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Crafts

Crafts are a fantastic way to help your kids develop creativity and fine motor skills. Get the whole family together around these kid-friendly craft activities.

DIY gift for Dad: colourful tie clips

DIY gift for Dad: colourful tie clips

Make Dad smile with these DIY tie clips he can wear to work every day.

Steph Hung

Holiday craft: Sparkly DIY hairpins

Holiday craft: Sparkly DIY hairpins

Bring the bling with these simple DIY hairpins, the perfect present for pint-sized BFFs.

Steph Hung

Personalized DIY felt stocking

Personalized DIY felt stocking

Put a personal touch on Christmas this year with our DIY felt stocking craft. This easy-to-make craft is a great gift idea for your little elves to give to loved ones.

Steph Hung

Funky DIY stocking craft

Funky DIY stocking craft

If you've got a few orphaned socks around (and who doesn't?), we've got the perfect holiday solution for you. This funky DIY stocking is a great craft to make with the kids.

Steph Hung

Paper bag craft: Simple stocking

Paper bag craft: Simple stocking

This cute paper bag craft is a great way to encourage your little elves to get creative this Christmas. Simply cut, stitch, and decorate!

Steph Hung

Craft: Gardening glove turkey

Craft: Gardening glove turkey

This Thanksgiving, try this quick and easy gardening glove turkey craft that kids will love.

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Craft: How to make a duct tape zipper case

Craft: How to make a duct tape zipper case

Store school supplies or that wee kiddie ephemera that piles up at the bottom of the backpack in this awesome and super-fun duct tape zipper case.

Tiffany Pratt

17 DIY advent calendars

17 DIY advent calendars

Countdown to the holidays with these DIY advent calendars. They're fun, creative takes on an age-old tradition.

Corinne Guirgis

5 festive fall crafts for school-age kids

5 festive fall crafts for school-age kids

From acorns and spaghetti to fallen leaves and pine cones, these fall crafts are sure to brighten up your child's day — and your home!

Hannah Terry-Whyte

Craft: How to make Halloween stickers

Craft: How to make Halloween stickers

Create these bewitching decals and use them to embellish Halloween goody bags, or share as a special, sugar-free treat.

Darcy Allen

How to make mini hockey sticks

How to make mini hockey sticks

These cute mini hockey sticks are a fun and easy craft to make at your hockey party.

Emily Piccinin

Halloween sticker printable templates

Halloween sticker printable templates

Use these free printable sticker templates to help you create the decals for some Halloween goodie bags!

Emily Piccinin

DIY craft: Make a flower hair fascinator

DIY craft: Make a flower hair fascinator

Make this pretty floral hair fascinator together and dress like a royal for a special occasion or tea party.

Tina Barkley

Craft: How to make a sailboat

Craft: How to make a sailboat

Craft: Made with foraged materials from the park or yard, plus a few inexpensive items from your craft bin—this sailboat is ready to launch.

Rayna Schwartz

Make your own DIY flamingo straw

Make your own DIY flamingo straw

A vibrant dash of colour to dress any straw you stick into a summer-y beverage.

Emily Piccinin

Mother's Day craft: DIY family silhouette pillowcase

Mother's Day craft: DIY family silhouette pillowcase

Give mom something she'll cherish for years to come this Mother's Day with a DIY on-trend pillowcase.

Rayna Schwartz

Mother's Day craft: DIY key dish

Mother's Day craft: DIY key dish

This Mother's Day, make mom a special DIY keepsake bowl for all her favourite trinkets.

Rayna Schwartz

Mother's Day craft: DIY pasta necklace

Mother's Day craft: DIY pasta necklace

Looking for fun Mother's Day craft ideas for kids? Try your hand at this fun, geometric necklace made entirely out of common household materials.

Rayna Schwartz

Fun kids' crafts from Boredom Busters

Fun kids' crafts from Boredom Busters

Keep your kids busy with these crafty ideas that reuse materials in the home—from Caroline Fernandez's new book, Boredom Busters.

Carline Fernandez

Mother's Day craft: DIY faux milk glass vase

Mother's Day craft: DIY faux milk glass vase

Go beyond flowers this Mother's Day by making a chic, DIY personalized vase.

Rayna Schwartz