Thumbprint Christmas Tree Cards
Recipients will agree that these homemade cards beat store-bought, boxed cards any day.
Make a Sand Painting
Sand isn't just for the beach anymore. Kids can use sand to create colorful masterpieces that are beautiful and useful.
Make Rice Pictures
Forget markers or crayons. For a really unusual art project, close the art supply cabinet, and crack open the pantry!
Shake Your Shekere
Using an empty plastic bottle, your child can create a newfangled version of this African percussion instrument.
Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel: Make it Out of Clay
As the song goes, your child can make his own dreidel out of clay, and modeling clay works best! It dries quickly, is quite tidy, and can easily be decorated with marking pens.
Directions First: Reading to Draw
Here's an activity that'll encourage your young artist to read. Invite your child to decode directions on colors, numbers, and shapes in order to create cool pictures he can add to his art collection!
Make an African Djembe Drum
Explore African culture by helping your child make his very own Djembe drum! This fun art activity is a great way to explore music and rhythm as you celebrate Black History Month.
Create Squishy Paint Art
Featuring plenty of good old-fashioned gooey fun without the mess, this art project is sure to please little ones and grown-ups alike.
Make Clay Idioms a "Piece of Cake"!
Idioms, words or phrases that have figurative meanings different from their literal ones, can be found everywhere from the books we read to our everyday conversations. Idioms are also inspiration for this fun, hands-on activity!
Play with Pasta...and Learn to Write
Pasta makes a great dinner, but it can also be used to teach kids proper letter formation! In this easy crafts activity, you'll help your child become aware of the way letters should be formed-- all with a little pasta and glue.
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