Homeschooling
Homeschooling
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Tin Can Lantern
A tin can lantern turns an empty food can into a glowing Christmas decoration. Kids draw a design on the label, then punch it out with a hammer and nail while the can is filled with ice, so it keeps … [continue reading]
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Styrofoam Ornament
This Styrofoam ornament starts with something you’d normally throw away: a foam tray from the grocery store. Press out a shape with a cookie cutter, decorate it, and hang it on the tree. What You Need A clean Styrofoam produce … [continue reading]
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Walnut Strawberries
Walnut strawberries are little ornaments made from whole walnuts painted shiny red, with tiny pearls for the seeds. They’re simple to make, and the end result is really pretty. For a different look, paint them silver and skip the pearls.… [continue reading]
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Reindeer Candy Canes
Reindeer candy canes are a really easy Christmas craft, and they’re ideal for the littlest of helpers to make. Bend on some chenille stick antlers, add wiggly eyes, and your candy cane becomes a reindeer. They make fun treats for … [continue reading]
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Handprint Ornament
A handprint ornament is a Christmas keepsake kids can make with felt and their own handprint. Glue a red and a green handprint back to back, add a little sparkle, and hang it on the tree. Write the year on … [continue reading]
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Glitter Balls
Glitter balls are sparkly little ornaments kids can make by rolling a ball in glue and shaking it in a bag of glitter. They keep for several years, so you can bring them out again each Christmas. Don’t have balls? … [continue reading]
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Santa Pine Cone
A Santa pine cone is a free nature craft that turns a pine cone from the yard into a little Santa. The bottom of the cone becomes the top of Santa’s head, and cotton balls make his beard. What You … [continue reading]
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Hammered Silver Ornaments
Hammered silver ornaments are made from old aluminum pie tins and foil baking pans you didn’t throw away. Kids “draw” designs into the foil so they look hammered, then color them in with markers. What You Need Old aluminum pie … [continue reading]
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Dipped Candles
Dipped candles are made the old-fashioned way, by dipping a wick into melted wax over and over until the candle is the size you want. It’s a good tie-in for history lessons about colonial and pioneer life. WARNING: An adult … [continue reading]
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Hansel & Gretel’s Candy House
Hansel and Gretel’s candy houses look just like gingerbread houses, but they’re not as hard to make. Graham crackers are “glued” with frosting onto a small milk or juice carton, so the walls stay put. They brighten up any deep … [continue reading]
