Flag Craft

What you will need:
cardboard
construction paper or grocery store paper bags
markers or crayons
glue

Instructions:
I used a piece of a cardboard box cut into strips and the side panels of a paper bag. I used the larger portions of the paper bag for another craft, which I will post in the future. I then decorated the paper with symbols that represent me, this is a part of an activity where children are creating their own imaginary country. You could use this for any flag craft you wanted to do, such as a pirate flag or Flag Day. I then glued the paper to the top of the cardboard strip. So, the craft is very inexpensive, recycles material, and is very easy for little ones because all they need to do is color and glue.

Good luck and Happy crafting!

Monster Mash

What you will need:
markers or crayons or colored pencils
scissors
hole punch
Chenille stems (pipe cleaners)
Monster Template such as http://www.squidoo.com/monster-coloring-pages


Color your template, cut it out, punch holes on both sides, and then slip the Chenille stem (pipe cleaner) through the holes.

Then you have a cute monster!

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Bird Book Mark

So easy and doesn't take a lot of stuff to make, I incorporated this craft with a picture book about books but you could do something about birds. If you are a Cardinals fan like me it could be a St. Louis style craft.

What you need:

craft sticks

markers or paint

glue 

wiggle eyes

feathers

Color your craft sticks and I drew on the beak but you could glue on a piece of construction paper or felt. Then I glued on wiggle eyes and the feather on the back.

You may notice that most of my crafts are pretty simple and that is because I have children attend my programs that are between 4 and 10. I like for the kids to be able to do most of it themselves

If you have any questions or suggestions feel free to comment!

Fall Leaf Craft

Here is what you'll need:

Template http://www.allkidsnetwork.com/coloring-pages/images/Fall/small/leaf-template.jpg
card stock
Tissue Paper
Glue
Scissors
hole punch
string

I glued the tissue paper in layers on the template and then cut it out. I plan to punch a hole so it could be hung. Hopefully some of the kids ones look better I thought

Frog Puppet

For the beginning of the school year we read, Froggy Goes to School by Jonathan London.

The craft that I chose was a simple one that allows the kids room for a lot of creativity. A Frog paper bag hand puppet, this is what you will need:
 
Frog template http://www.abcteach.com/free/b/bagpuppet_frog.pdf
Paper bags
Markers or crayons
Glue
Scissors

Shell Fan

I noticed that I posted a fan craft before, but this is what I did last week.

It went well when paired with the picture book:  Looking closely along the shore / Frank Serafini.

Materials used: card stock, crayons, markers, craft sticks, scissors, and tape.

I printed the seashell pattern (found here: http://sweetclipart.com/seashell-lineart-731) on card stock, had the kids color and cut out the shells, then taped those shells onto the craft sticks.

The kids loved it and the book with craft took 30 minutes.

Seasons of the year

What you will need:

Bare tree graphic such as this: http://chipmanscornerpreschool.blogspot.com/2010/10/f-is-for.html

Tissue paper squares

Glue

Card stock

Crayons or colored pencils

Directions: Take a bare tree graphic and cut and paste it 4 times into a Microsoft Word or Publisher document and type Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall beside each. Print the number of copies you need on card stock. Ball up tissue squares and glue on (or in the case of Fall around) the tree. Color trees. Voilà!