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If you're looking for some great media suggestions for your kids--look no further than our Top Picks! We have a variety of lists in all of our media categories with some wonderful suggestions for kids of all ages. Whether you're looking for great fantasy books for your 8-14 year old or some classic holiday movies, you're sure to find something that your kids will enjoy.
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Craftbits.com An adult’s help is needed for most of these unusual crafts and recipes. The site is Australian and offers directions for everything from Squishy Balloon Balls to Grass Heads (homemade Chia Pets).
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20 Kids*20 Kites*20 Minutes Make a kite in just 20 minutes with a piece of typing paper, some bamboo shish kebab sticks, and some long, plastic non-sticky tape (surveyor’s tape or equivalent). The directions at this site have been time-tested in many Hawaiian classrooms.
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Mrs. Sirois' Country Kindergarten Make fun “soap crayons” to use in the bathtub, mix your own play dough, and find out how to make a milk jug igloo!
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Just Kids Recipe -- Craft Recipes You’ll never look at clothes dryer lint the same way again.
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Clothespin Dolls Old-fashioned wooden clothespins have nicely-shaped rounded heads. With just a pipe cleaner and some scraps of fabric, you can make a fun, funky dolly.
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Easy Yarn Dolls You need two skeins of yarn, books in various sizes to wrap the yarn around, and a little help from an adult.
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Animal Crafts Print and assemble a cute barnyard of your own--full of quacks, moos, oinks, and more. Look in the “Topics--Animals” section for farm animal activity sheets, and don’t miss the farm story. It reads itself to you!
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Construction Crafts Make a very cool dump truck out of an old egg carton, or build nifty construction equipment mobile to hang in your room--among other earth-shaking activities.
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Worms in Dirt Pudding The classic springtime dessert for kids! Sometimes served in a wax paper-lined new flowerpot, you could also make it with vanilla wafers, add some Gummi sharks, and enjoy an edible “sand pail.”
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Everything Preschool -- Craft Recipes Create your own clay from sawdust, bread, crepe paper, and even rose petals!
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Web site Lists
- Safe Social Networking for Tweens
- Social Networking for Younger Kids (7 and under)
- Stellar Sports Sites
- Harry Potter Web Sites
- Geography Web Sites
- Gardening Web Sites
- Safe Search Sites for Kids
- Farm Animal Web Sites
- Art Web Sites
- Dinosaur Web Sites
- Homework Help Web Sites
- History Web Sites
- Astronomy Web Sites
- KIDS.US Web Sites
- Reading Web Sites
- Color Web Sites for Young Kids
- Signs of Spring on the Internet
- Princess for a Day Sites
- Earth Day Web Sites
- News Web Sites for Tweens
- Winter Web Sites
- Black History Month Web Sites
- Trains, Trucks, and Robots Web Sites
- Chinese New Year Web Sites
- Educational Game Web Sites
- Math Web Sites
- Volcano Web Sites for Kids
- Hawaii Web Sites
- President's Day Websites
- Travel Web Sites
- New Year's Web Sites
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Web Sites
- Tooth Fairy Web Sites
- Kite Web Sites
- Coral Reef Web Sites
- Natural Disaster Web Sites
- Planet Mars Web Sites
- Easter Web Sites
- Passover Web Sites
- Horse Web Sites
- Money Web Sites
- Presidents Day Web Sites
- Poetry Web Sites
- Soccer Web Sites
- Hurricane Web Sites
- History of the United States Web Sites
- Time Web Sites
- Alien/UFO Web Sites
- Beach Web Sites
- Fantasy Book Web Sites
- Arts and Crafts Web Sites
- Middle Ages Web Sites
- Folk Tale Web Sites
- Music Web Sites
- Halloween Web Sites
- Animal Web Sites
- Elephant Web Sites
- Cow Web Sites
- Robot Web Sites
- Worm Web Sites
- Frog Web Sites
- Whale Web Sites
