- Finger puppets allow children to play pretend. Children have an opportunity to make up stories, act out different scenarios and be different characters with finger puppets. Websites such as Enchanted Learning (enchantedlarning.com), Crayola (crayola.com) and Free Kid Crafts (freekidcrafts.com) offer a variety of finger puppet character templates they can download. Print out the templates and children can enjoy coloring and decorating each finger puppet for hours of role playing.
- Help children get into spirit for different holidays and festivities by making theme hats. Many craft-making websites offer instructions and templates on hats you can download. Find patterns for hats children can make, including a St. Patrick's Day hat at MakingFriends.com, a leprechaun hat at Enchanted Learning and a party hat at Kids Craft Zone (kidscraftzone.com).
- Children will enjoy creating different messages and images for doorknob hangers, whether the hangers are for the bedroom or bathroom. Doorknob hanger templates come in different shapes, include different characters or are available plain for children to decorate. The DLTK website (dltk-cards.com) offers a variety of doorknob hanger templates allowing children to create, decorate and customize their hangers. Disney Family (family.go.com) features a "Dog Tired" hanger template featuring the Goofy character and Creativity Portal (creativity-portal.com) has templates of doorknob hangers in different colors.
- Eyeglasses come in many shapes and designs, and children can craft their own pair of lens-less eyeglasses with various templates available for download. MakingFriends.com offers a template for Harry Potter-style glasses. Children can also choose a heart-shaped eyeglasses template from Clip Art n' Crafts (clipartandcrafts.com) or a plain pair of eyeglasses to color and design as they wish from First Palette (firstpalette.com).
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