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The Craft Train

Crafty ideas for kids and parents

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How to make a shaker

August 26, 2019 By Kate 5 Comments

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Easy paper roll shaker craft for kids #preschool #kidscrafts #diytoy #musicalinstrument #craftandplay #playmatters #recyclingcrafts #shakers #paperrolls #cardboardtubes #toiletrollcrafts #thecrafttrain

This 10 minute paper roll shaker is a fun musical instrument craft for preschoolers which they can make themselves with a little bit of help. We originally shared this DIY musical shaker back in 2013 – my kids are now much bigger! *sob*. I’ve decided to reshare it for our readers today.     One day my daughter came home from pre-school showing off a fancy toilet roll shaker she

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Cardboard box monster costume

October 13, 2018 By Kate Leave a Comment

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KIds monster costume idea

Make your own monster costume from a cardboard box! This is a super-easy DIY Halloween costume idea, or just a fun Dress-up craft you can make any time. This craft was originally published in 2013, and has been updated and reshared for today’s audience. We’re re-visiting some of our easy cardboard recycling crafts this month. Last week I shared a princess castle we made from a recycled cardboard box. Well,

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The ocean animal ebook

14 paper plate ocean animal crafts for kids. This ebook contains the printable templates to transform paper plates into 14 different sea creatures along with interesting non fiction facts about each one. Kids will gain an appreciation of our sea life, learning about ocean animals and also making an eye-catching craft which can be hung on the wall #oceananimals #kidscrafts #paperplates #paperplatecrafts

Summer Paper Crafts

Summer paper crafts

Dinosaur crafts ebook

12 paper plate dinosaur crafts for kids

Australian animal crafts

Australian paper plate animals – easy craft templates for kids
  • Kate GronoKate GronoCrazy Craft Fanatic

    I’m basically a big kid who never grew up and still loves to muck around with paint, glitter, glue and toilet rolls. With the crafts shared here on this website I’m hoping to give other parents and carers inspiration to get crafty with their kids at home – make our projects, or use them as a source of inspiration to spark ideas of your own. When it comes to crafting no rules apply!

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