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I'm so excited to share our favorite Korean Lunar New Year crafts and activities with you! When my kids were younger, they learned Korean language from our former nanny. Although they are no longer learning Korean, I hope they can embrace their Korean heritage, despite living far from their Korean paternal grandparents.

Finding Korean-specific crafts online has been challenging for our family, so I'm hoping this post can encourage more families and schools to celebrate Korean culture! I'll explain the activities along with key Korean vocabulary below.
Related: Korean Gift Guide for Kids: Cultural, Educational, and Fun Toys!
Please refer to Chinese Lunar New Year crafts for activities specific to Chinese culture.
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Important Korean Lunar New Year vocabulary
Related: Best Korean Picture Dictionaries for Kids and Parents!
For parents who are learning Korean with their children, below are a few important terms related to the Lunar New Year activities in this post!

새해 복 많이 받으세요 (Saehae bok mani badeuseyo / Happy New Year)

새해 = New year

복 = Luck

많이 = Many

받으세요 = Received (Honorific way of saying 받다)

설날 (Seollal / Lunar New Year)

태극 (Taegeuk)

부채 (Buchae / Fan)

흔들북 (Heundeulbug / Drum) or 소고 (Sogo / Small Drum)

윳놀이 (Yut Nori)

공기 (Gonggi / Korean Jacks)

제기차기 (Jegi Chagi)

나랑 놀자! (Nalang nolja / Play with me!) or 같이 놀자! (Gat-i nolja / Let's play together!)

What is the Korean taegeuk 태극 / 太極 symbol?

South Korean's national flag features a red and blue Taegeuk symbol which represents balance in the universe.

Both of these Korean Lunar New Year crafts feature a tri-colored variation of the Korean Taegeuk symbol. Red, blue, and yellow represent Earth, heaven, and humanity respectively.

Korean paper plate pellet drum craft for kids

Korean paper plate drum craft: what you need

1. 2 biodegradable paper plates

2. Pencil

3. Acrylic paint (buy from Michaels or Amazon)

4. Paint brush

5. String (eg, cotton twine)

6. Scissors

7. Tacky or wood glue

8. Wood beads or jingle bells

9. Wood chopstick or tree branch stick

Korean paper plate drum craft: how to make it

1. Draw Taegeuk outline on back of one paper plate (second plate optional)

2. Paint red, blue, and yellow as shown in above photo

3. Inside 2 paper plates:

1. Glue a stick vertically in center

2. Glue a piece of string on each side of paper plate

4. Thread beads or jingle bells at end of each string

5. Roll stick to rotate drum back and forth for pellets to hit drum (plate)!

Korean taeguk fan craft

Cardboard Korean taeguk fan craft: what you need

1. Printable Korean taegeuk fan template from aerilynbooks.com

1. Click on "Free downloadable worksheets"

2. Scroll to the bottom for "Paper Fan Craft"

2. Cardboard (tip: cereal boxes are easier to cut compared to delivery packages!)

3. Glue

4. Markers or paint

5. Large craft stick (popsicle stick)

Cardboard Korean fan craft: how to make it
Related: 100+ Popular Korean Children's Songs and Nursery Rhymes

1. Print and cut Korean Taeguk fan template

2. Trace fan shape on cardboard

3. Glue fan template on cardboard

4. Color red, yellow, and blue

5. Enjoy fanning and keeping cool! 🙂

Alternative option: If your child is not interested in coloring, you can print out the template on red, yellow, and blue cardstock paper.

Korean Lunar New Year games

Here are fun traditional Korean games that have been recommended by relatives and friends:

윳놀이 Yut Nori Board Game: You can buy this game on Amazon or download a free printable from Modern Seoul

공기 Korean Jacks Stone Game: Our friend gave us this popular children's game from Amazon, which can be played any time of the year! This video explains the game in English.

제기차기 Jegi Chagi Game: This fun game involves kicking a 제기 jegi into the air and keeping it up in the air. A 제기 looks similar to a badminton shuttlecock which you can buy on Amazon or DIY with paper wrapped around a small coin.

