Cool Confetti Balloons

Today's Craft: Cool Confetti Balloons

Celebrate the New Year with a Bang!

Craft Project Directions: To make this festive balloons, all you need is the balloons themselves, some confetti, a small funnel or thick paper roll, and materials to decorate the outside of your confetti balloon. Select a bright balloon and using a small funnel or thick paper roll to stretch the opening of the balloon, insert sparkling confetti. Add glitter or sequins for some extra sparkle! Now blow up your balloon and decorate the outside with Happy New Year!, the year, all sorts of colors and designs, or anything you wish. When the countdown on New Year's Eve reaches Happy New Year pop your balloon and let the confetti fly!

Happy 2009!

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Reindeer Handprint Puppet

Today's Craft: Reindeer Handprint Puppet

Craft Project Directions:

To make this great reindeer craft you will need a small brown paper bag, some brown construction paper,tape or glue, a red circle (cut from red construction paper or just use a red pom pom) and some crayons.First trace both of your hands on the brown construction paper and cut them out. Your handprints willbe your antlers.Create your reindeer's face on the bag's bottom, add the antlers and tail to the back side of the bag and the legs with hooves to the front. Decorate your reindeer further with spots, paper shreds, crayons, or other materials.
Happy Holidays! Enjoy Crafting!

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Christmas Lights

Christmas Lights

Create a string of paper Christmas lights.

To make this craft project you will need colored construction paper, scissors, glue, tape, ribbon, and markers or crayons. To begin, take your scissors and cut out a large number of Christmas bulbs using the templates provided. Next cut a long length of ribbon and glue or tape the bulbs you just cut out of the colored construction paper. Let dry and decorate the lights further with your markers or crayons. Hang someplace special. Happy Holidays! Enjoy Crafting!

Christmas Light Template

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Candy Cane Rudolph Ornament

Today's Craft: Candy Cane Rudolph Ornament

Craft Project Directions: To make this ornament you will need two candy canes, 2 pipe cleaner, a piece of ribbon, and some construction paper. First create a heart shape with the two candy canes- placing the bended ends together. Tape them in place. This is the head of your reindeer. Next take a pipe cleaner and cut it into 2 and 3 inch lengths. Now take another pipe cleaner and bend it into a V. Twist the smaller pieces of pipe cleaner you cut before around the pipe cleaner V you made to make reindeer antlers. When you are finished making your antlers, tape or twist them around the corners of your candy cane reindeer head. Now decorate your reindeer's face by adding a red construction paper ball (or use a red hershey's kiss) to the V at the base of the candy canes for a bright shining nose and glue construction paper eyes (or googly eyes) on either side. Loop a piece of ribbon through the top of the heart and hang on your tree.

Happy Holidays! Enjoy Crafting!

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Colorful Thanksgiving Cornucopias

Today's Craft: Colorful Cornucopias

Craft Project Directions: To make a colorful cornucopia, first you will need to cut out a cornucopia from a piece of brown paper and arrange it on a background piece of construction paper. Next cut out a variety of fruits to fill it up using the templates provided. Add leaves around your design to add a fall flair and decorate! Happy Thanksgiving! Enjoy Crafting!

Cornucopia Template 1
Cornucopia Template 2

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Terrific Turkey Table Placeholders

Today's Craft:

Terrific Turkey Table Placeholders

A easy and fun way to decorate your Thanksgiving table!

Craft Project Directions: To make this project you will need a pinecone for each person at the table, pipecleaners of all colors, scissors, and mailing labels. First clean the pine cones and then take the pipe cleaners and cut them in half. Make a loop and twist the ends of the pipe cleaners to make feathers for your turkey. Use all different colors. Insert them into the pine cone turkey. Twist a brown or black pipecleaner for the head and neck and secure it in the front of the pine cone. Next take a mailing label and write the name of a guest on it. Now take a pipe cleaner and stick the label you wrote the name on to another mailing label keeping the pipe cleaner in between. Place the guest's name on the turkey. Place around the table when you are ready and you will have some fun table decorations for your feast! Happy Thanksgiving! Enjoy Crafting!

