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This is an idea for all those pictures you carry around in your purse that seem to get in the way when you dig for someone. It seems like all my friend’s kids are my own with all the pictures I...
So, do you take a chance and toss "Smiling Sun, #28" and risk interrogation by the artist, or do you add it to the ever-growing pile of saved artwork? It's risky business. Fortunately,...
Remember shrinky dinks? Well, when we ran out of the store bought stuff, my mom pulled out all the plastic milk cartons she had saved and let us go to town....
This is how to make a Jesse Tree. This is tradition I learned from being in Catholic School. It is a great tool to help children focus on the real reason for the season!
Pumpkins are great because you can make them for Halloween or you can make them for Thanksgiving. Kids also love pumpkins because they can draw on the pumpkins, paint the pumpkins, cut faces in...
Poinsettias are an excellent plant to study in science class. Students should be taught how to classify this plant and then warned about its dangers. Poinsettias can actually make cats and...
Panda bears are a cute species of bears. They are black and white, with dark black eyes like a raccoon's. Your child might have seen a few at the zoo. After seeing a panda bear, your child can...
Ferrets are an increasingly popular pet. It can be fun to dress up a ferret, although some of them will, predictably, be less than thrilled by the idea. If you want to dress up a ferret without...
Adding photographs to jewelry can create pieces with personality and flair. Multiple methods can produce a striking photographic necklace. One can use Shrinky Dinks, Epoxy Resin or pre-made charms...
Shrinky Dinks are shapes cut out of plastic, decorated with markers or colored pencils then baked in an oven. Once baked, the plastic shrinks and hardens. You can make charms, mini ornaments or...
Make something different with your children this Valentine's Day. Help them make Shrinky Dink Valentine's Day baubles. You probably remember Shrinky Dink from your childhood. The plastic sheets...
This article is to help you make your own shrinky-dink pendants to use for cell phones, braclets,necklaces ect. There are many types of shrinky-dink paper, this is for the kind of shrinky-dink you...
Charm bracelets continue to be popular jewelry items. However, it can sometimes be difficult--and expensive--to find all of the charms needed to make a one-of-a-kind personalized bracelet. One way...
A finger adorned in a diamond ring never really appealed to my tastes. Rather I seek out unusual ones or I make them myself. Creating rings that stand out is an inexpensive and incredibly easy...
Shrinky Dinks were all the rage back in the 1970s and 1980s. Now, you can create them at home with a few simple things you probably have around the house.
Shrinky Dink crafts are easy and fun to make. Kids love watching their creations shrink in the oven and become miniature trinkets. Shrinky Dinks make nice charms for bracelets and necklaces;...
Shrinky Dinks are fun crafts that are great for all ages, even adults. They can be used as gifts, Christmas tree ornaments, refrigerator magnets and much more. Shrinky Dinks are also perfect...
There are so many ways to make a snowman. You can make a real one outside when it snows, or you can stay inside and create a snowman craft. This is especially fun to do on cold rainy days when...
Shrinky dinks are fun crafts that can be used to celebrate any holiday. Christmas is one of the biggest holidays celebrated in American, and with it comes plenty of crafts. The crafts help get...
Kids love making homemade crafts so that they have a present to give to someone in their family or one of their little friends. One of the most fun crafts that a child can do is to create a...
When adults think of turkey, they think of a club sandwich or a delicious Thanksgiving dinner. When children think of it, they think of the "gobble, gobble" sounds and all of the fun crafts they...
Candy canes are a staple for any home during the Christmas season. They are eaten, given as presents, hung on Christmas trees and made into crafts. Candy canes are perfect crafts for younger...
Because they are scary and come out at night, bats are used as a symbol for Halloween. When getting ready for the season, you may have a desire to make some crafts that you can display in your...
Christmas ornaments are mostly used on Christmas trees, but can be hung around the house or even used as earrings. Some people make homemade Christmas ornaments, resulting in unique ornaments that...
