Wild west art projects for kids

I can sum this one up in two simple words, "YEEEE HAW!" When my son Jack turned 2, I put together a little birthday get-together, covered in cowboy hats and sheriff badges. It was adorable (if I do say so myself). Invitation I knew, from past experience, that a small cellophane party favor bag makes an excellent (and super cheap) party invitation envelope. For this invite, I purchased 12"x12" sheets of red "bandanna" patterned scrapbooking paper for the background, and 8.5 x 11 sheets of…

Rodeo Season -- Cowboy Boot Craft

Horse craft idea for preschoolers After a fun day of spring party& horse theme crafts, this afternoon I set up one final craft for the paper and paper plates to explore. Not only was it great to h

5th graderslearned about symmetry while creating these cowboy boots. They drew the mirror image of their names. Can you read them? Cowboy/girl self-portraits were done by 3rd grade!

A few days ago we did a project involving coffee filters. Instead of coloring them with markers and spraying with water, we used droppers and colored water. To make a sunset sky, we used red and yellow water. The kids picked up some water in the dropper and slowly squirted it onto their coffee filter. It's a good idea to put construction paper under the coffee filter to absorb the water. Otherwise you'd have a huge mess. Once the kids filled up their coffee filter completely, we let them…

Print This Craft The Buddies are heading West with these Printable Western Buddies Paper Dolls. The kids will have fun ... Read More

Desert sunset painting for kids

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