Things to Make and Do, Crafts and Activities for Kids - The Crafty Crow

Growing Crystals

Growing crystals is always fascinating!  Franny Kate's Creative State makes it easy using chenille stems.  All the details here.  If you need a refresher on just exactly what crystals are and how they're formed this is a good place to start :)

Recycled Toy Storage

Plum Pudding has a great way to recycle and store toys - sounds like a perfect solution!

Artwork Organization & Display Idea

MayaMade has figured out a great way to display your children's artwork using pegboard, bulldog clips, elastic bands and magnets.  Read the details here.

Dried Apple Slices

As things are warming up here (I'm in Idaho), we are starting to plan our river outings and easy picnic food to take with us.  I think Salt and Chocolate's dried apple slices sound perfect so we'll be giving them a try soon!

Soft Patchwork Balls

Tiny Happy has a great tutorial and free pattern to make these sweet soft patchwork balls that are perfect for the youngest babes but also a fun inside ball for the older kids. 

Contact Paper Collages

I love clear contact paper for kids projects - so many possibilities!  One to start with are collages and What Knot has her method here.  I like how she cuts the contact paper in the size she wants before the kids begin so they will fit perfectly into a waiting frame.

Geodesic Newspaper Hut

The kids and I are really excited to give this geodesic newspaper hut a try.  It's a brilliant idea from Pepper Paints and once we master this we might just see what else we can build :)

Scrap Paper Flowers

A very nice tutorial to make flowers from paper scraps by Gabriela Delworth.  Great idea for preteens and teens to use to decorate gifts, scrapbook pages, bulletin boards or just about anything else for that matter!

String Eggs

Very cool string eggs made by As We Walk - we tried this awhile ago and it didn't come out nearly as successful as these so check out how they did it and give them a try!

Kandinsky Inspired Artwork

I am in love with this artwork!  Find out how your child can do this simple but impressive art project inspired by Kandinsky at Art Projects for Kids.

Sink or Float Experiments

The whole family can get in on this activity - go to Let's Explore to see how they did it :)

Big Bead Caterpillar

This adorable big bead caterpillar was made at The Artful Parent, take a look!