Craft and Coloring Ideas for President's Day

In honor of today being President's Day I made an article for my Tucson Children's Crafts Examiner topic with some President craft and coloring ideas to help make today a learning opportunity. You can see my article here.

More ideas on my article published last year here.

Crafts related to "Pick Your Friends/Finola's Farm" episode of The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That

Check out my latest Examiner Tucson Children's Craft article for some ideas of crafts and recipe ideas to do with kids that relate to the "Pick Your Friends/Finola's Farm" episode of The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That. This episode is about making the Cat in the Hat a Valentine and learning about milking a cow and things made with milk.

Continue reading here for the ideas.

Gnomeo & Juliet Crafts

Celebrate the theatrical release of Gnomeo & Juliet this Friday, February 11, 2011, in theaters nationwide, with some fun gnome crafts and coloring.

Continue reading on my Examiner.com article here.

Crafts and Coloring to go The Backyardigans "Match on Mount Olympus" Episode

Below are some ideas of coloring and crafts to do that relate to The Backyardigans "Match on Mount Olympus" episode.

Olive Leaf Crown Craft and Laurel Wreath Craft - Make crowns or laurel wreath similar to what The Backyardigans characters wear during this episode.

Basketball Hoop Game Craft - Create your own basketball hoop game with this craft related to the sport featured in the "Might Match Up" episode.

Tissue Paper Basketball Craft - Make a tissue paper basketball with the template and instructions on this site.

Paper Mache Globe - This craft relates to when Tasha the goddess plays basketball using a globe.

Basketball Coloring Pages - This site has a variety of basketball coloring pages including ones featuring real NBA players. There are also a wide variety of at this site.

You do not have to wait for the episode to be seen on Nick Jr. to enjoy doing these activities. You can see the episode on Netflix Instant, get it on the Mighty Match Up DVD, or download it from iTunes.

Crafts and Coloring to go with Ni Hao, Kai-lan's "Great Trip to China" episode

Below are some crafts and coloring things to go with the things that happen in the "Great Trip to China" episode of Ni Hao, Kai-Lan.

Map of China Coloring Page - This relates to them going to China in this episode and when Yaya

Plane Crafts - This relates to Kai-lan and her friends taking a plane ride to get to China in the episode.

Watermelon Crafts, Coloring, and Activities - These relate to them spotting the sign for watermelon at a watermelon stand, learning the word in Chinese in the episode, and the baby panda being named Little Watermelon.

Panda Crafts - This relates to the baby panda being a main character of this episode.

Chinese Dragon Boat Craft - This relates to them taking a boat to get the tiger shoes for the panda.

Chinese Mask Craft - This relates to them making a mask for the baby panda in the episode.

Angel Coloring for Be an Angel Day

August 22 is known as Be an Angel Day, so to celebrate here are some angel themed coloring pages to entertain the kids and perhaps help keep them busy and behaving like angels today.

Angel Coloring Pages with Bible Verses - This site has a variety of angel coloring page designs with bible verses as part of the image.

Angel Coloring Pages - This site has general angel coloring pages and Biblical angel coloring pages.

Angel Coloring Pages from DLTK

Angel Guide's Coloring Pages

Spiderman Coloring Pages

In honor of today being the anniversary of Spider Man making his first comic book appearance on August 15, 2009 I found some Spider Man coloring pages on the web to entertain Spider Man fans.

72 Spider Man Coloring Pages - This site has a great variety including ones with just Spider Man and ones with him in action fighting villians and also just normal life of Spider Man.

DLTK's Spider Man Coloring Pages - This only has a few in comparison to the above site, but it does have some to print in color if you just want a poster for a party or something and do not want to have to color it by hand.