This tutorial by Freepeople is perfect for arranging beach items your children may have collected during a day out or a holiday. The best thing about this kind of art work is that its filled with memories, memories that you … Read More ...
5 Easy Toilet Roll Activties
The colors alone catch your adult eye so imagine a child’s eye. These brightly colored top 5 activities are from Thrive360Living.com. Colors are a great way to engage a young child and the ideas are simple (affordable) and amazingly … Read More ...
Kids Activity Travel Tube
This tutorial on our sister site was created back when Chalk vinyl didn’t exist. I would suggest making this with the vinyl for more durability but if you want to keep the costs down then a place-mat and some paint … Read More ...
Kids Restaurant Ideas and Printables
Check out this wonderful Kids Restaurant blog post by Katie Heap from Live Craft Eat. The free printable menus are fun to use and encourage healthy eating whilst you play.… Read More ...
10 Milk Carton Crafts
This one is over on our sister site and shares ten fantastic milk carton ideas. We are trying to gather some more ideas so make sure you comment below with your unique idea.
Scrap Metal Musical Instruments
Childs Play Music shares this article on creating musical instruments with scrap metal. How perfect would these be for yard play? Not only do they resemble up-cycled or reclaimed art they are practical and imaginative. I don’t think I would … Read More ...
Homeschool Craft – Puff Ball Magnets
MamaJen, shares here magnetic pom pom tutorial with homeschooling moms. Check out her website for ideas on how to use them in your lessons. Get started with her Spelling Bingo Idea. I think these pom poms would be the … Read More ...
Top Kids Crafts For Fourth Of July
You might recall this roundup from a few years ago, but we thought it was still special enough to share with all our newbie readers. Gotta love these classics. Do you have a particular craft you make every year? What … Read More ...
Organizing Kids Craft Supplies in Style
My craft closet is about four rooms away from the actual room we do most of our crafts in. I think this idea for the kids craft supplies we use most often is a great fix to my ‘distance’ issue. … Read More ...
Spoon Ant
Sometimes I just want to make a craft for my kids out of items I already have lying around the house. THIS is one of those crafts! Think about the possibilities with spoons, a little paint and some pipe cleaners! … Read More ...
Painted Mosaic Styrofoam Tile Frames
My kids love to make pictures out of the pre-cut styrofoam stickers. I never thought about making our own tiles out of their own painting of Styrofoam. This would make a great hand made gift for anyone! Just head over … Read More ...
20 Pipe Cleaner Activities
Vicky from Messforless shares her favorite 20 Pipe cleaner activities. Pipe cleaners 
are a great resource to have in the cupboard whether it’s for play, learning or craft. They come in all types of colors, thickness and my favorite … Read More ...
Cold and Flu Playdough
Our house has just had a run of well runny noses. Even though I would like for the kids to lay in bed and rest, it never happens. It doesn’t matter how sick my children are they still have a … Read More ...
Fourth Of July Roundup
I have gathered some of the best CraftGossip.com posts featuring Fourth of July crafts, foods,ideas or products. What do you have planned for this Independence day? Do you theme your activities for the day or week? Share your unique lesson … Read More ...
Color Mixing Scientists
Notjustcute shares this wonderful color-mixing play based learning activity. The Children use pipettes and food coloring to explore the magic of mixing colors together. This could be taken one step further by using paints (watered down) and then creating art … Read More ...