Art & Craft for Kids

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Kids’ art and craft ideas is the most common, and arguably most popular sub-niche over the past few years on Danya Banya.

We love to create with all sorts of things! Many of our ideas use low cost, recycled, natural materials or common items that you can find at home.

If you’re looking for something in particular, we have a page dedicated to just our process art ideas, and another dedicated to just our toilet paper roll crafts. Otherwise, below you’ll find a mix of creative art and craft ideas suitable for babies, toddlers, preschool and kindergarten aged kids, and we’re just starting to add some more primary (elementary) school aged kids as well. 

 

Art and Craft Ideas for Kids

  • Painting Fireworks

    Easy Fireworks Painting for Kids

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  • Rain Sticks

    DIY Rain Sticks

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  • Sheep craft for Chinese New Year

    Paper Plate Sheep Mask for Kids

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  • The Very Hungry Caterpillar Cardboard Roll Craft

    The Very Hungry Caterpillar Kids Craft

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  • DIY Glitter Party Poppers! Perfect for kids parties or New Years Eve ~ Danya Banya

    DIY Glitter Party Poppers!

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  • DIY Mistletoe baby toddler footprint decorations

    Holly & Mistletoes!

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  • Painting with nature (and a peg)

    Painting with Nature (and a peg)

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  • TP Roll Dolls

    Toilet Paper Roll Dolls

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  • Aussie Animal crafts and activities for kids - great for learning about Australia

    Awesome Aussie animal crafts

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  • asy melted pony bead ornament for preschooler gifts

    Melted Pony Bead Ornaments

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  • 9 Reasons to Gather Natural Art & Craft Materials

    9 Reasons to Gather Natural Materials for Art & Craft

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  • Easy Sydney Harbour Bridge Craft for Kids

    Sydney Harbour Bridge Craft

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  • Monster craft for kids

    TP Roll Monsters!

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  • Tearing and pasting aluminium foil for fine motor play

    20 Fine Motor Activities with Aluminium Foil

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  • Stick People

    Stick People Community

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  • Pom Pom Rainbow for learning colours

    Pom Pom Rainbow Collage

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  • Easy toddler made lion mask

    Easy Lion Mask Craft for Toddlers

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  • Five Little Ducks

    Five Little Ducks Hand and Finger Puppets

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  • Zoo Animal Face Masks

    How to make zoo animal face masks

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  • Kids can make a Tipping Teapot with downloadable free printable ~ Danya Banya

    Make a Tipping Teapot tutorial (with free printable)

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  • Christmas Lights Cards from Kids Fingerprints ~ Danya Banya

    Christmas Lights Cards from Kids’ Fingerprints

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  • bottle-cap-painted-poppy-field-art-for-kids

    Field of Poppies Art for Kids

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  • Aussie Wattle Craft for Kids

    Australian Wattle Craft for Kids

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  • Make Heart Shaped Stamps from toilet paper rolls

    DIY Heart Shape Stamps

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  • How to make Sun and Saturn Face Masks

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  • Painting with (and on) sticks

    Painting With (and on) Sticks

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  • Paper Plate Sydney Opera House - great Aussie kids craft idea

    Paper Plate Sydney Opera House craft

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  • Phone number bracelets

    Phone Number Bracelets {that kids can help make}

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  • Painting Native Australian bottlebrush flowers - art techniques for kids

    Bottlebrush Flower Art

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  • Painting Aussie Wattle (with pom poms) art for kids!

    Wattle Painting with Pom Poms {Aussie Art for Kids}

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  • Advent Calendar (made from loo rolls)

    Toilet Paper Roll Advent Calendar

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  • Proud Aussie waiting for the glue on her Australian flag to dry

    Australian Flag Craft for Kids

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  • 12 Days of Christmas Toilet Paper Roll Crafts

    12 Days of Christmas Toilet Paper Roll Crafts

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  • Make some Paper Plate Pandas for preschooler threading skills

    Paper Plate Panda

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  • Spooky Orange Faces

    Spooky Orange Faces

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  • 'Stained Glass' Easter Eggs

    Six types of ‘Stained Glass’ Easter Eggs – that even your toddler can make!

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  • Make a Nature Mobile

    Make a Nature Mobile

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  • Fairy Wand Party Invitations

    DIY Sparkly Fairy Wand Party Invitations

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  • Aussie Echidna craft

    Clay Echidna

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  • The Very Hungry Caterpillar inspired cardboard roll paintings

    The Very Hungry Caterpillar inspired cardboard roll paintings

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  • Using nature as a paintbrush

    Printing with Nature

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  • paper plate koala (with pouch) and joey craft for kids. Cute Aussie activity for Australia Day or an Australian unit, and a great way to learn about this native Australian animal..

