Snow White Headband

Yellow, blue, white and red ribbons are wrapped and glued together to make this nifty Snow White headband with panda hall.

Good for ages 12 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://lc.pandahall.com/articles/2867-how-to-make-a-blue-grosgrain-ribbon-headband-with-snow-white.html

Rubber Band Art

Rubber bands are wrapped around card stock and then painted.  Once dried the rubber bands are removed to make a unique art piece for kids.  Babble dabble do shares the details.

Good for ages 2 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://babbledabbledo.com/easy-art-projects-for-kids-rubber-band-art/

Puffy Paint Rocks

Stones are decorated with puffy paint to give them a nifty look that kids will love.  Babble dabble do shares the details.

Good for ages 3 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://babbledabbledo.com/easy-art-for-kids-puffy-painted-rocks/

Paper Agate Stones

50 layers of various colored construction paper are glued together and then sanded down to reveal all of the colors with mark montano.

Good for ages 5 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://markmontanoblogs.blogspot.com/2016/01/beautiful-paper-rings.html

Monkey Noisemakers

Two paper plates are painted brown and given cute little faces to make them look like monkeys.  Next seeds are placed in between and the plates are glued together.  Lastly, a popsicle stick is glued to the bottom to give them a handle.  My very educated mother.

Good for ages 7 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.myveryeducatedmother.com/2016/01/chinese-new-year-kids-craft-monkey.html

Felt Faces

Sticky felt is cut into eyes, ears, noses, and eyebrows to create fun faces onto larger felt face circles.  Smiling colors shares the details.

Good for ages 3 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.smilingcolors.com/2016/01/making-felt-faces-kids-quiet-time/

Lavender Pillows

White fabric is painted with watercolors, folded and stuffed with lavender seeds, and hand sewn with journey creativity. 

Good for ages 8 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://journeycreativity.blogspot.gr/2016/01/lavender-pillows.html

Lego Crayons

Little bits of crayons are stuffed into a figure molds to create these nifty coloring tools with one artsy mama.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.oneartsymama.com/2012/07/lego-party-the-favors-part-1.html

Glitter Candles

Glitter is glued onto candles to make them a little more spiffy.  Kids craft room sticks on masking tape to create nifty shapes.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://kidscraftroom.com/how-to-make-glitter-candles/

Felt Flower Pots

Strips of wool are felted and then molded into cut little pots with journey creativity.

Good for ages 8 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.journeycreativity.blogspot.gr/2016/01/felt-pots.html

Bubble Slime

Not your ordinary slime, this kind lets you blow bubbles, simply stick in a straw and blow.  Ikatbag shares the details.

Good for ages 3 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.ikatbag.com/2014/11/science-party-bubble-slime.html

Chalk Owls

Black construction paper is cut into an owl shape.  Next, kids are given colored chalk to create the feathers.  I heart crafty things then glues on colored paper eyes, beak and wings to complete the look.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.iheartcraftythings.com/2015/05/owl-craft-for-kids-using-fun-chalk.html

Tape Painting

Names are spelled out with tape onto paper and then the kids paint over the tape to make this nifty name art.  Attack of the twins then removes the tape to reveal the name.

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://attackofthetwins.blogspot.com/2011/08/new-artwork.html

Tulle Wands

Wooden dowels are wrapped in ribbon and beads and topped with a tulle bow to make a pretty princess wand with aaron james parker.

Good for ages 8 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.aaronjamesparker.com/2009/10/how-to-make-a-tulle-wand.html

Ocean Eye Spy Jar

Plastic colorful ocean creatures are placed into a plastic jar along with green confetti to make a fun eye spy jar for toddlers.  Life over cs shares the details.

Good for ages 1 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://lifeovercs.com/ocean-themed-i-spy-jar-for-preschoolers/

Color By Number Heart

Print out this fun Valentine's Day give away from a moms take. 

Good for ages 3 and up.

Get the template here:
http://www.amomstake.com/2015/01/color-number-printable-valentine/

Heart Shaped Pom Poms

Yarn is wrapped together and then cut into a heart shape to make nifty pompoms for Valentine's Day with willowday.

