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Contents: (Click on any link to go to
that section).
Confused by all the acronyms for programs and organizations? Check out our
new acronym reference guide.
General Websites:
Others:
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The Child
Care Action Website - Ontario childcare publications
- Child Care Online - Provider/Parent
Info, Forums, Store
- Child Care Provider/Parent Info
Network (Publicat., Products, Bulletin Board and more)
- Creative Pre-K -
Creative Lesson Plans
- Daycare Provider's Beginners
Page (How to start-up Daycare Services)
- A Home Away From
Home! - Bobbi's site (monthly menu, theme, activities)
- Karen's Korner
(childcare menu suggestions, great links)
- Childcare Connections (Punky's Great
Pages!)
- Soho Center - REACH Initiative,
Newsletter, Family Childcare Video, and more!
- Stephanie's
Childcare Sites - filled with some great links
- The Womblegarten -
Homeschool Options and Parental-choice in Education - Great Links & Info
- Kids 1st Child Care -
Family Day Care Providers, lots of resources
- Little Tots FDC
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Organizations
Also see
Organizations Page
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ACEI--The Association for Childhood Education International
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American Federation of Daycare Services
http://www.afds.com
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Child Care Aware
http://www.targetstores.com/TargetWWW/html/child01.htm
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ChildCareExchange is a place to find some of the best Internet resources for
providers, directors, teachters and parents.
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Council for Professional Recognition--The governing body for CDA (Child
Development Associate) credential.
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Minnesota Association for the Education of the Young Child and
the Institute for Professional Development (MNAEYC)
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Minnesota Child Care Resource & Referral Network offers a variety of
information in this website about child care.
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MN Early Childhood Education and Training Clearinghouse--Find training in
Minnesota by region, date, or subject.
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National Association for the Education of the Young Child
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National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies
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International Family Day Care Organization--Not working at this time
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National Association for Family Child Care
http://www.nafcc.org
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National Daycare Alliance
http://www.thegrapevine.com/daycare/
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The National Child Care Information Center (NCCIC), a project of the Child
Care Bureau, Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services, is a national resource that links information and
people to complement, enhance, and promote the child care delivery system,
working to ensure that all children and families have access to high-quality
comprehensive services
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NNCC--The National Network for Child Care--The web site of cooperative
Extension Services (includes links to issues of Family Child Care Connections)
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Ready 4 K Minnesota is a new organization dedicated to ensuring that every
Minnesota child is ready for school.
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The Children, Youth, and Families Education Research Network
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The Early Childhood Organizing Project On-Line is your center for organizing
and activism for young children in Minnesota.
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USA Child Care is an organization for child care providers who believe that
all children deserve high quality care.
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Activities & Learning:
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Career
Development:
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Child Development:
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Children With
Special Needs:
Others:
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Dealing with Disaster:
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Diversity:
Others:
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Early Intervention:
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Educational Issues:
Others:
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Family
Child Care:
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Family Child Care Business:
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Family
Support:
Others:
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NATIONAL:
Other:
STATE OF
MINNESOTA:
Health &
Safety Issues:
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Homelessness:
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Hunger:
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Nutrition & Diet:
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Violence Prevention:
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Welfare
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Interesting Miscellaneous Sites:
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Early Childhood
Educator’s and Family Web Corner
http://www.nauticom.net/www/cokids
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Early Childhood
Education Online
http://www.ume.maine.edu/~cofed/eceol/welcome.html
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Kids Health
http://www.kidshealth.org/
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Mister Rogers’
Neighborhood
http://www.pbs.org/rogers/index.html
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National Network for
Child Care
http://www.nncc.org/
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School-Age Child Care
Project
http://www.wellesley.edu/wcw/crw/sac
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Parents Place
http://www.parentsplace.com/
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Activity Pages
http://www.geocities.com/Heatland/6459/activity.html
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Aunt Annie’s Crafts
http://www.auntannie.com
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Craft Exchange
http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/3053/exchange
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The Idea Box
http://www.theideabox.com
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The Activity Cupboard
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/7997/sherri2a.html
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Child Care Parent
Provider Info
http://childcare-ppin.com/bulletin.html
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CPSC Home Page
http://www.cpsc.gov
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Handwriting for Kids - lessons to help
children learn to read and write
http://www.handwritingforkids.com/handwrite/index.htm
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Mailbox Magazine
http://www.theeducationcenter.com/cgi-bin/tec/guest.jsp
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Live and Learn Toy
Recall List
http://www.liveandlearn.com
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Providers Page
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/7402/othpropag.html
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Punky’s Child Care
Connection
http://www.delphi.com/care
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500,000 Free Cool
Graphics
http://www.little.fishnet.neeet/~gini/cool
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Clipart Collection
http://ftp1.rad.kumc.edu/clips/index.htm
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Kids Domain
http://www.kidsdomain.com
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Clipart Directory
http://www.clipart.com
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BABYCENTER -
This site is for expectant and new parents, it has areas covering pregnancy,
baby care, family life, and working parents.
