Cupcake Liner Easter Baskets

Pipe cleaners are attached to cupcake liners and filled with yummy treats to make simple Easter baskets with homespun with love.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://homespunwithlove.blogspot.com/2012/04/cupcake-paper-easter-baskets.html

Leprechaun Fork Painting

A fork makes the perfect pattern for making a red bearded leprechaun.  Crafty morning then adds a green hat complete with black buckle, googly eyes and a drawn on mouth and nose.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.craftymorning.com/leprechaun-craft-with-a-fork-print-beard/

Paper Plate Pots of Gold

Yellow paper circles are stuck to a black paper plate to create a Leprechaun's pot of gold with play dough and popsicles.  She next adds red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple hand cut outs to make a rainbow.

Good for ages 7 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.playdoughandpopsicles.com/2016/02/16/paper-plate-pot-of-gold-handprint-rainbow/

Felt Clovers

Green felt is cut into a clover and bejeweled with flower buttons and lighter green felt leaves with panda hall for a fun St. Patrick's Day craft.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://lc.pandahall.com/articles/2919-free-instructions-on-making-a-green-felt-leaf-brooch-with-buttons-and-pearls-decorated.html

Toilet Paper Roll Leprechauns

A toilet paper roll is given a green hat, orange yarn beard, googly eyes and drawn on nose and mouth to make a fun leprechaun for St. Patrick's Day with view from the fridge.

Good for ages 7 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://viewfromthefridge.com/kids-craft-toilet-paper-leprechauns/

The resourceful mama makes hats.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.theresourcefulmama.com/toilet-paper-roll-leprechaun-hat-craft/

Leprechaun Pancakes

A pancake is decorated with a green grape hat, clementine piece hair and beard to make a cute little leprechaun for breakfast with kitchen fun with my 3 sons.

Good for ages 3 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://kitchenfunwithmy3sons.com/2015/03/st-patricks-day-leprechaun-pancakes-for.html/

Rainbow Jars

Rock salt is colored red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple and layered into a jar to create a rainbow with kc edventures.  M&Ms or Skittles could be used too to make a fun treat. 

Good for ages 2 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.kcedventures.com/blog/kids-rainbow-activity-fine-motor-skills

Rainbow Soap

Blue soap is poured into a cloud mold with red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple layered soap cut and bent into an arc and set on top.  Latika soap shares the details.

Good for ages 10 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.latikasoap.com/DIY_Rainbow_Soap/ 

Clay Clover Pins

Green clay is smooshed together and cut into a shamrock shape.  Next, it's baked dry and glued onto a pin to make a fun wearable for St. Patrick's Day with hello wonderful.

Good for ages 8 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.hellowonderful.co/post/st-patricks-day-shamrock-clay-pins

Clover Hair Clips

Green felt shamrocks are glued onto bobby pins to make adorable hair clips for St. Patrick's Day with five little chefs.

Good for ages 7 up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.fivelittlechefs.com/craft/st-patricks-day/st-patricks-day-hair-accessory.html

Shamrock Crayons

Various shades of green crayons are broken and placed into clover shaped baking trays to melt together and then cool into pretty shamrocks with hello wonderful.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.hellowonderful.co/post/make-st-patricks-day-shamrock-crayons

Rainbow Pillows

Red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple felt is cut into descending arcs and glued onto a pillow to make a useful decoration for St. Patrick's Day.

Good for ages 7 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.hellowonderful.co/post/make-an-easy-felt-rainbow-pillow

Rainbow Candy Jars

Glass jars are filled with Rolos and painted with rainbows and rainbow stickers with chica circle.

Good for ages 7 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://club.chicacircle.com/pot-of-gold-rainbow-painted-candy-jar/

Burlap Shamrock

Green burlap is cut into a three leaf clover to make a fun St. Patrick's Day decoration with five little chefs.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.fivelittlechefs.com/craft/st-patricks-day/clover-frame-st-patricks-day-crafts.html

Leprechaun Hat Treats

Green paper cups are filled with candy.  Next, a larger circle of green paper is glued onto the top to create a hat.  Organized 31 then adds black band of paper with a yellow buckle is added to complete the look. 

Good for ages 8 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://organized31.com/2015/03/leprechaun-hat-treat-cups.html

Paper Leprechaun Hats

Green construction paper makes the base of this leprechaun hat.  Next, red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple strips of tissue paper are glued to the rim.  Hello wonderful adds a black band and gold buckle as the finishing touch.

Good for ages 7 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.hellowonderful.co/post/paper-tube-leprechaun-hat-craft

Rainbow Necklaces

Mini vials are filled with layered red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple salt to make a rainbow necklace for St. Patrick's Day.  A creative princess shares the details.

Good for ages 8 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://acreativeprincess.blogspot.com/2015/01/unicorn-rainbows-necklace.html

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