Loads of Christmas Fun And Games for Kids

Keeping kids happy and busy at Christmas is easy if you have the right activities to give them. This site Kids Christmas Activities gives you printable educational Christmas activities for children and educational Christmas games and puzzles, so while kids have fun they are also learning.

Printable Kids Christmas Activities are Ideal for Entertaining Kids At Home or School. You will get everything you need to entertain the kids with Christmas activities, including Word Puzzles, Mazes, Christmas Games, Math Worksheets, Coloring Pages, Christmas Cards, Gift Tags And Much More. Bonus Kids Christmas Party Games Included.

Check out the site here - Kids Christmas Activities and Games

Kids Chore Charts

Do your kids need some encouragement to do their chores or their everyday tasks? Then these Co-Ed Chore Chart Kits are the perfect solution to help your children get the job done.

I use one of these charts for my 5 year old son, just getting him to dress himself or brush his teeth is always a drama so I made his chore chart to get him to do these simple tasks with no drama - and its worked, I just have to remind him about the chore chart and he gets up straight away to go brush his teeth, eat his breakfast etc. Of course at the end of the week he gets a "reward" for his good work.

Each kit includes (2) 12x12 die-cut sheets, one blank chore chart outline, letter patterns, Poppin pieces, cardstock, embellishments and step-by-step instructions to complete your customized chore chart. Finished size is 10 3/8 x 12. Currently these chore charts are on special for $16.95.

Melanie

Movable Puppets For Kids

As its the last day of school holidays today I thought I would share with you one more craft project that my son and I did on the weekend.





These movable puppets are really easy to make. All you need is a colouring picture of your child's favourite character printed onto cardstock, colouring pencils, brads (small metal pins), and some string. Here is the website of colouring pages I used for Blues Clues, and here is the website I used for the Robot picture.

Once you have printed your chosen image onto the cardstock get your child to colour in the picture, once coloured in cut out picture, also cut the legs, arms, head etc, to make the movable parts. Now join the cut legs etc. to the body using the brads. The head, ears and tail move on the Blues Clues puppet and the arms and legs move on the robot puppet. Put a small hole at the top of the picture and thread string though it, tie in knot at top.

Its as easy as that, now you can sit back and have a coffee while your kids play with the puppets. You could also get your kids to put on a puppet show for you with their new puppets!

Some More Kids Stuff

With it being school holidays I haven't had a chance to get much done. I am still working on my website, which is slowly coming together. I have been looking on the internet for kids projects to do, like colouring in pages of their favourite characters and my son also likes to have pretend parties so I have also been searching for free printable invitations etc.

Here are some websites that offer free printables and kids activities that I thought you and your kids might enjoy.

DLKT Kids - I printed out some power ranger and Dora the explorer invitations from this site, it was really easy to use and takes you through step by step to create your invitations. They also have goodies bags, party hats etc, plus lots a different craft projects.

Coloring Book Fun - This website have heaps of coloring pages of all the popular characters.

Kids Craft Weekly - For this website if you sign up for their newsletter they will send you a weekly newsletter full of craft ideas and fun activities for young kids.

Creative Kid at Home - Full of great activities for kids at home, from planning a treasure hunt to fun kids games. This website is a great resource for parents who need a bit of inspiration for entertaining children.

Project for School Holidays

I had my niece over the other day so I decided to do some crafts with my niece (aged 4) and my son (aged 5). I got them each to make a simple circle basket and circle purse. My niece finished hers and it looked great, but my son started his and then decided half way through he wanted to go ride his bike instead, he is a typical boy who can't sit still for to long. So here is the project my niece finished (I won't show you my son's attempt!) and the instructions we used, I helped her with the measurements for the circle but then she did the rest herself.

Materials:
Cardstock x2
Patterned Paper
Contrasting Patterned Paper
Eyelets
Ribbon
Adhesive Foam squares
Embellishments

Mini Purse Instructions:

1. To make the purse draw a 8” (20.4cm) circle from cardstock. Cut and score the lines as shown on the template (there are only 4 cuts). Cut out the circle.

2. Mark where you want to set the eyelets for the ribbon handle then set the eyelets.

3. Fold all sides up and inward then adhere the tabs to the inside. Now you have your basic purse.

4. Embellish purse with patterned paper and other embellishments.

5. Cut two lengths of ribbon each 8 1/2” (21 1/2cm). With one length thread it through one of the eyelets on the front of the purse and tie a knot. Thread the other side of ribbon through the other eyelet on the front and tie. Repeat this for the other length of ribbon for the back handle.

Basket Instructions:

1. To make the basket draw a 10” (25.4cm) circle. Cut and score the lines as shown on the template (there are only four cuts). Cut out the circle.

2. Mark where you want to set the eyelets for the ribbon handle then set the eyelets.

3. Fold all sides up and inward then adhere the tabs to the inside. Now you have your basic basket.

4. Embellish basket with patterned paper and other embellishments.

5. Cut two lengths of ribbon each 12” (30.3cm). With one length thread it through one of the eyelets on the front of the purse and tie a knot. Thread the other side of ribbon through the other eyelet on the front and tie. Repeat this for the other length of ribbon for the back handle.