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Great Pilgrim Figures

Today's Craft: Great Pilgrim Figures

Simple Pilgrims which are a snap to Make!

Craft Instructions: Create some great pilgrim figures by cutting out the pilgrim hats and collars using the templates provided and attaching them with face shapes to a background piece of paper. Add hair, expressions, and hat decorations! Happy Thanksgiving! Enjoy Crafting!

Pilgrim Craft Templates

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Sailing Mayflower Craft

Today's Craft: Sailing Mayflower

Set sail with the pilgrims!

Craft Project Directions:Cut out a boat and sails using the templates provided. Select a blue background piece of paper, and gather up a few craft stick to use as a mast. Cut an anchor out of paper using the template provided and attach it to a small piece of string or ribbon to add to your boat. Paste or tape down your boat, mast, sails, and anchor to the blue paper creating a Mayflower. Add in waves, seagulls, pilgrim figures if you want. To make simple pilgrims, tape or glue black hats onto small craft sticks, add faces to them, and slip them inside the boat.
Happy Thanksgiving! Enjoy Crafting!

Mayflower Templates
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Thanksgiving Table Turkey

Today's Craft: Thanksgiving Table Turkey

A three-dimensional turkey for you to make, decorate, and place anywhere!

Craft Project Directions: To make this terrific table turkey, first take a sizable amount of tin foil and mold it into an oval shape to make a body for your turkey. Cover this with brown tissue paper. Next cut out turkey feathers in a variety of different colors and attach them to a small piece of pipe cleaner, leaving the end of the pipe cleaner exposed. Cut out a head and beak for the turkey using the templates provided and attach them to the front of the turkey's body with glue or tape. Decorate the feathers and let them dry. Now stick them into the turkey's body to make a terrific turkey. If you want glue on more feathers to the turkey's body as well.

Happy Thanksgiving! Enjoy Crafting!

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Turkey Template

Heartwarming Turkey

Today's Craft: Heartwarming Turkey

Create a turkey which will warm your heart this Thanksgiving!

Craft Project Directions: To make this craft project you will need colored construction paper, scissors, glue, and crayons or markers. To begin, using the templates provided below, cut out a turkey body, turkey features, and many colorful hearts from your colored construction paper. Glue them together using the picture as a guide to create a heartwarming turkey. Let dry and decorate further with crayons or markers if you wish. Enjoy Crafting!

Turkey Template

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Paper Plate Pilgrim Boy

Today's Craft: Paper Plate Pilgrim Boy

Craft Project Directions: To make this craft project you will need a paper plate, colored construction paper, scissors, glue, and markers or crayons. To begin, using the template below cut out a black pilgrim hat and buckle for the hat from your colored construction paper. Next cut some strip of paper to create hair for your pilgrim. Now you are ready to assemble your project. First glue the paper strips onto the paper plate around the top and side edges to create hair for your pilgrim. Then glue on the hat and glue the buckle onto the hat. Let dry and create a face on the paper plate using your crayons or markers. Happy Thanksgiving. Enjoy Crafting!

Craft Template

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Fabulous Fingerprint Turkey

Craft of the Day:

Fabulous Fingerprint Turkey

Craft Instructions:

To make this craft project you will need, colored construction paper, your fingers, either a washble ink stamp pad or fingerpaints, scissors, glue, and markers or crayons. To begin cut out a turkey body and features using the template provided below- you do not need to cut out feathers. Glue the turkey body and features to a background piece of paper- use the picture as a guide. Now add colorful turkey feathers using your fingerprints! Let dry. Happy Thanksgiving! Enjoy Crafting!

Turkey Craft Template

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Cool Corn on the Cob Craft

Today's Craft:

Cool Corn on the Cob Craft

To make this craft project you will need yellow, green, and construction paper, yellow tissue paper, glue, and scissors. To begin cut out a piece of corn from your yellow construction and corn husk shapes from your green construction paper using the templates provided. Glue them onto a piece of white paper. Next take your yellow tissue paper, rip it into small strips, and then crumble it into tiny balls. These balls will be the corn kernels. Glue the balls onto the corn shape to create a neat corn on the cob craft. Vary the colors of the tissue paper to create indian corn. Enjoy Crafting!

