Let's Go Fly a Kite!

These kites meet all our requirements for a great craft:
1. They are easy.
2. The materials are readily available
3. They work!
4.  They are fun.

We've made these many times for many different groups of kids and they are a hit every single time.  All you need is colored paper (construction or copy), masking tape, bamboo skewers, surveyors tape, and string! Older kids can make these on their own, and even young children can make them with a little help on the folding and taping. And once the kites are made the kite flying begins!  Take them outside to see how well these work with just a little bit of running. The full instructions are available from FamilyFun and are clear and easy to follow.   Have fun!

Beaded Dragonflys

Beaded Dragonflies are fun to make for the garden, a sunny window or just because! This was the Make It and Take It craft on Saturday, March 17th. Click here for the directions and enjoy!

Robins in the Children's Room!

I saw a flock of robins the other day, so it seemed like the right time to start putting up our spring decorations!  While we were looking through all our old decorations we found some construction paper robins that I'd made a long time ago.  They were pretty faded and and a little crumpled, so I took one apart to make templates, and we made a bunch of new ones. The old robins were made from brown and red construction paper, but I wanted to make the new ones in more authentic colors so I  made some custom paper by painting construction paper with acrylic paints.  If you don't want to go to all that trouble, solid color scrap-booking paper comes in all sorts of colors and is a good weight for this project.   If you'd like to make your own, the directions and templates are here.  Next I'm going to try making a standing robin with paperclip legs....

Giveaway Extended

The Finger Puppet Giveaway is extended for another week  The new deadline for posting a comment is Saturday, March 17th.  You can also comment on Facebook to enter your name for the giveaway!

I didn't get a craft posted this week...sorry.  I had planned to post the directions for a robin decoration that we'll be hanging up soon, , but didn't get the sample or the directions finished.  Look for them next week!