Arts+&+Crafts

This is my favorite site to use at work when I have playgroups, there's coloring pages, holiday crafts and educational pages. __[|http://www.dlkt-kids.com]__ This site offers 1000s of free craft projects and craft patterns __[|http://www.craftown.com]__ Melinda Allen

The following link is great for small children my little girl loves it. [] There are coloring pages as well as crafts that can be done with young sprouts.

[] This site offers art for children and adults.

Anita Givens

h[|ttp://www.kinderart.com/drawing/cresist.shtml] Teaches Cause and Effect. This is a new twist on the old crayon resist art. It can be very simple to ellaborate.

[] Motor skills & sensory stilmulation. This is a clay pot that students make and paint. It would be great for a Mother's Day - or any occasion - gift.

Tammy Guthery

Crayola [|www.crayola.com] Crayola offers standard-based lesson plans, resources, Dream Makers (supplemental curriculum with hands-on activities), coloring pages, and crafts. It allows you to select material for different Ages and Stages of development, Early Childhood, Other IQ, or Special Needs. Submitted by Anita Robinson

2Learn Education Resources [|http://www.do2learn.com] This site was created to help children with autism learn beginning skills. It offers information about different disabilites, activities for fine motor skills, reading and writing, shape recognition, art projects, sorting and matching, songs and games, picture cards for vairous skills that can be printed. Supported by major organizations and has won several awards. GREAT SITE! Submitted by Anita Robinson

[|http://www.abcteach.com] This site has crafts as well as coloring pages and many templates for shapes, shape books, and so much more. Kristy Harbison

[] This site is absolutely free. You can find every craft, art project, coloring page, or anything else you might want or need. Explore this site by clicking a holiday, subject, or topic. It is very user friendly. This site is a goldmine!!!! I use it many times throughout the year.

Kristy Harbison

Kaboose fun **crafts** for kids are for every holiday and season! Great **craft ideas** and projects for all ages including back-to-school **crafts** and much more!

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Large section of free craft projects and printable pages, all organized by topic, age guidelines, products used, or type. //[|http://family**crafts**.about.com]//

Submitted by Ruby Resaonover

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">[|www.artshelpingchildren.org] various ideas for children art projects including paper folding, coloring pages, how to draw, murals, and more art stuff. submitted by Laura Harris

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">[|www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts] These crafts projects use materials found around the house, like egg cartons, cardboard, paper, boxes, string, crayons, paint, glue, etc. See [|a page about color mixing] to see how to combine paint to make all the colors of the **rainbow**. submitted by Laura Harris

__<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">[] This website provides not only a variety of easy to make crafts, it also provides interactive games for kids, including dress-up.

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">[] This is a great website from the magazine "Family Fun" by Disney. It offers creative and inexpensive arts and crafts ideas as well as fun games for the children.

Submitted by Karen Gallian

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">[] This is a great website for parents and teachers to get ideas for crafts. Each month, new crafts are posted on the website. Submitted by: Anna McSwain

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">[] This website is geared toward preschool and Kindergarten aged children. It has many ideas for arts and crafts that can be used at school or home. Submitted by: Anna McSwain

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">[] Believe it or not but Mcdonalds has a site dedicated to children where they can paint and color on a site and enjoy the educational values that McDonalds has to offer. Submitted by: Joseph Cochran

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">[] This website is where parents can download different fonts for children to play with and create their own art. Submitted by: Joseph Cochran

[] <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">This is a professional article that discusses the benefits of art activities for children with disabilities.<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> Cathy Brown

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">[|[[http://www.preschoolexpress.com/art_station.shtml This|http://www.preschoolexpress.com/art_station.shtml] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">]] <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">This site provides a variety of craft ideas. Activities are divided into seasons as well as anytime craft ideas. This site also have pre-planned activities that are based on a child’s age. Cathy Brown