http://www.babycenter.com
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STORKSITE -
Pre-pregnancy through the first year of life. You have to register-meaning
you get asked annoying personal questions before getting access so the owners
can sell ads-but once in, parents can chat, seek expert advice and search a
medical reference library.
http://www.storksite.com
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FAMILY EDUCATION - The
new & policy section on this site carries updates on legislation affecting
families and education, and urges users to contact and rate the
law-and-policy-makers who represent them.
http://familyeducation.com
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DAILY PARENT - Join
bulletin-board discussions on subjects including computers and television, “Up
All Night” and “Nannies & Sitters” Articles on birth order, child care and
child safety.
http://www.dailyparent.com
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So you want to be a
parent? How to really prepare for parenthood. For example, attempt to put an
octopus in a mesh bag so none of the arms hang out. This is an exercise for
dressing a small child.
http://lake.sowshco.k12.mn.us/pk/html/pfp.html
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Fun Websites for
Children:
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Craft &
Curriculum Websites
Activities for Kids- Offers crafts, coloring, dot to
dot, and word search. You can also hear the Kookaburra song, about a bird who
laughs.
Activity
Village - Keeping Kids Busy - Dozens of free
activities for kids 10 and under. Includes crafts, printables worksheets,
coloring pages and puzzles, jigsaws and wallpaper to download, and links.
All
American Kids Club - Features sections such as
historical crafts, bath and body for kids, bead patterns, and party crafts. New
projects added regularly.
Avalon Studio's Art Ideas - Instructions for paper and
tissue art, 3-D construction, watercolors, and print making.
AZFamily: Kids Crafts - Crafty activities and projects
for kids by Terri Oullette.
Ben and Jerry's Fun
Stuff- Features on-line fun and craft ideas for kids.
Bubble Fun- Teaches kids how to make their own bubbles
and wands. Includes tips on how to make art and color out of bubbles.
Bubble Town - How to make giant
bubbles, construct a bubble tube, mix a super bubble blowing solution, and play
bubble games.
Card Collectors Frame Craft -
Instructions to make a frame to display your Pokemon cards.
Charlesbridge Mudskipper's Club -
Includes coloring, mazes, word finds, downloadable activities, and crafts.
Cheryl's Craft Page - A small
collection of craft ideas, including money trays, drawer organizers, shoe bags,
and styrofoam people.
Children of the Moon - An online
playhouse with weekly themes, arts and crafts, and activities to augment
learning through safe exploration of the web.
Computer
DLTK's Crafts for
Kids - Features a large variety of fun craft
ideas you can make with some common household items and a printer.
The Big Kiss
- Paperdolls for your computer. Load any of hundreds of KiSS paper dolls on
your computer and dress them in different clothes by using your mouse to
click and drag the clothes.
Build a Medieval Castle - Download free printables
to build a medieval castle, with walls, towers, a gatehouse, a keep, and
instructions for adding pennants and a drawbridge.
Build a Village Build your own village, with many
different houses, and old-fashioned church and an apartment house. Free
downloadable software.
Canon Print Planet Projects for
back to school, I.D. Cards, and decorating your room.
Computer Craft Center - Project ideas from
bookmarks to scrapbooks, and a special section of computer craft projects
especially for kids. From About.com.
Download-a-Dinosaur - Designs for
easy-to-make paper dinosaurs. Ready to download and print out.
Hewlett-Packard Kid's Clubhouse -
Computer crafts to decorate your room.
