This paper plate penguin craft is so much fun to do with preschoolers! It's a cute winter-themed penguin craft preschool kids will enjoy and we have included a free penguin template to make it super easy to put together. Follow the step-by-step directions to get started on your very own paper plate penguin craft!

 

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Plan for the year ahead with our printable calendar for kids. We have both one-page and 12-page versions of our kids' coloring calendars for 2025 as well as blank calendars for you to draw your own pictures. Simply print out the calendars and get ready to draw or color! 

 

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Hello 2025! This Happy New Year colouring and activity printable is perfect for kids to fill in as they start the new year.  With a cute design to colour and spaces to write or draw a favourite memory from 2024 as well as for a wish for 2025, this printable is great for helping children to reflect as well as set goals, it also makes a wonderful keepsake.  Scroll down to grab your free Happy New Year printable colouring and activity page.

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Our DIY New Year's Eve Party Crackers are the best last-minute craft project to welcome the new year! PLUS we have a cracker template to make it super simple.

 

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As we head towards a new year it's time to think about New Years Resolutions. What are your child's dreams and wishes for the year ahead? Use this printable New Years resolution worksheet with your child and help them to think of some achievable wishes for the year ahead. They can draw or write their dreams for next year in the stars on the worksheet.

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Celebrating New Year's Eve with kids can be so much fun! The kids will LOVE counting down to the new year with these countdown bags. This New Year's Eve countdown for kids can be personalised by adding treats, games or activities to the bags that you know your kids will love! We have included printable clock faces to make it super easy to make your own set of countdown bags.

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Are you celebrating New Years Eve with kids? If you are you have to make them a set of these New Years Eve party blowers! This new Years Eve craft for kids is so much fun, just be prepared for a few giggles and have your camera ready! Using our printable party masks these party blowers are super easy to make and the kids will LOVE making a loads of noise with them as they celebrate the start of a new year! Just scroll down below for the printable and instructions to make your own party blowers to celebrate New Years Eve with the kids!

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If you're looking for a fun Christmas handprint activity, you'll love this Christmas tree handprint craft. It's super simple to make and so much fun for toddlers, preschoolers, and older kids as we head towards Christmas. All you have to do is decorate a painted handprint! Follow the step-by-step directions below to make your very own Christmas tree hand print and then why not take it one step further and turn it into a homemade Christmas card!

 

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If you're looking for a super simple craft idea, you're going to love this toilet paper snowman craft! Kids of all ages will love decorating their own cute toilet roll snowman. It uses basic supplies but can also be enhanced with any supplies you have at home. Kids can get creative decorating a series of toilet paper snowmen. Follow the step-by-step directions below to make your own toilet paper roll snowman.

 

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Santa salt dough handprint ornaments are the perfect Christmas craft for kids! Making Christmas salt dough ornaments couldn't be easier using our easy salt dough recipe and these salt dough Santa handprint ornaments make adorable Christmas keepsakes to bring out year after year.  

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Get ready to countdown to Christmas with this Santa's Beard Christmas countdown printable. Add a cotton ball to Santa's beard each day on the run-up to Christmas and by Christmas Eve Santa's beard will be complete, ready for him to visit that night!

 

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You are going to love these snow globe crafts! What could be more fun for a child than making a craft that captures their favourite season in a beautiful and festive way? These 20 snowglobe crafts are perfect for keeping kids occupied during the cold winter months. Whether you want to make an actual snow globe or are looking for a simple snow globe paper craft for the classroom or at home, we've got you covered. 

 

 

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How adorable are these Christmas handprint cards?! If you have a toddler or preschooler in the house then these handprint Christmas cards are for you. We have three handprint xmas cards to choose from, a handprint reindeer, a handprint Santa Claus, and a handprint elf. We also have a set of handprint Christmas card printables that you can use if you would like to make this Christmas handprint craft even easier.

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Whether you are looking for an easy snowman craft for kids or a fun snowman-themed Christmas countdown craft you are sure to love this cotton ball snowman craft (complete with template).  This snowman craft is great for toddlers and preschoolers working on fine motor skills, as well as being fun for children of all ages looking for a fun way to count down to Christmas. There are 6 cotton ball snowman templates to choose from which you can use to make your own Christmas snowman craft, snowman countdown to Christmas, or cute winter snowman craft. 