Korean hanbok coloring pages

My kids had fun coloring free Korean Hanbok coloring pages for kids! You can download the free printables from Aerilyn Books.

Coloring with groove coloring pencils

Related: Korean Alphabet Toys: 4 Ways to Teach Kids with Hangul Letters
Korean Lunar New Year coloring pages

For more free Korean New Year coloring pages, we downloaded these cute printables from Tigerboom Creative with bubble Hangul letters!

Korean Lunar New Year books for kids

Last but not least, reading is one of the best family activities! Check out these 8 great Lunar New Year books to learn more about popular cultural traditions!

Have you tried these Korean activities for Lunar New Year?

If you try this activity, please let us know in the comments below! What age(s) are your kid(s) and how did it go? We'd love to hear about your learning experience!

On Instagram and Facebook, tag a photo @chalkacademy and use the hashtag #ChalkAcademy so our family can check out the action! Or email me a photo at [email protected]!
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Happy Korean Lunar New Year, friends!

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Ignite creativity this New Year's Eve using cardboard tubes and paper straws to craft vibrant firework shapes that burst with colour and excitement. This hands-on project not only sparks imagination but also celebrates the magic of fireworks on this special night. Get ready to bring a burst of joy and sparkle to your New Year!
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These DIY clay ornaments are SO PRETTY! Use air dry clay to make these simple, but beautiful, clay Christmas ornaments. They’re so easy to make, using cookie cutters and stamps. Hang these clay ornaments on the Christmas tree, or use them as gift toppers! These festive ornaments also make a lovely homemade gift for the holidays! This post contains affiliate links. If you use these links to buy something we may earn a small commission which helps us run this website. DIY Clay Ornaments These DIY clay ornaments are SO EASY to make and they look great hanging on the

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Your kids can make these fun candy cane reindeer for their friends or classmates this Christmas. They make great gifts, party treats or stocking stuffers!

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These coffee filter snowflakes are such a fun craft to make on a snowy winter day! They're really easy to make, they look gorgeous hanging in the window (or anywhere!) and it's a great opportunity for kids to experiment with colour blending. It's a craft and science experiment mixed together in one - and it ends up looking beautiful!

Today was one of those mornings where I woke up in the darkness and made my first cup of coffee - because let's be honest, I'm not doing anything until I have that steaming cup of coffee in my hands.

Then I walked over to the front door and looked out the window to assess how much snow had come down last night (about 6 inches!). I smiled at the beautiful blanket of snow that had fallen over the neighbourhood. And I felt grateful for the warm and cozy plaid slippers that were keeping my toes warm on the cold tile.

There's nothing more beautiful than perfect and untouched sparkling snow. Of course, the untouched snow doesn't last very long with the kids around!

They were out there in no time making tracks all over the front lawn as we were getting ready to walk to school. But of course, when I look out the window now and see all their tracks, I still smile knowing how excited they are to finally have snow out there!

Check out our video for how to make Coffee Filter Snowflakes:

If you're loving coffee filter crafts, here's a few more of our favourites:
DIY Coffee Filter Flowers
How to Make Coffee Filter Snowflakes

This craft is so perfect for a cold winter day! Here's a list of affiliate links similar to the supplies I used:

I bought the coffee filters at the dollar store. The coffee filter size doesn't really matter, but we used the smaller size meant for 4 to 6 cup coffee makers. (The larger size might look too big hanging in the window?)

I recommend giving each child a cookie sheet to colour their coffee filter on. It really helps contain the mess!

We chose wintery colours for our snowflakes - blues, purples and pinks and they ended up looking SO PRETTY! You can of course use whatever colours you like, but the winter colours really do make them look beautiful.

Since the colours are going to blend, it really doesn't matter what you draw onto the coffee filters. Just keep in mind that the more marker you use to cover the coffee filter (less white space is better), the brighter the colour will be when you're done. And if you want to see what happens when you use dark colours, check out our coffee filter bats.

You can see how the patterns changed before and after adding water/drying in the photos below:

Use an eye dropper (a small measuring spoon will also work) to drip water onto the coffee filters.

You want the entire coffee filter to be wet. Just make sure it's not "swimming" in a giant pool of water or it will take forever to dry!