Good for ages 8 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.willowday.com/2014/02/how-to-make-heart-shaped-pom-poms.html

Valentine's Day Foam Bracelets

Foam sheets are cut into strip and decorated with stickers to make bracelets for Valentine's Day.  Mom on timeout then ties the two ends together with Valentine's Day ribbon.

Good for ages 7 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.momontimeout.com/2012/02/valentines-day-bracelets-craft/

Tissue Paper Heart Wreath

A heart shape is cut out of cardboard and red, pink and purple tissue paper crumples are glued on top to make a pretty wreath for Valentine's day.  Happy hooligans shares the details.

Good for ages 3 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://happyhooligans.ca/tissue-paper-valentine-wreath/

XO Bracelets

Hugs and kisses are strung together as beads to make a nifty bracelet with panda hall.

Good for ages 10 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://lc.pandahall.com/articles/2223-seed-bead-bracelet-tutorial-make-your-own-simple-beaded-xoxo-bracelet.html

Wax Resist Valentines

Hearts are drawn with a white crayon and then painted with Valentine's Day color watercolors with scrumdilly do. 

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://scrumdillydo.blogspot.com/2012/02/be-my-valentine-irresistable.html

Puffy Paint Hearts

Hearts are taken to a new dimension with puffy paint.  Happy hooligans shares the details.

Good for ages 5 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://happyhooligans.ca/puffy-paint-valentines/

3D Paper Heart Collage

Colorful construction paper is cut into strips, bent into heart shapes and glued onto paper to make a fun collage for Valentine's Day with teach preschool.

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.teachpreschool.org/2012/02/making-a-3d-paper-heart-collage-in-preschool/

Sweater Hearts

Heart shapes are cut out of old sweaters and sewn together to make little heart pillows for Valentine's Day with maker mama.

Good for ages 9 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.makermama.com/2013/01/upcycled-puffy-hearts.html

Valentine's Day Lollipop Recipe

Pink and red jolly ranchers are melted onto a lollipop stick and decorated with heart shaped sprinkles with the decorated cookie.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://thedecoratedcookie.com/2015/01/easiest-ever-diy-valentines-day-lollipops/

Toilet Paper Roll Heart Necklace

Toilet paper rolls are cut into small strips, painted red and bent into a heart shape to make decorative Valentine's Day necklaces.  Filth wizardry then adds pretty beads and strings them onto red yarn.

Good for ages 5 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.filthwizardry.com/2010/02/toilet-roll-tube-valentines-necklaces.html

Heart People

Scrapbooking paper is cut into heart shapes and given pipe cleaner legs and arms and smaller paper heart hands and feet to turn them into people.  The hybrid chick then gives them googly eyes and a smile to complete the look.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.thehybridchick.com/2011/01/a-little-heart-person/

Embossed Jars

Baby food jars are decorated for Valentine's Day with glue and then painted over to give them a nifty embossing effect with about family crafts.  She then fills them with heart shaped lollipops.

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://aboutfamilycrafts.com/i-love-you-embossed-jars/

Snowmen Lanterns

Glass jars are painted white, given black marker eyes and mouth and an orange paper triangle nose with one womans haven.  She then adds an electronic candle to make a pretty luminary.

Good for ages 5 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://onewomenshaven.blogspot.com/2011/11/easy-peasy-mason-jar-snowmen.html

Glitter Snowflakes

Paper snowflakes are covered with glitter glue with mess for less.

Good for ages 2 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.messforless.net/glitter-snowflakes/

Snowman Juice Box

Juice boxes are covered in white paper and given black paper circle eyes, mouth, an orange triangle nose and a red ribbon scarf.  The wilson world shares the details.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://the-wilson-world.blogspot.com/2011/12/snowman-juice-boxes.html

Puffy Snow Paint

Shaving cream and glue make a thick snow-like texture for kids to paint onto snowflakes with mom endeavors.

Good for ages 2 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.momendeavors.com/2011/01/snow-paint.html

Mitten Lacing Cards

Construction paper is cut into a mitten shape with holes punched around the edges to make mitten lacing cards with busy bee kids crafts.  She then lets the kids practice their find motor skills by threading the cards with yarn.

Good for ages 2 and up.

