Arts & Crafts Links
BEADS
Evelyn's
Beadie Page
Pony beads patterns for lots of characters including Pokemon and Beanie
Babies!
Pony
Bead Patterns
From MakingFriends.com. Lots of easy patterns for bead crafting.
COLORING
Color
Arthur
Coloring pages with Arthur, DW, and all their friends.
Color
the Environment
On-line coloring pages with environmental themes.
Coloring Page
No need to print this one out. Select a picture and color it online!
Paint
by Number
A challenging paint-by-number page for all ages. Choose from lots of
photographs.
DRAWING
Chinese Calligraphy
Art and language combine into beautiful writing.
Drawing
with Gary Harbo
Learn to draw in 10 easy steps.
Drawing
with Uncle Fred
Step-by-step instructions for drawing several cartoon characters.
Imagination Station
Learn to draw in 3-d.
MISCELLANEOUS
Canon
3-d Papercraft
Download dozens of patterns for animals, buildings, dinosaurs, and more.
Cut and paste to make great 3-d sculptures.
Crafters'
Community for Kids
Edible crafts, coloring pages, and lots more.
Crafts 4 Kids
Lots of fun things to make and do.
Family
Crafts
From About.com. Lots of crafts for you to try.
Favorite
Friends Crafts
Printable templates for your favorite characters. Includes Pokemon,
Blue's Clues, Barney, Teletubbies, and more. (Remember to ask your parents
if you can print!)
Making Friends
Wonderful site with hundreds of craft ideas.
Paper
Dolls
Patterns for paper dolls along with links to other sites featuring Paper
Dolls.
Yamaha
Papercrafts
Build realistic paper animals and motorcycles with these
printable patterns.
MUSEUMS
Children's
Museum of Indianapolis
Explore an art museum. Create a puppet show, design a space station,
and learn about art!
Global
Art Gallery
Drawings by children around the world.
ORIGAMI
Joseph Wu's
Origami Page
Wonderful site with lots of patterns and information.
Origami
Learn the art of paper folding. Lots of links to instructions.
PHOTOGRAPHY
Pinhole
Camera
Build a pinhole camera using an oatmeal box. It really works!
PUPPETS
Children's
Video Theater
Step-by-step instructions for a scarecrow marionette and inchworm rod
puppet.
Puppets Galore
Instructions for lots of simple puppets.