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Preschool and Kindergarten Crafts.

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Crafts
These crafts use materials found around the house, like egg cartons, cardboard, paper, boxes, crayons, paint, glue, etc. See a page about color mixing to see how to combine paint to make all the colors of the rainbow.

Summer Activities

Click on any of the crafts to go to the instructions. Have fun!

HALLOWEEN CRAFTS

Spooky Halloween crafts and activities. Halloween is celebrated on October 31.

HAND AND FOOT REINDEER

Make a cute paper reindeer from a child's footprint and hand prints.

HAND AND FOOT TURKEY CRAFT

This cute turkey is made from your child's handprints and footprints.

HAND CRAFT (KHAMSA)

The khamsa is a symbol of good luck from Morocco, Africa. You can make this simple version out of paper or aluminum foil.

HAND-MADE ENVELOPE CRAFT

Make a special envelope out of gift wrapping paper, old maps, pretty wallpaper scraps, catalogs, brochures, newspaper, or magazines. You can even make a tiny envelope to match a gift exactly.

HANDPRINT BUTTERFLY

Make paper butterflies from handprint cut-outs.

HANDPRINT CRAFTS

HANDPRINT PAPER LILIES

Simple paper flowers made from a child's hand cutout.

HANDPRINT, PHOTO BLOSSOM CRAFT

Make a keepsake blossom from a photo of your child and two handprints.

HANDPRINT PLASTER CRAFT

Make a handprint of your child using Plaster of Paris. You can hang this cute decoration on the wall.

HANDPRINT RAINBOW

The handprints of many children form a beautiful rainbow, making a great classroom decoration or bulletin board. This project is great for a group of children.

HANDPRINT TREE

Make a huge paper tree from little hand prints.

HANDPRINT WREATH

Make a paper wreath from little hand prints.

HANGING JAPANESE FISH

A beautiful Japanese hanging fish.

HANUKKAH CRAFTS

Make decorations and cards for Hanukkah. Hanukkah is celebrated for eight days in November and/or December.

HAPPY BIRD-DAY POP-UP CARD

Make a "Happy Bird-day" card using paper, scissors, and crayons.

HAT, ABRAHAM LINCOLN

Make a tiny version of Lincoln's stovepipe hat from construction paper and a paper tube.

HAT, BIG

Make an incredibly huge hat from a large brown paper grocery bag. This is a nice, simple craft that works well at children's parties.

HAT, BLACK CAT

A scary black cat hat made from construction paper.

HAT CRAFTS

HAT, LEPRECHAUN

Make a tiny Leprechaun's top hat from paper.

HAT, MORTAR BOARD

Make a great graduation hat from poster board and yarn.

HAT, SANTA

Make a Santa hat or decoration from construction paper.

HAWAIIAN FLOWER LEI

Make a colorful Hawaiian flower necklace from paper, yarn, and drinking straws.

HEART ANIMALS

Make cute animals from paper hearts - these make great Valentine decorations.

HEART BASKET

A simple basket to make with paper or felt. Great as a party favor.

HEART CANDY GIFT

Create a clear Valentine heart candy holder for Valentine's Day. This makes a nice Valentine's gift.

HEART CROWN

Make a pretty crown from a paper plate and construction paper.

HEART GARDEN POP-UP VALENTINE CARD

A card that opens to reveal a 3-D garden of hearts for your Valentine.

HEART IN HAND VALENTINE CARDS

These Heart in Hand Valentine cards are very easy to make - even young children can make them.

HEART MOBILE

Make a mobile with hanging 3D paper hearts.

HEART PICTURE CARDS

Very cute cards made with heart cut-outs.

HEART WREATH

Make a pretty Valentine wreath decoration from paper hearts and a paper plate.

HEXAFLEXAGON, 3-D
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The hexaflexagon is a folded geometric figure that can be "flexed" to expose many sides. To make a 3-D hexaflexagon, print out the template, cut and fold carefully, then tape (or glue) into shape. You can then "flex" the 3-D hexaflexagon, exposing each of four six-sided faces, one at a time.

HEXAGONAL BOX

Print and make a hexagonal box with an interesting closure.

Hole Punch Ghost

This scary ghost card is easily made from white hole punch paper glued to a piece of black construction paper. It makes a great card or Halloween decoration.

HOLE PUNCH HEART VALENTINE CARDS

This pretty heart card is easily made from red or pink hole punch paper glued to a piece of white or pink construction paper. It makes a great card or Valentine's Day decoration.

Hole Punch Jack-o'Lantern

This scary jack-o'lantern card is easily made from white hole punch paper glued to a piece of black construction paper. It makes a great card or Halloween decoration.

HOLE PUNCH PAPER MOSAIC

Make a simple paper mosaic by glueing colorful hole-punch circles to paper. You can adapt this craft to make a beautiful card for Mother's Day, Father's Day, Valentine's Day, a birthday, or other special occasions when a home-made card is the best.

HOLIDAY CRAFTS