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My daughter loves to play dress up and whats better then to make your own dress up clothes!! This is a great video on how to make you very own princess Tiara! It’s a great Kindergarten Craft!

This is the coolest craft that is perfect for a child in Kindergarten or first grade.  You can adjust it to be for younger children, but you will have to assist them with the toothpicks.

Supplies:

• Paper towel roll
• Paint
• Toothpicks
• Glue
• Scissors
• Dixie cups
• Beans

Steps:

1. Paint the paper towel roll, allow to dry
2. Carefully poke toothpicks along the seam of the paper roll about every inch apart, do this through out the paper roll
3. Cut 2 dixie cups so only about half an inch of the side of the cups is left and the bottom.
4. Glue into one side of the paper towel roll.
5. Place about 1/2 a cup of dried beans in the paper towel roll, and glue the other dixie cup on the open side.
6. Turn back and forth and hear the rain!

Enjoy!!

This is a great video on how to make a foam flower. You will definitely want to do some of this for your children or carefully supervise so they don’t get poked.  This is good for ages 6-8 years old.

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I love this idea! So fun and easy to make with your kids and it’s all about them. My mom always taped pictures of us on calendars to remind us of the fun we had to look forward to that month. Now it’s super easy to make calendars at home and they look good enough to give as gifts to proud grandparents and extended family members. Best of all, it’s free!

Where to Begin:

Select twelve of your favorite photos from each season with your kids (ie: August = family photo from the beach) and download them into http://www.freephotocalendar.net/free-printable-photo-calendar.php. Follow the simple instructions on the site, print out the pages and connect the pages with brads found at any craft or drug store.

Another great idea, buy a few different types of stickers so your kids can mark special days on their calendar. What child wouldn’t love having their very own calendar to keep in their room as a reminder of the fun that’s to come?

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This is such a fun craft for kindergarten!  Kids feel so proud that they made their “rug” (or whatever they want to create) and in the process of doing it they are working on their fine motor skills, working on their concept of over and under, reinforcing left and right and so much more!  It’s an educational, fun craft that uses recycled material, what’s better then that?  This would be a fun one to add to your list of Earth Day Crafts if you are working on reinforcing the concept of recycling with your kids.

Supplies:

• Piece of a card board box
• Scissors
• Yarn, Ribbon (can be scraps, just tie together)
• Pen

Steps:

1. Use the piece of cardboard (about 5 inches wide x 10 inches long) and cut triangle pieces out on each side- about 8-12
2. Use a piece of ribbon and wrap it around the cardboard (lengthwise) looping in all the triangle nooks.  Once it is in all the triangle hooks, tie it to itself on the back and cut the excess ribbon
3. Tie a piece of ribbon on the top left ribbon tied to the cardboard
4. Begin weaving by going under then over, under over, each ribbon until you get to the end of the ribbons
5. You will then start back going toward the left from the right and so on
6. When you have finished with your weaving you will want to carefully cut a couple of the base ribbons at a time and tie one of them around the other 2, then cut another 3 and repeat.

Enjoy your creation!!