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How to Make a Family Coloring Book

Are your kids old enough to color? Many kids find coloring to be a fun way to pass the time. It also helps children to develop their small motor skills. Adults can discover that the act of coloring is relaxing. A website called ReallyColor can help you make a family coloring book. ReallyColor can turn your family photos into coloring pages. You pick the photos you want to use. You can create individual coloring sheets – or have ReallyColor put your coloring pages into a unique coloring book for, and about, your family. ReallyColor uses a patented technology that allows … Continue reading →

Free Coloring Pages for Memorial Day

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Looking for an inexpensive way to keep the little ones entertained over the Memorial Day weekend? Try some of these Memorial Day coloring pages. You can download them and print them out for free! Even “big kids” can have fun with these. Crayola.com has a coloring page that is called “Memorial Day”. It shows a picture of an American flag and an eagle, with mountains in the background. Crayola.com has a coloring page called “Color the flag of the USA”. As you may have expected, the coloring sheet has an image of an American flag for kids to color. Crayola.com … Continue reading →

Thanksgiving for Kids Online

Thanksgiving comes in just a few more days. Have you begun making your preparations? While you are taking care of all of your last minute cooking tasks or during that long drive to the relatives, it is nice to have some great Thanksgiving activities to keep the kids occupied and enjoying the time leading up to the holidays. We’ve found quite a few on the Internet, from Thanksgiving craft ideas to Thanksgiving games and puzzles that you can print out. Take advantage of your computer and printer to provide the kids with all of these Thanksgiving activities for free. DLTK … Continue reading →

Ben & Jerry’s Halloween Pages

If you haven’t yet visited the Ben & Jerry Holiday website, you are in for a real treat and a few fun tricks. Right now, they are gearing up for Halloween with lots of fun stuff that is great for kids. When you get to the Ben & Jerry’s Halloween section, you are greeted by a ghost who is welcoming you into the flavor graveyard. Click on the ghost, and you’ll be taken through the graveyard and past some tombstones toward the haunted house. The unseen ghostly hands will drop you off just inside the front door, where you’ll be … Continue reading →

Kids Coloring Pages

Looking for some fun coloring pages to keep the kids occupied on a long car trip or during summer thunderstorms? Here are some of the best internet resources for coloring pages. You’ll find all of your favorite characters plus some learning worksheets, too. DTKL’s Coloring Pages DLTK is one of my favorite places to get coloring pages and preschool worksheets. I have been visiting the site since my oldest was two (he is now six). There are plenty of themes to chose from learning subjects, such as as Ancient Rome, the Bible, Community Helpers and Dental Health, to pure fun, … Continue reading →

Fun Thanksgiving Activities

Are you getting excited about the holidays? Thanksgiving is just a few weeks away, so go ahead and start making crafts and other Thanksgiving projects. In this article, you will find a turkey craft idea as well as some resources for holiday clip art, activities, and coloring pages. Ask a grown up to print out some coloring pages and puzzles for you to do between other projects. Dimensional Turkey Craft Draw a turkey or print out a cool clip art turkey to start this project. Then, glue on feathers, beads, sequins, colored sand, glitter, or any other items you like … Continue reading →

Useful Websites: Child Fun

At first glance the site Child Fun is one of those sites designed with google primarily in mind. They have a pretty substantial amount of ads on all of their pages, but they have some pretty good content as well. The site is full of literally thousands of different activities you can do with your child and ideas for fun family events and crafts. The activities are divided up by different holidays as well as different themes such as food activities, girl scout activities, and Christian activities. A lot of the information found in their pages are things you could … Continue reading →

Teach Your Kids American Sign Language

When I was a little girl, one of my teachers decided that teaching our class the alphabet in American Sign Language would make a fun project. She was right. We all thought it was an awesome idea, and I remember the hand signs for the alphabet to this day. Not only was it fun and interesting to learn but this information has also come in handy when trying to communicate with hearing impaired individuals. While spelling words out letter-by-letter may seem a little clumsy as compared to learning signs for words and phrases, it is a good start, and it’s … Continue reading →

Projects to Keep Kids Entertained

April showers might bring May flowers, but they also bring boredom for kids who can’t go outside to play in the fresh spring air. What’s a parent to do? Make a Mosaic Masterpiece Use construction paper or poster board for a background. Have children cut up different colored pieces of paper, or pick up a few punches with cute designs and punch out shapes in different colors. Give each child a glue stick and have him or her start arranging colored pieces on the background, forming a mosaic pattern. When the glue is dry, have children color in gaps and … Continue reading →