By Noreen Doll. Little girls will love making their own stretchy shrinky bracelet. They can use their own designs or trace a picture from a coloring book or story book. It would make a great birthday party activity, or a little girl could make them for her friends. Materials Shrink Plastic Sharpies or Colored Pencils Hair Elastics - large enough … [Read more...] about Stretchy Shrinky Bracelet
Kids Gifts
Camo Wrapping Paper
By Noreen Doll. Here's an easy way to make your own camo wrapping paper - and recycle as well. Save the crumpled brown paper that is packed in boxes you've had shipped to you. Use green and black paints to create camouflage wrapping paper. Notice that you can barely see the twine bow. That's because it is camouflaged, which makes it perfect for this wrap! What … [Read more...] about Camo Wrapping Paper
Frugal Gifts for Kids
You can make lots of frugal gifts for kids because it is so easy to find ideas for presents they like. You can make toys, games, clothes, and even books for them. Kids love to dress up, or pretend to be someone else. A great gift is a box full of dress-up items such as capes, cloaks, wigs, jewelry, disguises and accessories. They also love to do crafts, so a craft kit … [Read more...] about Frugal Gifts for Kids
Little Girls Jewelry
Use these easy ideas for making little girls jewelry. Little girls love to wear jewelry, whether it's their own or their Mother's borrowed finery. You can make Shrinky charms for bracelets, necklaces, or earrings in any shape your little girl would love. Use coloring books, cards, or find printable graphics on line for ideas. Craft foam stickers may be … [Read more...] about Little Girls Jewelry
Dolls and Dollhouses
Dolls and dollhouses are favorite toys of little girls. Look here for ideas for easy dolls, accessories, furniture and dollhouse ideas. Creating dolls and dollhouses can be great fun for parents and their little girls. Doll Furniture Soft Baby Doll Carrier Stitch this basket shaped soft baby doll carrier. Kids Doll Bed Make this clever kids doll bed using a … [Read more...] about Dolls and Dollhouses
Little Girls Hair Accessories
Make easy little girls hair accessories as gifts or just to dress up your little girl's hair. Most of these hair accessories use materials that are easily found, such as hair clips, ribbons, buttons and fabric. Use these easy, unique ideas and you will soon have a whole wardrobe of hair decorations for your little girl to wear. No Slip Grip for Hair … [Read more...] about Little Girls Hair Accessories
Homemade Gifts for Kids – Girls
Homemade gifts for kids - girls are fun to make. Just be sure it's pink or purple, and your present will be loved. Little girls love to play with and wear their Mom's jewelry, so they are sure to appreciate having jewelry of their own. Try to use unbreakable items with no sharp edges when creating presents, and particularly jewelry for very young ladies. Dolls, kitchen … [Read more...] about Homemade Gifts for Kids – Girls
Little Boys Toy Weapons
Make little boys toy weapons that are fun to play with and won't hurt too much if the kids are accidentally hit. No matter how hard you try, you can't keep little boys from using guns and swords. If they don't have toy ones, they use sticks or other items and pretend they're guns and swords. Here are some really clever ideas for making toy weapons for little boys that … [Read more...] about Little Boys Toy Weapons
Homemade Gifts for Kids
Gift Ideas for Little Boys. These homemade gifts for kids are a treasure trove of gift ideas for little boys. Think of the things little boys love most: anything with wheels, super heroes, swords and guns, arts and crafts, and sticks... and you have the beginnings of some great gift ideas. These gifts also need to be very sturdy so they can withstand much use. Car … [Read more...] about Homemade Gifts for Kids
Puppet Theater
With a puppet theater kids can do a lot of creative things. They can make puppets to use in the theater, write stories or plays for the puppets, and manipulate the puppets for an audience. Puppets can be made out of almost any kind of material, and your child can spend many happy hours making and dressing puppets. Use these creative ideas to get your youngster started. … [Read more...] about Puppet Theater
Kids Play Kitchen
Kids will love receiving this creative kids play kitchen. Buy a couple of baking and dishes sets, and some kids play utensils at the dollar store to use with the kitchen. I've also seen some nice ones at the $1 spot in Target. Many of the felt foods could be made with craft foam if you don't sew, or need to make them quickly. Most kids will play for endless hours in … [Read more...] about Kids Play Kitchen
Playhouses for Kids
Kids love to crawl into and hide in dark places. Use playhouses for kids ideas to create a special place for your child. Make an elaborate cardboard or styrofoam house or castle, or just throw a sheet over a card table to make a cave. Whatever you make, a young child will enjoy playing in it. Look below for some creative playhouses for kids ideas for building a special … [Read more...] about Playhouses for Kids