Free printable Teddy Bear Picnic fun: Winnie the Pooh, Build-A-Bear, Care Bears | Examiner.com

I know, I know, Teddy Bear Picnic Day in July, but who says you have to wait till July 10 for the official Teddy Bear Picnic Day? Parents and children, you can have a Teddy Bear Picnic any time you want. February and March are good times, when it's cold and wet and miles from any holiday. Looking for free printable crafts amd coloring pages for a Teddy Bear Picnic? How about free printable Winnie the Pooh, Build-A-Bear and Care Bears coloring pages? Build-a-Bear Workshop offers a free online gaming site for children called Build-A-Bear ville. Here are Build-A-Bear coloring pages. There are a few bear coloring pages and activities on Build-A-Bear ville. Here are a few more Build-A-Bear coloring pages.   Free printable Teddy Bear Picnic fun: Winnie the Pooh, Build-A-Bear, Care Bears

Free printable New Year's Eve party decorations, New Year crafts, games, lessons

 Planning a New Year's Eve or New Year's Day party? Are you finding it hard to keep kids happily productive and as you prepare for the party? Why not involve children in the holiday decoration making? Here are free printable New Year crafts, party decorations, games and activities. For the most economical printing, set your printer to "draft" and "black ink cartridge only." Printing activities in black and white turns them into coloring pages which kids can color--value added! You can save lots of money on printing ink and still get a nice quality print-out. Free printable New Year's Eve party decorations, New Year crafts, games, lessons

Free Printable Halloween Pumpkin Carving Stencils, Trick-or-Treat Jack-o-Lantern Patterns

Ah, the smells and colors of fall! And what would autumn be without carving the traditional Halloween pumpkin? It's a rite of trick-or-treat. And it's lots of fun! Looking for creative pumpkin carving stencils for your jack-o-lantern? Here are free printable pumpkin stencils. Free Printable Halloween Pumpkin Carving Stencils, Trick-or-Treat Jack-o-Lantern Patterns

Free Printable 4th of July party planner and crafts

Planning a 4th of July bash? Need party planning tips and printable crafts? Look no further. Here are patriotic games, American history coloring pages, red white and blue crafts, flag crafts and fun family ideas. Free Printable 4th of July Crafts. 

Free Printable Holiday Themed Puzzles, Games, Mazes, Cut-and-Paste Craft Activities

Planning a holiday party? Any holiday--Memorial Day, Father's Day, 4th of July, Labor Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's Day, Valentines Day St. Patrick's Day, Easter---I've got links for free printable crafts, games and puzzles. There are printables for other holidays--Cinco de Mayo, Hanukkah, Chinese New Year, Ramadan, Diwali and more. Or maybe you're hosting a birthday party. Whatever the age and gender of guests, you'll want games. Here are free printable activities. Use for slumber parties, VBS, Sunday School, kids in day care, rainy days, road trips and more. A summer of printable games, puzzles, crossword, word search, Sudoku, cryptograms, dot to dot, mazes, hidden pictures, secret codes, coloring pages, cut and paste craft activities.    Free Printable Halloween and Christmas Puzzles, Games, Mazes and Cut-and-Paste Activities

Free Printable Graduation Cards, Commencement and Open House Invitations

Graduation is pricey and how. I feel like we parents just open our wallets and pour. So how about some cost savers? Here are websites with free printable graduation cards, commencement and open house invitations. With a graduate in the family, you will probably be invited to other open houses. So use these printables there too. And then print thank you notes for your graduate to send. You'll find religious, humorous, money holders, and all sorts of images and clip art to use. Most sites allow you to send cards as an e-card. Free Printable Graduation Greeting Cards, Commencement Announcements and Open House Invitations

Free Printable Easter Baskets, Color Your Own Cards, Games, Puzzles, 3D Crafts

Easter is the highest season in the Christian church and the second largest national holiday. Easter has taken on a secular side. If you celebrate secular Easter, with eggs, bunnies and baskets, here free printable crafts and activities. Print Easter greeting cards, party games, cut and fold paper toys, baskets, Easter bunny coloring pages, puzzles, mazes, plus a whole lot more. You can print complete decoration sets with Easter baskets and eggs, bunnies, baby animals.  Read on Free Printable Easter Crafts and Activities: Color Your Own Cards, Games, Puzzles, 3D Crafts

