Little Kids Crafts Mini-Book

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Little Kid Crafts Mini-Book
Copyright 2003 by Chris Yates

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ISBN: 0-9741210-0-2
Little Kids series is written, illustrated, edited and printed by Chris

Yates and Chris Yates Enterprises.
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13165 Oak Farm Dr.
Woodbridge, VA 22192
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Notice: The information contained in this book is true, complete,

and accurate to the best of our knowledge. All recommendations
and suggestions are made without any guarantees on the part of
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and encourage adult supervision of young children at all times.
www.freekidcrafts.com
The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that

rules the world.
-W.R. Wallace
Contents
Foreword7
A few notes before we start...13
How The Book Is Organized14
Special E-Book Features15
Internal and External Links15
Navigation Features16
Printing Features17
A Few Ground Rules...17
Preparation is Golden...19
A Note On Safety...20
Spring21
Budding Trees22
Coffee Filter Flower24
Paper Plate Leprechaun26
Tissue Paper Easter Egg28
Summer31
Paper Plate Bear32
Handy Flower34
Summer Pennant36
Tissue Paper Fireworks38
Messy Mane Lion40
Autumn42
School Time43
Lava Lamp46
Fall Diorama48
Ghostly Handprints51
Toilet Paper Tube Bat53
Slimy Worm Painting56
Native American
Headband58
Winter60
Snow Play Picture Frame61
Mitten Ornaments64
New Year Calendar66
Valentine Garland80
Index83
Foreword
When I first started crafting with my own children, I searched
through every online resource I could find and bought just about
every book ever written on crafting with younger children. The
more I searched, the more disappointed I became. Most of what
I found was either too old for my kids, totally unoriginal, or completely commercialized.
Sure, you can find a wealth of books on crafting with school age
children. In fact, some of the books for this age group are absolutely beautiful and even have original content . But let me ask
you:
How many books or other resources do you find for Little Kids?
I dont mean elementary school kids, I mean toddlers and
preschoolers. Youll find many books that claim to be for children
ages 2 to 6 or 3 to 6, but I can tell you from my own experience
that they are really aimed at the 5 and 6 year olds. Ive bought
many of these books only to be disappointed to find that they had
a couple of crafts, out of 50 or more, that were projects that my 2
or 3 year old could do.
In fairness, crafting with toddlers and preschoolers does come
with its own set of challenges. Younger children have just about
no attention span, have to be constantly monitored, often dont
have any concept of what they are supposed to be making, and
are only capable of very simple tasks.
Challenging, but not impossible...
Most craft books that claim to be for toddlers and preschoolers

have crafts that require an adult to do so much project assembly
that it becomes more of an adult project than a child project. Dont
get me wrong, some adult assistance is necessary for any craft
project or activity that you do with Little Kids, but some of the
crafts that Ive seen and tried to do with my own children were so
difficult or time consuming that my children lost interest within
minutes.
Looking back, its kind of funny to think that Im trying to help
them put their project together while they are entertaining themselves by finger painting my kitchen walls, the table, and themselves.
The second thing that really irritated me about Little Kid crafting
is the total lack of originality. I cant tell you how many books that
I have purchased that only had a handful of original ideas, while
the bulk of the book was dedicated to super-sized pictures and
rehashed material available in every other book. In other words,
they had very little substance.
There is a series of child crafting books out on the market today (I
dont think it would be right to name it.) that dedicates two pages
to each craft idea or project. On first glance, this may not seem
like a lot, but heres a reality check:
More than half of each of the two pages is taken up by unnecessary pictures - pictures that dont add to the value of the craft or
its description.
After purchasing several books in the series, I discovered that
many of the crafts were just about identical. Heres some examples:
In one book there is a project that does apple prints with paint.
The next book in the series does vegetable prints.
In the same book there is a Recycling Sculpture using blocks of
styrofoam and later there is a Wood Sculpture using scrap pieces
of wood. Then of course there are other original projects like an
oatmeal container drum, woven berry baskets, cardboard box
buildings, a kings crown, and the clothespin butterfly.
If all this regurgitated garbage isnt enough, many of the rest of
the projects are far too old for little hands. For example: shred
crayons with a potato peeler onto a piece of paper, fold it over
and put an iron on it to melt the crayons.
Now, what part of this project do you want your 2 or 3 year old to
do? Should they handle the sharp potato peeler or the hot iron?
Believe it or not, I bought several books similar to the one described above for $12.95 each - What a waste of money!
Then I started my online search for more crafting inspiration with
my own children. Ive looked at hundreds of websites over the
course of the last few years. Most of them have three things in
common:
- They are full of banner ads, pop-ups, and false recommendations for products that are either unrelated to kid crafting or products that the site owners have obviously never
used themselves.
- They contain only a handful of the same old crafts that are
poorly explained and interspersed among the advertisements.
- They are poorly organized and difficult to browse.
These are the things that prompted me to build my own website

dedicated to crafting with Little Kids. Im sure youve already
visited it if youre reading this book, but if not, its at:
www.FreeKidCrafts.com
My site has very little advertising on it, and anything that is advertised on the site is for a product that I have used or my children
have used. I have used a lot of software and technology on the
web site to make it easy to browse the crafts and to search for
particular craft ideas. Lastly, I continuously add new crafts and
activities to the site... and not just the same ideas you see all
over the internet. Im proud of the site and I think Ive done it
right. Its the kind of web site that I would like to visit.
Ive rambled on about the site a little more than I planned, so let
me get back to how this book came about. It really was a combination of two factors.
It was a natural extension of working on the site.
I was frustrated with other products available.
So, heres what happened. Remember I said that I dont recommend products that I havent used myself? Well, I noticed that a
lot of people on my site were requesting more and more paper
plate crafts. In fact, I was having trouble keeping up with the
demand. I purchased the only book that I could find purely on
paper plate crafts with the idea that I could recommend it to my
site visitors. I thought the book would have a lot more of these
types of crafts than I could put up for my visitors and it would be
beneficial to them.
So, I ordered the book with a great deal of anticipation.
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I cant even put into words how disappointed I was when it finally
arrived. To be blunt: It was total junk.
Thats when I decided to write my own paper plate book.
Little Kid Paper Plate Crafts

