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

Alliteration Art

"Duck Decorating a Door"

Check out this great gallery of alliteration art
at Journey Into Unschooling! I think this would be
a fun activity to keep the kids occupied while waiting
for dinner - whether at home or a restaurant.

07/18/2011 in 12+ years old, 3 - 5 years old, 6 - 12 years old, Art, Creative Writing, Drawing & Illustration, Family, Group, Homeschooling, Inside, Last Minute | Permalink | Comments (0)

Writing With Wire

Rummage shares this fun activity, writing with wire!
Try writing some "lovely" words for Valentine's Day :)

01/27/2011 in 12+ years old, 6 - 12 years old, Building/3 Dimensional, Crafts, Creative Writing, Family, Gifts to Make, Group, Homeschooling, Inside, Party Ideas, Sculpture, Valentine's Day Crafts | Permalink | Comments (0)

Word Play

Playful Learning pebble alphabet magnets

pebble alphabet magnets
Playful Learning

blackout poems
Doubletakes

The Decorated Cookie magnetic poetry cookies

magnetic poetry cookies
The Decorated Cookie

word collage
Whimsy Love

favorite words banner
Our Hartbeat

letter sticks
Kids Craft Weekly

word flip chart
Having Fun At Home

duplo words
Filth Wizardry

08/23/2010 in 12+ years old, 3 - 5 years old, 6 - 12 years old, Activities, Collage, Crafts, Creative Writing, Edibles, Family, Free & Fun Crafts, Group, Homeschooling, Inside, Parent Made, Poetry & Rhymes, Themes | Permalink | Comments (2)

Creating Words With Natural Findings

Enjoy a spring nature walk and collect items
to spell out words or your children's names like
these at Curly Birds. You'll have to preserve it
with a photograph :)

04/08/2010 in 12+ years old, 18 mos to 2 years old, 3 - 5 years old, 6 - 12 years old, Activities, All Ages, Creative Writing, Experiential, Fall Crafts, Family, Free & Fun Crafts, Group, Homeschooling, Last Minute, Nature Crafts, Outside, Spring Crafts | Permalink | Comments (0)

Make An Accordion Book

Bird and Little Bird has a very
nice photo tutorial showing you
how to make this unique
accordion book that will
help inspire little ones to
document their stories!

09/16/2009 in 12+ years old, 3 - 5 years old, 6 - 12 years old, Bookmaking, Crafts, Creative Writing, Family, Group, Homeschooling, Inside, Paper Crafts | Permalink | Comments (0)

Make A "Feels Good" List

Let The Feel Good Book inspire you and
your little ones to come up with your own
list of things that feel good - found at
Playful Learning!

08/31/2009 in 12+ years old, 18 mos to 2 years old, 3 - 5 years old, 6 - 12 years old, All Ages, Creative Writing, Family, Free & Fun Crafts, Group, Homeschooling, Inside, Literature Based Projects | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

Fun With Similes

Sweetness And Light shares a fun
writing activity learning about similes
starting with the book, Crazy Like a Fox!

08/31/2009 in 12+ years old, 3 - 5 years old, 6 - 12 years old, Creative Writing, Family, Group, Homeschooling, Literature Based Projects | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)

P is for...

pink pig :: Preschool Playbook

Picasso portrait :: Deep Space Sparkle

poetry :: se7en

peach :: Activity Village

pirate :: Kaboose

peacock :: Activity Village

pyramid :: Periwinkles And Pine

Princess And The Pea :: SurLaLune Fairy Tales

06/05/2009 in 12+ years old, 18 mos to 2 years old, 3 - 5 years old, 6 - 12 years old, ABC's, Activities, All Ages, Animals & Bugs, Art, Art History, Bookmaking, Building/3 Dimensional, Crafts, Crayons & Pastels, Creative Writing, Drawing & Illustration, Family, Group, Homeschooling, Inside, Literature, Paint, Paper Crafts, Party Ideas, Poetry & Rhymes | Permalink | Comments (4) | TrackBack (0)

Story Stones!

These cute little birds have a story to
tell and only you know what it is! Visit
Redbird Crafts to see how she made these
wonderful story stones - love this idea!!

04/28/2009 in 12+ years old, 18 mos to 2 years old, 3 - 5 years old, 6 - 12 years old, Activities, All Ages, Animals & Bugs, Collage, Crafts, Creative Writing, Family, Gifts to Make, Homeschooling, Parent Made | Permalink | Comments (4) | TrackBack (0)

Story Dice

The Toby Show tells you how she made these adorable story dice plus gives you links to Etsy shops where you can buy some if you don't feel like making them yourself :)

03/30/2009 in 12+ years old, 18 mos to 2 years old, 3 - 5 years old, 6 - 12 years old, Activities, All Ages, Crafts, Creative Writing, Family, Gifts to Make, Homeschooling, Parent Made, Travel Activities | Permalink | Comments (4) | TrackBack (0)

Dr. Seuss Day Fun!

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss! Celebrate the day, which is
also the NEA's Read Across America Day, by trying
out some of these activities and crafts.

A to Z Teacher Stuff has lots of
activities in many subject areas for
fifteen Dr. Seuss books.

Green Eggs And Ham

Fox In Sox

No Time For Flashcards shows you how to
make an easy Cat In The Hat hat!

This is a cute idea for the book Horton Hears A Who! -
make a clover with the Whoville speck on top.
Directions at Family Crafts.

This Little Project has a cute activity to go along
with the book There's a Wocket in My Pocket!

This adorable fish bowl cupcake would be a sweet treat
to have along with a reading of One Fish Two Fish Red
Fish Blue Fish or The Cat in the Hat - the fish in the
fish bowl is my favorite character.

And for the child that just can't get enough of Dr. Seuss,
you can make these cute little plaques for their room.

Seussville has lots of printables and online
games. There's even a twenty page activity
book to download that would be great to
take in the car or on a trip.

ABC Teach has a cute bookmark to print out.

And here's a coloring page of the Cat In The Hat
doing a balancing act.

You can find a participation certificate for
Read Across America and some other printables here
(click on Resources and Materials).