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This book about “my family” or “my dad” is a fun idea for a Father’s Day Craft that your child can create as a gift for their dad.  It’s  a special gift that most dad’s would love.  Talk to your child about what they would like to make their story about.  They might choose to make a story about their family or their dad.  Have them think about some special things that you all do as a family or they do with their dad that they want to share.  They can take their time to draw the pictures first.  Once they have drawn the pictures they can start to work on the words.  Depending on their age, they can try to spell the words themselves or they can tell you the words and you can write it.  Either way, they will finish with a special keepsake for their dad, depicting what they love about their dad and their time together.

Supplies:

• Paper
• Stapler
• Crayons, Markers
• Pencil

Steps:

1. Create pictures of the story your child wants to tell
2. Write the words for the pictures
3. Staple story together
4. Give to dad  and tell him how much you love him!!

Happy Father’s Day!

Merry Christmas!!  I hope you are having a wonderful day with your family.  This is a really simple candy cane craft that can be a great last minute present for kids to give someone.  It makes a nice ornament on the tree.

Supplies:

• Beads
• Pinecleaner
• Scissors

Steps:

1. Shape pipe cleaner into candy cane shape
2. Cut off extra pipe cleaner
3. Let your child put the beads on
4. Bend each end after all beads are on so they don’t fall off

Have a great day and have fun!

This is a fun and easy Reindeer Craft we created with supplies we had handy at home.  Make a bunch and you can create a little puppet show.  You could make a Santa and some elves too!

Supplies:

• Popsicle stick
• Foam cutout-circle
• Fluffy balls, and other decorations
• Googly eyes
• Glue
• Pipe Cleaners

Steps:

1. Decorate Foam Cutout with Googly eyes and make face
2. Glue stick to back of cutout
3. Glue Pipe cleaner to back of Cutout to make antlers

Have fun and Happy holidays!

It’s that time of year again!  I can’t believe it!  So here is the start of the holiday craft series.  Today is a simple Christmas Tree Craft that can easily be made into an ornament.  To make it an ornament, I would recommend using card stock instead of construction paper.  Then just hole punch the top and put a pretty ribbon through it.

Supplies:

• Construction paper
• Scissors
• Glue
• Beads
• Glitter

Steps:

1. Draw a tree shape
2. Cut out the tree (or have your child cut it out, depending on their age)
3. Make a design with the glue
4. Shake glitter over it and empty on a paper plate or bowl
5. Glue some beads or other pretty objects

Enjoy!

Fourth Of July Children Craft

This is an easy, fun and festive fourth of july craft.  It makes a great addition to your holiday decorations.  My daughter has been really wanting to make decorations for the fourth.  So we decided it was about time we got started.

Supplies

• Red and Blue Construction Paper
• Scissor
• Glue Stick
• White Paint
• Paint brush or roller
• Small start sponge (or cut a sponge in a star shape)

Steps

1. Cut rectangle of blue paper
2. Glue on top left corner of red paper
3. Get Spnge star and dip in white paint, make stars on blue paper.
4. Take the white paint and roller and paint stripes on the big red paper.

Find a place to decorate, and put it up!!  You could add red white and blue ribbon on the bottom of the flag if you would like to.