This Christmas turn your babies or toddlers footprints into 'Mistletoes' using our free printable. This mistletoe footprint keepsake is perfect to use as a Christmas card made by the kids for family and friends. It also makes an adorable keepsake so you can treasure how small your little ones tiny footprints really are. 

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Handmade gifts that have been made by the kids are the best! Here is a collection of easy handmade gifts kids can make, lots of the ideas are easy enough handmade gift ideas for toddlers and preschoolers to make. Family and friends would be delighted to receive a thoughtful homemade gift at Christmas, for Mothers Day or a birthday, especially grandparents and mums and dads! 

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Recycle old broken crayons and make your own crayon shapes. We made lego shaped rainbow crayons. Homemade crayon shapes are easy to make following our simple DIY instructions and they make perfect kid made gifts. Reshaping crayons is a fun activity to go alongside the book,  'The Day the Crayons Quit' by Drew Daywalt and it is fun for children to see how crayons go from a solid to a liquid as they melt. 

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Recycle old broken crayons and turn them into fun shaped crayons at home by following our simple instructions. Homemade crayons make a fun gift idea for toddlers and preschoolers, as well as older kids. Today we are sharing some rainbow bunny themed crayons which are perfect for Easter time.

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Have you ever wondered what your favourite photograph would look like as a piece of art? Im so excited about sharing with you today a really easy way to turn your photos to art using some fun digital art effects from Befunky.

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Pour painting is such a fun and easy art idea for kids. Rainbow coloured flower pots can be created really easily using this fun painting technique. These DIY flower pots make great little gifts and would be perfect for Mothers Day as well as teacher gifts.  This colourful kids craft is great for this time of year as we head towards Spring. 

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Clay is such a fun art material for kids to work with whatever their age. Today I have put together a collection of amazing clay craft ideas for kids. Preschoolers, school aged children and much much older kids will all enjoy using clay and working on these beautiful projects. Many of these clay craft ideas would make stunning homemade gifts to be treasured.

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I love getting the kids involved in making homemade Christmas gifts. This year we have decided to go one step further and make homemade christmas gift bags to put them in. These DIY gifts bags are easy enough for toddlers and preschoolers to make and every bags looks unique. You could easily use the same technique to make homemade gift wrap by printing onto a roll of brown paper instead of brown paper bags.

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Add a bit of personality to a large wall space, fireplace, child's bedroom or doorway, by making your own DIY garland craft. Garlands are a simple way to decorate for any occasion and are often quick and easy to make. I have put together a collection of fantastic Autumn themed garlands which are perfect to make now as the leaves begin to fall. I have also added some garlands that would look amazing any time of the year. Whether you are looking for craft ideas for yourself or to make with a child, I think there is something for everyone here. 

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Follow our easy salt dough recipe to make salt dough crafts to treasure! We love salt dough crafts and making salt dough is so easy! Follow our simple step by step how to make salt dough instructions for the simple salt dough recipe we use to make all our adorable salt dough crafts and keepsakes. I treasure all our salt dough creations! (printable salt dough recipe included!)

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Handprint pictures always look so cute, especially when they are made with tiny little hands. These handprint picture canvases were made as Christmas gifts for family. Each handprint keepsake has been personalised with a handprint animal on a small canvas.

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