Earth Day Recycled Art Activities for Kids

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Forget about buying pricey art supplies. Celebrate Earth Day by upcycling what you already have at home. Take the kids for a scavenger hunt around the house, looking for cardboard, fabric and anything else to reuse. After you've stocked your crafting cabinet with recycled items, check out these kids' holiday crafts. Collage Portrait Your kiddo can create a self-portrait or an artistic version of a friend, family member or important person who affects environmental change with recycled magazine or newspaper scraps. Start with side of an old cardboard box. If it has lettering on it, your child can paint over...

Celebrate Administrative Professionals Day with These Activities

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What can you do to celebrate Administrative Professionals Day? This special day falls on April 24, making it a spring holiday to mark on your calendar now. Before the day gets here, check out these easy options to show your total appreciation for everything these professionals do. Office Coffee Bar Forget about sending an employee out for coffee. Set up your own in-office coffee bar. Either make a variety of flavored coffees or buy at least two picks and bring them in. Add flavored creamers and other similar toppings to the bar. For an extra-special touch, celebrate each administrative professional...

Earth Day Upcycled Collage Craft for Kids

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Help your little learner to better understand the importance of Earth Day with this creative kids' craft. Instead of throwing everything away, explore the possibilities of upcycling! Go on a whole home scavenger hunt with the kiddos, searching for items to collage into a giant planet project. Look for paper/paper scraps, old fabric/clothes or anything else that your child can glue onto cardboard. Before the art-making starts, talk to your child about why reusing and recycling is important. Ask them what they think happens to everything they throw into the trash and discuss where these items could end up (such...

Kids’ Easter Table Topper Crafts

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Combine a cute kids' craft with DIY décor! These Easter table toppers will add a special something to your holiday meal and keep the kiddos busy in the hours leading up to it. Cardboard Bunnies Reuse old cardboard paper towel rolls, turning them into bunny table toppers. Cut each tube into three or four segments. Your child can paint the outside of the tube with temperas. Let the cardboard dry. As the paint is drying, cut out circle shapes from card stock paper. Add two small ovals to the top as ears. Your child can decorate the circle (the bunny's...

Passover Matzo Cooking No-Bake Cooking Ideas for Kids

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Cooking with kids is a fun way to involve your little chef in themed activities that teach lessons in science, math and so much more. Prepare for Passover with a few easy matzo recipes that your child can help to make. These no-bake ideas are perfect for children who are preschool age and up. PB and Matzo Start this kids' cooking activity with a math lesson. Give your child a full sheet of matzo and ask them to divide it into two equal halves. Older kids can divide the sheet into other fractions, such as thirds or quarters. Help your...

Plastic Easter Egg Crafts for Kids

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You already use plastic Easter eggs to hide your child's holiday goodies. But what should you do with them after the holiday is over? You could throw them away or save them for next year. Or, you could upcyle them into awesome art activities! If you have leftover plastic Easter eggs, check out these projects that are perfect for pint-sized Picassos. Paint Print Pour several different colors of tempera paint onto a piece of cardboard. Open the eggs and have your child dip the flat (circle-shaped) sized into the paint. They can press the paint-covered edge onto a piece of...

Easter Bunny Eat Kids’ Holiday Craft

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With Easter about the hop into holiday view, now is the time to stock up on plenty of bunny-themed crafts for kids. Help your little one to get into the Easter spirit with a fun art activity that doubles as a pretend play prop. This bunny crown craft is easy to make and perfect for the preschooler who wants to act out an Easter-time role. Here's What You'll Need Construction paper Masking tape Card stock paper or cardboard (or any other thick paper) Scissors Crayons Clear-drying school glue Cotton balls How to Steps Turn 8x10-inch construction paper horizontally. Cut two...

Passover Activities for Kids of All Ages

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Celebrate Passover with these fun family crafts and activities. Whether you're looking for a way to make a holiday display or just need an entertaining activity to help your child learn more about Passover, these ideas are ideal! Matzo House Forget about gingerbread houses. Matzo houses are where it's at. Use flat sheets of the unleavened bread to make the basic structure and a roof. Attach the matzo with a mortar of peanut butter, jelly or both. Decorate the outside of the house with your child's favorite holiday candies. Seder Plate Make a paper Passover seder plate using poster board...

World Autism Awareness Day Puzzle Piece Art for Kids

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April 2nd marks World Autism Awareness Day. The puzzle piece ribbon symbol that you see on this day (and other days) represents the complexity of autism along with hope for the future. Help your child to learn more about autism with a puzzle piece-themed art activity. This puzzle craft is perfect for kids in preschool and up. Here's What You'll Need: Puzzle pieces-upcycle old pieces from puzzles that your child no longer uses Poster board or cardboard Tempera paint A paintbrush Clear-drying school glue A  marker Here's What to Do: Sort the pieces into piles. Paint each pile a different...

Easy Bunny-Themed Easter Bread Recipes

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Make your Easter feast even better with these bunny-themed menu picks. Add a family-friendly flare to your holiday treat list, creating a few extra items that the kids can help you to make. Instead of serving regular rolls, try these imaginative rabbit alternatives! Cute Cornbread Bake a batch of cornbread, using a favorite recipe or store-bought mix. Use a muffin tin to make individual cakes. After baking the cornbread cakes, have the kids decorate them like bunnies. Chop celery and carrots to use as ears, add raisins as eyes or draw on facial features with peanut butter and jelly (use...

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