As a first-day-of-school tradition, make this free printable back-to-school book together with kids! Filled with writing and drawing prompts, it captures their likes, dislikes, hobbies, and aspirations. A fun keepsake for parents and a creative way for teachers to get...
Guess the Picture Book by the First Line is a free printable game for kids who like to read, for their parents, teachers and librarians. Print, cut the cards out, and play! “In the light of the moon, a little egg lay on a leaf…” Chances are, if you...
Make an articulated dragon puppet from paper with a free printable puppet template! Pet Dragon? Have you ever thought of what it would be like to have a pet dragon? If we consult literary sources, they differ on this account: a dragon brought quite a bit of trouble to...
Like many kids, my son likes everything on wheels. Cars, construction machinery, emergency vehicles, trains. Especially trains. He also loves playing in the backyard, and for several summer now, I’ve been thinking how much fun it would be to build a railroad...
A fun and simple way for kids to make art and practice writing with nature in the summer! Don’t these leaf messages look as if they were left by fairies? That was the idea, anyway! The leaf messages introduced my son to his kindness elves. In case you...
Get an introduction to Canada for kids with these printable dress-up dolls! Four Canadian costumes include Anne of Green Gables, a hockey player, an Inuk and a Mountie. Since realizing that this year celebrates the 150th anniversary of Canada, I wanted to do something...
Draw, cut and create a puzzle of your own! With this free printable puzzle template, kids can make as many as they want. Draw, cut and create a puzzle of your own! With this free printable puzzle template, kids can make as many DIY puzzles as they want. A couple of...
If your children have a fascination with mermaids, they might just like making this mermaid egg craft! Made of shells and beach glass, this craft is a good way to use up all the keepsakes from a seaside trip in a little fantasy-inspired creation. The idea was born...
Make these simple clothespin puppets with kids, using our free printable designs as the starting point! A fun STEAM project, with the puppets working around the mechanism of a clothespin. With several sets of elaborate shadow puppets in my craft baggage, I always...
Let the kids paint rocks as if they were pieces of the night sky and make space rock fridge magnets! Our four-year-old son loves everything cosmic. He is concerned about comets and plans to build space robots when he grows up. Very global set of mind! Together with...