The Definitive Guide to Creating Great
Paper Plate Projects for Kids 2 and Up
While I was working on that book, I realized that I had a lot of

really good ideas for crafts that werent paper plate crafts. They
were pretty good and totally my own ideas, so I thought - Why not
put those together into a book too?
So thats what I did. Thats how my second book was born:
Little Kid Crafts For All Seasons

Kid Tested Crafts That Parents Love Too!
The excitement of writing my own books was almost overwhelming. I was creating the kind of book I wanted to read. It was a
unique opportunity to show the parents and caregivers what a
quality, original, kids crafting book for younger children could look
like.
Then this book was born...
I wanted to give people the chance to see what kid crafting should
look like without any risk to them at all.
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No more super-sized kid-like cartoons, poorly written cutsie poems, or repeats of the same crafts you can get for free anywhere
online. People who work with young children deserve more than
the garbage Ive seen on and offline. Thats why I decided to give
this mini-book away for free.
The craft ideas in this book are not available on my site and they
arent in any of my books. These are my own original ideas specifically written for this ebook - and Ive got pages of handwritten
notes to prove it!
It is my sincerest wish that you find it a useful part of your kid
crafting library and that it shines as an example of how childrens
crafting books should be written.
Best Wishes and Happy Crafting!
Chris Yates
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A few notes before we start...

Crafting with Little Kids can be tremendous fun for you and your
child when you pick age-appropriate activities, prepare all the
materials in advance, and dedicate your time to that crafting period. Crafting can be frustrating, maddening, and a total pain in
the neck if you dont.
When it comes to crafting with Little Kids, it is less important that
the craft looks like what its supposed to and more important that
it provides a good creative outlet for the child.
Who cares if a cows tail is coming out of his nose
and the sun is green?
Give your child the freedom to do it their way. Thats the most
important gift you can give your child when you craft with them.
Whenever possible, I like to make crafting with my kids part of a
bigger picture. Crafting is just one of the things built into our daily
and weekly routine.
- We do phonics and letter work.
- We play on the piano
- We do skill building worksheets
- We do a little foreign language study
All this in addition to free play, role play, sports, special trips, etc.
The kids and I do a lot together and crafting plays a big role.
I try to develop crafts each week that all fit into a theme. For
example, if were planning a zoo trip, well do crafts the week
before, and sometimes the week after, that revolve around a zoo
theme.
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You already know how this works from the web site, so I wont
explain it again here.
The crafts in this book dont all follow any particular theme. They
represent a wide range of crafts that could each be used as part
of several themes.
How The Book Is Organized

The projects in this book are organized in a seasonal fashion -Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter -- in that order.
The kinds of crafts within this volume include handprint crafts,
paper plate crafts, template crafts, holiday crafts, recycling crafts,
memory crafts, and learning crafts. Theres something for everyone here.
In addition, Ive given you more ideas on how to use each of the
crafts.
If the craft is too difficult for your child, Ive given you ideas
on how to make it a little easier.
If your childs skill level is beyond the craft, then I also give
you ideas to make it more challenging.
I even give you ideas on how to adapt each craft to use for
other themes, or along with other ideas.
In other words, there are many more craft ideas within this volume than first meet the eye. This book will provide a jumping off
spot for you to go on to create your own ideas and craft projects.
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If that isnt enough, I also outline some ways you can use each
craft as a skill builder or use other learning tools to get double
duty out of each craft.
Lastly, I offer other resources that you can turn to for more inspiration in your crafting or in building more learning opportunities
into your crafts.
I tried to write each of the crafts out in such a way that you could
get the absolute most out of each and every one.
Special E-Book Features

This book has many special features designed to enhance your
reading experience. If you are new to e-books, then you may
want to take special note of this section. This section only applies to the digital version of this book.
Internal and External Links

This book may contain both internal and external links. Links
may take to another page within the book, or they may take you
to a resource outside the book on the internet. These links appear as blue underlined words. Occasionally, links appear as
pictures as well.
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If the link is an internal link, then you can return to your previous
page by clicking on the large arrow at the top of the screen.
This is the back button

to return to the page you
were on within the book.
This is the back button

that will return you to
the previous numbered
page. (ie. from page 4 to
page 3)
In order to use the external links throughout the site, youll have
to be connected to the internet. Once connected, all you have to
do is click on the graphic or blue underlined words. Your browser
window should open up at the link destination. If it doesnt, then
youll need to set your browser preferences in the program.
Navigation Features
One of the biggest benefits of reading e-books is the ease of
navigation. Heres the low-down on how to navigate around this
e-book.
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Scroll Bar - Click on the scroll bar at the right hand side of the
screen and drag it up or down to rapidly move backward or forward through the book. Youll see the page number appear in a
box when you click on the scroll box. Simply release it when you
get to the desired page. Clicking in the space above or below the
scroll box will advance the book part of a page at a time.
Table of Contents - Click on any numbered heading or subheading in the Table of Contents to go to that section of the book.
Index - Click on any of the numbered headings or subheadings
in the Index to go to that page.
Printing Features
You can print this book so that you can read it on paper instead of
on a computer screen. I usually do this with the e-books I purchase so that I can read them while listening to the television.
You can print this entire document or just a few pages in the
usual way - click on the printer at the top of the screen.
A Few Ground Rules...

