Read About Highlights 4CsHere are 31 (and more) ways to celebrate—one for every day of the month, plus a bonus!
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1. Got a few cardboard boxes taking up space in your garage or attic? Turn them into treasured toys!
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2. Make your own clay with four simple ingredients. Everything you need is already in your kitchen!
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3. Imagination and an ordinary paper plate can morph into a charming special-occasion hat.
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4. Download free printable cutouts to make a delightful paper village with your preschooler.
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5. Even tiny hands can remake fun-size cereal boxes into hilarious puppets.
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6. Kids can use markers or paint to change bow-tie pasta into beautiful butterflies.
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7. Go for the gold! Don’t spare the glitter for these expressive emojis.
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8. Empty cardboard tubes can be the start of tons of fun projects!
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9. Cut up a sponge, dip into paint, and stamp out some animal tracks.
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10. Use a couple of craft sticks to build a busy dragonfly.
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11. Maybe the monster under your child’s bed is just an old sock waiting to become a star in monster theater….
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12. Use paint and foam stickers for these out-of-this-world cardboard-tube rockets.
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13. Transform your child’s handprint into a flamingo!
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14. Perfect for stomping, tromping, and roaming through imaginary lands, these cereal-box feet are a fun addition to the dress-up area.
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15. Display family photos in these so-easy kid-made frames.
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16. Who knew you could make these six fun crafts just from plain paper plates?
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17. Ordinary pens make a beautiful bouquet of flowers.
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18. Whooooo has a great idea? Paint and decorate foam cups for craft-wise owls.
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19. This paper craft is a great way to introduce kids to the traditional Japanese craft of origami—and all you need is a paper square!
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20. Does your little one desperately want a pet fish? Now she can have her own aquarium!
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21. Folded construction paper + a chenille stick = this fluttery butterfly craft!
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22. Make this DIY bubble mix and wands from items you already have at home!
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23. Make a splash at bath time with these mess-free bathtub crayons.
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24. With this craft, your little one can contain an entire galaxy within a Mason jar!
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25. Let kids collect empty cardboard tubes, give them leftover cupcake liners, and put them all together for this super-easy mushroom craft.
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26. Kids will love whipping up their own sidewalk chalk at home.
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27. Melt plastic beads (some adult supervision needed!) to form these eye-catching suncatchers.
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28. Kids can create bunches of these coffee-filter flowers as they experiment with color.
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29. This quick-to-make toy camera is perfect for little ones who want to take photos but aren’t ready to handle the real thing.
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30. Design a glorious crown from a cardboard tube decorated with patterned masking tape.
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31. Recycle random puzzle pieces into a very personal initial plaque.
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