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New Year's Goodie Calendar

	Resolve to Start Someone's Year Off Right


Snow Art

	After Snowmen, Snowballs and Snow Angels Are Done, Try . . .


Trash Art: Make a 'Snow Being'

	Adaptive Re-use For Holiday Giftwrap, Cards, Etc.


Snow Sculpture

	Use Your Hands, And All Kinds of Wacky Other Things


Popcorn Snow People

	Make a Muffler Out of Fruit Leather -- It's Really . . . COOL!


Blizzard Beach Party

	Bring the Beach Indoors and Defy the Winter Blahs


Ice Candles

	Fire and Ice: Winter Beauty At Its Best


Italian Snowflakes

	Creative Pasta Sculptures Make You Use Your Noodle


Heartstrings: A Valentine's Craft

	Is Your Eye-Hand Coordination Up For This?


Valentine's Door Decorations

	An Open and Shut Case of Colorful Fun


Animalentines

	Paper Critters With Hearts For Parts


Chinese New Year Dragon Dance

	Make a Festive Party Prop to Shake a Leg and Stomp Your Feet


Chinese New Year: Paper Lantern

	Ward Off Evil Spirits, or At Least Look Good Trying


Presidents' Day: George Washington One-Act Plays

	Three Mini-Dramas About Our Nation's Numero Uno


St. Patrick's Day Pot Luck

	Party Planning Goes Green


Threaded Easter Eggs

	Embroidery Thread Decorates 'Empty' Eggs For Decorations That Will Last For Years


Memorial Day: Bravery Duly Noted

	Do an Oral History on an Elder Who Served in the Military


Mother's Day: Flower Magnets

	These Homemade Pretties Will (Excuse the Pun) Draw You Even Closer Together


Flag Day

	How It Came About, and a Decoration To Remind You "For Which It Stands"


Father's Day: Make a Mini Sand Castle Together

	Even If a Beach Is Out of Reach, You Can Build This and Have a Ball


Fourth of July T-Shirts

	Creative Fashion Design For Family and Friends


Labor Day Workers' Collages

	Gobs of Jobs, Celebrated In a Work of Art


10 Recycled Halloween Costumes

	Cheap, Easy, 'Green' Dress-Up Ideas


Grocery Sack Ghost

	Halloween Decorations That Are So Cute and So Cheap, They're Boo-Tiful


Milk Jug Spooks

	Recycled Milk Jugs Look Boo-tifully Cute by Front Door or Inside


Halloween Party Fun Food

	A Little Kitchen Magic Makes Scary-Good Snacks


Veterans Day Activities

	Connecting to the Ones Who Defended the USA


Autumn Leaves: Where Did the Green Go?

	Experiments With Coffee Filters Show the Basics of Photosynthesis and Chlorophyll


'Crayons-giving' Placemats

	Make a Memory They'll Give Thanks For


Nature Centerpieces

	Something Fun to Do While the Turkey's Cookin'


Thanksgiving Pageant For Young Children

	Direct and Produce a Simple Play for the Itty Bitties in Your Family, Sunday School Class or Local Preschool


Apple Santa

	Make a Jolly Old Elf to Keep or Give Some Christmas Cheer


The Legend of the Poinsettia

	Learn About This Distinctive Plant, and Draw and Color a Picture of It


Recycling Christmas Cards

	Pretty Papers and Designs Can Live Again as a Gift Container Next Year


Snow Globes

	Make a Mini-Blizzard

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