Craft: St. Patrick's Day Picture

Here's a fun and easy craft to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. This cute little rainbow and pot of gold is sure to make any little person happy.

Happy St. Patrick's Day. Don't forget to wear green, nobody wants to get pinched.

Click here for the craft at MetroFamily Magazine.

Days to Celebrate: March 2012

National Peanut Month

National Craft Month

2 Dr. Seuss’s Birthday

6 Michelangelo’s Birthday

7 National Cereal Day

11 Daylights Savings Time

12 Girl Scouts Anniversary

14 National Kids’ Craft Day

National Potato Chip Day

Albert Einstein’s Birthday

15 Absolutely Incredible Kid Day

17 St. Patrick’s Day

20 Big Bird’s Birthday

First Day of Spring

21 National Teenager’s Day

22 National Goof Off Day

23 Dixie Cup Anniversary

World Meteorological Day

26 Make Your Own Holiday

28 Children’s Picture Book Day

29 Fish Day

30 Van Gogh’s Birthday

Michael’s Craft Events

2 Read Across America, 4-6pm.

24 There was a Little Froggie Easter Craft Egg, 1-3pm.

31 Terra Cotta Spring Butterfly Clay Pot, 1-3pm.

3 My First Science Fair Demo, 3-4pm.

10 T-shirt Tote Bag, 1-3pm.

Yarn Doll, 3-5pm.

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Crafts for Kids at Lakeshore Learning Center every Saturday, 10am-3pm.

3 Designer Mirror

10 Totally Wild Animal Headband

17 Lucky Shamrock Rainbow Ribbon

24 Spring Flower Bouquet

31 A Buggy Scene

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Lowe’s Build and Grow Clinics Saturday, 10am.

10 Carnival Hoops

24 Art Station

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Valentine's Clothespin Magnet

Supplies:

Pretty printed paper

Colored paper

1 clothespin

Magnet strip

Scissors

Glue

Embellishments – stickers, glitter, markers, brads, buttons, etc…..

Directions:

1. Take the clothespin and trace around it on the printed paper. 

2. Cut it out and glue it to the clothespin to cover one side of it.

3. Make a paper heart and cut it out. Any size you like any color you like.

4. Next take the paper heart and add a special message or embellish it with stickers, glitter or markers.

5. Glue heart to clothespin.

6. Turn clothespin over and add magnet.

Add it to a clear bag with ribbon for a final touch or anything you plan on giving as a present. You can also leave the magnet off if you are just using it to close up a bag like shown here. 

Days to Celebrate: February 2012

Library Lovers’ Month

National Bird Feeding Month

Black History Month

National Weddings Month

Potato Lover’s Month

12-18 Random Acts of Kindness Week

19-25 Friendship Week

1 National Freedom Day

2 Groundhog Day

3 Norman Rockwell’s Birthday 1894

National Wear Red Day

4 Rosa Parks 1913

Thank a Mailman Day

Halfway Point of Winter

5 Super Bowl Sunday

National Weatherman’s Day

6 Pay a Compliment Day

7 Charles Dickens 1812 and Laura Ingalls Wilder 1867

8 Boy Scout Day

9 Pizza Pie Day

11 Thomas Edison 1847

Don’t Cry Over Spilled Milk Day

12 Abraham Lincoln 1809, Judy Blume 1938 and Charles Darwin 1809

Grammy Awards

14 Valentine’s Day

Turn Off TV Day

15 Galileo Galilei 1564

National Gum Drop Day

17 My Way Day

19 Solar System Day

20 Love Your Pet Day

President’s Day Ansel Adams 1902

21 Mardi Gras

International Mother Language Day and National Pancake Day

22 George Washington 1732

World Thinking Day

23 National Banana Bread Day

Tootsie Roll Anniversary

26 Academy Awards

27 John Steinbeck 1902

National Tooth Fairy Day

29 Leap Year Day

Michael’s Craft Events

5 Valentine’s Day Foam Mailbox, 1-2pm. 

Valentine’s Day Card, 2-3pm.

11 Valentine’s Day Memory Book, 10am-noon.

12 Valentine’s Day Gift Workshop, 1-3pm.

18 Express Yourself Tote, 10am-noon.

25 Scene-A+ Rama Demo, 2-3pm.

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Crafts for Kids at Lakeshore Learning Center every Saturday, 10am-3pm.

4 Design-Your-Own Notebook

11 Be Mine! Valentine Mailbox

18 My Little Log Cabin

25 Super-Silly Storybook Character

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Lowe’s Build and Grow Clinics Saturday, 10am.

11 Valentine Card Creator

25 Rumblin’ Race Car

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Crafts: Getting Ready for Valentine’s Day

Valentine's Day Cards 

Valentine's Day will be here before you know it. Do you need an idea? Here is one that will be fun to do and pretty inexpensive.

I did this a couple of years ago for my husband and had so much fun with it, that I thought I would share it here.  This year I'll do it for my kids too.


Get 14 cards, note cards, postcards or index cards. Whatever you can write a love note on. You can get cheap cards just about anywhere. You can also make your own cards with stickers, markers, construction paper, glitter and whatever else you have on hand.

Send one card everyday of the week or put it in the dresser, lunch pail, backpack, car, wherever you want your loved one to find it. Sending a card in the mail is great because not a lot of people get mail anymore and this would be neat for kids too. On Sunday you can't send one so hide it somewhere in the house that they can find it. Don't forget about sending them to work.

Inside the card you can say whatever you want. Be creative and have fun. Put clues on them for where you will take him or her out for Valentine's or pieces of a puzzle they will have to put together. Adding stickers, candy, small toys, pencils, pens and anything small would also be fun for anyone.


Tomorrow will be the first so start making them today.


Have fun and Happy Valentine's Day.