Free printable Christmas paper toys, holiday activities, paper crafts for kids | Examiner.com

Are you channeling your inner Scrooge this holiday season? Got a bad case of the Grinchies? Did your Christmas spirit fly the coop? Sounds like someone needs a holiday cheer fix and for that you need to visit The Toymaker. Get ready for free Christmas printables like you've never seen before. Because The Toymaker has a sleighful of free printable Christmas paper toys, holiday activities and 3D paper crafts to make. The pictures look child-like but don't be fooled. As we've recently seen, adult coloring books are good therapy for adults and so are cut and paste paper crafts.   Free printable Christmas paper toys, holiday activities, paper crafts for kids | Examiner.com

Advent Christmas countdown activities: 30-day holiday calendar for kids

 Advent is the four-week preparatory season leading up to Christmas, celebrated by Orthodox and Catholic Christians and some protestants. Using an Advent calendar and Advent wreath, families mark the days till the Feast of Christmas, followed by the Octave of Christmas and Epiphany (Twelfth Night, Three Kings Day). Here are Christmas countdown activities for children, with an Advent flavor. Make one of these homemade Advent calendars. There's one Advent calendar with pockets and another lift-the-flap Advent calendar. Use this 30-day holiday calendar to plan your Christmas and keep children productively occupied till Santa arrives! This list includes feast days and holy days from the Catholic liturgical calendar. Fill in activities around those days. Advent Christmas countdown activities: 30-day holiday calendar for kids | Examiner.com

Homeschool Montessori learning centers: Preschool dress-up, dramatic play areas

Preschool classrooms function best when organized into Montessori style learning centers. Learning centers are rotational play areas where children perform tasks related to specific content areas: math, reading, science, art, practical life, dramatic play or preschool dress-up areas. Homeschool parents, why not create learning centers in your child's play room? Here's how to organize Montessori preschool dramatic play, or preschool dress-up learning areas. mom designed an at-home dramatic play area.  Homeschool Montessori learning centers: Preschool dress-up, dramatic play areas | Examiner.com

Free printable turkey crafts, patterns, stencils of Thanksgiving turkeys

As the leaves turn and fall, holiday planning turns to Thanksgiving. What would the Thanksgiving holiday be without turkey crafts? Here are free printable paper turkeys, turkey crafts and Thanksgiving craft projects your children will gobble up! Use these free printable turkey crafts and Thanksgiving craft patterns at home, in school, in day care, homeschooling, at senior centers, churches, 4H groups or scout troops.Free printable turkey crafts, patterns, stencils of Thanksgiving turkeys | Examiner.com

 

Free printable Halloween masks for kids to color and make | Examiner.com

Trick-or-treat is all about dressing up in Halloween costumes, right? So how about free printable Halloween masks for kids to color, cut and paste? Perfect for preschool, special education and school Halloween parties. For families who don't do Halloween, I included links for generic masks so kids can still enjoy craft fun. Masks are grouped by theme.Free printable Halloween masks for kids to color and make | Examiner.com

 

Free printable Catholic saints coloring pages for All Saints' Day | Examiner.com

Most people know that October 31 is Halloween, or All Hallows Eve. Fewer know that there's only a Halloween because of the days that follow. November 1 marks the Catholic holy day of obligation, All Saints' Day and November 2 is All Souls' Day (celebrated as Dia de los Muertos or Day of the Dead in Mexico). Halloween was a pagan blowout that anticipated the solemnity of the proceeding holy day. Use these free printable Catholic saints coloring pages, crafts and lesson plans to learn more about All Saint's Day and Halloween.Free printable Catholic saints coloring pages for All Saints' Day | Examiner.com

 

Russian 5-year-old boys tunnel out of school playground sandbox on Jaguar quest - Grand Rapids News | Examiner.com

Austin Powers has Mini Me and 007 has Baby Bonds, it seems. Two would-be secret agent Russian 5-year-old boys tunneled out of their school playground sandbox, reported the Tampa Bay Times on September 9. The point of the intrepid kiddies' mission? They were on a Jaguar quest. If you thought it would be dangerous for two kindergartners to hunt wild cats, you would be right. But the lads' target was not jags as in ferocious felines, but rather, the luxury car kind! But these were "good guy" escapees: they were not planning to steal the vehicle. They intended on buying the sports car. The precocious pair of gearheads traveled over a mile to visit a showroom which was selling Jaguars.  Russian 5-year-old boys tunnel out of school playground sandbox on Jaguar quest - Grand Rapids News | Examiner.com