    Koala and joey craft for kids

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  • Using Nature as a Canvas

    Nature Art

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  • Picking flowers to stick on to DIY nature cuffs

    Nature Cuffs

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  • Easy No Sew Peppa Pig Finger Puppets

    Peppa Pig Finger Puppets

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  • My redhead!

    Invite your child to draw on a mirror…

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  • Hong Bao red envelope craft for Chinese New Year

    Hong Bao (Red Envelopes) for Chinese New Year

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  • 120+ ways to play, craft & learn with flora

    Play, Craft & Learn with Flora: The Ultimate Guide

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  • Crayon Resist

    Crayon Resist ‘Magic’ Paintings

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  • Old MacDonald had some wooden peg farm animals

    DIY Old MacDonald Peg Farm Animals

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  • Paper plate rose

    How to Make a Paper Plate Rose

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  • Four Leaf Clover Window Craft

    Four Leaf Clover Window Craft

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  • Decorating Christmas Baubles

    Four Fun Ways Preschoolers Can Decorate Christmas Baubles

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  • Five little speckled frogs finger puppets made from a rubber washing up glove

    Easy Five Little Speckled Frog Finger Puppets

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  • Chocolate Crackle Easter Eggs

    Kid-Made Chocolate Crackle Easter Eggs with DIY Painted Foil {and on encouraging kids to plan}

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  • Orange Faces

    Orange Faces!

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  • Yarn-Wrapped Paper Plate Jack-o-Lantern kids craft for Halloween

    Yarn-Wrapped Paper Plate Jack-o-Lantern Craft for Halloween

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  • Budget Friendly Art Craft Supplies

    10 Budget Friendly Places to Find Art & Craft Supplies

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  • The Very Busy Spider web craft

    Spider Web Craft based on The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle

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  • Little Bo Peep and her two lambs with wagging tails2

    Toilet paper roll Little Bo Peep and lambs

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  • Valentines Day Art for Toddlers - Stamping with Sponge Hearts

    Valentines Stamp Art for Toddlers (with sensory play)

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  • Simple DIY clothespin fairies

    Clothespin Fairies

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  • Little-finger-biting fish pegs craft for the nursery rhyme 1,2,3,4,5, once I caught a fish alive

    Which finger did he bite? {12345 Little finger biting fish peg craft}

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  • How to make a frangipani flower lei necklace - nature craft for kids

    How to make a Frangipani Lei

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  • Decorating Eggs with edible paints and markers

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  • Make a Nature Collage

    Nature Tree Collage

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  • Kid-made Suncatcher Window Clings

    Kid-made Suncatcher Window Clings

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  • Toddler Easter Egg Art

    4 Easy Ways Toddlers Can Help Decorate Paper Easter Eggs

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  • Rudolph footprint baby-made Christmas card

    Rudolph Baby Footprint Christmas Cards

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  • Growing a crystal flower

    Crystal Flowers

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  • Easy DIY Spring Flowers birthday party invitations, that kids can help make!

    Flower birthday party invitations – DIY tutorial

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  • How to make a Star Headband

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  • egg carton rose

    How to make an Egg Carton Rose

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  • the most awesome Chinese New Year ideas for kids, to help kids learn about and celebrate the Chinese Spring Festival (Lunar New Year)

    The Most Awesome Chinese New Year Activities for Kids

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  • Dot Painting

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  • DIY bloodshot eyeballs

    DIY Spooky Bloodshot Eyeballs

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  • Hand sewing for kids: Heart & Star Decorations

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  • Homemade ornament idea Christmas tree pine cones

    Pine Cone Christmas Trees

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  • Gift Idea: Painted Beer Holder

    Kid made gift that Daddy will LOVE!

