Arts and Crafts

Mother’s Day Art & Craft Projects

Find lots of fun Mother’s Day crafts and printables for kids on the fun and educational website, ZiggityZoom.com.

Kids will love the Mother’s Day wordsearch, the Coloring page with a Mother’s Day poem and all the fun gifts they can make for mom. There is even instructions for making an Apron for mom out of a simple pillowcase.

How about a personalized photo keyring with her fave kid featured? Check out all the fun on http://www.ZiggityZoom.com

Fun Family Crafts

For as long as I can remember I have always loved crafts. I taught myself batik, macrame, painting, carving and woodworking. Other crafts I learned from classes, such as raku pottery and stained glass. Collecting found objects and turning them into some art piece has always been a hobby. And there isn't anything more fun than creating a Kids Craft project that will light up some child's eyes when they make their project. So, I think you get the picture ... we love kids crafts here at ZiggityZoom.http://www.ZiggityZoom.com

Many crafts take advantage of recycled household items, turning useless boxes and containers into really neat useable items. Some of our favorite recycled craft projects include a fun Monkey Bank and a cute Robot. Saving these discards in a box or trash bag is ideal for future projects.

Easter Egg Napkin Rings – A Fun Easter Craft to Make

How Cute! Make these colorful little Easter egg napkin rings to dress up your Easter table. The kids can help make these for their Easter activity.
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Find lots of other fun Easter crafts, treats, printables on ZiggityZoom.com.
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The Gift Of Love That Keeps On Giving

I like to think I give the most unique and thoughtful gifts ever. You know, gifts that are so unique and special that the only word I imagine hearing uttered through the crunch of crumpled wrapping paper is, ‘Ohhh!’ … So I like to think.

What’s so unrealistic about finding a gift that awes someone senseless?

We peruse a billion websites, cruise all the local shopping centers, stroll the malls, and hold our purses like the prized pigskin on Super Bowl Sunday as we carefully inch our way through cramped aisles overflowing with breakable giftware at specialty shops. We do all this with the hope of finding the pe rfect gift … without breaking a gazillion dollar bobble along the way!

I wonder, if the recipient is close enough to us that we are willing to spend this time, effort and money on them, why is it so difficult? We should be able to quickly, pleasurably and successfully shop for the perfect gift every time.

Irish St. Patrick's Day Crafts and Treats with Leprechauns & Shamrocks

St. Patrick's Day is right around the corner and now it's time to decorate with leprechauns, shamrocks and little green dragons!

We found some great crafts, printables and recipes on http://www.ZiggityZoom.com that are sure to please all our Irish friend and anyone who like to celebrate this fun holiday.

Teachers and parents, alike, will appreciate the printables for kids and some of the easy crafts. One of our very favorite things here for St. Patrick's Day is the ShamWich ... ZiggityZoom's own take on an Irish shamrock sandwich! Check it out!
http://www.ZiggityZoom.com/holiday.php?s=29

Shamrock Monkey Placemat to Make from ZiggityZoom

Looking for a fun craft for St. Patrick's Day? Here’s a fun craft project for the Irish and Irish at heart. It’s an easy to make Monkey with Shamrocks placemat. Just print out the image and laminate. It’s that easy. From our friends at http://www.ZiggityZoom.com

Shamrock Monkey Placemat http://ziggityzoom.com/activities.php?a=267

Valentine Day Activity for Kids to Make for Their Valentine Cards

Kids will love making this Valentine's Day Love Bug. This fun poster activity will allow kids to create their very own Valentine’s Day “Love Bug” designed with a pocket so that they can safely store the Valentine cards they receive from their friends.

Need:

Red and black poster board

Pre-cut letters and shapes

Poster Markers

Glitter Glue

Scissors

Large red pom-poms (2)

Black and red pipe cleaners

Glue

What to do:

1. Draw a large circle on black poster board by tracing a circular household item such as a large bowl.
2. Cut out this circle and trace it onto red poster board. Cut out the red circle.
3. Cut a smaller circle out of black poster board. Glue this circle to the larger black circle to create your bug’s body.
4. Lay the red circle on top of the large black circle and attach the two pieces together on the sides ¾ of the way around, leaving an opening at the top. This will form a pocket.

Heart Napkin Rings to Make for Valentines Day

Super simple Valentine gift to make. Only takes little Foam Hearts and Red Ribbon, but look how elegant they are. Kids will love giving these to mom or grandmom.

What You Need:

* Foam Hearts - approx 2 inches wide (or cut from Craft Foam)
* 1/4 inch Red ribbon
* Scissors with pointy end

What To Do:

1. Using foam hearts that are approximately 2 inches in diameter, cut two small slits (about 3/4 in apart) into the center of each heart.
2. Cut a 7-8" piece of ribbon for each napkin ring and then thread through pre-cut slits in heart. We rolled up a cloth napkin to tie our napkin rings around, so that the diameter would be just right. In lieu of a napkin, you can tie around a paper tube, such as from a paper towel or t paper tube for the correct diameter. Be sure it isn't so tight that you can't slide it off however.
3. After tying ends, cut leaving about a half inch tail on each side.

Kids Can Make Fun SnowGlobes with This Fun Family Craft Activity for Christmas

Snowglobes ... who doesn't love them ... they are mesmerizing and fun to play with, even for adults. So imagine the fun kids will have making and playing with these cute little snowglobes.

Ours are only made from plastic jars or bottles, including small mayonnaise jars and a new little round Coca Cola bottle that coke just introduced this holiday season. We're actually very excited about this particular little bottle and we are hoping the Coca Cola people keep these going all year. Really ... I have been keeping my eyes open for something like this for a SnowGlobe project for ages and I can think of other fun uses for during the year.

To make the snowglobes, the main thing is finding an appropriate little figure or ornament that will fit into your jar or bottle. The mayonnaise jars are easy to find items, but the little round coke bottles are more difficult. I suggest looking in craft stores and anywhere you might find mini-ornaments.

Inspire Creativity in Kids With Eco-Friendly Art Supplies for Back to School

Make going Back to School more fun and help the environment while helping kids be creative with some of these fun art supplies when shopping for Back to School products.  We found these great pencils, crayons and more at the Stubby Pencil Studio.

We love this set of color pencils with thick leads and oversized triangular barrels that offer rich colors and are nearly unbreakable and they come packaged in a reusable tin.  These jumbo size hexagonal pencils with clear finish are made from reforested wood. The 12 brilliant colors with extra thick leads will impress anyone that handles them.

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