddlers and preschoolers can use for Winter Rhyme Time.
  • DIY Story Stone Ideas for you to make for and with your toddlers and preschoolers inspired by children's picture books. Ideal for helping your children develop story telling skills.
  • Christmas inspired art and craft activity for kids of different ages to do together. Full instructions on setting up your own Christmas Card Creation Station with ideas for resources to include.

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