I normally like to take my wet coffee filters into the sunshine to dry. But seeing as there's 6 inches of snow out there, it wasn't exactly an option.

How to Dry the Coffee Filters

You have two choices:

1. You can leave them overnight to dry (or longer if they are really wet).

OR

2. I figured out that you can put them in the oven to dry! (I'm excited about this discovery because it saves sooooooooo much waiting time!). But it will only work if your oven will heat to a super low temperature. I dried mine in the oven at 115F (yes, Fahrenheit) and it only took about half an hour (I tried a second time at 120F and it only took 20 minutes). DO NOT dry them at an oven temperature much higher than mother nature would give you outdoors. Keep an eye on them and take them out of the oven as soon as they're dry so the edges don't curl up too much.

Once they are completely dry - and it's important that they are completely dry or your fingers will get really messy - You can fold them into a triangle to make the snowflake pattern.

How to Fold the Coffee Filters

See the photo below:

1. Fold the coffee filter in half.

2. Then fold the right corner of the coffee filter to the left so that it is 1/3 of the way over.

3. Fold the left corner of the coffee filter so that the edges line up on the right. (If you open it up to check, you should have perfect thirds.)

4. Fold the coffee filter in half one last time.

This method of folding will give you a snowflake with 6 points - Did you know that all snowflakes have 6 points!?

If it's too tricky for your little ones to get the edges to line up, you can follow a similar method, but simply fold the coffee filter in half 4 times. This will give you a snowflake with 8 edges. Perhaps not as scientifically accurate, but easier for kids to fold and still beautiful.

Next cut out the pieces from your folded coffee filters to make your snowflakes! It's always a surprise when you open them up to see the beautiful patterns you've made!!

On a side note, after I opened up my snowflakes, I ironed them between two sheets of parchment paper using the lowest iron setting, just so they'd lie flat.

Be creative with the patterns you choose! You can cut half circles, half hearts, half diamonds, half tear drops, and all sorts of other shapes to make a beautiful snowflake! When you cut the tip off, it will give you a hole in the center.

Below are photos of what my snowflakes looked like before and after opening them up. So pretty!

How beautiful are these coffee filter snowflakes!? They make me smile just looking at them!

I love how the blues and pinks and purples look just like the sparkle you see on real snowflakes in the sunshine!

The blended colours look so pretty!

When you're done making them, you can use a little bit of transparent tape to hang them in the window.

They make beautiful sun-catchers and are a festive little winter decoration.

These coffee filter snowflakes are so easy to make and they are SO PRETTY! This is such a fun winter craft idea! A great activity for a snow day but simple enough to do in the classroom at school. These snowflakes make beautiful sun catchers and are a great Christmas decoration that can stay up all winter long!

Here's some more coffee filter craft inspiration:

For more fun craft ideas, check out our new book Low-Mess Crafts for Kids for 72 fun and simple craft ideas for kids! The projects are fun, easy and most importantly low-mess, so the clean up is simple!

You can purchase Low-Mess Crafts for Kids from Amazon, or wherever books are sold:

Amazon | Barnes and Noble | Books- A- Million | Indiebound | Indigo | Amazon Canada

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Soooo? Do you have your Christmas tree up yet?? My girls have been so excited for Christmas that ours has been up for about a week now and the kids are LOVING it! Every craft project they do, no matter how big or small, they say, "I'm going to hang this on the tree!"

I said they could hang whatever they wanted on the BACK of the tree... ha! Hopefully that doesn't make me a bad mom for making them hide everything on the back?!

I had to draw the line at my 3 year old's chalk drawings though. She was just sticking full sheets of construction paper in the tree that were just covered in sidewalk chalk. She had so much chalk on them that if you even breathed on them, there would be a small cloud of chalk dust in the air above them. I'll be posting the chalk project we were working on together soon, but let's just say that as a 3 year old, she was a little bit more liberal with the application of her chalk than I was!

These popsicle stick Christmas tree ornaments are So. Much. Fun. I LOVE a good Christmas project that involves decorating a tree, and that's exactly what this is! You make your outlines from popsicle sticks, and then you can decorate them however you want!

