3 Simple and Sweet Heart Crafts for Kids

3 Easy Heart Crafts

Oh, so easy three heart themed paper crafts are simple enough for preschoolers to tackle, charming enough for all ages  to make and give for Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, or perhaps a wedding gift. Use up recycled cartons, tissue paper, ribbon and doilies.

Easter Bunny Letter Paper

Leave a note for the Easter Bunny or maybe the Easter Bunny will send a letter to your house with this cute printable Easter letter paper.

No Easter Bunny coming to your house? This Happy Easter stationery is nice for printing out or writing your menu, handwriting practice and story starters,  or making a scrapbook page.

Printable Easter Letter Paper

Mother's Day Bookmarks

Mother's Day 2009 is coming - Sunday, May 10 in the USA. These color and cut out Mother's Day bookmark craft sheets make it easy for the kids to craft a frugal and personal gift for mother, grandmother, aunt, step mother or a favorite teacher.

There's a printable bookmark coloring sheet for Mom and a version for Mum, plus on each sheet of 4 you'll find at least one bookmark with no name, simply Happy Mother's Day and a lovely picture to color.

Father's Day Greeting Cards

Make a cool Father's Day card for Dad or Grandfather.

Choose from a retro design full color Father's Day greeting card featuring a 1950's reading primer illustration (See Father Smile) or color in a card featuring a bow tie and shirt on a pinstriped background (Happy Father's Day, DAD).

More free printables for Father's Day - IOU coupons, Best Dad (uncle, grandfather, step dad) award certificates, greeting cards, signs, coloring crafts, posters

Ground Hog Day - February 2

In honor of my grandson's first birthday on Ground Hog Day, here's a happy blue-eyed woodchuck graphic. Happy 1st Birthday Sawyer!

Click the link to view and print or save free Ground Hog Day clip art.

How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? Probably not as much as I can when he's chewing on my vegetable garden.

Back to School with Love and Kisses

When my kids were small, I tucked small notes into their lunch bags and book packs - brief messages on small scraps of paper. Sometimes I would draw or write on the lunch bag itself to remind them I was thinking of them while they were at school and I was at work.

Guess What? I Love You! XXOO

Look for surprise when you get home!

Have a Great Day!

You're a Star!

Good Luck on your Math Quiz!

Remembering this bit of being a working Mom in the 20th century recently inspired my newest paper craft design: a sheet of animal pal lunch box notes, 4 to a page. They're good for lunch box notes, and also for book plates, cubbie labels, name tags, gift cards or memos with a whimsical flair.

Pirates - Arrrrrr! Make a Pirate Hat

Little Kids Pirate Craft Printable


I was looking around for easy Pirate crafts just for little kids and decided to make a simple Pirate Hat that even a preschooler can color and cut out. Kids under 6 can't fold the traditional newspaper hats without a lot of assistance.

Here's the simple design I came up with:



Let 'em color the hat black or what ever color they choose. Cut out around the edge, following the outlines, then add simple string ties or soft elastic to each end and fasten at the back of the head. Or, simpler still, just use hair pins to hold it in place.

Here's a link to the full size printable pirate hat craft sheet. Have a blast, matey.