Arts and Crafts

CO*LAB is building a pollinator’s garden in their gallery and wants you to be part of it at the Spring Art Build! Join them for a fun evening of collaborative crafting and help fill the space with butterflies, moths, bees and whatever else your mind can imagine. CO*LAB Spring Art
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Gather your family and create your own masterpiece with Art Expressions at Royal Alberta Museum.  Use a variety of materials to glide, dab, tap and swish while creating prints and artwork inspired by the Breathe exhibition. Visitors will share, discuss, learn and create under the helpful guidance of one of
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“Mooooooooom, I’m boooooooored!” Stop right there! Do not pass go, do not collect $200 – head straight to Michaels Canadian website and find inspiration for cool (and easy) kids’ crafts! The Michaels “Kids Activities” tab has great ideas for crafts to keep your kids entertained all summer long. I love
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“The days are long, but the years are short,” is how the saying goes. Well, the days are really, really long when you have kids telling you how bored they are every 15 minutes. Sure you can just tell them to go read a book or find something to do,
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Psssst … it’s Father’s Day on Sunday, June 20! A perfect excuse to celebrate all the great men in our lives – the ones who have nurtured, mentored and raised up a new generation. This printable book from CBC is a creative way to express your child’s heartfelt love and
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From mountains to prairies, grasshoppers to bisons, poplars to wild roses, Alberta is home to some pretty spectacular landscapes, animals, and plants. And now, your child can help steward and protect Alberta’s environment by becoming a Nature Hero. Becoming a Nature Hero not only benefits the environment, but it’s also
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Glitter, glue and markers all over the table … that’s how my house usually looks, because we’ve got a creative kid on our hands! While all kids are creative in their own ways, some naturally gravitate to hands-on-crafts and getting messy with a project. If you have one of those,
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The Edmonton Public Library has partnered with Creativebug to offer all valid library card holders FREE online craft lessons. Creativebug is a subscription based online database that teaches arts and crafts at home through accessible and easy to follow lessons. Whether you are an avid crafter already, or looking to
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The National Geographic Kids website is a treasure chest of resources for having fun and learning at home! Take a look around and you will discover new things about animals, science, geography and history. Then go to the game section and test your knowledge with some trivia questions! The Home Is Good section
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I’m all for time-consuming (but still entertaining) boredom busters, and this one meets the criteria! A British Architecture Studio, Foster & Partners, has released a series of building templates that kids can use to build their own paper city at home. All you need to do is print, colour and
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