Shoe Box Stick Puppet Theater

Turn a shoe box into theater for a fun puppet show.  Purple twig takes stickers, paint, colorful paper and markers to make a theater for stick puppets.

Good for ages 3 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://purpletwig.blogspot.com/2013/10/making-puppet-theaters.html

Flax and twine adds a fabric curtain and castle printouts.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.flaxandtwine.com/2011/07/1001-peeps-playhouse/

Painted Stone Garden Markers

Painted pebbles make super cute labels for plants, vegetables and herbs in the garden.  Evermine shares all of the details on her blog.

Good for ages 8 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.evermine.com/blog/diy-painted-garden-rocks/

Squish ideas for preschool leaves the stones unpainted and just paints on the label name and a picture of the fruits and vegetables.

Get the instructions here:
http://squishideasforpreschool.blogspot.com/2012/04/garden-insects.html

Stick Building

Colorful toothpicks are used to create on sticky contact paper with a little learning for two.

Good for ages 2 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://alittlelearningfortwo.blogspot.com/2010/11/sticky-window-art.html

A Rainbow of Liquid Density

Kids can make a rainbow of liquid density with playdough to plato's unique take on this fun science experiment.  Her trick to make a rainbow?  Food coloring.

Good for ages 3 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.playdoughtoplato.com/2014/03/06/rainbow-jar-st-patricks-day/

We made that uses water and varying amounts of sugar to make her layers.

Get the instructions here:
http://we-made-that.com/water-density-experiment/

Spray those monsters away

Say goodbye to those pesky beasts hiding under the bed or in the closet.  Land of Nod shares their diy monster spray -- a free printable label that you can affix to a plastic water spray container.  And have everyone sleep much better at night.

Good for ages 2 and up.

Get the template here:
http://blog.landofnod.com/honest-to-nod/2011/09/monster-vanishing-spray.html

That's what che said uses stickers for her version.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.thatswhatchesaid.net/2012/bug-monster-spray/

Disney's Frozen Paper Dolls

Bring Olaf to life again with babalisme's free printable Frozen paper dolls based on the Disney movie. She also has Elsa and Anna too and outfits for them as well.  Kids can sing the songs, make pretend they're an ice princess and get struck by an ice curse, reenacting all of their favorite Frozen scenes.

Get the template here:
http://babalisme.blogspot.com/2014/05/free-paperdoll-frozen-inspired-anna.html

Do you want to build a snow palace?

It doesn't have to be a snow palace.  Nurture store freezes water with silver and gold glitter to use for making an ice palace reminiscent of Frozen. 

Good for ages 1 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://nurturestore.co.uk/frozen-activities-make-your-own-ice-palace