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With the Melissa and Doug Decorate-Your-Own Wooden Heart Chest Set, children can create a one-of-a-kind way to store their special treasures! This fun craft kit includes a keepsake box, glitter glue, craft glue, colorful gems, 4 pots of paint, and a paintbrush. The heart-shaped box is perfect for jewelry and other small items! The Decorate-Your-Own Kit makes a great party or rainy day activity!… More >>
Melissa & Doug Wooden Heart Chest – DYO
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The time of year has arrived when everyone is scampering around the shops and malls in a tizzy trying to find just the right gift for that special someone in their lives. The holiday season has become more commercialized as it’s ever been. Wouldn’t it be nice to see more families have a simple homemade Christmas without all the stress?
Just thinking about it gives me 10 fun ideas the whole family would enjoy, especially from a parent’s perspective. Enjoying a homemade Christmas with your children can be fun, educational, and entertaining. Children need to experience the true meaning for the season and I can’t think of a better way than sharing and giving homemade gifts.
1) Homemade Christmas cards. All you would need is a computer, printer, and some sort of card/stationery software and you’re ready to go. I print out newsletters myself every year for the holidays. You could do this or make your own cards. Get the kids involved, they’ll love helping with the various designs. Also you can always have the kids make them with crayolas and colored markers on construction paper.
2) Homemade Christmas ornaments. Decorating your tree with homemade items can be both fun and economical. You would be surprised at how much money you would be saving. Get everyone together (Dads too), and make some holiday traditions and memories.
3) Baked items in festive tins for gifts. If you are financially challenged this year, these would be practical gifts that would always be appreciated. Have the kids help make them up special for family and friends. And yes, the made from scratch recipes are always the best.
4) Croteched items. Now this is more for the Moms of course unless you have a teenage daughter that would be interested in crocheting. You can make various gift items including potholders, scarves, afghans, and angels, just to name a few.
5) Craft items. For this, the sky is the limit. You can make all sorts of crafty novelties, including holiday placemats, stockings, gift bags, paper snowflakes, pine cone ornaments, beaded ornaments, and many more projects.
6) Traditional holiday recipes, such as main dishes, pastries, breads, cookies, and pies. Get the whole family involved including non-immediate members. If you’re hosting this year, have your guests bring one homemade item per family.
7) Photo albums. Making photo albums is always fun. Your kids will love helping with this project. Gather up all those old photos that have been stored in your closet for years and put them to use. If you have a large amount of photos, you can make up many small ones or standard sized ones if you choose. Be creative with borders and backgrounds. You can also use quotes with each photo. Also various quilting patterns can be used for the outside of the albums.
Scrapbook of memories. For this you can save special bows from gift packages, gift tags, gift wrap, festive stickers, tree garland, holiday cards, and letters to Santa, just to name a few. Get your children coloring pictures. You can also use some of your favorite photos. A family tree is also another great idea. Gather creativity and imagination from all family members.
9) Homemade decorations for your front window. I used to really have a lot of fun making things for our window when I was a small child. All you would need is construction paper or poster paper, scissors, crayons, glue, and glitter. I always had fun with the glitter.
10) Recipe books. This project can be a lot of fun when you include recipes from various family members. You can share stories that go along with each recipe and also add photos. For this, you will want to use all the family favorites that have been passed on from generation to generation. These are great for gift ideas.
Make these activities a family tradition year after year. You will be making memories that your children will reflect on for years to come and also teaching them the true meaning of the Christmas season.
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Carol Duvall, the craft expert on the ABC television show, Home, has been a “crafter” for nearly all her life. Now for the first time, Carol shares her favorite crafts with viewers in a new series of instructional video cassette programs. “Country Crafts” is an informative program that shows you how easy and fun it is to make these 6 delightful coutry crafts: Band Boxes, Country Straw Rugs, Heart Wreaths, Country Wall Hangings and Pictures, Woven Baskets, French Cou… More >>
Country Crafts with Carol Duvall
When you are planning fun activities for kids you have to maintain a balance between fun and instruction while maintaining your sanity. That can be a feat, but it is doable.
With a little forethought, preparation and tenacity, you can come up with some fantastic activities that will have your kids scrambling back to their parents recounting the events of the day with excitement and joy.
What can be better for a teacher to hear than for a student to exclaim, “Guess what I learned in school today!”
1. Make it Interactive. Kids like things that are interactive. They like activities that
“talk back” to them. This is an important point to keep in mind when you are planning
activities for your classroom.
If you are just standing in front of the class lecturing your heart out, you may not be
making the impact you would like, at least not the impact you could make.
Engage your students. Ask questions, encourage discussion and debate, get them involved in the process and you will see a whole new world of learning opening up.
2. Keep it Hands On. If they can touch it, taste it, smell it and hear it, they are much more likely to learn it. Plan hands on activities that allow children to experience the lessons first hand.
Activities that engage their senses, get them moving and get them involved, will keep
them occupied longer and help them remember the lessons more readily.
3. Be Age Appropriate. Teenagers are probably not going to be interested in climbing all over a fire truck, but they might enjoy visiting a museum where they can handle fossils. Think about the age of the children you are teaching and plan activities that are appropriate for that age group.
Coloring seems to appeal to kids of all ages, so there are some activities that are
universal. When in doubt, talk with your kids and really listen to what they like, what
excites them and what they find intellectually stimulating.
4.Stay Within Your Means. If you have a room full of preschoolers and you are thinking
of going to a museum, you are going to need help! Know what you can and cannot do.
If you are planning an activity that will have your kids moving around, you may have
trouble controlling the situation if you try to go it alone. When in doubt, get some
help.
Ask parents to volunteer. But if you go beyond your means, you will be stressed out and no one is likely to have much fun and there certainly won’t be much learning going on!
5. Have Fun! This is the main thing to remember when you are planning fun activities for kids. Kids like to have fun! Plan activities that they will enjoy, that are interesting and creative.
If you are just standing there yammering away, you won’t make as much of an impact as you would if you created an activity that engaged their senses, involved them interactively and was fun.
Learning can be fun and when you put effort into planning activities for kids in the
classroom, you can teach, have fun and maybe even learn a few things yourself. After
all, even algebra can be fun when you are playing math baseball!
Visit SchoolThemes.org to discover teacher and
education tips that promote school spirit while uniting staff and students in a positive and fun learning environment. Also, don’t miss more great tips for planning fun and exciting activities for
kids.
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