Len-Net Kid's
Page - A page for kids with printable projects and
craft ideas, jokes and games.
Make a Town- Kids can create their own town with
this free educational software. Build 10 houses, 8 stores and a library;
arrange a town and plan how it grows.
Paper Doll Café
- Fairytale Paper dolls with outfits, in color and black and white. Various
types of fairies, as well as sheets for The Princess and the Pea and The
Fairy Queen Titania. Also offers easy-to-cut dolls, and beginner to advanced
instructions for drawing your own.
Pencil Flag
- Free downloads of September 11th memorial "pencil flags", as well as fun
and holiday flags. Flags must be printed, cut-out, and attached to pencil.
Shields, Knights and Heraldry Make a medieval
coat of arms (shield), with authentic charges (designs) and the correct
rules of heraldic design.
Cozzetta's
What's It- Detailed instructions and photos for more
than a dozen craft projects.
Craftown: Free
Kids Crafts- Magical puff paint, patchwork flower
pots, dancing spoons, recipe cards, and other fun projects. Also offers special
crafts for Valentines, Easter, Halloween, and Christmas.
Crayola
- Lots of easy, kid-friendly crafts.
Create With Your
Child- Art and craft projects for seasonal holidays
and events, with information on the origins and history of the holiday.
Creative Kids
- Fun activities for kids and families who love invention and creating crafts.
Easy Tie Dye - Basic tie-dye
instructions to create t-shirts with sunburst, line, and circle patterns.
Elmer's Glue
- Many crafts for kids, including educational projects. Also offers projects for
adults and markets supplies.
Family Crafts
from About.com- A large index of craft projects for
kids of all ages.
Free Kids Crafts
- Short reviews and links to kids' craft sites.
Free Paper
Cards - Internet users residing in any part of the
Globe may send free paper greeting cards to their loved ones in India, who may
not have regular access to the Internet.
Gadgets and
Gizmos- Free e-book shareware download. Make 8
interesting mechanical devices and simple hands-on projects from easily found
items.
Hands On Crafts for
Kids - Lots of easy and creative activities for kids
ages 7 to 12. From friendship bracelets and gingerbread houses to dinosaur soap
and upright insects.
Hatchling Day School Kid Crafts - Craft projects for
little crafters.
Homeschool
Activities- From the Teel family, projects and ideas
for kids of all ages.
How to Make a Pop-Up - Joan Irvine,
Canadian children's author, explains with step-by-step drawings how to make a
simple pop-up card.
I-Craft
For Kids- An index of free craft projects for all
skill levels, with color photos of the finished crafts.
Interesting Hobbies and Crafts - Links
to hundreds of craft and hobby related sites.
Jangle: Kids Crafts - Craft projects,
rubber stamping, scrapbooks, tips and techniques.
The Kid's
Corner - Fun craft projects for children.
Kid's Domain
Craft Exchange- An index of craft projects submitted
by parents, teachers, and kids
Kid's Kreate
- Step-by-step projects for kids of all ages.
Kid's Page- Art and craft ideas for preschoolers
through upper elementary students. Includes seasonal activities and printable
coloring pages.
Kid's Zone
- Arts and crafts for all ages.
Kidz Korner- Activities and crafts for grade school
kids.
KinderCrafts- Crafts for pre-school through elementary
aged children.
KraftProject - Hundreds of craft projects grouped by
theme. Includes activities for all ages.
Linit Starch Craft Ideas
- Ideas for kid crafts using liquid starch.
Look, Learn, and
Do - Fun activities for kids. Reading, projects, and
crafts.
Magical
Kingdom Art Page - Offers printable craft projects,
greeting cards, and coloring books. Graphics intensive.
Mail Just 4 Me
Playground- Themed and holiday craft ideas for kids,
including unique projects and kid-friendly instructions.
Make-Stuff.com-
Creative projects kids can do themselves, plus recipes for stuff they can make
at home.
MakingFriends.com
- Free creative activities for kids ages 2 through 15. Also markets craft
supplies.
Michael's Kids Club - Craft ideas for kids from 4 to
11.
Nestle -
VeryBestKids.com- Offers hundreds of arts and crafts,
cooking and baking, learning fun and holidays and celebrations activities.