All right, ground rules probably isnt the right way to say it, but
here are a few things you need to know about my instructions in
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this book.
I talk about stapling different components together instead of gluing them. There are a couple of reasons.
First of all, stapling is so fast. If you are helping a young child put
a project together, they are going to quickly lose interest if you
are gluing pieces together. Stapling a project together is quick
and allows them to immediately play with their creation. If its part
of the project that a parent has to help assemble, then Ill probably recommend stapling. If its something that a child can do
unassisted, then use the glue.
Occasionally, I call for hot glue. This is also a parent-only job. I
only call for hot glue on the parts of a project that require some
parental assistance. If you are working with a little older child
that can assemble everything on their own, then let them use
white glue or a glue stick instead.
Speaking of glue sticks, Im a big fan of them. When I am crafting
with my own children, we use glue sticks whenever possible. They
are less likely to wrinkle or discolor paper and they are a lot less
messy than ordinary white household glue.
When I refer to craft sticks, this is what I mean:
Large Craft Stick = Tongue Depresser
Small Craft Stick = Popsicle Stick
When I refer to a paper plate in general, I mean a 9 inch cheap
paper plate that doesnt have any wax coating on it. These are
the kind of paper plates that you get a hundred plates for a dollar.
I will specifically state that a heavy duty plate or a smaller plate is
necessary if it is.
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Preparation is Golden...
Preparing your materials and your craft in advance is probably
the most important factor in whether the craft time with your child
is fun for both of you or whether it is full of stress for you and tears
and frustration for your child. Here are a few things to think about.
1. If possible, do the craft for yourself the night before
you plan to do it with your child.
This serves two purposes. First of all, it gives you the opportunity to see what parts of the project may be difficult for
your child to do or what you may want to change in the
project. Sometimes you will find that a particular idea just
wont work with your child and youll have to scrap it. Better
to find this out before you try to sit down with your child and
do it.
2. Gather all your materials before you sit down to craft.
This is a hugely important factor in a successful craft session with your child. If you have to keep popping up and
getting some supply needed for your project, youre probably going to come back to a disaster. Children have such
short attention spans anyway - If you make them wait while
you go get the next supply, they will either give up on the
project and not want to continue or find something else to
entertain themselves like cutting their bangs.
Having everything assembled in advance, including covering your surface with newspaper, gathering smocks and
protective clothing, and preparing clean up materials like
soap and water, will make the entire craft project a stress-
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free, fun, and memorable time for you and your child.
A Note On Safety...
Im sure you are a very safety minded adult and you dont need
me to give you a long song and dance about how to keep your
kids safe during crafting. Having said that, I still want to mention
a few things.
1. Dont walk away and leave the child unattended while
crafting. Theres all kinds of things that could happen to
hurt them, not to mention destroying the craft area.
2. Dont let kids do parent jobs like stapling, hole punching,
hot glue, etc.
3. If youre using small objects like brads and buttons, dont
let your child put them in their mouth. Small objects pose a
choking hazard and should be controlled.
4. Only let children use safety scissors to cut.
5. Only use nontoxic paints, crayons, and markers.
6. Closely monitor kids around any object that is hot like a
hot glue gun or oven. Little Kid skin burns easily.
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Spring
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Budding
Trees
Youll Need
White Construction Paper
Brown Tempera Paint
Spring Colored Tempera Paint
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Directions:
1. Pour brown tempera paint into a
paper plate or pie tin. Dip childs hands
into paint and stamp on paper, with fingers together, in a line to make a tree
trunk. Re-dip the hands and then
stamp hands onto the top of the tree
trunk with fingers apart.
2. Wash hands. For younger kids, let
tree dry completely before moving to
step 3. Theyll forget that the paints
wet and lean into it, making a mess.
3. Pour spring colored tempera paint
into a paper plate or pie tin. Dip index
finger into the paint and stamp on the
tree to make brightly colored buds.
4. Let picture dry completely when
complete. Dont forget to write the
childs name and date on the picture.
Skill Building
This is a good opportunity to
talk with your child about the
seasons, as well as what
buds are and why they are
growing on the trees.
You may want to take kids out
to look at some buds on the
trees to help them make the
connection between their
craft project and whats happening around them.
Comments
I really like this project, especially for very young children. It is something that
they can do entirely by themselves, with a little guidance.
There is no cutting or putting
together by an adult.
It really looks like what its
supposed to look like when
the project is complete. This
gives kids a feeling of accomplishment, especially if
Mom or Dad doesnt have to
ask, What is it?
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Coffee
Filter
Flower
Youll Need
A Basket-Type Coffee Filter
Food Coloring
Small Paper Cups
Green Pipe Cleaner
Eyedropper
Skill Building
When you are using the food coloring to
color the coffee filter, you can talk about
what happens when you mix colors and
have your child predict what will happen
when they mix certain colors together.
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Directions:
More Ideas...
1. Set up a couple of different paper

cups with food colored water. If youre
doing this with a group of kids, use a
different eyedropper for each color.
You can do this same

project using watercolor
paints instead of food coloring.
2. Lay the coffee filter out on a flat surface covered with newspaper. With the
eyedropper, drop food coloring onto the
coffee filter. The colors will bleed into
each other and create an interesting
pattern. Let dry completely before
moving to the next step.
Create leaves for your

flower and glue them onto
the stem.
3. Make the flower: Pinch the center

of the coffee filter, lift it up by the center, and run your hand down from the
place where you pinch to the end of
the filter. This should give you kind of
a cone or cup shape. This will be your
flower.
Give your flower away as a

Mothers Day gift, or just to
say I love you!
4. Make the stem: Tightly wrap a green

pipe cleaner around the tip of the cone
you made in the step above. You
should wrap it around a couple of times.
Hold the pipe cleaner upright and you
will see that you have a flower on a
stem that slightly resemples a tulip or
some other cup shaped flower.
Create several flowers and

