Make your own personalized snowglobes easily with family photos and even memorabilia! A snowglobe can be a great DIY gift for kids to make to showcase a favorite family photo or a fun fishing trip with Grandpa. Start with a clean, empty jar, a laminated photo, glitter or other “floating” items and (optional) rocks or […]
Around the world, kids are recognized as the biggest influencers of our future. Which is why the United Nations has a day dedicated just to them! Universal Children’s Day is celebrated on November 20th every year. It was established in 1954 in an effort to promote international togetherness and awareness among children worldwide, and as […]
You’ve planned a family vacation and soon you’ll be packing up the car and hitting the road! Every parent knows that hours on end in the back seat of the car can make restless children pretty cranky. That makes for a miserable trip for all involved. Packing things strategically to keep kids happy during the […]
We all have cardboard tubes hanging around (you know the cardboard tube you’re left with after the toilet paper is gone), so why not turn them into something fun before recycling them?! Here are 10 craft ideas featuring a cardboard tube. 1) Animals Create an animal using paint, crayons, construction paper markers and/or googly eyes (basically, […]
Seeking Thanksgiving day crafts to keep the kids busy? Easily turn brown paper lunch bags into Kix-filled, corn-shaped snacks. These festive favors double as snack packs while waiting for dinner to be served. All you need is paper bags, paint, pencils, scissors and tape. Oh yes, and Kix, of course. To make Thanksgiving Kix snack […]
Thanksgiving pasta art is one of those classic crafts that no one can seem to resist. It’s colorful, has great texture and the limit is only your imagination! To re-create this Thanksgiving project you’ll need wrapped canvas (burlap or regular white canvas) – this is the canvas that’s wrapped around a wood frame making for […]
Raining outside? Or snowing? Are you dreaming of summer and miniature golf? Well, bring some outside love inside with your box of Kix. You can get as creative as you like with this cereal box miniature golf. Find objects around the house, or in the toy bin, that might work as different obstacles. And, if […]
Here’s a fun and festive way that your kids can express what they are thankful for this Thanksgiving season. Create an adorable turkey from paper and a recycled cereal box. This turkey makes a great Thanksgiving table decoration and can be filled with silk flowers and leaves or used as a napkin holder! To make […]
Loom-weave potholders, doily snowflakes, pom-poms: Grandparent crafters made some amazing stuff in their day. We’ve pulled together our five favorite activities from our memories with grandparents, with fun new twists that Grandma and Grandpa will really love (and the grandkids too). 1. Hula-Hoop Throw Rug Turn that pile of never-worn T-shirts into a colorful […]
When sliced to take advantage of its five-pointed shape, star fruit is perfect for creating delicious little works of food art—and then gobbling them up! Just gather an assortment of cereal, berries, nuts and some yogurt as food-art fastener (holding blueberries as eyes, etc.), then let your child’s imagination come up with one funny face […]