Origami
Jasper's Guide to Paperfolding - Hand illustrated
diagrams for some simple designs.
Joseph Wu's Origami-
Picture galleries of origami models and diagrams showing how to make some of
them in gif and pdf format. Also large number of links.
Marivi's Origamic Architecture - Learn to make
pop-up cards with patterns to print, and instructions to follow. Also includes
many complex designs. Requires use of craft knife.
Money
Origami - Illustrated instructions for making
several origami designs out of paper money.
Origami Swan for Beginners - Easy to
follow instructions for the swan. Discusses the benefits of origami.
Origami USA Fun - Hand drawn diagrams for simple
origami for beginners.
Sarah's
Origami - Diagrams showing how to make several
different models. Pictures of others sorted into 8 sub-directories.
World
Peace Project for Children - Learn how to make an
origami crane in aid of world peace.
Paper Airplanes
Alex's paper
airplanes - Diagrams and instructions for making
paper airplanes. Also monthly poll and newsletter.
The Best Paper Airplane- Folding and
flying instructions for a single reasonably high performace paper airplane.
Building the Egret- Single paper
airplane from the book 'Best Ever Paper Airplanes' by Norman Schmidt used with
permission of Sterling Publishing Co.
Flights of Fancy - A large archive of
paper airplane designs, helicopters and kites as well as information
concerning competitions.
Jline Paper
Airplanes - A growing source of original paper
airplane designs.
Joseph Palmer's Favorite Paper Airplanes
- Step by step instructions for creating simple, high performance paper
airplanes.
Kool
Paper Airplanes - Instructions for folding paper
versions of real airplanes with information on the actual planes.
McShane's Planes
- An index of 6 unique paper aeroplanes, some with high performance levels,
with folding instructions which require a degree of skill to follow.
Paper Aeroplane World - Free
original paper airplanes with illustrated instructions. Also featuring design
tips for paper airplanes, evaluations and the full rules of the Paper
Aeroplanes War.
Paper Aircraft Association - The
site of Andy Chipling, who works with the Guinness Book of Records to produce
the rules for official paper aircraft records. Includes information on paper
aircraft history, and duration, distance, wingspan records.
PC help
Paper Airplanes - Free instructions for folding
paper airplanes.
World
Record Paper Airplane Flier's Club - Details of how
to build and throw a world record paper airplane, as well as the skyhawk and
gemini designs.
Paper Projects- Crafts and project
ideas for things like pop-up cards and origami.
Pre- School
Arts and Crafts - Craft ideas for
pre-schoolers.
Baby Food Jar Gardens - A unique craft for pre-schoolers.
Childrens Crafts - Crafts for your
child to do with a religeous theme.
2 Cool
Crafts - Homemade craft recipes for kids.
The Craft Barn - Easy craft projects
for children.
Crafts from Nick Jr - Crafts and
other things to do with your kids indoors. There is also a feature to ask a
craft expert questions.
Crayola
Crafts - Extensive and regularly updated craft
projects for both preschool and older children.
DLTK's Printable
Crafts For Kids- Variety of fun children's crafts,
coloring pages, and more. There are lots of printable templates suitable for
ages 2 and up.
Edible Crafts - If your children are
at the age of preferring to eat their art supplies while you are trying to
teach them to expand their creative skills, you'll enjoy these perfect
projects.
Enchanted Learning - Large range of
inspiring crafts for young children that use materials from around the house.
Clear, easy to follow instructions.
Family Art-
Assortment of activities created for young children.
Fun
For Kids Crafts- This site is updated weekly with a
new craft plus bonus crafts, songs, and fingerplays. There is also a monthly
curriculum page.
Idea Box
- Many enjoyable activities for you and your children. A new craft is added
every day.
Kid's Page- Variety of fun crafts for
the little ones. Make your own goop, paint, bubbles, and other things out of
everyday items.
A
Magical Childhood- Make fun crafts out of things
from outside or in the recycling bin. Some crafts that give mommy some much
needed quiet time.
Playtime for Toddlers - Dozens of
crafts and other activities designed for young children. Many use recycled
materials.
Preschool Paper Crafts- Imaginative range of
projects for pre-schoolers that include cutting, pasting, and folding. Many
are educational as well as fun.