assemble them into a bouquet.
After you create a flower,

you can put it into a terra
cotta pot. If you put some
playdough or styrofoam in
the bottom of the pot, you
can make it stand up.
You can cut the edges of
the coffee filter with craft
scissors and create a fancy
edge on your flower.
You can use the same assembly idea and create
flowers out of tissue paper,
kleenex, paper bags, fabric,
etc.
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Youll Need
9 Inch Paper Plate
Orange, Green, Yellow, Black, and White
Construction Paper
Skin Color Tempera Paint
Paintbrush
Glue
Scissors
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Directions:
1. Paint the back side of a paper plate
skin color. Let dry.
2. Cut out a beard shape from orange
paper to fit around the outer edge of
the paper plate. Cut out 2 eyebrows
from orange paper as well. Cut out 2
white ovals and 2 black circles to make
the eyes. Glue the beard, eyes, and
eyebrows in place on the plate.
3. Cut a green strip of paper measuring 11 x 2 inches. Cut a rectangle of
green measuring 6 x 7 inches. Cut a
strip of black paper measuring 7 x 1
inches. Cut a 1 inch square of black.
Cut a yellow 2 inch square. These are
the pieces of the hat.
Glue the green rectangle to the top of
the plate. Glue the green strip overlapping the rectangle and going across
the top of the plate to make the hats
brim. Glue the black strip to the hat to
make a band. Glue the yellow square
in the middle of the band, and
the black square in the
middle of that to make the
buckle.
4. Finish the Leprechaun by
drawing on a nose and
mouth. Cut out a pipe shape
from black paper and glue it
coming out of the mouth.
Craft Tip...
Glue sticks work well for this
craft. They dry quickly and
they are a lot less messy.
You can make skin color paint
by mixing white, a drop of red
and a drop or two of yellow.
More Ideas...
This project may be a little
difficult for very small children, but you can make it
easier by painting on the
beard, drawing in the face
and pipe, and cutting out a
one-piece hat and yellow
buckle without the hat band.
Older kids might want to try
tearing the paper to make the
beard and eyebrows... its a
neat effect.
green 6 x 7 rectangle
yellow square
black square
black 7 x 1 strip
green 11 x 2 strip
orange eyebrows
black pipe
orange beard
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Tissue
Paper
Easter
Egg
Youll Need
Printer
Easter Colored Construction Paper
Easter Colored Tissue Paper
White Glue
Scissors
A five year old

did this egg.
A two year old

did this egg.
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Directions:
1. Print out the Easter eggs on the following page on construction paper.
You can use any color, but pink, white,
yellow, and other pastel colors work
best. Cut the eggs apart and work on
one at a time.
2. Cut tissue paper into 1 inch squares.
You dont have to be precise, but you
should try to use a few different colors
if possible.
3. Pour some glue into a small paper
plate or tray. Loosely crumble up a
piece of tissue paper. Dip it into the
glue and glue it to the egg. Continue
this until youve filled in the egg.
4. After the glue is dry, cut out the egg.
NOTE: If you want to work on a

bigger egg, you can blow up the
template on the next page on a
copy machine, or just draw your
own egg.
More Ideas...
Very young children may
have trouble with the concept
of crumpling the paper and
dipping it into the glue. As an
alternative, spread the glue
over the egg for the child and
let them place the tissue paper within the glued area. It
will still turn out nice even if it
isnt crumpled.
You could use torn pieces of
construction paper instead of
tissue paper.
Craft Tip...
If youre working with a very
young child and you want to
spread the glue on the paper
rather than have them dip the
tissue paper, try using a glue
stick instead of white glue.
You can spread it over a small
area at a time, the tissue will
stick well, and it is less
messy.
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Summer
31
Youll Need
Paper
Plate Bear
Paper Plate
Brown, Pink, White, and Black Scraps
Construction Paper
Brown Tempera Paint
Paint Brush
Scissors
Black Marker
Glue Stick
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More Ideas...
Directions:
1. Paint the back side of a paper plate
brown. Let dry.
2. Cut out the nose and pupils from
black paper. Cut the ears and cheeks
from brown paper. Cut the eyes from
white paper. Cut the center of the ears
from pink paper. A template for all the
parts above is at the bottom of this
page.
To make this a girl bear, you

can tie a bow and glue it in
front of one of the ears.
Cheeks
(brown)
3. Glue the pink center onto both

of the ears. Glue the ears to the
top of the plate. Refer to the picture of the finInner Ear
ished product for
(pink cut 2)
placement. Glue
the pupil onto
both eyes and
glue
eyes,
cheeks,
and
nose to the plate.
4. Finish the
bear by adding
the mouth,
whisker dots,
and a line to
split
the
cheeks.
Black Pupil
Cut 2
Outer Ear
(brown cut 2)
Nose (black)
White Eye Cut 2
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Youll Need
Handy
Flower
A Large Sheet Construction Paper

Green Tempera Paint
Another Color Tempera Paint
Paint Brush
2 Small Paper Plates
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Directions:
More Ideas...
1. Paint a tall green stem on the sheet

of construction paper. Paint it down
the center, with your paper laying vertically. Draw a circle on one end of your
stem to be the center of your flower.
You can experiment with

lots of different kinds of
handprint flowers. Ive seen
tulips, for example, that are
really cute when they are
made from handprints.
2. Pour green tempera paint into a

small paper plate to make the leaves.
Pour a second color of tempera paint
into a second paper plate to make the
petals.
Make this a sunflower by

using yellow for petals,
green for the stem and
leaves, and brown for the
circle center.
3. Dab each hand in the green paint

and stamp it onto either side of the
stem to make the leaves. Wash hands
before moving to next step.
This makes an excellent

Spring or Summer project.
4. Dip one hand into the second color

of paint and stamp it all around the
outside of the circle, fingers facing out.
This will create petals around the center of your flower. Let dry completely.
Tip: Having a bucket

of warm water handy
will make this project a
lot easier to clean up.
If you are a daycare or preschool provider, you could