Cool Corn Template

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Friendly Pumpkin Face

Today's Craft:

A Friendly Pumpkin Face!

Create a friendly pumpkin face using craft sticks and paint.

To make this craft project, you will need 7 large craft sticks, orange, green, and black paint, a paintbrush, some green construction paper, scissors, and glue. To begin lay out 5 craft sticks next to one another and glue two craftsticks horizontally across them to secure them together- this will be the back of your pumpkin. Now you are ready to paint your pumpkin- use the picture as a guide. Paint the pumpkin orange, add a cute face with your black paint, and let dry. Next add a green construction paper stem to the top of the pumpkin with glue. Let dry.

Enjoy Crafting!

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Letter P becomes a Pirate

Letter P becomes a Pirate

Transform your letter P into a fierce or funny pirate!

To make this craft project you will need colored construction paper, scissors, glue, and markers or crayons. To begin, cut your scissors and cut out a small solid letter P from your black paper, a oval shape for a pirate face, and a pirate hat using the template provided below. Glue these pieces to a background piece of paper to create a basic pirate- use the picture as a guide. Decorate more with markers or crayons- add an earring, eyes, etc. Enjoy Crafting!

Pirate Templates

Super Scarecrow Face

Today's Craft:

Super Scarecrow Face!

Make a simple and sweet scarecrow face.

To make this craft project you will need a paper plate, straw or raffia, glue, scissors, and colored construction paper. To begin, take your scissors and cut out some circles for eyes, a triangle nose, and some curvy lines for eyebrows and a smile from your colored construction paper. Next take your glue and cover your paper plate with it. Add straw or raffia on top of the glue, covering the plate. Now add your scarecrow's facial features. Let dry. Enjoy Crafting!

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Super Simple Squirrel Craft

Today's Craft:

A Super Simple Squirrel

Do you like woodland creatures ? Are you captivated by squirrels, chipmunks, and the like. If you do you are sure to enjoy this simple animal craft project.

You can make a super simple squirrel from a paper bag and a pinecone.

Craft Project Directions:

To make this craft project you will need a paper bag (lunch bag size), a pine cone, a piece of ribbon, brown construction paper, scissors, glue, tape, scrap papers, and crayons.

To begin, open the paper bag and stuff it most of the way full with old paper scraps. You could use an old newspaper.

Next fold over the opening of the bag so it becomes a flat rectangle and tape it shut. Make sure that this end is flat, otherwise your squirrel won't stand up straight.

Next take a piece of colorful ribbon and tie it tightly around the bag about 2/3 of the way up from the bottom. This will differentiate your squirrel's head from his body.

Tie the ribbon with a nice bow in the front. Now cut out 4 very simple squirrel arms and legs. You can cut just very basic shapes - small rectangles with curved ends. Tape or glue them onto the bottom and sides of the paper bag.

Next cut out two squirrel ears and tape or glue them onto the top of the squirrel's head.

Next take your pinecone and attach it to the back side of the paper bag to make a great tail for your squirrel! Tape or glue it in place.

Now decorate your squirrel's face, adding great facial features.

When you are finished, place him some place special!

Enjoy Crafting!

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Cool Crab Hat

Today's Craft: Cool Crab Hat

Create the coolest crab hat using a paper bowl and construction paper.

To make this craft project you will need an orange paper bowl, orange and white construction paper, scissors, tape, glue, and markers or crayons. To begin take your scissors and cut out 8 crabs legs, 2 large crab claws, and some crab eyes using the template provided below. Glue or tape these onto your paper bowl to create a cool crab body and wear your hat with style.
Enjoy Crafting!

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Football Helmut Coloring Page

Today's Featured Craft:

Football Helmut Coloring Page

Grab your crayons and have some fun!

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