Check out our video for how to make Popsicle Stick Christmas Trees:

If you're looking for more fun and easy Christmas ornament ideas, here's a few more of our favourites:
Glittering Popsicle Stick Christmas Trees
Popsicle Stick Christmas Trees

Here's what you'll need to make these ornaments:

3 popsicle sticks (one with about 1″ cut from the end of it)

1″ x 1″ square of brown card stock

A star cut from glittery card stock

A piece of twine, approximately 6″ long

Hot glue gun

Scissors and a craft/utility knife

And to decorate them, you can use whatever you have on hand!

We used the coloured popsicle sticks from the dollar store. The colours were perfect for what we were doing, and it saved us from the added step of painting regular ones.

For the stars: I cut out a template for the stars from a square piece of black construction paper using the tutorial in this video. I trimmed it down until it was the right size. It turned out perfectly! So I definitely recommend watching the video! I'm terrible at eyeballing stars so I needed a little guidance for sure.

Once I had the proper star shape and size cut out, I traced the outline of it onto the back of some thick, sparkly, yellow card stock and I cut out a bunch of them using scissors.

I wanted our trees to have a short bottom side so I trimmed the bottom popsicle stick on each tree. This step is completely optional, but I found it made the triangles look more "tree" like.

Trim off about 3/4″ to 1″ of the popsicle stick by cutting it with a craft (or utility) knife. The knife won't cut all the way through - which is fine - all you need to do is score it deep enough on both sides, so that when you bend it, it breaks cleanly.

Add two dabs of hot glue to both ends of the trimmed popsicle stick piece:

Then position the two full length popsicle sticks to make a triangle:

I used about 6″ of twine for each of the hangers. Again using hot glue, I glued them to the top of the triangle so they were sandwiched between the popsicle sticks:

Then I used a small dab of hot glue to attach the star to the top and the 1″ x 1″ tree trunk to the bottom. And they were all set to decorate!

We used small dabs of hot glue to attach the tiny pom poms:

So these are the pom pom ones:

For these ones, we wrapped sparkly pipe cleaners around the popsicle sticks:

And for these ones, we strung a few jingle bells onto a sparkly pipe cleaner and zig-zagged it across the trees like garland:

Aren't they cute!? Such a fun and easy craft!

My 5 year old and 3 year old loved making these! They couldn't hold back so when they made their own ornaments they were covered in pom poms, pipe cleaners and jingle bells! And they were so proud of them!

I'll have to remember to go back and write their names on the back of their ornaments with the year! It will be so fun to pull them out each year!

I let both my girls use the glue gun and they did great! After their practice with the pinecone and pom pom ornaments we made a few weeks ago, they were pretty much experts with it. It's just one of those really small glue guns, so it doesn't get very hot.

I've got to start using popsicle sticks more, because these Christmas trees were great! Once you make the tree, the sky is pretty much the limit in terms of how you decorate them! You can use buttons, ribbon, pipe cleaners, pom poms, even rhinestones to dress them up! It's a simple holiday craft that's great for kids of all ages!

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Soooo? Do you have your Christmas tree up yet?? My girls have been so excited for Christmas that ours has been up for about a week now and the kids are LOVING it! Every craft project they do, no matter how big or small, they say, 'I'm going to hang this on the tree!'

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DIY Christmas tree ornament from pipe cleaners. The festive season can be hectic, so an easy craft with basic materials that looks adorable sounds good, right?

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Create your own Candy Cane Elf with our easy tutorial! This elf can be cut with your Cricut Maker, Explore, or Joy! The finished elf is about 8 inches tall.

Christmas is my favorite time to craft, so that means it is time for another holiday craft.

I can't get over how cute my candy cane elf turned out.

He would make such a great gift for kids, coworkers, teachers, neighbors, delivery drivers, and really anyone you want to gift a small handmade item to.

Craft Tutorial Video:

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More Cricut Christmas Crafts:

The Cricut is my very favorite crafting tool, and Christmas is my very favorite holiday. That means I have lots of Cricut Christmas crafts to share with you! Like these Santa Boxes, this Ugly Christmas Sweater Shirt, and this Merry Christmas Gift Card Holder.

