Egg cartons are one of those hidden gems in the crafting world. Not only are they a great for recycled crafts, but egg cartons can also create amazing three dimensional crafts. When we made our 3D Fruit Cup Flower Garden Craft, an egg carton made the perfect garden base for planting our “flowers”. This time we got creative with egg cartons when we made this whale craft for kids. I just love the way it turned out! How to make an Egg Carton Whale Craft This post contains affiliate links to ... continue reading...
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12 Dragonfly Crafts for Kids
It's getting to be spring time when all the creepy crawly and flying insects start to appear outside. One of our favorites is Dragonflies. I love their big eyes and how their wings shimmer in the sunlight. Here are 9 Dragonfly Crafts for kids to get you inspired to get crafting this beautiful insect. Click on the links below the pictures to be taken to the tutorials and for pinning individual posts. Beaded Dragonfly | I Heart Crafty Things Coffee Filter ... continue reading...
Flower Necklaces with The Artful Year
I have such a simple and beautiful craft to share with you today, Flower Necklaces. It is a fantastic activity found in Jean Van't Hul's new book The Artful Year. Disclosure: I received a free copy of The Artful Year in exchange for my fair and honest review. I only review things that I love on my blog. This post contains affiliate links. Read our Disclosure Policy here. I have long since adored Jean and her blog, The Artful Parent, and her book The Artful Yearis a continuation of ... continue reading...
Static Electricity Butterfly Experiment
Static Electricity is a fascinating subject, especially for preschoolers. Every once in a while someone in my household will touch another family member after unintentionally rubbing their feet on the carpet and will give them an accidental shock. It stirs up all sorts of fun conversations about electricity. My Mom used to be a school teacher and I remember her using this fun static electricity experiment where children charged a balloon and could magically make butterfly wings flutter up and ... continue reading...
15 Fabulous Apple Tree Crafts
One of my favorite crafts that I look forward to every year as summer heads to an end is the popular Apple Tree Craft. As you start prepping for Johnny Appleseed Day in September and all things crisp, cool, and fun for Fall, check out these 15 Fabulous Apple Tree Crafts that are a must on your to-do list! Using an empty toilet paper roll as the trunk for this Apple Tree Craft found here at I Heart Crafty Things literally makes it pops off the page. Creating this 3-D Apple Tree Craft ... continue reading...
Flower Garden Art
Flower gardens are such a beautiful sight in spring and summer. I'm sharing a tutorial over at PBS Parents showing you how simple it is to make this Flower Garden Art masterpiece. This project would go perfect with the book Planting a Rainbow Garden by Lois Ehlert. It's one of our personal favorites! Follow I Heart Crafty Things on Facebook, Pinterest, Google+, Twitter, and Instagram! ... continue reading...
Coffee Filter Sun Art
Summer is in full swing and the temperature has been toasty outside! We went swimming the other day and even though we reapplied our sunscreen once we still all ended up with an unpleasant sunburn. Ouch! Since we've been kicking it indoors in the AC recouping the last couple days we decided to make some sun art using a coffee filter and some fun painting techniques. Materials you will need: 12" x 12" blue cardstock paper coffee filter yellow and orange paint small ... continue reading...
Rainbow Fish Alphabet Match
I loved coming across this "Rainbow Fish A, B, C" Book at my library last week. There isn't much text in it at all, it's basically a review of the ABC's in order on each page. When I looked through it I knew it would be perfect to use as an ABC matching activity for my daughter to review the alphabet. It turned out to be quite a hit with her! We used our set of upper case letter magnets purchased at Dollar Tree which turned out to be the perfect size for the activity. I laid them out ... continue reading...
Fish Stamped Ocean Art
Stamping crafts are a favorite at my house. It's been quite a while since we made one, so I thought of something that reminded me of summer (the ocean), and we came up with this Fish Stamped Ocean Art Activity. It turned out sooo fun! Materials you will need: 12" x 12" sheet of light blue card stock paper green paint orange and purple paint (or whatever colors you want to use for the fish) 3 small paper plates (or something to pour your paint on for stamping) fish ... continue reading...
14 Small World Sensory Play Activities for Kids
This post is part of the Hop for Hope in support of my dear friend, Heather from Crayon Box Chronicles. Heather's newborn daughter Savannah is fighting eagerly for her life. I would love for you to stop by the Hop for Hope page to come learn more about Savannah and her condition and find out simple ways you can help my friend Heather and her family during this difficult time. I hope you will also join with me in offering some much needed thoughts and ... continue reading...
Beaded Dragonfly & Lightning Bugs
My kids love all the creepy crawly and flying insects that come out in summer. They get so excited when they spot a butterfly, ladybug, potato bug (which we like to call rollie-pollies), and especially Dragonflies. One night this fun idea hit me of how we could make our own Dragonfly and Lightning Bug (aka Firefly) out of pony beads and pipe cleaners and I'm thrilled with how the idea came together! Materials you will need: For the Dragonfly: 1 Blue Neon Fuzzy Stick Blue Translucent ... continue reading...
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