Saturday, March 3, 2012

Craft These Homemade Decorations

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PRESCHOOL

Decorate Your Own Lampshade

Here's a home decorating project that makes personalization affordable, easy and enough fun that you won't mind switching from pirates to firefighters in three weeks: decorating your own lampshade!
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KINDERGARTEN

Practice Early Math with Patterned Paper Chains

Craft a colorful paper chain by alternating two colors in a repetitive pattern to help your kindergartner master her patterning skills.
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FIRST GRADE

Make a Spring Nature Vase

Celebrate the season of flowers with a homemade vase budding with blooms of the season. Capturing the feeling of a cheerful sunny day, it's just the thing for spring.
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SECOND GRADE

Create a Faux Stained Glass Vase

Your second grader is sure to "wow" anyone with this beautiful, handmade work of art as he recreates a stained glass effect with simple craft supplies and builds his fine motor skills with this fun project!
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THIRD GRADE

Paint a Color Wheel Still Life

Spend a warm spring day painting with the color wheel. Kids paint a still life of fresh spring flowers using colors found side by side on the color wheel, just like Vincent van Gogh.
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FOURTH GRADE

Make Recycled Modern Art

All those plastic bags hiding under your sink can be re-purposed into a fun and exciting decoration your child can hang in her room!
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FIFTH GRADE

Ikebana: Japanese Flower Arranging

Try your hand at an ancient Japanese tradition. Learn about Ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arranging. You'll end up with an artfully arranged set of spring flowers, and learn about another culture in the process.
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MIDDLE SCHOOL

Turn Thick Ribbon into Cute Curtains

Help your teen turn her favorite thick ribbon into cute and crafty curtains! She can make a set of fun, wavy blinds or a wall hanging to add some flair to her room.
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HIGH SCHOOL

Turn an Old Book into a Memory Box

Just like movie paintings that move to reveal secret safes, you can make a book that opens to reveal a secret compartment perfect for hiding special things.
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