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GRkids Create: Valentine Card Holders

GRkids Create: Valentine Card Holders
February 6, 2012
Crafts

Have you been faced with the challenge of making yet another classroom Valentine card holder?  Do you rummage through the pantry for near empty containers?  Transfer cereal into Ziploc bags so you can use the box? We asked you – …Read the Rest

GRkids Create: Easy Valentine Gifts for Loved Ones

GRkids Create: Easy Valentine Gifts for Loved Ones
February 5, 2012
Crafts

Looking for inexpensive gifts for a teacher, grandmother or aunt this Valentine’s Day?  Or do you want to give your children (and husband) some ideas for yourself this holiday?  Here are a few cheap, easy, and fun Valentine’s for your …Read the Rest

GRkids Create: Juice Box Robots

GRkids Create: Juice Box Robots
January 22, 2012
Crafts

“Wow!” ” Cool!”  “Can I have one?” These remarks were shouted out as my son passed out his birthday treat to his first grade classmates.  He reveled in the compliments and even told some of them that he learned how …Read the Rest

GRkids Create: Easy Lollipop Valentine’s Flowers with Cupcake Liners

GRkids Create: Easy Lollipop Valentine’s Flowers with Cupcake Liners
January 15, 2012
Crafts

How to make a lollipop Valentine with a cupcake holder. Easy!

GRKids Create: Mini Chalkboards

GRKids Create: Mini Chalkboards
December 12, 2011
Crafts

For Thanksgiving, I pulled out my crafty hat to try my hand at making mini chalkboards so each person in my family could write what they were thankful for on their own chalkboard that they could then take home with …Read the Rest

GRKids Create: Sturdy Art Container

GRKids Create: Sturdy Art Container
November 21, 2011
General

I’ve been trying to find a way to re-purpose Crystal Light containers for awhile…and I think I finally found a great way to use these sturdy little containers. We decided to turn ours into Art Containers.  My kids are storing …Read the Rest

GRKids Create: Thanksgiving Pilgrim Hats

GRKids Create:  Thanksgiving Pilgrim Hats
November 15, 2011
Autumn

 Nothing is cuter than little people wearing little pilgrim hats at the Thanksgiving table! For this craft you will need: black, white, and gold  construction paper 1- 11×18 white construction paper scissors glue string hole punch For your little boy …Read the Rest

grkids create: Leaf People

grkids create: Leaf People
November 7, 2011
Autumn

It’s November and at our house that means a new month of crafts!  I always find it hard to craft for Thanksgiving; we aren’t really good at making pilgrims or boats, so usually we make a lot of turkeys.  This …Read the Rest

GrKids Create: 3D Paper Pumpkins

GrKids Create: 3D Paper Pumpkins
October 26, 2011
Crafts

We are growing a little patch of paper pumpkins growing at our house.  (Yes, I am a fan of alliteration!)  They’re a super cute and cheap way for little people to create a fall craft.  Here’s what you need to make …Read the Rest

GRKids Create: Caramel Apple “Mini’s”

GRKids Create: Caramel Apple “Mini’s”
October 21, 2011
Autumn

Do your kids beg you for a caramel apple and then not finish it?!  It happened to me all the time until I saw this solution in Family Fun Magazine.  If you have apples and a melon baller you have …Read the Rest