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This week at Toddler Crafts we are hosting a giveaway of labels/stickers with Uprinting!  Click Here to find out more about it!

This is a video about the value of money and kids. It discusses Allowance and chores.  It is important to teach our kids about the value of money and help them understand that they can’t just “get” things.

How do you work allowance with your kids? Do you give them a weekly allowance? Are there chores linked to the allowance?

This is a terrific Kindergarten Craft to work on with your kids.  It’s quite simple to create and they can make the dog in any way or colors they like.

Supplies:

• Toilet Paper roll
• Felt, a few different colors.
• Scissors
• Tacky Glue
• Pen

Steps:

1. Measure Felt against Toilet paper roll and cut a rectangle that will cover the roll
2. Glue the Felt on the roll
3. Draw on the felt 2 dogs ears, the shape of the dogs face and tail
4. Cut out Ears, Face and Tail
5. Glue the Ears Face and Tail to the paper towel roll
6. Cut out little white circles from felt and smaller, little blue or brown circles for the eyes (or use googly eyes) Glue these on.
7. Cut a piece of black or brown felt in a small circle for the nose (you can use a small pom pom as well)
8. You can add things like a bow or collar as you like.  Perhaps give the dog spots!

Have fun!

This week we tackled our first cub scout pine wood derby.  Having never experienced a Cub Scout Derby before, I wasn’t sure what to expect or where to start.  So of course, I googled it!  This led me to some very detailed information on how the cars go faster and the complexities of Derby car design!!  Thanks to Grandpa, he helped carve it for my son, we had a start on what I thought was going to be an impossible project!  After googling it, I discovered roughly how and where to weight the car (apparently you need to weight it to make it faster!).  My son and I painted it and it awaited race day!  My only hope was that it would be in the heat and not last continuously so that he didn’t feel badly.

Well, I needn’t have worried, it not only didn’t come in last but, it won!!  My son was so proud of his trophy and we are on to the derby regionals!!  So this has been a successful tackle and a learning experience!

This is a fun Valentine’s Day craft that can make a great gift for your child to give to a friend or loved one.  This uses the Clay I highlighted in the post on Valentine’s Day Craft Ceramics.  You will need about 48 hours for them to dry thoroughly so they can be painted and put on a string or ribbon.

Supplies:

• 2 Cups Flour
• 1/2 cup Salt
• 2/3 cup water
• Mixing Bowl
• Spoon
• Paint
• Paint Brush
• String or Ribbon
• Straw
• Wax paper

Steps:

1. Mix, Flour Salt and water in a bowl
2. Mix it well until it is like a cookie dough.  If it is too crumbly, add a little more water.  If it is too sticky add a little more flour.
3. Roll dough into little balls about 3/4 inch in diameter
4. Press the straw through the middle carefully to make a hole.
5. Make 3-6 beads and then place on wax paper to dry
6. Once beads are dry (about 2 days) Paint the beads and let the paint dry
7. Then string on ribbon or string.

Enjoy!!