Get the instructions here:

http://www.busybeekidscrafts.com/Mitten-Lacing.html

Hygloss also has a lacing card tutorial but with a winter theme of mittens. The cute idea is they use full page construction paper so the kids can actually wear the mittens once they're laced.

Snow Measuring Stick

A yard stick is painted blue and decorated with silver snowflakes to help kids measure the amount of snowfall with all kids network.

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.allkidsnetwork.com/crafts/winter/snow-measuring-stick.asp

Frost Paint

Epsom salt is the secret to making a winter snowy paint with homemade mamas.

Good for ages 2 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.homemademamas.net/2010/01/frost-paint.html

Snowman Poo

White tic-tacs are covered with a special label to turn the minty candy into snowman poo with a free printable from phar ma.

Good for ages 5 and up.

Get the template here:
http://phar-ma.com/snowman-poop-free-printable/

Penguin Puppets

Black, white and orange felt is cut into penguin finger puppets with fantastic find.  

Good for ages 7 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://fantasticfind.blogspot.com/2011/01/penguin-finger-puppets.html

Ice Skating Tin

A paper clip and magnet are the secret to making this paper ice skater skate around an empty tin.  Small world land shares the templates including a scenic winter background.

Good for ages 7 and up.

Get the template here:
http://smallworldland.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/ice-skating-rink-from-altoid-tin.html

Magazine Snowflakes

Give your snowflakes a little color by using magazine pages for the paper.  Michele made me shares the details.

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.michelemademe.com/2011/11/reader-question-how-do-you-cut-your.html

Plastic Cup Penguins

Happy Penguin Awareness Day.  To celebrate here are some plastic cup penguins crafts to make.

Coupons are great covers her plastic cup in place paint and adds paper wings, feet and beak and googly eyes.

Good for ages 5 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.couponsaregreat.net/crafty-tuesday-plastic-cup-penguin/

Almost unschoolers uses paint for the whole penguin.

Get the instructions here:
http://almostunschoolers.blogspot.com/2012/01/painted-penguins-three-projects-for.html

Popcorn Wreath

Decorate your doors with these popcorn wreaths for National Popcorn Day.

Planet forward threads the popcorn on to a paper plate with the middle cut out.

Good for ages 12 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://planetforward.ca/blog/popcorn-wreath-an-eco-friendly-craft-for-kids-at-christmas/

Sweet paul shares a popcorn wreath as well.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.sweetpaulmag-digital.com/sweetpaulmag/holiday2010/#pg74

Winnie the Pooh Puppets

Paper bags turn into Winnie the Pooh puppets with free printables from Disney's go network.

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://family.go.com/crafts/craft-976013-pooh-and-friends-paper-bag-puppets-t/

Snowmen Jars

Jars are painted white and then given black dot eyes, a mouth and an orange triangle nose to make a snowman with crazy little projects.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://crazylittleprojects.com/2012/12/snowman-ornaments-for-christmas.html

Coffee Filter Snowmen

Three coffee filters are placed in a column and then decorated with a paper hat, arms and a face to make a snowman with cherished bliss.

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://cherishedbliss.com/coffee-filter-snowman-tutorial/

Clay Snowflakes

Clay is rolled out, cut into a pretty snowflake, sprinkled with glitter and baked to make winter ornaments with dollar store crafts.

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://dollarstorecrafts.com/2012/11/sparkly-clay-christmas-ornaments/

Snowflake Bottle Cap Bracelet

Bottle caps are painted white and then spray painted with a pretty snowflake template.  Next, they're glued onto elastic to make a nifty winter bracelet with condo blues.

Good for ages 8 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.condoblues.com/2011/11/make-stenciled-bottlecap-bracelet.html

Snowflake Soap

Plastic snowflakes are coated in melted soap and set to dry to make snowflake soap with suzys sitcom.  She then peels off the plastic snowflake.

Good for ages 8 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://suzyssitcom.com/2010/12/feature-friday-snowflake-soaps-tutorial.html

Ice Bird Feeder

Birdseed is placed into decorative ice trays and combined with water and frozen to make a winter inspired bird feeder with my very educated mother.

Good for ages 2 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.myveryeducatedmother.com/2013/01/ice-heart-birdfeeders.html