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

Michael's Gift Card Winners!

Thank you so much to Q-tips for sponsoring the
giveaway and providing the gift cards!

The Michael's gift card giveaway winners are:

Leigh, who said, "Money to spend at my favorite
store! What a great giveaway!"

Marsha C, who said, "Very excited about this
giveaway. I scrapbook and teach a kids craft
class so this will come in handy"

Meagan, who said, "This blog never fails to inspire.
Thanks for the great giveaway!"

Each of you will be receiving a $50 gift card to Michael's!


I am a brand ambassador for Q-tips and Q-tips is providing the
three $50 gift cards to Michael's Craft Stores for this giveaway.
This is a sponsored post but all opinions are my own.

Imagine Childhood Fall Guide!

Check out the gorgeous
Imagine Childhood 2012 Fall Guide! 

Such a lovely way to welcome the season!

Alphabet Glue Guest Post: How To Make Comic Books or Graphic Novels!

Guest posting today is Annie, the creator
of Alphabet Glue! Learn how to make comic
books, or graphic novels, with this excerpt
from Volume Eight!

DIY Comic Books from Alphabet Glue



Ever since discovering a love for her father’s childhood
collection of Calvin and Hobbes books last winter, my little
girl has been all about the comics.  From Garfield to
Peanuts, she seems to find endless enjoyment in reading
and rereading the humorous misadventures of her
favorite cartoon characters.  So what better activity for a
slow summer afternoon (or a rainy early fall one, really)
than sketching up a homemade comic of her very own?
After some amount of debate about the details, we
decided that making these draw-your-own comic books
feel authentic meant that they should have boldly printed
panels to contain the action and that the binding should
be no fancier than plain old staples.  The plus side of my
daughter’s insistence on keeping it real is that this is one
bookmaking project that is super easy and almost
entirely focused on content. 

Download the PDF (below) to find instructions for putting
together the simplest of books to house one-of-a-kind
comic panels drawn by you and yours.  And, just for fun
and the sake of simplicity, you’ll also find pages outfitted
with comic panel templates that can be easily printed if
the idea is just to get busy drawing and not to fuss
with things like rulers and making straight lines. So
grab a pencil and let’s get going!

PDF Download for DIY Comic Books

Thank you, Annie!!


Alphabet Glue: Activities and inspiration for
kids who love books and their grown-ups!

Make A Light Box And Enjoy The Light Show!

Learn how to make a light box using recycled items
and have fun observing the light show inside!
True Aim has the directions for this cool activity
that can be enjoyed by multiple ages.

Crayon And Shoe Polish Batik

Learn how to make a crayon and shoe polish
batik at Make It... A Wonderful Life!

Coffee Filter Fall Leaves

Boy Mama Teacher Mama shows how they
made fall leaves using coffee filters!

Make A Clay Solar System Model

Whether for a lesson or not, this clay solar system
model at To The Outskirts would be fun to make!

Paper Bag Houses

Snippety Gibbet shares these houses made from
paper bags. This is a fun paper craft and a good
way to use up odd bits of scraps.

Clothespin People

Need a fun idea quick? How about some
clothespin people! Found at Pintalalluna.
English translation here.

Make A Locker Organizer

Sewing School shares another great beginning
sewing project for kids. Click on over to see how
to make a handy locker organizer that
works for the fridge at home too!

Giving Away 3 $50 Gift Cards to Michael's Arts & Crafts Store!

Today's giveaway is sponsored by Q-tips
and three winners will receive a
$50 gift card to Michaels!

To enter this giveaway for a
$50 gift card to Michaels Arts & Crafts Store,
please leave a comment on this post by midnight
P.S.T on Saturday, September 22nd. The three winners
will be announced here on Monday, September 24th.

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Check out my tutorial on how to make a travel
game box that includes three different
games all made from Q-tips!

This is a sponsored post. Q-tips® product was
provided by Unilever, the makers of Q-tips®;
my tips and usage suggestions are my own.

Wood Bead Craft

Made By Joey shares these wood bead
heads that are easy and fun to make!