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Earth Day Lacing Craft

Earth Day is April 22nd. It is never too soon to start teaching your children about the planet & how to protect it. We have taught our daughter to recycle & the importance of not wasting food, water or electricity.  Even her favorite book “The Lorax” teaches her about what can happen if we don’t protect our planet.

Earth Day Lacing Craft using recycled cardboard. A great fine motor activity & craft for the kids.

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“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better.” Dr. Seuss – The Lorax

Earth Day Lacing Craft using recycled cardboard. A great fine motor activity & craft for kids

Since my daughter loves sewing so much, to celebrate this Earth Day, we opted to make an Earth craft & lacing activity. Here is how.

What you will need:

Cardboard

Acrylic paint

Yarn

Yarn needle

Directions:

Draw a circle and a rough sketch of the Earth on a piece of cardboard. The shapes do not have to be perfect. Poke holes around the outline of the shapes of the continents.

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Paint the cardboard using green for the inside of your outline & blue on the outside. Let the paint dry.

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Use a yarn needle to thread through the holes on the inside of the continents.

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Earth Day Lacing Craft using recycled cardboard. A great fine motor activity & craft for the kids

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50+ Egg Carton Crafts For Kids

50+ egg carton arts & crafts activities for kids - holidays, animals, flowers & more

I hope that everybody had a Happy Easter. If you are anything like us, you probably filled your children’s Easter baskets and your faces, maybe had an Easter egg hunt or two & colored a whole lot of Easter eggs with the kids. With all of the eggs being made over the holidays, you were probably left with quite a few empty egg cartons. But, don’t toss out those old cartons just yet. Take a look at our list of creative craft ideas for the kids.

Animal Crafts

Egg Carton Animal Crafts For Kids

1. Egg Carton Super Bees from Nemcsok Farms

2. Egg Carton Jellyfish from The Pinterested Parent

3. Egg Carton Rabbit from Tot Schooling

4. Turtle Craft from Capri+ 3

5. Egg Carton Kermit the Frog from The Pinterested Parent

6. Egg Carton Butterfly from Craftulate

7. Chicken Egg Cups from Red Ted Art

8. Egg Carton Peacock from The Pinterested Parent

9. Egg Carton Monkey from The Pinterested Parent

Flower Creations

Egg Carton Flower Crafts For Kids (2)

1. Egg Carton Flowers with K Cups from Artsy Momma

2. Parts of A Plant from School Time Snippets

3. Egg Carton Daffodils from Nemcsok Farms

4. Recycled Spring Flowers from Teach Me Mommy

5. Simple Egg Carton Flowers from The Pinterested Parent

6. Sunflower Egg Carton Crafts from Buggy And Buddy

7. Egg Carton Rose from Danya Banya

8. Connecticut Mountain Laurel from Playground Parkbench

9. Recycled Egg Carton Flower from Capri+ 3

10. Egg Carton Bluebells from Buggy And Buddy

Crafts For The Holidays

Egg Carton Holiday Crafts For Kids

1. Egg Carton Nativity Scene from Michele Made Me

2. Egg Carton Jack-O-Lantern from The Pinterested Parent

3. Egg Carton Jingle Bells from Powerful Mothering

4. Egg Carton St. Patrick’s Clover from The Pinterested Parent

5. Egg Carton Easter Cross from Teach Me Mommy

6. Mini Easter Baskets from Kid’s Craft Room

7. Egg Carton Easter Bunnies from Sunshine Whispers

8. Egg Carton Christmas Ornaments from The Pinterested Parent

9. Egg Carton Christmas Tree from I Heart Arts And Crafts

10. Earth Day Tree from Glued To My Crafts Blog

11. Harvesting in the Carrot Patch from Powerful Mothering

12. Egg Carton Candy Cane from Meaningful Mama

13. Egg Carton Flag from The Typical Mom

Play Worlds

Egg Carton Play Worlds For Kids

1. Five Little Ducks Egg Carton Craft from Messy Little Monster

2. Egg Carton Treasure Chest Craft from Red Ted Art

3. Frozen Egg Box Snow World from In The Playroom

4. Miffy in the Garden Small World from Crafts On Sea

5. Egg Carton Treasure Chest From Messy Little Monster

Egg Carton Activities

Egg Carton Activity Crafts For Kids

1. Paint & Stack Dr. Seuss Hat from The Pinterested Parent

2. Yertle the Turtle Stacking  from There’s Just One Mommy

3. Egg Carton Color Sort from Powerful Mothering

4. Egg Carton Sculptures from There’s Just One Mommy

5. Racing Eggs from Best Toys For Toddlers

All The Rest Of It

Egg Carton Crafts For Kids

1. Eye Masks from The Pinterested Parent

2. Egg Carton Fire Truck from The Craft Train

3. Tea Cup Cards from In The Playroom

4. Egg Carton Ice Cream Cones from In The Playroom

5. Egg Carton Boats from Life At The Zoo

6. Egg Carton Fairy Shoes From Zing Zing Tree

7. Eye Glasses Egg Carton Craft from Sunshine Whispers

8. Egg Carton Strawberries from The Pinterested Parent

9. Egg Carton Mini Copter from The Craft Train

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50+ egg carton arts & crafts activities for kids - holidays, animals, flowers & more.

