Intricate Animal Coloring Pages

Louise elliott shares the most beautiful animal coloring pages available to download for free.  Each animal represents a country and contains symbols representative of the native traditions.  She includes what she's deemed the 12 animals of the world, from a kangaroo for Australia to a dragon for China.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the template here:
http://www.louiseelliottdesign.net/Download.html

Easy peasy and fun shares elephant coloring pages.

Get the templates here:
http://www.easypeasyandfun.com/elephant-coloring-pages-for-adults/

Origami Play Houses

Tuts plus shares simple folding instructions for making play houses for kids to color and play with. 

Good for ages 5 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://hub.tutsplus.com/tutorials/make-an-adorable-origami-doll-house--craft-9221

Printable Bird Puppets

Mr. printables shares a template for several bird finger puppets from an owl to a flamingo. 

Good for ages 3 and up.

Get the template here:
http://www.mrprintables.com/finger-puppets-birds.html

Explosive Sidewalk Chalk

Growing a jeweled rose takes her sidewalk chalk even further combining the ingredients with vinegar and baking soda and placing into a zipped bag to create eruptive art. 

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.growingajeweledrose.com/2013/05/play-recipe-sidewalk-chalk.html

Plastic Spoon Butterflies

Danielle's place turns a plastic spoon into a beautiful butterfly using construction paper and jeweled stickers and pipe cleaners.

Good for ages 5 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.daniellesplace.com/html/bugs.html

Frozen Chalk Cubes

Growing a jeweled rose makes her own chalk / ice combo using corn starch, baking soda, water and food coloring.  It melts really pretty and kids will really enjoy it on hot summer days.

Good for ages 2 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.growingajeweledrose.com/2013/05/play-recipe-ice-chalk.html

 

Learn play imagine freezes liquid water colors and then melts two to explore color theory.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.learnplayimagine.com/2013/07/fun-in-sun-watercolor-ice-art.html

Reading confetti uses molds to make star shapes.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.readingconfetti.com/2013/05/ice-chalk.html

Typically simple draws fishing scenes.

Get the instructions here:
http://typicallysimple.com/summer-kids-craft-ice-chalk/

Ruffled Flip Flops

Angela yosten shares a fun and functional craft for the summer, embellishing flip flops with strips of fabric.  She also shows how to make a hair bow too and sells these on her etsy site. 

Good for ages 7 and up. 

Get the instructions here:
http://blog.angelayosten.com/2010/07/my-first-pattern.html