Matchbox Bird Houses

Gedane makes mini-birdhousesout of matchbox containers using scrapbooking paper, washi tape, painted rivets, little bird cut outs and clay.  

Good for ages 8 and up.

http://gedane.over-blog.com/article-diy-tuto-idee-boites-d-allumettes-118077871.html

Little Bird Eating Activity

Prekinders has a cute activity for the younger set to help their fine motor skills.  She cuts up pipe cleaners and has the children pick them up with a clothes pin to mimic a bird eating a worm.

Good for ages 2 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.prekinders.com/fine-motor-skills/

Paper Tube Autumn Tree

Paper towel rolls make great tree trunks in this cute craft from easy preschool craft.  They cut the roll on the top to make branches and add torn colorful tissue paper leaves.  They even cut a hole out of the trunk and paste a cute critter inside. 

Good for ages 5 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://easypreschoolcraft.blogspot.com/2012/02/paper-towel-roll-spring-fall-summer.html

One plus one plus one equals one adapts a fall tree project from jennwa to crease a cute fall leaf tree using a paper cardboard tube and craft leaves and paint.

Get the instructions here:
http://jennwa.blogspot.com/2008/10/paper-towel-roll-fall-trees.html

Curious George Coloring Sheets

Coloring pages 101 has a bunch of Curious George printables for you to download and print.

Good for ages 2 and up.

Get the templates here:
http://coloringpages101.com/printable_page/18196/Curious_George_/

Bean Leaf Mosaic

A mommy's adventures turns a leaf shaped piece of paper into a work of art by gluing on various beans.

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.amommysadventures.com/2009/09/open-ended-art-mosaics-with-beans.html

Confetti Bowl

Muy ingenioso turns confetti into a colorful bowl using a paper marche technique.  She blows up a balloon, coats it with mod podge and packs on the confetti.

Good for ages 8 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.muyingenioso.com/bol-de-confeti/

Frilly Rag Rug

Craftaholics anonymous makes a really easy rag rug using strips of fabric and rug matting.  She warns that it is very time consuming though.

Good for ages 8 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.craftaholicsanonymous.net/how-to-make-a-rag-rug-by-everyday-art