Teddy Bear Purses

Felt fabric transforms into the cutests little teddy bear purse with a brown grossgrain ribbon for a handle.  Visit littlies for all of the details on how to cut and glue the felt.

Good for ages 7 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.littlies.co.nz/Craft+for+Kids/Teddy+Party+Bag.html

First palatte makes colorful pink and blue bears for their version.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.firstpalette.com/Craft_themes/Animals/teddybeartote/teddybeartote.html

Seasonal Paint Swatch Bookmarks

Paint chips make fantastic and very easy bookmarks.  Castellons kitchen shows a cute tree cut out for each season and Halloween too.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://castellonskitchen.blogspot.com/2013/01/paint-chip-bookmarks.html

Jeweled Lego Barettes

Legos make more progress drawing the attention of girls with this cute idea from quiet lion creations turning a lego into a barette by adding colorful gem stickers to the holes and gluing the lego onto a bobby pin.

Good for ages 9 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://quietlioncreations.blogspot.com/2013/09/color-pop-bobby-pins.html

Toilet Paper Roll Pinata

Toilet paper tubes upcycle to cute kitty cat pinatas thanks to the folks at making it blog.  They embelish with the classic pinata fringed tissue paper, but turn up the ends of the tube to create ears and draw a sweet face.

Good for ages 9 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://makingitblog.com/2013/07/14/d-i-y-mini-kitty-pinata/

Beaded Sun Catchers

Beads transform into unique sun catchers with this neat version from artful parent.  The kids string beads onto jewelery wire and bend into a heart shape and then they're melted in the oven over aluminum foil and cooled before decorating the window.

Good for ages 2 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.artfulparent.com/2013/08/melted-bead-suncatchers-beautiful-free-form-hearts.html

Beaded Dream Catcher

Beads add a beautiful element to dream catchers with this tutorial from we can redo it. 

Good for ages 8 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://wecanredoit.blogspot.com/2013/08/embroidery-hoop-dream-catcher.html

Mood kids adds beads to the ring.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.moodkids.nl/diy/2014/01/24/een-dromenvanger-maken-van-linten-kraaltjes-en-decoratieveren 

Little hipsqueaks uses beads and tassels as well.

Get the instructions here:
http://littlehipsqueaks.com/blogs/blog/14182265-let-s-get-crafty-dream-catchers

Popsicle Stick Abacus

Have fun learning math with this colorful abacus from education.com, which uses beads, popsicle sticks and bamboo skewers. 

Good for ages 7 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.education.com/activity/article/abacus/