Teaching Children Through Crafts and Activities
Welcome to Danielle's Place where you will find thousands of crafts and activities designed to make learning fun.
Many of the crafts and activities are Bible-based and are great for use in Sunday school, preschool, home school, and on special occasions.
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African Animal Crafts for Kids
Folded Paper Animals - Free Craft for Kids!
What you will need: Card stock (Heavy paper), scissors, glue, and crayons or markers. What to do: 1. Print out the pattern (Large file or small file). 2. Color the giraffe and then cut it out. 4. Unfold the giraffe and fold up the neck as shown in the picture. 
Felted Giraffe This cute little giraffe was made from wool roving (unspun wool) using a needle felting technique. Wool is wound into ball and tube shapes and then poked repeatedly with a felting needle to condense the wool and sculpt it into the desired shape. You can find directions for this craft and more on the Felting Crafts Page.
What you will need: Foam marshmallows from Oriental Trading Company (You can buy 48 for $4.95, $3.95 if you buy 3 or more packages.) (Type in 57/2058 in the search box on the left-hand side of the page.), wooden dowels for the legs, neck, and tail, glue, yellow fun foam, magic markers, and paint. What to do: 1. Glue two marshmallows together for the body. 2. Cut dowels to make five pieces that are 2 1/2" for the legs and tail, cut one dowel 3 1/2" for the neck and two pieces that are one inch for the horns. Use a pointy stick or large needle to poke holes in the marshmallows for the legs, tail, neck and horns. Insert the dowels. 3. Cut ear shapes from yellow fun foam and glue them to the head as shown. 4. Paint the giraffe's body yellow and the inside of the ears red or pink. Use a brown marker to color in the spots and draw on the face. Folded Paper Lion Craft for Kids
What to do: 1. You must be a member of Danielle's Place to access the patterns for this craft. Click here for the pattern. ©2005, Digital by Design, Inc. -* See Copyright Information
What you will need: Card stock (Heavy paper), scissors, glue, and crayons or markers. What to do: 1. You must be a member of Danielle's Place to access the patterns for this craft. Click here for the pattern. ©2004, Digital by Design, Inc. -* See Copyright Information
Folded Paper Zebra Craft for Kids
What to do: 1. You must be a member of Danielle's Place to access the patterns for this craft. Click here for the pattern. ©2004, Digital by Design, Inc. -* See Copyright Information
Folded Paper African Elephant Craft for Kids
What to do: 1. You must be a member of Danielle's Place to access the patterns for this craft. Click here for the pattern. ©2004, Digital by Design, Inc. -* See Copyright Information
This little elephant was made with two children's sock and rubberbands. For directions to this craft go to the Sock Crafts for Kids Page.
©2004, Digital by Design, Inc. -* See Copyright Information What you will need: Foam marshmallows from Oriental Trading Company (You can buy 48 for $4.95, $3.95 if you buy 3 or more packages.) (Type in 57/2058 in the search box on the left-hand side of the page.), wooden dowels for the legs, and tail, glue, magic markers, 1" orange pompoms, orange yarn, and paint.
1. Glue two marshmallows together to form the body. Glue one marshmallow on for the head as shown in the diagram. 2. Cut dowels to make five pieces that are 2 1/2" for the legs and tail. Use a pointy stick or large needle to poke holes in the marshmallows for the legs and tail. Insert the dowels in the holes. 3. Paint the lion figure. Glue orange pompoms all the way around the lions head. Cut ear shapes from yellow fun foam and glue them to the head (optional). 4. Use a black marker to draw in the eyes, nose and mouth. 5. Cut 1 1/2" pieces of orange yarn and glue them to the end of the tail. ©2005, Digital by Design, Inc. -* See Copyright Information
What you will need: Foam marshmallows from Oriental Trading Company (You can buy 48 for $4.95, $3.95 if you buy 3 or more packages.) (Type in 57/2058 in the search box on the left-hand side of the page.), wooden dowel or yarn for the tail, fun foam, glue, magic markers, and paint.
1. Glue two marshmallows together to form the body. Cut the corner off of one marshmallow to form the head and glue it to the body as shown in the diagram to the right. 2. Use the leg pattern (Large file or small file) to cut four legs from fun foam. Fold Side A and B in together so they are overlapping each other about 1/4". Glue Side A to side B using a hot melt glue gun. Glue the legs to the body as shown. Use a pointy stick or large needle to poke holes in the marshmallows for the legs and tail. Insert the dowels in the holes. 3. Cut the ears from fun foam and glue to the head. Paint the hippo. Use a black marker to draw in the eyes, nose, and mouth. ©2005, Digital by Design, Inc. -* See Copyright Information
Dung Beetle Craft for Kids Make a dung beetle from foam eggs. Go to the Bugs Craft Page for diections.
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Fold the giraffe in half from the tail end to head. With the giraffe still folded in half fold down the neck at both slanted lines both backward and forwards as shown in the picture.
6. Crease the knobbed horns along the sides so they stick out. Glue on the ears. Glue the top of the head together just above the eyes. Glue on the tail and spread out the legs so the giraffe stands up.
What you will need: Card stock (Heavy paper), scissors, glue, and crayons or markers.
Folded Paper Rhinoceros Craft for Kids
What you will need: Card stock (Heavy paper), scissors, glue, and crayons or markers.
What you will need: Card stock (Heavy paper), scissors, glue, and crayons or markers.
No-Sew Sock Elephant Craft for Children
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