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The crafts use materials found around the house, like egg cartons, cardboard, paper, boxes, string, crayons, paint, glue, etc. See a page about color mixing to see how to combine paint to make all the colors of the rainbow.
PHOTO, HANDPRINT BLOSSOM CRAFT Make a keepsake blossom from a photo of your child and two handprints. |
HANDPRINT CRAFT Make a handprint (or footprint) of your child using Plaster of Paris. You can hang this cute decoration on the wall. |
MEMORY BOX Create a wonderful box to help you remember the year, a person you miss, or an important event in your life. |
MAKE YOUR OWN TIMELINE You can create a timeline of your own life. |
Short Books to Print:
All About Me A Printable Activity Book A short, printable book about a child -- for early readers. The book has pages for the student to cut out, simple activities to do, objects to color, and short phrases to write (like "My favorite color is ___."). |
A BOOK ABOUT ME Children can write and draw a book about themselves - for fluent readers. |
BACK-TO-SCHOOL BOOK You can print this activity book for your students to make at the beginning of the school year. |
CAR TRAVEL ACTIVITY BOOK Children can use this activity book on their next long car trip. |
My Friends and I ... A short book for early readers with phrases to finish, questions to answers, and pictures to draw. Pages include: My friends (drawing), My friends and I play ___, My friends and I eat ___, My friends and I go to ___, My friends and I watch___, My friends and I like to ___, I like my friends because ___. My friends and I fight about ___. I am a good friend because __. |
My Heart, A Book About Feelings A Printable Activity Book for Early Readers A short, printable activity book about feelings for early readers, with pages to write and draw about feeling happy, sad, silly, angry, scared, good, bad, and loved. |
SCHOOL MEMORY BOOK This is an end-of-school-year book for students to make. |
VACATION MEMORY BOOK A child can use this printable book as a daily journal while on vacation. |
My Address Book Print your own address book (with tabs), then list your friends and family. |
My Name is... A Printable Activity Book A short, printable book about the student (in English). The book has pages for the student to read, questions to answer, and activities to do. Topics include my name, age, hair color, eye color, family tree, where I live, birthday, favorite color, right-handed or left-handed, and favorite dessert. |
Je m'appelle... A Printable Activity Book A short, printable book about the student (in French). The book has pages for the student to read, questions to answer, and activities to do. Topics include the student's name, age, hair color, eye color, family tree, where I live, birthday, favorite color, right-handed or left-handed, and favorite dessert. |
Me Llamo... A Printable Activity Book A short, printable book about the student (in Spanish). The book has pages for the student to read, questions to answer, and activities to do. Topics include the student's name, age, hair color, eye color, family tree, where I live, birthday, favorite color, right-handed or left-handed, and favorite dessert. |
Worksheets and Avtivities to Print:
Yourself: Draw and Write Draw a self portrait and write about yourself -- for young writers. |
Find 8 Adjectives Describing Yourself Write your name and draw a picture of yourself in the center oval. Write eight adjectives describing yourself. Then use each adjective in a sentence. |
Draw and Compare Yourself as a Baby and Now Draw youself as a baby and now and then answer simple questions comparing them, for example, "Which one was harder to draw?" |
Essay Topic: My Earliest Memory What is the first memory you have of your life? Write about what you remember, how old you were at the time, and why you think you remember this event in particular. What do you think of this event now? |
MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY Use this form to write a page about yourself. |
Write Ten Things About Your City A one-page printable worksheet. Write ten things about your city (plus one thing you would like to change). |
Write Ten Things About Your Family A one-page printable worksheet. Write ten things about your family (plus one thing you would like to change). |
Write Ten Things About a Hobby A one-page printable worksheet. Write ten things about a hobby you have (plus one thing you would like to change about it). |
Write Ten Things About Your Home A one-page printable worksheet. Write ten things about your home (plus one thing you would like to change). |
Write Ten Things About Your Neighborhood A one-page printable worksheet. Write ten things about your neighborhood (plus one thing you would like to change). |
Write Ten Things About Yourself A one-page printable worksheet. Write ten things about yourself (plus one thing you would like to change). |
Frames to Make:
PLASTIC PICTURE FRAME Frame a picture in acetate wrapped with yarn. |
FOAM PICTURE FRAME An easy frame to make from fun foam. |
TWIG EASEL A tiny easel made from twigs - it makes a great keepsake holder. |
RUSTIC TWIG FRAME A simple-to-make rustic picture frame made from twigs. |
Family Tree and Family Activities: