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

Ice Cream In A Baggie!

With a few simple ingredients you can have homemade ice cream in less than 10 minutes!  My kids and I tested this at home and it's just this side of a miracle I tell ya!  Toddlebits has the recipe and some adorable pictures to boot :)

Super Kids!

Super kids!  Super easy!  Super fun!  Creative Kismet explains how to make these adorable dolls with your children :)  They would make great gifts too!

Marble Painting

Part of the fun of marble painting is you never know what the finished work is going to look like!  World Preschool Mom shows how they made these beauties :)

Shadowbox Collage

You know all those shoe boxes you've set aside thinking they'll be good for something someday?  Well, here you go!  Arounna at Bookhou Craft Projects gives the basic directions for these fun shadowboxes but each of yours will be a complete original, have fun!

And the winner is....!!

Well, I don't know what to say... I am completely overwhelmed by all the sweet comments yesterday!  You all are the best and I wish I could give each of you a goody bag!  Your comments are so precious to me and I hope you know how much I appreciate every single one of them :)

So are you ready to know who the winner is?  As of midnight PST there were 270 comments so I had my youngest son close his eyes and turn to a page in a book and the page number was 127 so the winning comment is from Michelle at Greetingarts! 

Now it's time for you to vote in the Funny Food Contest!  My wonderful judges picked their top five choices in each category and now it's time for you all to pick the winners!  Voting begins today, the 24th, and goes through midnight PST on Thursday the 26th.  I'll announce the winners on Friday the 27th!

I've put all the polls on a separate page right here or you can see it listed in the right column under More, More, More!  Have fun and enjoy - all the entries were very inspiring and it's always interesting to see everyone's different take on a subject :)

String Spider Webs

Treasure hunts are always fun and Pepper Paints has a different spin on it ;)  Larger than life spider webs lead the kids to their treasures!

Crazy Creatures

Kids bored? Whip out some index cards and set them to work making mixed up crazy creatures!  Scrumdilly Do gives you all the details for a fun afternoon :)

Tutu How-to

Chasing Cheerios shows you how to make this darling tutu and there is no sewing involved!

Three Month Anniversary Surprise Give-Away!

Today is The Crafty Crow's three month anniversary!  The Funny Food Contest closed last night with some great entries that you'll be able to vote on starting tomorrow.  Thanks so much to everyone who participated! To celebrate today, I'm going to randomly select someone from one of the comments today and send them a special bundle of goodies!  If you want to be included in the give-away please leave a comment on this post - I'd love to know if you have a question for me or hear what some of your favorite posts have been or what you'd like to see more of or just say hi :)  I'll announce the winner tomorrow!

Stuffed Paper Fish

Simple Ordinary Lives shows how to make these splashy stuffed fish!  They look so cheerful hanging in the window :)

Shadow Tracing

Your kids will have plenty of fun with this - get some sidewalk chalk on a late afternoon and start tracing shadows!  Love this idea from Franny Kate's Creative State :)

Craft Foam Fun

My Plum Pudding has several great ideas for craft foam - they make great tub stickers and the leftovers can be used for necklace stringing!  Click over to her site for a surprise third craft that's great for traveling with little ones ;)