Recipes for Family Fun - Recipes that
you can make from ingredients around your house that children will have fun
with including homemade scratch and sniff paint.
Tot City: Activity Finder -
Searchable database of preschool projects using simple household ingredients.
Puppets
EnchantedLearning: Puppets and Marionettes
- Directions to help kids create their own puppets from materials found around
the house.
Family.com: All About Puppets - Ideas
for making unique puppets out of many types of materials and for staging
puppet shows.
Legends & Lore: Puppet Resource Center
- Ideas for teaching with puppets and for making puppets and props.
Make a
"Day of the Dead" Skeleton Puppet - Directions for
making your own Day of the Dead paper skeleton puppet.
Make a
Toy Theatre Plans and tips for the building a toy
theatre.
Scripts from
Puppet Resources - Puppet script archive focused on
kids 16 & under. Includes Christian and non-Christian scripts.
Tot's TV: Making Puppets -
Step-by-step instructions for making different types of puppets (in English
and Spanish).
Rainy Day
Craft Ideas for Children - Offers instructions for a
few projects, such as gak, playdough, bookmarks, and bath salts.
Recipes
Avalon Arts Recipes - Recipes for
cookless play dough, flubber, pretend snow, and goop.
ChildFun's Craft Recipes - Make your own playdough,
clay, sidewalk chalk, and other craft recipes.
Craft Recipes - A large collection
of recipes for making various crafts ranging from simple dough recipes to
fundough to bubble mixtures to face paints.
Craft Recipes for Kids- A large index of craft
recipes including dryer lint clay, eggshell chalk, salt, soap or sawdust
doughs, and invisible ink.
Craft Recipes for Year-Round Fun -
Includes recipes for play doughs, clays, glues, paints, and other craft
supplies.
Craft
Recipes for Young Learners - Provides recipes for
play-doughs, paints, hardening clays, and paper-mache. Most recipes use basic
ingredients available worldwide.
Gwen's Craft Recipes - An index of
glue, play dough, clay, and paint recipes.
Homemade Supplies Find craft ideas
for making different kinds of clays, play dough, paint, and bubbles.
Kids Craft Recipe Factory - A great online source
of kid friendly craft recipes. Includes chalk, giant crayons, paints, and
edible doughs.
Kid's
Domain Craft Recipes - Recipes for bread sculpting
dough, gak, crystals, and slime.
Lisa Balbach's Craft Recipes for Kids
- Recipes for clay, play dough, and silly putty.
Skaarup's Kids Craft Recipes Recipes
for modeling clay, play dough, paints, bubbles, and rock candy.
Slickditty
- How-to instructions for making fun, low-cost gadgets and gizmos.
Sondra's
Crafts Several fun and unusual craft projects for
kids.
Squigly's Arts and Crafts - Color
pictures, create all sorts of fun things, or make personalized stationery.
The Sugar Bush - Bright ideas and
crafts for children.
Using Recycling
The Imagination
Factory Learn how to make art and crafts using common
trash as a source of free materials. The Trash Matcher allows visitors to find
appropriate art activities for the solid waste they have available.
Paper Boxes
- Offers a number of ways in which paperboxes that are thrown away can be used
for a better purpose. Create anything from a dolls house to a filing system.
Recycle
it - Make recycled paper following simple step-by-step
instructions by using anything from paper bags to light bulbs.
Recycled
Crafts Ideas - Uses waste materials to make crafts.
Teaches about recycling and waste reduction.
Recycling Crafts - More than 30 projects made from
"throw-away" materials.
Trash to Treasures Craft Ideas -
Choose from more than 25 "trash" items, then follow the link to find all sorts
of craft ideas using that item.
You Can
Make Paper - Make recycled paper following simple
step-by-step instructions, and also learn a bit about science.
Very Best Kids
- Creative ideas and activities from Nestle. Crafts, cooking, holiday items, and
other projects.
Where Shmonsters Go to
Play- Creative ideas for dollhouse decorating, pumpkin
carving, sticker frames, costumes, and other fun projects.
YES Mag's Projects- Interesting project ideas for
older kids to try. Try making a geodesic dome out of newspaper large enough to
get inside.
Young Embroiderers
- Embroidery discovery space for children and anyone involved in textile art,
craft and education.
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