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

Pin Spinners

Allsorts has a wonderful pattern and tutorial to make pin spinners!  Try one in  red, white, and blue for Fourth of July :)

Campfire Cooking

Franny Kate's Creative State has some campfire cooking ideas to try.  This baked apple dessert looks delicious!

Toddler Activity Bags

Chasing Cheerios has come up with a dozen activity bags for her toddler to use during a trip!  She gives all the details here.  As great as these are for traveling these would be wonderful to keep stashed somewhere and bring out whenever the need strikes :)

A color matching activity bag and...

her finger puppets activity bag.

The Funny Food Contest Winners!

Fruit:  bee by Julie K in Taiwan

Vegetables:  eggplant car by three pjs

Breakfast:  very hungry caterpillar pancakes by A Bit of This and A Bit of That

Lunch/Dinner:  family gallery by Miko Design

Sweets: nilla wafer burger bites by JustJenn

Congratulations and thank you for everyone's participation!  If the winners will contact me with your mailing address I'd appreciate it (contact info in the sidebar).  Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

Dandelion Dye and a Dandelion Shirt

Make a simple dandelion dye bath and then finish it with a hand drawn dandelion picture stenciled on with freezer paper!  Full Circle has all the directions :)

Post-It Notepads

Greetingarts made these adorable notepads for Post-Its!  These are a great idea for party favors.  See the simple instructions here :)

Every Which Way Watercolors!

Secret Agent Josephine tells how she spent a whole day watercoloring with her daughter!  I love these maple leaf silhouettes :)

She even turned some of the artwork into cards!

Homemade Popsicles

Linaloo has a yummy recipe for homemade popsicles made from fresh strawberries!  According to her daughter they are the best in the world so go give them a try :)

Frozen Bananas

Frozen bananas remind me of two things: Disneyland and Balboa Island :)  Dinners On Me shows how to make these simple and delicious treats with a few variations that will be a big hit with everyone!

Ice Cream Sandwiches

This beautiful and I'm sure delectable ice cream sandwich was made by Just Jenn!  Check here to make them for yourself :)

Ice Cream Cupcakes

These ice cream cupcakes look like the perfect summer dessert!  My kids will love the mint ice cream and sprinkles but I think I'll make a few with coffee ice cream for me ;)  Check out Joy the Baker for the recipe!

Homemade Slushies!

Ramblings of a Crazy Woman uses the same idea as ice cream in a baggie but makes slushies instead!  Brilliant!