Paper Plate Rocking Elephant

As the saying goes "It's not how many toys you have, it's how much you play with the ones you have that help children grow & learn." In that spirit, we decided to create a toy-craft rocking elephant from a single paper-plate, creating a rocking motion toy for our tot to play with. Talk about achieving two objectives with a single effort - teach them to be creative and get them a toy for playing with later.

So, next time you are wondering about a new toy for your tot, think to make vs buy.

Happy toy-crafting!

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This is an easy elephant craft for preschool and kindergarten kids. Also perfect for an animal theme unit or a zoo theme unit at school.

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Egg Carton Animals

Did you know you can make these cute animal crafts from an empty egg carton? As we are all home-bound and limited in our ability to visit craft stores, it is useful to re-use and re-cycle material from essential items such as egg cartons, pastas, and cardboard tubes.

In this recycled craft, we used egg cartons to make a funky monkey, a naughty panda, and a cutie tiger. With just a scissor and some colorful paint, your child can make adorable animal figurines that they can use during pretend play or as countertop decorations in their rooms.

Recycle egg carton to make cute animal crafts.

Cardboard Egg Easter Crafts

Have fun-at-home with these cute Easter crafts!

Do you know that these crafts are made of cardboard eggs? Aren’t cardboard eggs a great eco-friendly alternative to plastic eggs? I found these cardboard eggs at Oriental Trading.

They are very similar to plastic ones, you can open the eggs and fill them with goodies for kids. Best part is kids can color the eggs, decorate them and have fun finding them in Easter egg hunt for special surprises.

We created these crafts as a sponsored Instagram post for Oriental Trading Company. We hope you will enjoy making these crafts with kids.

Paper Bunny Hand Puppet

I'm so excited to share with you this cute bunny craft made by Delzin from Crispy Doodles.

This is a fun Easter craft to make with preschoolers, kindergarten or first grade students. It is also a playful activity for an animal theme lesson plan for preschool and kindergarten.

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This rabbit craft also makes up for a good habit craft activity teaching young children about the importance of chewing their food properly before swallowing it.

With it's funny looking face and eating animation, it's bound to evoke a bunch of laughs from your class.

Grab the free printable template and let's get crafting. Happy chomping!

Pom Pom Bunny Easter Card

Wish your friends and family a Hoppy Easter by making this cute Easter greeting card with your kids. When it's Easter time, bunnies can't be behind!

The adorable Easter bunny in this craft is sure to bring a smile to the card recipient. And, your kids will find this easy to make and decorate with their favorite colors and googly eyes.

Printable Easter Paper Craft

It's the time of the year to get crafty with Easter crafts. Get ready to hop with this cute and easy paper craft that kids can make at school or at home.

This is a fun and simple activity with printable template to get kids excited for Easter. I absolutley love the 3D effect of this basket.

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Colorful Handprint Holi Card

The Indian festival of colors, Holi, is just around the corner. This year, Holi, will be on 8th March, 2023.

On this day, people of all ages come together to put beautiful colors on each other using natural or artificial powders and paints. Kids fill up water balloons and pichkari (water syringes) to splash their friends and sometimes even strangers!

Adults usually play with colors in the morning and then spend the afternoon and evening with friends and family over lunch and oral, board or card games. It is a time of fun and enjoyment for everyone. Anyone who has played Holi will usually have fond memories of it lasting years.

To commemorate this year's Holi festival, we decided to make a super easy yet colorful handprint Holi card.

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Holi Bonfire Card

Holi is a popular festival in India. It celebrates the end of the winter season and the arrival of spring.

Holika Dahan (Bonfire) is an important ritual associated with the Holi festival. Holika Dahan or the lighting of the bonfire takes place on the eve of Holi. People gather and perform religious rituals in front of the bonfire.

According to Hindu mythology, Holi celebrates the killing of Holika (sister of the demon king Hiranyakashipu) by god Vishnu in order to save his devotee Prahlad. And, Holi gets its name from Holika.

To educate my daughter about this ritual, we made this cute bonfire craft for kids.

20 Chinese New Year Crafts for Kids

It's hard to believe that a new year is already here! The good news is that there are so many Chinese New Year Crafts that you and the kids can easily create. All of these fun lunar activities are going to focus on the Chinese New Year and get the kids ready to be creative and active as well. What better way to celebrate than with a night full of crafting fun?

If you're looking for some simple crafts that are festive and fun, you're going to love these easy craft options listed below. Each one is unique and different from one another and so much fun to make!

Not only can you use these crafts to talk to your child about the Chinese New Year celebration, but you can even use some of these as your own fun home decor as well! Holiday decorations are always better when they're made with love.

35+ Valentine's Day Crafts for Kids

Valentine's Day is just around the corner. I'm sure you must be looking for cute valentines ideas for kids to do at school and valentines card ideas for kid's classmates.

We curated this lovely valentine day ideas for kids to make, from simple ideas perfect for toddlers and preschoolers to more complex crafts for older kids. In fact, these are easy valentine's day crafts that anyone can make.

These creative ideas for kids Valentine’s Day crafts will surely inspire kids to make gifts for all their loved ones this year.

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Here you will find cute homemade Valentine day gifts ideas, handmade kids valentine cards to make, and lots of valentine projects for school or fun valentine ideas to do at home.

Most of these quick and easy Valentine kids crafts can be made using items that you probably already have around the house.

Paper Plate Heart Wheel

Celebrate your child's love for the family, friends and teachers by making this cute & easy heart wheel.

It was fun to know about who/what our daughter loves and enshrine it forever in this wheel of hearts. For additional fun, you can use real pictures of your loved ones in the wheel.

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I'm super excited to be a part of awesome 31 days of love series hosted by RedTedArt. Hop on to their website to get this craft tutorial (with free printable) and loads of other fabulous ideas.

Oil Pastel Art Heart Balloons Card

If you’re looking for a quick, easy, and fun art project for kids, give pastel art technique a try. Pastel colors are so smooth and vibrant, which make them more fun for kids to color with. We used oil pastel colors to make these cute heart balloons card for Valentine's day.

Easy heart balloon card for Valentine's day

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