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Craft Sticks Winter Puzzle Craft to Do with Kids
In three days we went from -17 degrees F to 48 degrees F. Despite this “warm” weather after the polar vortex, we know we are no where near the end of winter. So, we are…
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How to Color Salt with Chalk
There are many art projects that call for colored salt. When you find out how easy it is to do, you’ll be looking for projects to use up your salt so you can make more!…
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Kids’ Crafts :: Cherry Blossom Watercolor Painting
Nothing is quite so showy as a cherry blossom in the spring! Almost as lovely are these Cherry Blossom Watercolor Painting just waiting to be hung in a place of honor! Perfect spring kid’s craft!…
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Valentine Craft Tissue Paper Stained Glass Heart
Here is a fun and fast little Valentine craft project to do with the kids: Tissue Paper Stained Glass Hearts. They are fun to make and will brighten up your window even on a gloomy winter…
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Valentine Craft: Puffy Hearts Wall Hanging
For Valentine’s Day we made a plethora of puffy hearts as our Valentine craft. These sweet heart ornaments would make a lovely Valentine for teachers, friends, or relatives… or hang a bunch together as an…
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Sock Bunnies
The last project I needed to finish up, for the updated Spring Bs homeschool unit, were these super easy to make sock bunnies. I completed them two different ways for different age/skill levels. The tall blue…
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Beeswax Flowers
Although not quite as lovely smelling as the real thing, these beeswax modeled rose buds do have a sweet smell all their own. We have scheduled working with modeling beeswax as one of our projects in…
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Wooden Bead Caterpillar
One of the projects in our Coming Soon updated Spring Bs unit is this super easy to make Wooden Beaded Caterpillar. If you are following the current online curriculum, the Wooden Bead Caterpillar would take…
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Building Bug’s Bench
Turn around and they go from playing with building blocks to building with power tools! Where does the time go? For a while now Bug has been asking Tim (Othy to the wee ones) to…
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Wet Felted Colorful Wool Easter Eggs
These soft and colorful wet felted eggs make a lovely addition to any spring nature table or Easter display. They look enchanting in Pixie’s fairy home and her spring fairy, Ivy, is delighted with…
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Bean Mosaic Project
This morning I am sharing one of the projects from our Spring Bs Homeschool Companion unit, Bean Mosaic Artwork. Be sure to stop by tomorrow for an update on the new Simple Seasons Second Edition Homeschool…
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Coffee Filter Butterflies
One of the projects in our Spring Bs homeschool unit is to make colorful coffee filter butterflies. Whether you are following are unit or not, your young crafters will enjoy playing with colors while dying…
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Frozen Fruit Ring Bird Feeder Directions
This is an easy and fun project to do with the kids. In our Winter Wonderland unit we encourage feeding the birds and include several different bird feeder crafts in the activities. This Frozen Fruit…
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Modeling Creativity
We have all heard the adage “Actions speak louder than words” and in the realm of artistic expression, nothing could be more true. If you want your children to be creative beings, model the behavior…
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Simple Wooden Bead & Felt Christmas Garland
Over the last few years my holiday décor has strayed from the traditional Christmas green and red and has instead incorporated more and more rainbows. The rainbows make me happy, no matter what the season…
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Potato Print Gift Wrap
To finish off our State Studies we completed our last project, Potato Prints. This one, even the boy wanted to join in. I took the project one step further and used my potato to create…
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Mardi Gras Masks
Ok, so it is the wrong time of year to think about Mardi Gras, but we have been working hard at finishing up our State Studies Unit 2 and these Mardi Gras masks are great…
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Oil Pastel & Watercolor Bridge
For those of you who had been following along with our State Studies Unit 1, I wanted to let you know that our State Studies Unit 2 is almost complete. I have been adding everything…
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Folk Art Inspired Cork Horse
We made these adorable Folk Art inspired Cork Horses to go along with our State Studies Kentucky week. The horses have now moved into the girls’ farm play center and have adjusted nicely. 😉 Materials:…
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Artterro Eco Art Kits :: Bubble Wands
I was thrilled when Michelle called me and told me Artterro Eco Art Kits wanted to be a Wee Folk Art sponsor. If you’ve never heard of them, you’re in for a real treat. Tomorrow, Artterro will be hosting a…
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Homemade Beeswax Seashell Candles
Follow our directions to make your own homemade beeswax seashell candles. They nicely complement a beach theme decor. While learning about the South Eastern Coastal states, we made these cute Seashell Beeswax Candles. Although the…
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Sand Sculptures
As the children of bloggers, our wee ones have sometimes suffered through and other times benefited from their position. They tend to think like bloggers, and will often rate activities and projects as “blog worthy”…
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3D Peach Tree
We created these cool 3-D Peach Trees, complete with fuzzy peaches, to go along with our States Studies Unit 2 (coming soon) lessons. Materials watercolor paper water color paints Brushes or blue construction paper paper…
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Plaster of Paris Abstract Sculptures
I remember doing this project in elementary school. We mixed up a batch of Plaster of Paris, let it set in a recycled small milk carton (the ones from the school cafeteria) and then used…
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