Toddler Coloring Pages - Part 1

Below are links to many coloring pages of many children's favorite characters; Dora, Diego, Blues Clues, Bob the Builder, Thomas and Friends and the Backyardigans.

• Coloring is an excellent and fun way for children to exercise their fine motor skills.
• Small children have better control with thick crayons.
• Never expect your child to color better than they can - everyone is different!
• Remember to always compliment your child on their artwork, even if it is just scribbles!
• Ask your child to describe the pictures they draw - this helps to build their imagination.
• When coloring with your child don't forget to color a bit out of the lines - By your coloring perfectly could discourage your child from wanting to color.

Print and color these great coloring pages:

Dora Coloring Pages
Go Diego Go Coloring Pages
Blues Clues Coloring Pages
Bob The Builder Coloring Pages
Thomas And Friends Coloring Pages
The Backyardigans Coloring Pages

Butterfly Crafts Projects

Follow these links to many butterfly craft ideas:

Various Butterfly Crafts

Butterfly Wind Chime (+ House Wind Chime)

More Great Various Butterfly Crafts Enchanted Learning is filled with many, many, many great crafts and learning related activities!

Stained Glass Butterfly Magnets

There are so many more great butterfly craft ideas out there - the above crafts should give you something to work at :)

Happy Crafting!

2nd Birthday Craft Ideas

Foot And Hand Print Memorial

Get all the kids who are attending the party to make one big memorial on paper of their hands and feet.

• Make a title at the top of the paper that reads anything like this "________ 2nd Birthday Guests"
  
• Use ice cream lids to hold the paint.
  
• If at all possible, assign a certain color to each child and write that child's name on one of their hand or foot prints.
  
• Hang up in child's room.
  

Play Dough

Keep it simple by having a table set up for the children to play with play dough.
Need a simple play dough recipe?

2 1/2 cups of flour
1/2 cup of salt
2 teaspoons of alum
2 cups of boiling water
2-3 tablespoons of oil
2 pachages of unsweetened kool-aid

• Combine ingredients
  
• Stir well
  
• Knead dough and it is ready
  
• Store in container
  
  ** I like to divide ingredients and use different colors of kool-aid
  

Make A Personalized Birthday Card

Is your child going to a 2 year old's birthday party? Why not help them make a birthday card for the birthday boy or girl? It will be a great keepsake :)

Toddler - Easy Crafts

Not to sure what craft ideas are great for toddlers? Then take a look at this video. Excellent ideas!

Bath Craft Projects

Looking for some ideas for making bath crafts? Follow the links below to visit each project:

Bathtime Bubble Jelly

Fancy Soap Sculptures & Beauty Bath Salts

Foamy Bath Paint

Kids' Bath Mitts Parents Can Make

Who Says There Are No Crafts For Boys?

Here is a link to a great page with great ideas for crafts that would interest many boys:

Craft Projects For Boys

So gather your friends and get crafting!

Friendship Crafts For Girls

Handmade gifts are always the best to give. Here are some links to friendship crafts for girls.

Friendship bracelets:
Bracelet #1
Bracelet #2

Friendship survival kit:
Survival Kit

Friendship bookmark:
Bookmark

Wind Chime Family Craft

Looking for a craft to do as a family? If you love the sound of a wind chime why not make one as a family craft project?

Follow this link to start yours now:
Wind Chime

Enjoy your day!

More Spring Crafts For The Kiddies!

Here are some great craft ideas for little kids. You will find how to make:

• Handprint Flower Pictures
• Growing Seeds
• Pinwheel
• Decorated Flower Pot
• Plus a lot more!

Head on over to http://kidscrafts.suite101.com/article.cfm/springthemed_crafts_for_kids and start these great craft projects with the kids to keep them happy :)

Flower Crafts

Flowers, a girls best friend! Here are a couple great flower crafts for little girls made by OneMinuteCrafts.com:

Pipecleaner Flower




Five-Petal Flower Pattern




Spring Flower Made With Five-Petal Flower




Enjoy!

How To Make Birdfeeders

Ahhhhhh, spring is in the air. With spring comes rain and what better thing to do on a rainy day but to sit down and do a craft project.

Follow this link to some great birdfeeder crafts and enjoy the rainy or even sunny day Spring Birdfeeding.