cut out around each childs
flower and staple them up
on a bulletin board. You
could even put a picture of
each child in the center or
write their name in to create a flower children
theme.
Craft Tip...
This project works really
well on large sheets of
butcher paper, especially if
youre working with a child
with big hands.
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Summer
Pennant
Youll Need
A Sheet Construction Paper
Paper Towel Tube
Glue Stick
Scissors
Crayons or Markers
Decorating Accessories
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Directions:
1. Cut a triangle out of construction
paper that measures about 8 inches
long and 5 inches wide on the short
side. This is your pennant.
2. Decorate your pennant with things
that remind you of summer. You can
cut flowers, watermelon slices, or anything else that reminds you of summer
out of construction paper and glue
them on your pennant. You can also
color pictures, use stickers, cut out pictures from magazines, etc. to decorate
your pennant.
3. When youre done decorating, write
the word Summer across your pennant.
4. Glue your pennant onto a paper
towel tube. Glue it to the top so that
the tube becomes the handle for your
pennant.
More Ideas...
Paint the paper towel tube
to coordinate with your pennant.
Cover your paper towel
tube with an 11 x 6 inch
piece of construction paper.
Make pennants for other
themes or for a special
birthday.
Attach streamers or ribbons
to your pennant to make it
really special.
Experiment with other
shaped pennants. There
are some examples on the
bottom of the page.
Craft Tip...
A glue stick, rather than
white glue, works great for
this project and creates a
lot less mess.
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Tissue
Paper
Fireworks
Youll Need
1 Sheet Black Construction Paper
Tissue Paper
Chalk
White Glue
Small Paper Plate
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Directions:
1. Cut tissue paper into 1 - 2 inch
squares.
2. Draw a firework pattern in chalk on
the black paper. This will serve as a
guide for the tissue paper.
3. Pour a little bit of glue into a small
paper plate.
4. Loosely crumple up a square of tissue paper. Dip it into the glue and place
it on the pattern. Continue to crumple,
dip, and place until you have completed
your fireworks. Depending on the size
of your paper and fireworks, you may
want to put a couple on the same page.
This is a fun project for kids because it
gives a three dimensional effect for the
fireworks AND they get to crumple up
paper. What could be better!
More Ideas...
Older children can draw a
scene below the fireworks
to make it look like they are
exploding over a house,
city, etc.
You can use metalic pens
to highlight your fireworks
and make them shiny.
If youre working with a very
young child, you may want
to put the lines of glue directly on the paper and
show them how to place
their tissue paper balls on
the glue lines.
Try using tissue paper thats
different colors or patterns.
Craft Tip...
If youre planning to attend a
fireworks show, this would be
a good opportunity to talk with
your child about fireworks and
how loud they are so that they
wont be afraid of the real
ones.
You could do this craft with a

craft stick and save yourself
a little mess. Draw a line with
your glue stick and then press
the paper into the line of glue.
Tissue paper is so thin that it
should stick without any problem.
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Youll Need
Messy
Mane
Lion
2 Large Paper Plates

Golden Yellow Tempera Paint
Brown, Yellow, Orange, Black and White
Construction Paper
Scissors
Paint Brush
Glue Stick
Stapler
Black Marker
40
Directions:
1. Paint the back side of 2 paper plates
golden yellow. Let dry.
2. Cut several rectangles about 2 x3
inches out of brown, orange, and yellow construction paper.
3. Put the 2 plates together with the
unpainted sides together and staple
once to hold them together. Gather
up 4-5 rectangles and sandwich them
between the two plates, making sure
that at least 2 inches of the rectangles
stick out from between the plates.
Staple in place. Continue all the way
around the plate. Try to overlap the
rectangles a little. This will be the lions
mane.
3. Cut slices into the rectangles all the
way around the plate to create fringe.
Use your hand or a pencil to roll the
fringe toward the inside and separate
each piece of paper. The more you
mess up the mane, the better it looks.
4. Cut out 2 white ovals and 2 small
black ovals to make the eyes and the
pupils. Glue the pupils on the eyes
and the eyes onto the lion. Draw the
rest of the face with a black marker.
Cut 6 thin strips of black paper to make
whiskers and glue them on.
Skill Building
Although small children wont
be able to assemble the lion,
they can get in some good
cutting practice while cutting
the mane into fringe.
More Ideas...
Tape a craft stick to the back
of the lion to give kids something to hold and play with
their creation -- making it a
puppet.
Comments
This project is a lot of fun for
kids because they dont have
to be careful with it for fear
of tearing it up. The more
they mess around with the
mane, the better it looks!
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Autumn
42
School
Time
Youll Need
Printer and Paper
Crayons
Scissors
Glue
43
Directions:
1. Print the picture on the next page
on plain paper.
2. Color the school bus. Color the pictures of the people or animals you want
on your school bus.
3. Cut out the squares on the dotted
line and paste them into the windows
on the school bus.
3. Have your child explain why they
chose each of the people or animals
on your school bus.
Comments
This project is not exactly a craft, but
it will keep your child engaged for a
little while with little guidance on your
part. This one is exceptionally easy
for parents and provides a lot of good
skill building exercises for kids.
I decided to include a school bus
project because my son is absolutely
crazy about them. We have a stop
right in front of our house. He runs to
the window whenever he hears them
coming and waves to all the kids. He
cant wait to be a big kid so he can
ride the bus too... but I can!
Skill Building
This is a good opportunity for
kids to use their observational
skills. In addition, they get the
chance to practice their reasoning skills.
Some kids may take the correct path and only put children on their bus. Others
may prefer the animals, and
still others may choose all the
happy characters.
There is no right answer.
However, for a child to practice their logic skills, you have
to make them explain why
they chose each of the animals or children on their bus.
More Ideas...
Mount all the pictures and the
bus on cardboard. Attach
velcro to the back of the
pieces and the windows, and
change the people on the bus
according to mood.
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Youll Need
Clear Container with Lid
Water
Cooking Oil
Food Coloring
Lava
Lamp
46
Directions:
Skill Building
1. Fill container 1/2 to 2/3 full of water.

