Crafts + More

Did you know you could make a funnel by cutting the top part of a two-liter soda bottle? Or egg cartons and even old muffin tins make great paint cup holders? Collect anything at all that you can recycle into a fun project, whether it's ribbons, buttons, holiday cards, old magazines, and more.

Watch the progression of your child's artistic skills. Put name and date on your child's artwork.

Create an ever-changing art exhibit with picture frames. Every month or season or whenever, change the favorite pictures in your frames with something new.

Mixing Colors

red + yellow = orange
blue + red = purple
yellow + blue = green
green + blue = aqua
blue + red + yellow = brown

Everyday Crafts 1

• Baby Faces
• Create a Story
• ABC Book
• Stop & Go Sign
• Cleopatra's Necklace
• Bookmark
• Footprint Bookmark
• Photo Puzzle

Everyday Crafts 2

• Puppet Pops
• Zoo Map
• Map Quest

Seasonal Crafts

• Foam Flowers
• Foam Posy Bouquet
• Falling Leaves

Halloween Crafts

• Three-Layer Paper Haunted House

more crafts to come!

Recipes

• Tollhouse Chocolate Chip Cookies (unrefined)
• Two-Sided Pizza
• Renee's Salad with Variations
• Links to more recipes online

Not an artist? Buy 101 plastic cookie cutter shapes for all seasons and occasions. Trace them for the shapes you need.

My favorite things: My daughter painted a very zen-like picture just before she turned three. It's colorful and simple but somehow profound. We loved it so much we had it professionally framed.