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Rainbow Crafts and Activities for Kids – Fun and Creative Ideas

3 Comments / activities for children, Age 2-5, Age 5-7, art, childrens craft, crafts, Screen Free, Teen, Tween / By

I have to admit, I am a sucker for rainbow crafts and activities.  I am not a muted palate girl at all and the colours of the rainbow really do sing out to me.  So I have gathered together some of my favourite rainbow crafts and activities for kids of all ages to share with you. In fact, I have gathered together what I think are over 40 of the best rainbow crafts for kids on the web.

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45+ Poppy Crafts for Remembrance, Armistice, or Veteran’s Day – Creative Ideas and Tutorials

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Poppy Crafts are perfect for Remembrance Day, Armistice or Veteran’s Day; great poppy crafts for all ages. Making poppy crafts always gives me the opportunity to discuss the need for remembrance day and the significance of poppies in remembering those that have served our country.

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20 Fun and Adorable Spring Crafts for Kids

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Can you feel Spring in the air yet?  I think I can, and I have started thinking about Spring crafts for kids and spring crafts for preschoolers. We have a fabulous selection of crafts that kids will love here.  I love Spring, the garden is filled with vibrant colour after a long, cold winter, and

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Invitation to Create and Decorate Paper Easter Eggs

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This Easter Egg decorating is super simple to put together and will keep the children busy for as long as you give them things to glue and stick in my experience! The best thing about this is that children are often happy to decorate with little or no interference or assistance on my part.

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Metallic Leaf Garland and Decorations

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How stunning are this Metallic Leaf Garland and Decorations designed for us by Jane from Snapdragon online. I have been a long time admirer of Jane and love her style and was delighted when she agreed to collaborate with me on a fabulous craft project that is perfect for children and adults alike. 

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Paper Plate Baubles – Giant Christmas Decorations

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Paper Plate Baubles is a paid collaboration in conjunction with Bostik. I have a real love of crafting and creating with children and simple crafts are often the best. These paper plate baubles are simple, mess-free and perfect for younger children, plus they look amazing.  Can you imagine a giant tree with these on perhaps

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Ghastly Ghosts and Bats – Get making this Halloween

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Get making this Halloween – Ghastly Ghosts and Bats is a paid collaboration with the Year of Engineering. I am delighted to be teaming up with The Holiday Makers again to share with you a simple and spooky engineering experiment this Halloween. We are going to show you how to make Tissue Paper ghosts and bats

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Fabulous Smallfoot Crafts and Party Ideas

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Have you seen Smallfoot yet? Well if not you are in for a treat and I think that this season will be all about Yeti, Abominable Snowmen or Smallfoot. But there is no need to go searching the internet for Smallfoot Crafts and party ideas as we have done that for you!

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