 

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Christmas salt dough ornaments are easy to make and look great hanging on the Christmas tree. Using our easy salt dough ornament recipe you can mix up a batch of salt dough in minutes and create personalized Christmas ornaments to treasure forever! We bring out our Salt dough Christmas ornaments year after year and it is lovely to see how these salt dough crafts develop as the children get older.

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If you are looking for a simple autumn craft for toddlers and preschoolers, this apple printing pumpkin craft is for you! This quick and easy pumpkin craft is created using an apple as a stamp. The apple stamp is dipped in orange paint and once dry you can add pumpkin details to your print. This apple stamp pumpkin craft makes a great Halloween craft as well as a craft for the autumn season.

 

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Are you looking for a fun and easy ghost craft to make with the kids this Halloween? If so, this cheesecloth ghost is the perfect craft for you. It is quick and easy to make using just a few supplies and looks effective as a Halloween decoration.

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Explore the fascinating world of optical illusions with this fun 3d hand art activity! This 3d hand drawing art project is easy to create and kids will love the illusion it creates. 

 

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Explore positive and negative space in art with this simple black-and-white art project. Using a black marker and our ready-to-print template it couldn't be easier to dip your toes into this fundamental element of art. 

 

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Number recognition is an essential preschool activity. It prepares children for more advanced math skills to come. Here, we offer over 25 number activities that reinforce number recognition in a fun, hands-on ways.

 

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Do you have a child who loves space and crafts? Then our printable space-themed craft is something your kid can have fun with for hours! Use our free space template and follow our step-by-step guide to see your kid's spacey dreams come to life.

 

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There are so many benefits to getting a good night's sleep and the right mattress can make all the difference between a good or bad night's sleep. Having heard great things about Simba mattresses we were delighted to be sent a king-sized Simba Sleep mattress bundle to test and review. 

 

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Painting with kids can be so much fun but also overwhelming if you don't know where to begin. The thought of paint everywhere is enough to never get started. In this post, I want to share all my best tips and ideas around painting for kids. It's so beneficial to development and creativity!

 

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If you're looking for easy activities for the kids that are fun and educational, you need printable playdough mats in your life! You'll find so many that help kids develop their fine motor skills while combining other early learning skills too. 

 

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Have a toddler, preschooler, or older kid who LOVES zebra crafts? This paper bag zebra craft is exactly what they need. We have even included a free zebra template to help put it together. Follow the step-by-step directions below to make your very own paper bag puppet!

 

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Have a child who absolutely ADORES monkeys? This paper bag monkey craft is perfect for them! Toddlers, preschoolers, and even older kids will have a blast assembling and then playing with their paper bag puppet. We have included a free monkey template to make it super easy for you. Just follow the step-by-step directions below to make your own monkey puppet.

 

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This paper frog craft doubles up as a cute frog gift bag. It would be fun to make as a spring craft for kids or with toddlers and preschoolers after singing the nursery rhyme 5 Little Speckled Frogs. Whatever your reason for making this cute craft simply grab the frog template and follow the step-by-step directions below to make your own frog paper craft. 

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Here is a collection of fun coffee filter crafts that will keep the kids busy for hours. Coffee filters are an underrated crafting material. They're cheap, they come in various sizes, and they can be dyed with food coloring to give your crafts that extra pop!

 

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If you have a child that absolutely ADORES sea creatures, you are going to love this seahorse craft. Toddlers, preschoolers, and older kids will all enjoy putting together this seahorse paper craft. It's such a fun ocean-themed craft idea. We have included a free seahorse template to make it super easy! Scroll down below for step-by-step directions to make your fun seahorse!

 

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Paper crafts are such a great activity for those slow afternoons. This squid craft is PERFECT for children of all ages who enjoy sea creatures. It makes a great addition to an ocean life unit as well. We have included a free printable squid template to make this ocean craft nice and easy! Follow the step-by-step directions below to create your very own paper squid craft.

 

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