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Preschool CraftsFree and easy child art and preschool crafts for kids, teachers and parents including painting, drawing, cutting, pasting, modeling and construction activities.
The process of creating craft projects is always more important than the end result. If your child does succeed at completing the project correctly, consider this a bonus. Never let your children feel that there is a right or wrong way to express themselves through their preschool craft activities. I find that often our results are far from the picture-perfect crafts depicted in most craft books. You will find links to craft activities that my kids and I have done further down this page. Since we don't do a lot of crafts, I have decided to feature a great resource I have found, which offers a whole lot at an affordable price: Little Kids Crafts for All Seasons
Discover "real" kid-tested crafts that parents love too! These ground breaking new ebooks of 200 pages each, include a range of activities that can be adjusted to your children's skill-level. When you buy Little Kids Crafts for All Seasons you get the Little Kids Paper Plate Crafts ebook free, making them together the ultimate in easy kids' crafts! Printed copies are available too. Click here to read more about Little Kids Crafts Scroll up and down this page using these links: 
Painting enables children to communicate and express themselves. It is also a soothing activity which encourages them to relax and paint with their emotions.
 Drawing is an activity that enables children to express their feelings, rather than talk about them. Scribbling helps to develop fine motor skills.  Cutting and Pasting Activities Let your children experience the textures of different mediums and practice fine motor skills, like cutting and pasting. Tearing is also a good activity for developing fine motor skills. 
Modeling and Construction Activities Modeling is a sensory activity - an activity involving the sense of touch. It is a relaxing and soothing activity at which children can always succeed.
Other art and craft pages on this site Get kids craft ideas submitted by visitors to this site. You are invited to upload a pic and share your kids' craft activities too!
Preschool Craft Recipes Recipes for finger paint, flour glue, playdough and salt dough.  Enjoy this collection of printable crafts, including an alphabet coloring book, story-based lapbooks for children and other easy art projects. 
Explore some easy Christams craft ideas for kids to make gifts and decorations for the festive season.  Christian Bible-based activities and Easter crafts for kids including recipes, art activities, Easter coloring pages, Easter poems/songs, background about Easter and the first Passover and more. 
Children are never too young begin an art appreciation adventure. Enrich their lives with these activities to help you enjoy the inspiring works of art by the greatest artists of all time. Painting Activities
Painting is a soothing activity that enables children to express and release their emotions.
1. Handpainting - Father's Day Printable Poem 2. Finger painting 3. String painting 4. Printing - apple stamping activity 5. Stenciling 6. Marble patterns 7. Marbled paint 8. Paint blowing 9. Sponge painting 10. Spatter painting 11. Pet rocks 12. NEW! Wax and dye pictures Painting Tools1. Conventional artists' paint brushes 2. Non-spill paint container (cut off the top half of a plastic bottle and invert it into the bottom half of the bottle) 3. Old toothbrushes 4. Large wall paint brushes 5. Kitchen brushes (used for dishwashing) 6. Paint rollers 7. Roller paints 8. Feathers 9. Straws 10. Squeeze bottles 11. Sponges 12. String 13. Printing blocks 14. Potato printing blocks 15. Hands and fingers 16. Spray paints Scroll up Preschool Crafts Drawing Activities
Drawing enables children to express themselves non-verbally. Scribbling, using various tools and media, is an important activity for young children as it helps to develop fine motor skills. 1. Rubbings - leaf and coin rubbing activity 2. Sugar water pictures 3. Scribble patterns 4. Shadow outlines 5. Wax crayon etching 6. Wax and dye pictures 7. Tracing 8. Charcoal drawings Scroll up Preschool Crafts Cutting and Pasting Activities
Encourage your children experience the textures of different mediums and develop their fine motor skills, by cutting and pasting. Tearing is also a great activity. Use some of the ideas below. 1. Tree collage - for four seasons 2. Snowflakes - Paper folding and cutting 3. Concertina shapes 4. Leaf collage 5. Seed collage 6. Decorated party hat 7. Decorated crown 8. Chinese lantern 9. Masks 10. Starry night glitter collage 11. Sand collage 12. Corner bookmarks 13. String pictures 14. Mother's Day Basket Collage 15. Snowman Collage 16. Hanging Hearts (for Valentine's Day) 17. Four Seasons Poster 18. Ostrich Collage with handprint cut-outs 19. Paper Chains Supplies for Cutting and Pasting1. Scissors (optional - can tear instead) 2. Glue, glue sticks, flour glue, wood glue or other 3. Empty spice shakers containing sand 4. Glitter 5. Magazines 6. Newspaper, paper, card 7. Material scraps, leather 8. Plastic, candy wrappers 9. Bottle tops 10. Items from nature - dried grass, pressed leaves and flowers, berries, seeds etc Scroll up Preschool Crafts
Modeling and Construction Activities
Modeling is a sensory activity - an activity involving the sense of touch. It is a relaxing and soothing activity at which children can always succeed. 1. Pine cone sculptures 
13. Toilet roll bird feeder 14. Sea anemone 15. Sea urchin model 16. NEW! Pinwheel paper craft Supplies for Modeling and Construction ActivitiesModelling
It contains simple, step by step instructions for a variety of creations including: ladybug, cat, turtle, lion, snail, pig, snowman, snake, faces, cup and saucer, two rose methods, daisy, daffodil, a heart of flowers, fruit and butterfly. Well-priced at $7 Click here to read more and preview a sample page - Creative Playdough Ideas for Kids Salt dough Papier mache' Clay Mud Plasticine/modeling clay Additional equipment Rollers Boards Cookie cutters in various shapes Graters Plastic cotton reels Keys Tins Plastic mesh (from fruit bags) Construction Collage supplies Household recyclables: plastic bottles, tubs, eggboxes, polystyrene trays and containers, empty toilet rolls and paper towel tubes, boxes of various shapes and sizes etc. Scroll up Preschool Crafts |
  Get kids craft ideas submitted by visitors to this site. See what others have shared, comment and get inspired here! Upload a photo and share your kids' craft activities too!
ABC Fun & 1-2-3
by Shirley Erwee  Less than $1 per weekShirley's gentle, age-appropriate preschool programme gives you alphabet-based activities each week, alphabet crafts, alphabetized nursery rhymes, number and counting activities, as well as a list of recommended, quality children's stories to read aloud together as you and your children adventure through the alphabet, one letter per week. All the hard work and planning is done for you - for less than $1 per week, you just open up the book and start the A-B-C fun! Click here for more details:
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