2. Add several drops of food coloring
(any color) to the water. Put the lid on
and shake it up to make sure the water and food coloring are well mixed.
3. Fill the container the rest of the way
full with cooking oil. Tighten the lid so
that child cant open it. Seal the lid if
possible.
4. Gently turn the container upside
down and then right side up to see the
lava lamp effect.
Comments
This is a good opportunity to

talk with your child about the
differences between oil and
water. Make it a science
project, rather than just a neat
thing to make.
Ask your child to make predictions about what will happen each step of the process.
For example:
What will happen when we
add the food coloring?
What will happen when we
add the oil?
Its impossible to illustrate this craft, but

kids will find it interesting. You can really use any type of container that has
a good solid lid that you can tighten
down. Whatever container you choose,
I recommend using something that is
long and slender, rather than short and
fat. The effect is easier to see that way.
What happens if we shake it

up?
Once you make one of these, youll be

able to keep it around a long time. Kids
will continue to go back to this if you
make it available. I suggest that you
only allow your child to play with the
lava lamp under supervision.
If youre concerned about the

lid coming off, spread some
hot glue around the threads
of the lid before you put it on
the bottle. That should seal
it in place.
What happens if we let it sit

for awhile?
Craft Tip...
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Fall
Diorama
Youll Need
Glue
Tempera Paint
Hot Glue
Scissors
Crayons
Shoebox With Lid
Things From Nature
48
Skill Building
Directions:
1. Turn shoebox over on its side and
set it inside the lid. This will create a
tray for your diorama. Glue down with
hot glue (a job for an adult).
Kids will get a good chance

to exercise their observational skills with this craft.
This will also help reinforce
seasonal concepts.
On first glance, this may
seem like a project that is
too difficult for younger children... its actually perfect.
I called this a diorama, but
for a very young child its
really just a collage.
2. Paint shoebox a fall color inside and

out. Let dry completely. Color the templates on the next page and cut out.
Glue to the inside of the box, along the
back and side walls. Make a tab at the
bottom of the tree and squirrel to make
them stand up. Let dry.
3. Go on a nature walk and collect
things that represent Autumn, like
acorns, fallen leaves, twigs, pine
cones, etc. When you return from the
walk, glue all the things you found inside your shoebox to create a fall diorama.
Craft Tip...
The template pieces on the
next page are really only designed to supplement what a
child collects.
Some of the things that a
child collects may not glue
easily to the diorama. A pinecone, for example, wont
stick very well with white glue.
On these types of items use
a glue gun.
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l
t
s
Gho
s
t
n
i
r
p
d
Han
Youll Need
Sheet of Black Construction Paper
White Tempera Paint
Black Marker
Small Paper Plate
51
More Ideas...
Directions:
1. Pour some white tempera paint into
a small paper plate.
2. Dip the palm and fingers of your
hand into the paint. Stamp hand onto
the black construction paper with fingers together. You can do this a couple
of times if you have room. Let dry completely.
3. Turn the paper upside down so that
the fingers are facing down. Use your
black marker to draw scary faces on
your ghosts.
Great Reading...
The Little Old
Lady Who Was
Not Afraid of
Anything
If youre doing this for a preschool or daycare, you can

have several children
stamp on the same large
piece of paper to create a
variety of ghosts.
You can also do this project
by using a footprint instead
of a handprint.
Instead of using a marker
to draw in the ghosts face,
you could dip an index finger into black paint and dab
on 2 eyes and an O
mouth.
To make this project more
challenging, you could draw
a scary scene in chalk on
your paper first, and then
turn it upside down to stamp
your handprints.
Craft Tip...
Miss Fionas
Stupendous
Pumpkin Pies
Having a bucket of warm

water handy will make this
project a lot easier to clean
up.
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Toilet
Paper
Tube Bat
Youll Need
Black Construction Paper
A Toilet Paper Tube
Glue Stick
Scissors
Printer and Paper
53
Directions:
1. Print out the template and copy the
wings and the feet onto black construction paper. Print out the face on white
paper and color (So youll be able to
see it.) Cut out the wings, feet, and
face.
More Ideas...
These bats dont have to be
black, you can make your
bat any color you want. My
daughter always insists that
everything be pink.
Glue wiggle eyes over the
top of the eyes for a different effect.
2. Cover the toilet paper tube with a 4

To make this more challenging, print it all out on
black paper and then cut
out small pieces of white
paper to make the fangs
and eyes.
x 6 inch piece of black construction paper. Glue the paper in place.

3. Fold the feet where indicated and
glue the tab onto the bottom of the
covered tube. Glue the face onto the
tube on the same side as the feet. Fold
the wings in half, open back up, and
glue around the back side of the tube.
See the picture above for placement.
Make this a spooky bat by

following the directions
above and then using red
dots for the eyes.
Craft Tip...
Although you can use
white household glue for
this project, I do recommend using a glue stick instead. It holds well, wont
wrinkle or pucker the paper, and is a lot less messy.
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fold
Fold
fold
55
Slimy
Worm
Painting
Youll Need
Black Construction Paper
Orange, Light Green, and White Tempera
Paint
Yarn Scraps
Scissors
56
Directions:
More Ideas...
1. Pour tempera paint out onto small

paper plates, one for each color youre
using. Thin the paint slightly with water if its too thick.
Sprinkle a little glitter or sand

on the finished painting while
still wet.
2. Cut a piece of yarn for each color

youre using thats about 8 inches long.
You can also use different widths of
yarn.
Add a little sand to the paint

and mix up. This will make
your worms seem even more
slimy.
3. Dip the yarn into the paint and then

drag it across your piece of construction paper. Try to use a different piece
of yarn for each color of paint so the
paint doesnt get muddy.
Use pink, purple, and blue

paint on black paper for a very
different look... You could
even do this for another
theme, like Independence
Day.
Kids can pretend that they are

painting with slimy worms. Remember, this craft is about the
fun of painting with worms. It
doesnt matter if it actually looks
like anything when its done.
Once they are done with their
worm paintings, let the picture
dry completely.
This is a great Halloween

craft, especially if you spark
the childs imagination about
how these are creepy worms
that they are painting with.
Its also fun to do with a group
of kids, like for a Halloween
party. This project will even
keep the attention of very
young children.
NOTE: This project can get very

