Remember those old Jack in the Box toys? This Christmas, put together a handmade Jack-in-the-Box with children. It’s a quick and simple craft, but it has plenty of applications! It can be a little toy gift for a younger sibling, a homemade card that kids give to...
Learn how to paint pumpkin rocks with our fun autumn craft tutorial! I don’t grow pumpkins every year. Usually, some years, I get inspired to plant pumpkins and marvel at how well they are doing until they fill the whole garden. Then we pick them and realize we...
These six nature art prompts encourage artists of all ages to finish the ink drawings of birds with natural materials. Collaborate with nature and create gorgeous pictures! Making collaborative art is always an enriching experience. And this pack invites artists of...
If you enjoy cutting snowflakes out of paper, make a snowflake fairy with our free printable template! The kids will enjoy designing a variety of paper snowflake for their skirts, and it can be used as a Christmas tree ornament. Do you remember cutting paper...
Learn how to make a Jack in the Box from paper with a free printable template and have a fun engineering experience with kids! The first paper Jack in the Box that I ever made was for Halloween. After all, shouldn’t Jack-o’-lantern and Jack-in-the-box...
Celebrate the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival by staging a shadow puppet show based on the Chinese Moon legend that explains the origins and traditions of the festival. Falling on the 15th day of the 8th month of the Chinese lunar calendar, the Mid-Autumn Festival happens in...
If you’re looking for a kids’ gardening project this summer, try building a bean teepee. This natural play tent is a fun addition to the backyard and a perfect hideout for little explorers. Last summer was our first as home owners, and we were as...
Celebrate Easter with a set of Harry Potter Easter Eggs! In the early 2000s, were you one of those people lining up outside the bookstore doors, waiting to get the new Harry Potter book at midnight, so that you could spend the rest of the night immersed in the cozy...
Prepare for a new gardening season with these free printable watercolour garden markers! It’s that time of a year again. The days are gray, and it seems like winter has been here forever. In these last cold months, it’s hard to believe that the world will...
Looking for a non-sweet Valentine idea for kids? We recommend these DIY foam glider templates – they come with a card, and they actually work! Last week, we made a couple of foam glider airplanes, based on a real MIG-15 airplane. We played with, modified,...
I’m back with another creative card that includes both the watercolour card and the cupcake colouring page! You can print this cupcake card as it is or choose to colour your own. If you like both, there is the special version with the watercolour card on the...
One of my favourite family traditions for Christmas is making a handmade ornament with the kids to add to our tree. This year’s craft is space ornaments with swirling nebulae and twinkling stars! If our handmade ornament is supposed to represent the year, the...