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  • DIY bauble stamper from toilet paper rolls

    Make your own wrapping paper & a DIY Christmas bauble stamper

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  • Kid-made Robot Costume

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  • Aussie Kids Craft Idea make a replica Australian Parliament House flagmast using bendy straws from Danya Banya blog

    Australian Parliament House Kids Craft

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  • Jingle Sticks - percussion that kids can make and play with

    Jingle Sticks – percussion instrument craft for kids

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  • 2D Shape Stamping with 3D Blocks - geometry and process art for kids

    Geometry Art: 2D Shape Stamping

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  • Painting with LEGO Duplo

    Lego Painting {Guest Posting at Octavia & Vicky}

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  • Patty Pan Wall

    Easy toddler time-filler craft idea – pasting cupcake patty pans

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  • Easter egg painting with cotton tips

    Easter Egg Painting using Cotton Tips, Knuckles and Fingers

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  • Painting on Seed Pods

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  • Preschooler Easter egg window art drawing with textas on sticky contact paper

    Four Fun Easter Decorations for Preschoolers

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  • Learning to thread

    Learning to thread over morning tea

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  • TMNT card

    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle birthday card

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  • More toilet paper roll dolls

    More Toilet Paper Roll Dolls

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  • Dr Seuss- What Pet Should I Get? inspired chatterbox

    What Pet Should I Get? inspired Chatterbox

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  • Christmas window decorations craft that kids can make in the holidays

    Christmas Window Clings {with a touch of bling}

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  • Backyard insect habitat

    Backyard Bug Hotel: “Nou Opin” for residents

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  • toddler process art idea painting reflected leaves

    Mirror Art: Painting Leaves

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  • ‘S’ is for Space! And Satellite, Saturn, Sun, Stars and the entire Solar System really…

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  • Kid made Christmas Cards using bubble wrap details ~ Danya Banya

    Bubble wrap print Christmas cards for preschoolers

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  • Start a stamp collection and learn about endangered animals including the Southern Corroboree frog

    Collect, craft & learn: endangered wildlife stamps (including the southern corroboree frog)

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  • Toddler Pumpkin Decorating

    Toddler Pumpkin Decorating

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  • Stick the clothes on Henry the Octopus party game

    Henry the Octopus!

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  • Watercress Heads

    Growing Watercress Hair

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  • The Very Best Toddler & Preschooler Crafts of 2013 by Danya Banya

    Best of 2013

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  • Sponge Monsters - process art

    Sponge Monsters

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  • The apple worm

    Apple craft idea {with wriggly worm!}

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  • Shell spiral land art

    Shell Spiral: Collaborative land art at the beach

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  • Painting a Jacaranda - splatter art for kids

    Painting Jacaranda Trees: Splatter Art for Kids

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  • Cute Gaspard and Lisa puppets, would be an easy and fun craft idea for preschoolers, and guess what they used to paint Lisa

    Gaspard and Lisa Puppets

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  • Mess Free Painting with Water

    Mess-Free Painting Idea: Paint with Water

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  • Halloween decoration idea: upcycled CD Ghosts

    CD Ghosts

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  • Painting with Vehicles

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  • zoo animal themed cupcake toppers

    Zoo animal cupcake toppers: or customise to your theme

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  • Easy DIY homemade yarn Christmas tree cards - that kids can make. Square

    Yarn Laced Christmas Tree Cards

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  • Ribbon Christmas tree card craft for kids

    Ribbon Tree Christmas Cards

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  • 100 sequins for the 100th day of school outfit idea

    100 Sequins for the 100th Day of School

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  • Creating balloon art

    Balloon decorating: process art for kids

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  • Colour Swatch Tree Christmas Cards

    Paint Colour Swatch Tree Cards {that little kids can make}

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  • Cute mouse that kids can help make

    Pebble Mice

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  • Learn with Play: 150+ Ideas for Fun Activities & Year-round Learning

    New Book! Learn With Play: 150+ Ideas for Year-round Fun & Learning

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  • Painting Feathers - nature process art for kids

    Painting Feathers: Nature Process Art Idea

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  • Kid-Made Gold Ribbon Decoration that works on fine motor knotting skills

    Gold Ribbon Stick Decorations

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  • Easy Kid-Made Robot Hat

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  • Best Kids Activities of 2015 on Danya Banya

    Best Kids Activities of 2015 | Danya Banya

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  • Paper mache princess castle for imaginative play

    Paper Mache Princess Castle

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  • Top Arts and Crafts for Kids posts from Danya Banya 2014

    Best of 2014: Art & Crafts for Kids

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  • Torn paper Hoot and Hootabelle collage

    Hoot and Hootabelle Torn Paper Owl Collage

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  • Easy DIY washi tape peg matching and fine motor game for toddlers

    Washi Tape Pegs

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  • Easy aluminium foil rocket

    Easy Astronaut and Rocket Craft

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  • d is for dinosaur recycled paper craft

    D is for Dinosaur

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  • When dessert becomes art

    When dessert becomes art

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  • Best crafts education and parenting posts of 2014

    Very Best Craft, Education and Parenting Posts of 2014

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xx Danya

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