Be sure to look around the blog for more Cricut craft tutorial ideas!

Supplies You'll Need to Create this Project:
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Cut the File in Cricut Design Space:

The file to make this gift card holder is completely ready to go on Cricut Design Space.

I have the file sized to fit a standard-size candy cane.

The finished size of the elf is about 8 x 4 inches.

If this size works for you then you can tap on Make It.

If you need to adjust the sizing, select customize.

There are 5 different colors of cardstock, so there will be 5 different mats to cut out.

Follow the prompts in Cricut Design Space to know which col9or to load next.

Layering the Elf Pieces:

Here are all of the pieces cut out.

To layer all of these pieces we are going to use double-sided adhesive.

Begin by layering the elf head with the black behind the flesh-colored piece.

Align the hair using the ears as a guide. You want the hair to meet at each ear.

Next comes the hat, make sure it is covering the back of the hair.

Attach the trim and the white circle for the ball of the hat.

Adhere the white balls to the shoes.

Then use a glue dot to attach the pom-poms to the two shoes and hat.

Attach the head of the elf to his shirt.

Assembling the Candy Cane Elf:

Take two candy canes and put them back to back.

The candy canes are going to become the arms and legs of our elf, so spread the "feet" apart just a little.

Wrap a piece of tape around the two candy canes where they are touching.

Place a glue dot or two on top of the tape, and play the top half of the elf on the candy cane. You want it to look like the hooks are coming out at the shoulder for the arms of the elf.

Attach the shoes by placing a glue dot on the heel of the shoe and sticking it to the bottom of each candy cane.

Then stick the mittens in place also using a glue dot.

Make sure the shoes and mittens are facing the right direction. The shoes should face out, and both thumbs of the mittens should face in.

Isn't our Christmas Elf so cute?

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Create your own Candy Cane Elf with our easy tutorial! This elf can be cut with your Cricut Maker, Explore, or Joy! The finished elf is about 8 inches tall.

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Making your own suncatchers is a fun craft to do with kids! These Halloween Suncatcher Crafts are not only fun to make but you'll love hanging them up on the window when you're done! Just cut out our free printable templates and kids can add tissue paper to turn them into these fun suncatchers for Halloween.
RELATED: Leaf Suncatcher Craft

Once you've set up the simple suncatcher frame using the free printable provided at the bottom of this post, kids will love adding colored tissue paper to make these stained glass-inspired Halloween crafts.

For more fun Halloween crafts, see our Halloween kids crafts.

Supplies Needed

Tissue Paper - in shades of white, orange, yellow and purple. Cut into small squares (or you can buy pre-cut squares here)

Clear Contact Paper or Self-Adhesive Laminating Sheets

Hole Punch - to make 2 small pink circles for the ghost

Scissors

Glue

Tape - to hang the finished suncatchers in your window.

Printable templates - get them sent to you at the bottom of the post.

Watch the Video Tutorial

How to Make the Halloween Suncatchers
1. Print out the Halloween templates.
Get the printable templates sent to you at the bottom of the post.

1 printable page will make 1 suncatcher.

2. Cut out the template.
Use scissors to cut around the template, and then cut out the interior of the template forming black paper frames.

You can also use the template to trace it onto black construction paper to make your own templates.

For the pumpkin and ghost, cut out the face features also.

3. Attach to a laminating sheet.
Peel the non-adhesive clear plastic backing off of a self-laminating sheet or sheet of contact paper. Place the adhesive sheet on your work surface, sticky-side up.

Place the printable outline frame onto the sticky laminating sheet with the black printed part facing down. Press the paper frames down onto the adhesive so that they are securely attached in place.

For the ghost - we used a hole punch to punch 2 small pink circles from paper. Add these beside your ghost printable template smile to make cheeks. Add them before placing the tissue paper on top.

4. Add tissue paper.
Place tissue paper squares onto the laminating sheet inside of the printable frames. We used purple for the bat, orange for the pumpkin, white for the ghost and orange, yellow and white for the candy corn.

Use a few shades of tissue paper on the bat to add variety, overlapping the pieces until the entire bat is filled.

