Free Printable Chinese New Year 2013 Crafts for Year of the Snake

The Chinese New Year is celebrated on the Gregorian (western) calendar on February 10, 2013. 2013 is the Year of the Snake in the 12 year Chinese Zodiac rotation. Here are free printable crafts to celebrate the Chinese New Year. Free Kids Crafts has many free printable Chinese New Year crafts, including paper lanterns, 3D paper cut and paste animal crafts featuring Chinese zodiac animals, party decorations, party hats, toys, greeting cards and Chinese symbols.  Chinese New Year Activities

Free Printable One Direction Coloring Pages, Online Games

"One Direction" is an uber-hot new boy band from the United Kingdom. The group consists of five young men: Zayn Malik, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne and Harry Styles. One Direction is best known for their songs: "One Thing","Live While We're Young" and "What Makes You Beautiful." Their dance-pop music and trendy, gangnam dress style makes them very popular with tweens and teens. Looking for free printable activities based on One Direction? Here are coloring pages, games, crafts and puzzles featuring the lads. One Direction Printables

Free Printable Christmas Holiday Decorations

Finding yourself cash-strapped this holiday season? No extra $ for decorations and too busy to decorate? If you've got kids and a computer printer, you're all set. Put those energetic, holiday-anticipating youngsters to work making free printable crafts. Fill your home with Christmas cheer, keep kids productively busy and save yourself time and money.  Print from your computer for cheap holiday decor. Want to get double the fun from these crafts? Print in black and white and have kids color them. Aren't I just Santa's little elf and mommy's little helper? Believe me, I've been there, done that with kids. Trying to juggle work plus kids home on vacation--aiiyy! Or if you homeschool, like we did, keeping kids on task during advent gets challenging. That's why free printable crafts are a win-win-win deal! For links, Read more

Free Printable Christmas Party Games, Holiday Activities

 Picture this: Christmas presents all opened, Christmas dinner nicely settling and just when adults are relaxing,  kids want to play. Now is time to weave a little holiday magic with free printable Christmas puzzles and word games! Before Christmas Eve, Christmas Day or any other holiday gather an assortment of little books, toys, prizes etc. Put them in a Santa Surprise bag. When kids get restless, haul out crayons, markers pencils and a supply of free printable Christmas puzzles. For each puzzle or coloring page successfully completed the child gets to choose one prize from Santa's Surprise bag! read more

Free Printable Diwali Activities, Rangoli Crafts

Diwali is a five-day festival celebrated by Sikhs, Hindus and Jains. Diwali 2012, or Deepavali, is celebrated from November 13-17 in the western calendar. Here are free printable Diwali crafts and activities. Diwali means 'row' or 'garland of lights' in Sanskrit and is referred to as the 'festival of lights'. In the Indian calendar, Diwali is celebrated in late Ashwin (September-October) and ends in early Kartika (October-November). read more

Free Printable Halloween Paper Toys, Masks, Party Decorations, Craft Activities

It's nearly that time of year again--time for all things scary, spooky, creepy and kooky! This Halloween, I've got even more free printable craft fun than ever before. I found a new website with literally hundreds of links for free printable paper crafts, toys, masks, costumes and Halloween fun. Never again need kids be bored with all these fun free printables! Have printer, will create!Keep mischievious tots happily employed making crafts for Halloween (while you work!) read more

Free Printable Party Invitations and All Occasion Greeting Cards for Kids

Making and sending greeting cards has been a time-honored tradition in my classroom and homeschool. We made Get Well Soon, birthday, holiday cards. We made our own invitations, too. Here are free printable all occasion greeting cards for kids to print and make. Whatever the occasion, a greeting card brings a smile. Holidays, birthdays, new baby, wedding, anniversary, sympathy, illness, congratulations, whatever the event, out came the construction paper, scissors and markers. We always shunned the pricey impersonal party invitations and made our own. read more