messy, so make sure that kids
are wearing old clothes or a
painting smock. You may also
want to keep some paper towels
and water available to wipe their
hands.
Craft Tip...
Tape your paper down to the
table before starting to paint
to cut down on the mess.
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Native
American
Headband
Youll Need
Brown Construction Paper
3 Other Colors Construction Paper
Scissors
Stapler or Glue
58
Directions:
1. Cut 2 strips of brown construction
paper that are the full length of the paper and about 2 inches wide. Staple
them together on the ends, overlaping
about 2 inches. Fit them around your
childs head and then staple them on
the other end. You should have a
headband that is the right size for your
child.
2. Cut 3 feather shapes measuring
about 6 - 8 inches long and 2 inches
wide. Each of the feathers should be
a different color.
3. Cut slits in the feather shapes to
make them look more real. Dont cut
all the way through the feather, only cut
about half an inch in. Cut slits the full
length of each feather on both sides.
4. Staple or glue the feathers onto the
inside of the headband so that they
stick up when worn.
Great Reading...
Thanksgiving
Day
More Ideas...
You can do fun things like
make up an Indian name for
your child and write that on
the headband.
Try doing this project with
real feathers instead if paper feathers.
You can make this project
much more challenging by
creating
an
entire
headress: Put feathers all
the way around your
headband, staple a strip of
paper to the back of the
headband, and cover the
entire thing with paper
feathers.
This is an ideal project to
do for Thanksgiving. This
is a good opportunity to talk
to your child about American Indians and their contributions to Thanksgiving.
This project provides a lot
of good cutting practice.
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Winter
60
Snow
Play
Picture
Frame
Youll Need
A Printer
Printer Paper
Thin Cardboard
Scissors
Glue
Markers or Crayons
Transparent Tape
4 x 6 Inch Photograph
61
Directions:
1. Print out the template on the next page on
printer paper or construction paper.
2. Color the frame.
3. Glue the frame to thin cardboard and let
dry. (Cereal box cardboard works well.)
4. Cut out picture frame, including the center
hole.
5. Fit the frame over your photo and tape it
to the frame on the back side.
This is a really easy way to help

your child build some memories.
Kids love to see themselves in pictures.
This is also a good way to show
your child that you value them.
After all, if you have framed or
helped them frame a picture that
they are in, then they must be important.
I have more memory making and
template crafts planned for future
release, so watch for them on the
web site.
More Ideas
1. Glue a loop of ribbon to the
back to make a hanger.
2. Use archival tape instead of
scotch tape so that picture and
frame can be placed in childs
scrapbook.
3. Cover photograph with contact paper or put a thin piece of
plastic between frame and
photo to protect it.
4. Write the title and date or year
to create a keepsake.
Craft Tip...
Glue sticks work well for this
project because they wont
soak through the paper and
discolor the picture.
An exacto knife makes
quick work of the center
hole, for grown-ups only, of
course!
The reason for gluing the
frame to the cardboard before you cut it out is to avoid
cutting it out twice.
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63
Mitten
Ornaments
Youll Need
Felt
Scissors
Glue
Twine or Yarn
Permanent Marker
Thin Cardboard
Sharp Object to Make Hole in Felt
64
Directions:
1. Trace the childs hand onto a piece
of thin cardboard with their fingers together and their thumb out. Using the
tracing, create a mitten shape around
the traced hand. Cut out the mitten
shape.
2. Fold over a piece of felt so that there
is a double thickness. Trace the mitten out onto the double thickness of
felt with a permanent marker. Cut out
mitten through both layers. This will
produce two identical mittens - one for
the right hand and one for the left.
3. Create a hole through the wrist of
each mitten. Thread a piece of twine
thats about 10 - 12 inches long through
each of the holes and tie it together.
This will create a loop that connects
both mittens.
4. Using a little glue, you can decorate your mittens with scaps of felt, ribbons, sequins, buttons, lace, etc.
5. Once completely dry, you can hang
your ornament by draping it over a limb
on the Christmas tree.
More Ideas...
You dont have to use felt for
this project. Try making mittens out of construction paper.
These make great decorations for Winter too!
You can use these ornaments to decorate other
parts of your house. For
example, they look really
nice hanging over a doorknob, hanging from a large
wreath, or even hanging
from a chandalier.
Dont forget to write the
childs name and the year
on the back with a permanent marker to create a
keepsake that will hang on
your Christmas tree for
years.
Craft Tip...
If you have trouble getting
the felt to stick together, or
youre working with an
impatiet audience, you may
want to use hot glue instead.
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Youll Need
New Year
Calendar
The 12 Month Templates

A Printer
Paper
Crayons
Pen or Marker
Stapler
Hole Punch
66
Directions:
Skill Building
1. Print out the templates on the next

twelve pages. One for each month of
the year.
2. Write the correct numbers for the
days of each month. Color the pictures.
3. Staple the pages together, in
monthly order, at the top. Three staples
work well, one in the middle and a quarter of the way in on both sides. Punch
a hole in the top center so the calendar can be hung.
More Ideas...
This calendar would make a great
Grandparent gift!
You could print out the calendar on
heavier paper and cover the picture in
the top box with your childs photo!
Talk with the child about

each month as you go.
Whats special each month?
What holidays are in each
month? What month is the
childs birthday? What season is it?
This is also a great way to
get in some counting and
practice writing letters.
Comments
I know its kind of a pain in
the neck to write in all the
numbers for each month, but
it was the only way to make
the template usable year after year.
This project is definitely best
done over a few days.
Check out these books for more help on

the concepts of seasons and months:
The Seasons
of Arnold's
Apple Tree
Chicken Soup
with Rice: A Book
of Months
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Youll Need
Valentine
Garland
Pink and Red Construction Paper