Cardboard Box Marble Run

Kids love boxes. The larger the box, the more fun to be had. We are still in the process of getting our house unpacked after our move and have a ton of empty cardboard boxes. We have been having a lot of fun making things out of our boxes & the cardboard.
Cardboard box marble & pom pom ramp. This was so much fun & a great activity for kids - arts & craft

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 My daughter has a great building blocks marble run set.  She used to play with it all of the time. The whole family loved playing with it. Unfortunately, since our move, we have been unable to find it.

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I have seen a number of homemade marble runs made out of cardboard tubes, straws & even Legos & I thought we could try our hands at our own while we searched for our missing one.

Cardboard box marble & pom pom ramp. This was so much fun & a great activity for kids - arts & crafts from recyclables

We used a large cardboard box. We cut the flaps off of one side to leave one side wide open. We used the flaps to form our ramps.  I wanted to add different options & obstacles to the ramp so I cut a hole or multiple holes into each piece of cardboard.

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I used a glue gun to glue the cardboard pieces in place at an angle, making sure to leave space on the bottom end of each piece for the marble to be able to drop. I used plenty of glue around the edges to hold the ramp pieces in place and used cardboard tubes in a couple of areas for additional drop options.

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We tested it out a couple of times & found that our marbles fell forward a few times, so we glued a couple of extra scraps of cardboard under the bottom front to balance it out. We used the marbles, but then found that a handful of poms poms was just as fun.

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My little girl was so excited about her cool new toy. “This is soooo awesome, mama.”

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Patchwork Quilt Sewing Craft & Activity

Patchwork Quilt Sewing Craft & Activity

This is a great fine motor skill activity as well as a bright and pretty arts & craft project for the kids. Patchwork quilt sewing with foam pieces

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A few weeks ago, my daughter & I made sew & weave Easter bonnets. She really enjoyed working with the plastic sewing needle.  She liked it & took to it so well that I wanted to give her more sewing projects. Her nana is a quilter, so  she know a lot about quilts. I thought making a quilt craft would be a fun activity for her.

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Spin, Roll & Count Gross Motor Skill Game

This gross motor skill spinner game was inspired by an idea from our clever little girl. One day after watching me do a workout video, our daughter picked up a die and rolled it and told me that she was going to do arm rolls. She rolled a 5 and did 5 arm rolls. She told me to roll too. I did and rolled a 4 and she told me to do 4 jumping jacks. This sparked a fun idea for a game that kept us both moving and laughing. This simple gross motor skills game is easy to make and fun for the whole family. Use our free printable templates or design your own.Free Printable Template for this Spin, Roll & Count Gross Motor Skill Game - paper plate spinner game for toddlers and preschoolers - arts, crafts & activities for kids

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Clay Fingerprint Keepsake Ornaments

    These clay fingerprint ornaments are perfect for any occasion. They make a great keepsake gift for grandparents and mom and dad.Clay Fingerprint Keepsake Ornaments for the family - a sweet and easy arts & craft idea and keepsake that the kids or the whole family can make together

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My daughter has inherited a lot of hand-me-down books. We have so many that we don’t even know what we own. For a very long time, my daughter has only read a few of these books. Many just sat there collecting dust, but recently she has been diving into them all. We came across a few art books the other day. We found a few great “how to draw” tutorials and also came across a cute book filled with fingerprint crafts.

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Northern Lights With Watercolors

Pretty Northern Lights paintings with watercolors - art & painting for kids

This week our family & I are heading to Iceland for vacation. My husband & I have been before & love it there. We are excited to take our daughter to see the geysers & walk the ice tunnel, but our main reason for going is to try our luck at seeing the Northern Lights. There is no guarantee that we will see them, but we are hopeful & eager. I have been telling our daughter all about them & showing her photos on the computer. “Oooooh, that’s pretty mama!” They certainly are. They also made a great subject for a painting with our new homemade watercolors.

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Yarn Wrapped Hearts

Yarn Wrapped Valentine's Hearts - A great fine motor craft & activity for the kids

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My daughter is slightly obsessed with yarn. We have a big bin filled with yarn & ribbon and she pulls it out all the time. She likes to cut it, tie it to things & make obstacle courses throughout the house with it.

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