Button Art Roundup

One great way for kids to decorate a picture is by using buttons.  You'll need to add the outline and the glue but they can add the buttons to make a really neat picture.

Here are some great examples:

Button Letters

Button Trees

Good for ages 5 and up

Craftulate makes fish, flowers, hearts and butterflies.

Get the instructions here:
http://craftulate.com/2014/07/button-art.html

Bath Time Submarine Printable

Mr. printables has some really cute and colorful templates your kids can embellish to create their very own bathtub submarines. Each template has spaces to add animals and pictures. After they add their own touch to them simply place them within a clear plastic bottle for lots of bathtime fun.

Good for ages 5 and up.

Get the instructions here:

http://www.mrprintables.com/homemade-toys-bottle-submarine.html

Paint With a Fly Swatter

The imagination tree has a fun way to play with paint -- using a fly swatter. Kids will have fun swatting the paper. They suggest making fly swatter flowers, but we guess kids will just love swatting the paper in general.

Good for ages 2 and up.

Get the instructions here:

http://www.theimaginationtree.com/2012/03/fly-swatter-flower-paintings.html

Fairy Feather Wand

Craft project ideas has a great tutorial for little girls -- creating a feather wand. All you need are some popsicle sticks, paint, feathers and glue and bing you'll have a wand.

Good for ages 5 and up.

Get the instructions here:

http://www.craftprojectideas.com/index.php/how-to/material-of-the-month/wood-dowels-february-2012/780-feather-wand

Rubber Band Bracelets

C fabbri designs has the most adorable idea for making a bracelet using rubber bands, jump rings and pretty beads.

Good for ages 7 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://cfabbridesigns.com/miscellaneous/jewelry/rubber-band-girl-bracelets/

Craftabilities shows how to make those super trendy rubber band bracelets without a loom.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.craftibilities.blogspot.com/2013/01/rubber-band-bracelets-make-without-loom.html

Pipe Cleaner Bouquet

Easy preschool craft shows you how to make flowers out of pipe cleaners. They also include instructions in case you want plant them in rice.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:

http://easypreschoolcraft.blogspot.com/search/label/spring

Alphabet Coloring Pages

Daily coloring pages has the most intricate animal alphabet printouts. They're a little too complex for abcderians but older kids will love them.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the template here:

http://dailycoloringpages.com/alphabet-letters-to-print/challenging-animal-alphabet-letters-to-print/

Reading with kids has some really neat color by number printables.  Each letter is completely different from puzzle pieces to triangles.  They also have color by letter coloring pages as well.

Get the template here:
http://www.reading-with-kids.com/color-by-number-coloring-pages.html

Mr. printables has the more classic alphabet coloring pages with a cute object to represent each letter.

Get the template here:
http://www.mrprintables.com/alphabet-coloring-pages.html

Education.com has 26 animal alphabet pages.

Get the template here:
http://www.education.com/slideshow/color-animal-alphabet 

Educational coloring pages hosts Sesame Street pages.

Get the templates here:
http://www.educationalcoloringpages.com/sesame.html

Play at home mom llc has a different alphabet exercise using stickers instead of crayons the kids place labels into the dots of letter templates to exercise fine motor skills.

Get the templates here:
http://www.playathomemomllc.com/2012/06/letters-in-different-light.html