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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An easy teapot craft for kids with a free printable teapot template. Tell someone they are tea-riffic and let them enjoy a nice relaxing cup of tea with this easy paper craft. Simply decorate the teapot template and add a teabag. This teapot craft would make a perfect Mother's Day teapot card or it could be used as a thank you teachers appreciation card for a special teacher or childminder. Babies and toddlers could personalise their teapot with paint or by adding fingerprints, whilst preschoolers may enjoy glueing on sequins or adding stickers.

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We love DIY keepsakes and these easy to make clay handprint bowls are totally adorable. Toddlers and preschoolers will love getting involved with this simple air dry clay craft. These handprint bowls would be perfect for kids to make as homemade gifts for family, they are sure to be treasured forever. 

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If you're looking for a cute homemade gift idea, you will love these personalised candles to gift to friends and family. They are essentially a candle with pictures on them and turn out SO CUTE! They are pretty easy to make too. Follow the step by step directions below to find out how to make your own personalised candles with pictures on them.

 

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You are going to love this hot chocolate in a jar gift! What could be better on a cold Winter's day than being given a gift of hot chocolate that you can mix up and drink by a warm fire! It is so easy to make this hot chocolate mix in a jar (easy enough for children to make) and homemade gifts are always the best!

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The best toys for toddlers are ones that they’ll enjoy and play with for a long time to come! There are so many types of toys out there but the best kind are ones that light up a child’s eyes when they open them. When they’re educational AND fun, you know you’ve won big time! Here’s the most fun toys to buy a toddler this season.

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Baby gifts can be some of the most fun gifts to buy, but how about out-of-the-ordinary finds, unique gift ideas for babies? It can be overwhelming how many toys and great buys there are when it comes to babies and children, so finding something that stands out is truly what makes the best gift! This list of toys and genius finds are perfect for babies of all ages! We have found 17 unique baby gifts you are going to love!

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These Christmas bath bombs make the BEST handmade Christmas gifts! They're shaped like cute little Christmas trees and give you another excuse to use sprinkles! Kids as young as toddlers and preschoolers will love helping you make these easy handmade Christmas gifts. Just scroll down below for easy step by step directions to make your own bath bombs for Christmas!

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With Christmas sneaking up on us, it's time to start organizing and getting crafty for Christmas! This Christmas cookie jar is the PERFECT Mason jar gift for teachers and grandparents! In fact I'm sure anybody would LOVE receiving one of these mason jar gifts to make some homemade chocolate cookies. YUM! Just scroll down below for step by step directions to make your own cookie mix in a jar.

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As a mother, there is nothing better than receiving a homemade card or gift from your child. We have lots of inspiration for Mother's Day crafts in this collection of 20 Mother's day cards and gift ideas for kids to make. All of these easy Mother's Day crafts are suitable for toddlers and preschoolers to make with a little help or for older children to make independently. These ideas are perfect for kids to make for mum at nursery, with a childminder, at school or of course with Dad or another family member. 

Hey mums, if there is something here that you would love to receive be sure to drop a few hints!!!

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If you are looking for rainbow themed items for your toddler or preschooler you are in luck. We have gathered a list of 20 awesome items from toys to books that any kid who loves rainbows will fall head over heels in love with. 

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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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Here is a collection of adorable DIY keepsake craft ideas. Everything is on the list from baby footprints, to toddler paintings, to preschoolers first drawings. Older kids will be able to make many of these keepsake craft ideas themselves.  What beautiful memories to treasure!

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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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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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Toddler scribble art on a canvas makes a perfect gift. The youngest of children will be able to make gifts for family using this simple and effective art technique. The artwork will look great hanging on the wall and double up as a keepsake to treasure. Choose a favourite colour or two or alternatively choose colours to match the room decor. 

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Make a DIY keyring from your child's drawing using Shrinky Dinks. A keychain made using your child's first drawings would make a memorable keepsake. Alternatively kids could make them as gifts for Mothers Day, Fathers Day or Christmas. Its so much fun seeing the pictures shrink in the oven. I remember enjoying using Shrinky Dinks as a child!

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Make adorable star photo frame ornaments using our easy salt dough ornament recipe. These Christmas salt dough ornaments look like tiny hanging photo frames on the Christmas tree. Salt dough crafts are easy enough for the youngest toddlers or preschoolers to get involved with and these salt dough Christmas ornaments make such cute keepsakes.  This Christmas craft is inspired by the book 'How to Catch a Star'.  

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These Christmas handprint, footprint and fingerprint keepsakes are made using an easy salt dough recipe. Using only 3 ingredients you can create adorable salt dough keepsakes that will last forever. These salt dough ornaments are easy to make and any parent or grandparent would be delighted to receive one as a gift for Christmas. 

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