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Newspaper Butterfly Craft

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This post is part of the Kids Craft Stars monthly challenge, so be sure to check out some of the other creative newspaper crafts at the end of this post! Or tag us on Instagram with the #kidscraftstars hashtag to share some of your favorite newspaper crafts. For the life of me, I could not think of a craft for this weeks newspaper challenge. But I knew it would be something colorful so I … [Read more...]

Sponge Painting Easter Egg Craft

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  Sponge Painting Easter Egg Craft This post contains affiliate links. Please see my disclosure policy. Supplies: Paint Canvas Sponges Permanent Marker Scissors Instructions: Trace the shape of an egg onto a sponge. Do this for each color egg you’ll want to stamp. Cut out the egg shape from the sponges. Use the sponge scraps to cut out shapes like a circle, triangle, … [Read more...]

Rainbow Sponge Painting St. Patrick’s Day Craft

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If you're looking for a creative rainbow craft for St. Patrick's Day, this Rainbow Sponge Painting is perfect for all ages! This fun art project explores color mixing and blending. We even added in some glitter (of course!) and a pot of gold for the perfect St. Patrick's Day touch. Rainbow St. Patrick's Day Kids Craft This post contains affiliate links. Please see my disclosure … [Read more...]

Dr. Seuss Thing 1 and Thing 2 Handprint Craft For Kids

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This post contains affiliate links. Please see my disclosure policy.  Create your own handprint Thing 1 and Thing 2 handprint art from the popular book by Dr. Seuss called Cat In The Hat. With National Read Across America Day approaching, we’ve been pulling out and reading some of our favorite Dr. Seuss books which also means Dr. Seuss inspired craft projects to go along with them. Check out our … [Read more...]

Watercolor Resist Spider Web Art

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This week we were looking for a Halloween craft that would be fun to do for different age groups. My niece and nephews were over for a play date and they range in ages from 4 - 8. So we tested out different watercolor resist methods to create our own spider web designs. For the first art piece we made we used a plain old white crayon to design our webs on the paper and then designed our watercolor … [Read more...]