Kids Crafts and Play Ideas From the Blog

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Movie Night Fun: Shoebox Clapperboard DIY Craft
Make movie night extra special with this shoebox clapperboard DIY craft—a fun way to create cinema crafts for children using recycled materials! Perfect for kids crafts and activities, educational crafts, and interactive movie crafts that inspire creativity and role play. Great for DIY clapperboard tutorials, kids movie party crafts, photo propts, and YouTube craft tutorials for young creators. Easy to customize for any film production activity, Hollywood theme event, or classroom movie theme project! | Movie night crafts | Recycled kids craft ideas | Film-themed kids activities
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15+ EASY Crafts and Activities to Help Kids Cope with the Loss of a Pet
Help your child process the loss of a pet with these thoughtful and creative ideas. From memory books and emotion crafts to special DIY pet memorials and read-aloud picture books, these activities offer comforting ways for kids to express their grief while cherishing the bond they shared. | Pet loss | Pet memorial | Pet paws | Pet sympathy | Smart parenting | Pet remembrance | Childrens emotion crafts | Motherhood | Parenting | Social emotional learning | from barley & birch
Encourage a love of reading and practicing peaceful yet powerful protest and resistance with these free printable banned book reading challenges for kids - featuring customizable banned book reading lists and banned book reading bingo cards. | Kidlit | Read Across America Week | Banned Book Week | Picture Books | Free Printables | Library resources | from barley & birch
Free Printable Banned Book Reading Challenges for Kids
Encourage a love of reading and practicing peaceful yet powerful protest and resistance with these free printable banned book reading challenges for kids - featuring customizable banned book reading lists and banned book reading bingo cards. | Kidlit | Read Across America Week | Banned Book Week | Picture Books | Free Printables | Library resources | from barley & birch
A collection of DIY shoebox crafts for kids
Fun Ways to Recycle a Shoebox!
Explore top shoe box hacks with our DIY shoebox crafts for kids. From shoebox dioramas and pretend play to DIY shoebox storage and accessories. endless inspiration for inexpensive, sustainable craft fun and creative recycled kids toys and projects. | from barley & birch
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A DIY Needle-Felted Hamster and Recycled Play Cage
Recycle old plastic containers and water bottles into a pretend play hamster cage - complete with a DIY needle-felted hamster! An imagination-building craft and adorable dramatic pet play setup. | from barley & birch
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Make A DIY Play Car and Truck Set from Scrap Wood
Invite kids to make their own own play cars and trucks ENTIRELY from recycled supplies (right down to the functioning bottle cap wheels and plastic straw axles!). These are a wonderful design project for kids that can also be used for small world transportation play. | from barley & birch
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A Colorful Rainbow Noisemaker Kids Can Make Themselves
Kids can use simple supplies to make their own easy DIY rainbow noisemakers! | from barley & birch
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10 Clever DIY Pretend Pet Play Ideas for Kids
Kids will love this collection of DIY pretend pet play ideas. Make these animal crafts together, then use over and over for veterinarian or animal adoption dramatic play or as a pretend family pet! | from barley & birch
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December Bucket List Ideas - Easy Holiday Activities for the Whole Family
Looking for simple and relaxing December family activities to make the most of your holiday season? This December bucket list offers easy, no-prep, and budget-friendly ideas perfect for a low-stress holiday. From holiday crafts to inexpensive winter fun, enjoy stress-free holidays with this end-of-year bucket list designed for frugal family fun! | Kids holiday activities | Low-prep | Holiday bucket list | December countdown | from barley & birch
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Observing Native American Heritage Month With Kids
Helpful resources for celebrating Native American Heritage Month with kids through art, crafts, learning, play, music, and more. | via barley & birch
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Adorable Mini Ghosts - An Easy Halloween Craft for Kids
Learn how to make super cute mini sheet ghosts with your children this Halloween season. This simple, fun craft project is perfect for young ones and can be used to create ghost terrariums, light-up ghost decorations, or not-so-spooky Halloween small world play scenes. Get step-by-step instructions for this hauntingly cute activity that's sure to become a family favorite October tradition. | | Kids activities | Ghost theme | Ghost crafts | DIY Halloween | Kids Halloween crafts
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Celebrate Heritage Months With Kids: Resources, Crafts, and More!
Helpful links and online resources for celebrating Pride and Heritage Months with kids through art, crafts, learning, play, music, free printables, and more. Download the free printable Heritage Month Calendar for Kids | Diversity | Inclusive teaching | Diverse classrooms | Inclusive education | Teaching resources | Elementary teachers | Elementary education | Reading lists for kids | from barley & birch
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Celebrate Pride Month With Kids - Art, Craft, Play, and Learning Resources
Helpful online resources to help you celebrate Pride Month with kids through art, crafts, learning, play, music, free printables, and more! | from barley & birch
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Farm Market Food Printable Template Pack
Three photos showing the process of making and serving our homemade lavender lemonade recipe.
The BEST Homemade Lavender Lemonade
Quench your summer thirst with an updated classic - our low-sugar lavender lemonade, a healthy and refreshing summer drink (and our secret family recipe)! This sweet and sour favorite is perfect for backyard tea parties, seaside picnics, or summer brunches. Encourage kids to help in the kitchen, fostering practical skill-learning as they create this stunning, all-natural beverage. Enjoy the gorgeous color and irresistible taste all summer long! | from barley & birch
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