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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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