It is fine if you have some tissue paper go outside the frame as this will be trimmed off later.
5. Add the laminating sheet backing.
Place another self-laminating sheet or contact paper on top of the tissue paper, pressing flat with your hands to get a nice even seal.

When flipped over, it should look like this:

6. Cut out the shapes.
Use scissors to cut out the shapes, leaving a small edge of clear self-laminating sheet along the outer edge of the black paper frame.

Hang your suncatchers in the window with some tape. These make a fun Halloween craft that double as decoration when you're done!
See more Halloween crafts:

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This chalk pastel fireworks art is so cool! The bright pastels really pop on the black paper and creating the fireworks designs is so fun for kids. This is an easy and quick art project that is perfect for New Years, the 4th of July, Canada Day or any celebration that uses fireworks.

Pastels are so fun for kids to explore! Take a look at my collection of chalk pastel art for more creative ideas kids will love.

Kids can really use their creativity with this pastel project and choose their fireworks colors and designs to make their artwork unique! We looked at a lot of fireworks photos before starting this project for inspiration.

There are some really cool fireworks photos that will help to inspire kids to create their own amazing artwork!

If you are looking for more New Year's crafts to make, take a look at this New Year's Eve wand craft and this 3D paper fireworks craft that kids will also love!

Tips for working with chalk pastels

Chalk pastels can be messy (but so fun!). There are a few things you can do to help keep some of the mess contained:

Put newspaper down on desks or tables

Put your project on a tray or a shallow cardboard box which will keep most of the mess inside the tray

You can try doing your project outside

Have lots of paper towels handy

Once you are done with your project (or even halfway through if it gets really dusty), take it outside to gently blow or shake off the excess dust

If you are using chalk pastels in the classroom and the kids are ready to take their artwork home, simply place the art between some newspaper to keep it from smudging and for easy transport.

Create your own chalk pastel fireworks art

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Supplies

Instructions to make your fireworks art

1. Draw in some fireworks lines in a burst pattern with a pencil on your black paper. Drawing a bigger firework in the center and a few small ones around it is a nice layout, but kids can choose to draw them however they like.

When you are drawing your fireworks, you don't need to draw in every single line, just a few lines for each firework will help to make things easier when adding in the chalk pastel colors.

We used black drawing paper for this project, but you could also use black pastel paper, scrapbook or even black construction paper. The chalk pastels will look slightly different on each type of paper, but will still look great!

2. Choose two to three pastel colors for each firework drawing. White pastel will be added on top of that. So each firework will have three to four total colors.

I find this a good amount for the colors to be layered on top of each other for a nice effect. Too many colors can get messy and not look as bright and crisp.

Start with one color and holding the pastel like a pencil, trace over your fireworks line drawing. Draw more fireworks lines with another color and then add in your third color if you are using it.

3. Finish off your firework by drawing in a few lines of white pastel on top, following the firework burst pattern. You only need to draw in a few lines of white to add to the brightness of your firework.

4. Next, move on to the smaller fireworks. We used two similar shades for our smaller fireworks and added white on top. We also added white pastel to the ends of some of the fireworks.

5. Kids can try experimenting with their own firework designs. There are lots of different ways kids can express their creativity and design their own type of fireworks!

Once kids start looking at fireworks photos and drawing their own designs, they will want to make more than one art project!

6. For the final touch to your art project, add in some small white dots in a few places on your paper. This will add to the overall effect of the fireworks.

I love how fun and colorful this chalk pastel fireworks art turned out! The bright colors on the black paper really pop and the fireworks designs are so fun for kids to make they will want to make more than one!

More chalk pastel art kids will love
Winter Snow Globe Craft with Chalk Pastels

5 Essential Chalk Pastel Techniques for Beginners

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Festive Chalk Pastel Fireworks Art Project

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Make this brightly colored chalk pastel fireworks art for a fun and easy art project kids will love! Perfect for New Years, the 4th of July, or Canada Day.

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2024학년도 겨울방학 영어캠프 출석부

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BW My Gingerbread in Disguise Craft and Write Activity

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Christmas Kawaii Kingdom Coloring Book 1

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