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Preschool and Kindergarten Crafts.

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Crafts
These crafts use materials found around the house, like egg cartons, cardboard, paper, boxes, crayons, paint, glue, etc. See a page about color mixing to see how to combine paint to make all the colors of the rainbow.

Summer Activities

Click on any of the crafts to go to the instructions. Have fun!

T. REX CRAFT Create a fierce Tyrannosaurus rex out of paper, cardboard, glue, scissors, and crayons.	T. REX FINGER PUPPETS Your fingers are the legs of these simple paper puppets. Make a T. rex, a Stegosaurus, or a Brachiosaurus.	TABLE PLACE CARDS, EAR OF CORN Make an ear of corn table place card from construction paper and unpopped popcorn.	TANGRAM PUZZLES A traditional Chinese puzzle to make out of paper.
TELLING TIME CRAFT Make a simple paper clock that you can use to practice telling time.	TEPEE CRAFT You can make a wonderful model tepee using a brown paper grocery bag and twigs.	TETRAHEDRON Print and make a paper tetrahedron.	TETRAHEDRON FROM A SMALL ENVELOPE $tetrahedron$ This is an incredibly easy way to make a tetrahedron (a pyramid) from a small envelope.
THANK YOU GIFTS	THANKFUL LEAF WREATH Make a wreath of leaves that features what you are thankful for.	Thankful Tree Make a tree with handprint leaves to show what you are thankful for.	THANKFUL TURKEY CRAFT This construction paper turkey decoration lists what a child is thankful for.

THANKSGIVING CRAFTS

Thanksgiving crafts, printouts, and learning pages. In the USA, Thanksgiving Day is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November.

THANKSGIVING POP-UP PLACE CARDS

Print and color pop-up Thanksgiving placecards of Pilgrim hats, pumpkins, and acorns.

Thank You Card: Birthday Party

Make Thank You cards for your friends, thanking them for coming to your party, and for the birthday party gifts.

THREE-DIMENSIONAL HEXAFLEXAGON
$hexaflexagon done$
The hexaflexagon is a folded geometric figure that can be "flexed" to expose many sides. To make a 3-D hexaflexagon, print out the template, cut and fold carefully, then tape (or glue) into shape. You can then "flex" the 3-D hexaflexagon, exposing each of four six-sided faces, one at a time.

TIE CARD A tie card to make for Dad.	TIMELINE ACTIVITY You can create a timeline for anything: your own life, the life of a family member or an historical figure, a country, etc.	Tiny Puppet Theater You can make a tiny theater that is useful for putting on shows with finger puppets, popsicle stick puppets, or puppets on straws.	Tissue Paper Flower Card Craft Make a beautiful flower card using tissue paper. This is a great Mother's Day, Spring, Get Well Soon, or Birthday Card.
TISSUE PAPER FLOWERS Make a bouquet of beautiful tissue paper flowers as a gift.	TOILET PAPER TUBE CRAFTS	TOOTH PUPPET ON A STICK Make adorable puppets from styrofoam trays and drinking straws.	TOTEM POLE Make a Totem Pole from a paper towel tube and paper.
TOWN MADE FROM BOXES Make an entire town using old boxes and cartons, paper, crayons, tape, and glue.	TRAIN, CANDY Make a tiny candy train from wrapped candies.	TRANSPORTATION/VEHICLES	TRAVEL ACTIVITY BOOK Children can use this activity book on their next long car trip.

TREASURE CHEST Make a pirate's treasure chest from a shoebox.	TREASURE HUNT Make a treasure hunt that the children will really enjoy.	TREE, CHRISTMAS A construction paper Christmas tree that is very easy to make!	TREE FROM HANDPRINTS Make a huge paper tree from little hand prints.
TREE OF PRESIDENTS CRAFT In this project, each of the Presidents of the US is represented by a leaf on a tree.	TREE, STAND-UP In this simple project, cardboard from a cereal box and a toilet paper tube are turned into a cute free-standing tree that is great to use as an Arbor Day decoration.	TREE POP-UP CARD A simple-to-make card that looks spectacular.	TULIPS FROM EGGSHELLS Make a bouquet of delicate eggshell tulips for Easter, using eggshells (or foam egg carton sections) and pipe cleaners.
TULIP POP-UP CARD A beautiful card for a birthday, Mother's Day, Spring, or a Get Well Soon card.	TURKEY, HAND AND FOOT This cute turkey is made from your child's handprints and footprints.	TURKEY, PINE CONE This turkey decoration is made from a pine cone, an acorn, and construction paper.	TURKEY, THANKFUL This construction paper turkey decoration lists what a child is thankful for.
TWIG CRAFTS	TWIG EASEL A tiny easel made from twigs - you can display pictures on it.	TWIG FRAME A simple-to-make rustic picture frame made from twigs.	TWIG LOG CABIN Make a tiny log cabin from a box, twigs, and a lot of glue. Small pebbles make a miniature chimney.