Scissors
Pinch-Type Clothespins
Twine
Glue
80
Directions:
1. Cut a piece of twine, thin rope, or
yarn as long as you want your garland
to be.
2. Cut several hearts out of pink and
red construction paper. Youll need one
heart for every 6 - 8 inches of your garland. You can use the heart on the next
page as a guide for how large your
hearts need to be. Double, triple, or
quadruple your paper to cut several
hearts out at a time.
3. After you cut out your hearts, you
can begin decorating them. Try to
make each one different to get the best
effect for your garland. You can use
any materials you choose: glitter, doilies, stickers, markers, crayons, smaller
heart centers, etc.
4. After youre done decorating the
hearts and glue has dried, use the
clothespins to clip the hearts onto the
twine. Clip each heart about 6 - 8
inches apart, leaving a little extra on
each end for hanging.
Tip: It may be easier to hang your
garland before you clip your hearts
to it.
More Ideas...
If you are doing this project
for a daycare or preschool
class, have each child
decorate one heart for the
garland, write their name on
it, and hang it to share with
the rest of the class. Its a
great way to give kids a
sense of belonging in their
school.
This project is a great way
to inexpensively celebrate
and decorate for the holidays, seasons, months, or
anything you want to teach
your child.
You can hang just about
anything on your garland,
other cut outs, fall leaves,
Christmas ornaments, plastic toys, etc. Simply take
down the hearts and exchange them with another
theme.
This is great for a kids
room!
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Index
A
acorns 49
American Indians 59
apple prints 9
April 66
August 66
Autumn 14, 42, 49
B
bat 53
bear 32
birthday 37
bouquet 25
brads 20
Budding Trees 22
buttons 20
C
calendar 66
cardboard 61, 64
cardboard box buildings 9
chalk 39, 52
Chicken Soup with Rice: A Book of Months 67
choking hazzard 20
Christmas 64
Christmas tree 65
clothespin butterfly 9
clothespins 80
Coffee Filter Flower 24
collage 49
construction paper 22, 26, 28, 32, 34, 36,
38, 40, 51, 53, 56, 58, 80
container 46
cooking oil 46
83
copyright 2
craft scissors 25
craft stick 41
craft sticks 18
crafting 7, 13, 20
crayons 9, 36, 43, 48, 61, 66
cutting practice 41, 59
D
daycare 35, 52
December 66
decorating accessories 36, 64, 80
difficult 14
diorama 49
double duty 15
E
e-book features 15
Easter 28
egg 28
external links 15
eyedropper 24
F
fabric 25
Fall Diorama 48
feathers 59
February 66
felt 64
finger painting 8
fireworks 38
flower 25, 34
food coloring 24, 46
footprint 52
foreign language 13
Foreword 7
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G
garland 80
ghost 51
Ghostly Handprints 51
glue 43, 48, 58, 61, 64, 80
glue gun 49
glue stick 18, 32, 36, 40, 53
Grandparent gift 67
Great Reading 52, 59, 67
H
Halloween 57
handprint craft 14, 23, 35, 51
Handy Flower 34
headband 59
hearts 81
hole punch 20, 66
holiday crafts 14
hot glue 18, 20, 47, 48, 65
I
ideas 14
indian 58
internal links 15
J
January 66
July 66
June 66
K
kings crown 9
kleenex 25
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L
large craft stick defined 18
Lava Lamp 46
learning crafts 14
learning opportunity 15
learning tools 15
leaves 49
Leprechaun 26
lion 40
Little Kid Crafts For All Seasons 11
Little Kid Paper Plate Crafts 11
M
March 66
markers 32, 36, 40, 51, 61, 66
May 66
memory craft 61, 65, 67
memory crafts 14
Messy Mane Lion 40
Miss Fionas Stupendous Pumpkin Pies 52
Mitten Ornaments 64
months 67
Mothers Day 25
N
Native American Headband 58
nature 48
navigation 16
Navigation Features 4
New Year Calendar 66
non-toxic 20
November 66
86
O
oatmeal container drum 9
October 66
organized 4, 14
ornament 64
P
paint brush 32, 34, 40
paper bags 25
paper plate 10, 11, 18, 26, 32, 40
Paper Plate Bear 32
paper plate crafts 14
paper towel tube 36
pennant 36
permanent marker 64
phonics 13
photograph 61, 67
piano 13
picture frame 61
pine cone 49
pipe cleaner 24
playdough 25
popscicle stick 18
potato peeler 9
preparation 19
preschool 35, 52
preschool provider 35
preschoolers 7
printing 17
puppet 41
Q
no entries
R
recycling crafts 14
Recycling Sculpture 9
role play 13
87
S
safety 20
safety scissors 20
school bus 44
School Time 43
science project 47
scissors 32, 36, 40, 43, 48, 53, 56, 58, 61, 64, 80
scroll bar 17
seasonal 14
seasons 67
September 66
shoebox 48
skill builder 15
skill building worksheets 13
skill level 14
Slimy Worm Painting 56
small craft stick defined 18
snow 61
Snow Play Picture Frame 61
Spring 14, 21, 35
stapler 40, 58, 66
stapling 18, 20
styrofoam 25
Summer 14, 31, 35, 36
Summer Pennant 36
T
tempera paint 22, 26, 32, 34, 40, 48, 51, 56
template 33, 49, 54
template craft 44, 61, 66, 81
template crafts 14
terra cotta pot 25
Thanksgiving 59
Thanksgiving Day 59
The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything 52
The Seasons of Arnold's Apple Tree 67
theme 13, 37
88
three dimensional 29, 39

tisssue paper 38
tissue paper 25, 28
Tissue Paper Easter Egg 28
Tissue Paper Fireworks 38
toddlers 7
toilet paper tube 53
Toilet Paper Tube Bat 53
tongue depresser 18
transparent tape 61
twigs 49
twine 64, 80
U
no entries
V
Valentine Garland 80
vegetable prints 9
W
watercolor 25
website 10
white glue 18, 28, 38
wiggle eyes 54
Winter 14, 60
Winter decoration 65
Wood Sculpture 9
woven berry baskets 9
X
no entries
Y
yarn 56, 64
Z
zoo 13
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Little Kid Crafts Mini-Book

Copyright 2003 by Chris Yates

Little Kids series is written, illustrated, edited and printed by Chris

Chris Yates Enterprises

Little Kid is a trademark of Chris Yates Enterprises

Notice: The information contained in this book is true, complete,

Little Kid Crafts Mini-Book

The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that

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Most craft books that claim to be for toddlers and preschoolers

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These are the things that prompted me to build my own website

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Little Kid Paper Plate Crafts

While I was working on that book, I realized that I had a lot of

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Best Wishes and Happy Crafting!

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A few notes before we start...

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1. Set up a couple of different paper

You can do this same

Create leaves for your

3. Make the flower: Pinch the center

Give your flower away as a

4. Make the stem: Tightly wrap a green

Create several flowers and

After you create a flower,

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A five year old

A two year old

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NOTE: If you want to work on a

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To make this a girl bear, you