President's Day is a great time to get students interested in the history of their American presidents. Teachers should choose a few presidents to research with their students. The class can...
The stocking is an essential part of Christmas. Children all over the U.S. hang up their store bought or homemade stockings up in hopes that Santa will come and fill them with surprises. Children...
Halloween is about all things spooky. Gravestones are often put on the front lawns as part of Halloween decorations. Help your children make their own Shrinky Dink gravestones. They can write...
Yule logs were originally burned in fireplaces during the Christmas season. They then turned in to cakes that were made to look like a log. Now we can take the history of the yule log and turn...
Peacocks closely resemble turkeys, except that they are much more colorful. The best time to make this craft is when you study animals in your science class. Learn how to classify animals and...
One of the symbols of Christmas is the tasty gingerbread man. Grandmothers often make gingerbread men with their grandchildren. The grandchildren love this because they get to decorate the...
At Halloween, you can expect to see ghosts, bats, vampires, graveyards, spiders and skeletons--the latter usually made out of plastic and are sitting in a rocking chair on someone's porch. This...
Christmas is a time for giving and sharing. One of the way Americans do that is by exchanging presents. These presents are usually wrapped with Christmas themed wrapping paper and decorated with...
Mistletoe is a Christmas party favorite. You place it above an archway in the home, and whenever two people stop beneath it at the same time, they are supposed to give each other a kiss. To...
If you are of the Christian faith and want to remember Jesus during the holiday season, this craft is for you. You can make and decorate a cross on some Shrinky Dink paper and then watch it melt...
Children will love making a polar bear Shrinky Dink. Polar bears are fun because their white coats allow them to blend in with the snow. They make for a great winter craft theme. You can draw...
Penguins are associated with winter, because they mostly live in the cold. Penguins are beautiful creatures that live half of their time in the water and the other half on the land. They mainly...
Ghosts are a Halloween symbol. They are something people are scared of, especially at night. When you ask a child about Halloween he will probably talk about ghosts and goblins. Here's a Halloween...
Valentine's Day is day set aside to show others how much you love them. This can be a romantic love, family love or friendship love. The most common thing for children to do on Valentine's Day is...
Dolphins are marine mammals, related to whales, that they can be trained to safely give adults and children rides. Many vacation attractions allow tourists to swim with the dolphins. If your child...
Butterflies are beautiful insects that most humans are actually not afraid of. They fly so gracefully and carry an array of colors. This is what makes them perfect for crafts. They can be made...
Caterpillars are interesting creatures that eventually turn into beautiful butterflies. Sometimes they get looked over when it comes to taking time to make crafts. The best time to make a...
Halloween is about all things creepy. Certainly mummies that have spent hundreds of years rotting in a tomb fit that description. That is what makes them one of the more popular Halloween...
Halloween is the perfect time to sit down with your children and make some crafts. These crafts can be made as decorations for the house or as presents for other people. One craft that makes a...
Children are fascinated with animals, and that preoccupation makes for some very interesting crafts. Kids love to create animals from a Shrinky Dink sheet: The animal starts out large and then is...
When teaching children a lesson about the fall, you should always prepare a craft for them to complete afterward. Have students list some items they may see in the autumn; one of those items will...
Students learning about the Earth and its geography should be able to point to the seven continents and the four oceans on a globe. Once they learn this lesson, they can recreate it through...
When you think of Halloween you think if a dark night where only a full moon is shining. You picture a slight breeze pushing some clouds in front of the moon. Once you have an image in your head...
Children who have dogs love them, and children who don't have dogs beg their parents for one. If you're not yet ready to take that step, you can at least help your kids create a two-dimensional...
Halloween is the time to break out all of your scary decorations, including the all-important shrunken head. For an added drop of irony, aid your child in making one of the Shrinky Dink variety....
Children love animals and look for ways to make them in to crafts. Farm animals are also especially interesting to create because you can put them all together and play with them as if you were...
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