Ghostly Skeleton Cookies Recipe for Halloween

I'm not big into Halloween and definitely not the spooky parts. But I had to make a treat for daughter's orchestra concert tonight. High school students dress in costume, pass out candy to local kids and sell post-concert baked goods to raise money for music programs. So I thought I'd get into the Halloween spirit (pun intended). Here's a spooky recipe I invented that should scare up some funds. Feel free to print this recipe and share. Ghostly Skeleton Scream Cookies

Spooky Holiday Foods Menu for Halloween Party

What does a cannibal bring to a potluck? That is not the start of a joke. It is a question posed by our second son when he was five. After the initial shock, we all started listing foods and laughing. We still think of ideas and chuckle, 16 years later. I thought these "cannibal recipes" would make good Halloween party snack ideas. I would arrange these foods as a buffet and label each. Feel free to print this menu!  What Does a Cannibal Bring to a Potluck? Halloween Party Foods

Free Printable All American Patriotic Holiday Crafts for Memorial Day

Family Fun is a well-named magazine. Cover to cover each issue of family fun is loaded with recipes, games, crafts, activities and free printable fun. Here is a list of free printable patriotic and all-American themed craft activities from Family Fun. Begin here at the Family Fun home page. Why the homepage? Because Family Fun is well laid out and organized, but if I began by linking you to individual activities, you may miss out on the wealth of other crafts with similar themes. For example, on the home page you'll find a link to '36 Cool Summer Crafts' and 'Best Ever Birthday Parties'. Some of the all-American patriotic crafts will show up on these types of pages, also. So be sure to do some clicking about the Family Fun website. Okay, now for some specific patriotic and American games, puzzles, activities and crafts.   Free Printable All American Patriotic Summer Crafts

Free Printable Wedding Shower Games, Bachelorette Party Games

Bridal showers are a blast to the throw, but party planning is expensive. Why not save money with free printable wedding shower games? Print bride and groom quizzes, bingo, trivia, memory, puzzles, advice and word games. Hosting a bachelorette party for the bride? We've got you covered with free printable party games, too.
 Free Printable Wedding Shower Games, Bachelorette Party Games

Free Printable Mardi Gras Masks

Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, is a Catholic Christian celebration. Around the world, Mardi Gras is also called "carnival," meaning "farewell to the flesh" in French. It kicks off in mid January. In New Orleans, the Mardi Gras celebration fills the city with costumes, parades and feasting in preparation for the solemnity and fasting of Ash Wednesday and Lent. Free Printable Mardi Gras Masks

Free Printable Mardi Gras Masks to Color

Mardi Gras begins around mid January. Also called "fat Tuesday" (the translation from French) and "carnivale" meaning "farewell to the flesh," Mardi Gras is a big celebration leading up to Ash Wednesday and Lent, in the Catholic Christian church. In New Orleans, France and parts of South America, Mardi Gras is celebrated with costumes, parades, parties and feasting. In New Orleans, costumed groups called "krewes" spend months on lavish masks and outfits. Here are printable masks to celebrate. This article was written about Halloween masks which can be used for the holiday. For traditional Mardi Gras masks, scroll down a bit. Free Printable Halloween Masks: Coloring, Cut and Paste Fun 

Free Printable New Year's Party Invitations

Planning a New Year's Eve bash? How about a New Year's Day event? Then you'll need party invitations. Here are links for free printable New Year's Eve party invitations. I've weeded through the links for free printable invitations to bring you the best of the Internet. These links are safe, user-friendly and require no personal information or registration. You may want to bookmark these links as good sources for other free printable party invitations.  Read more

Free Printable Halloween Puzzles, Trick or Treat Mazes

Mazes are puzzles in which the player must follow a path, usually with his pencil, through a complicated pattern. Mazes are great fun and make great lessons to practice eye-hand coordination. Here are free printable Halloween and trick or treat mazes. Puzzle mazes vary from complicated to quite easy. Perfect for preschool, special education and on through high school.  Halloween Puzzles, Trick or Treat Mazes 

Free Printable Stickers, Labels and Gift Tags for All Occasions

Family Fun magazine is a great resource filled with free printable activities, crafts and games. I just discovered links at FamilyFun.go.com for even more free printable activities--stickers, labels, gift tags and themed party stickers. Everything a craft-a-nista needs to throw her own party (for any holiday!) As a magazine, Family Fun is the best all-around family periodical in publication. On the FamilyFun.go.com website, you'll find that you've only touched the tip of the iceberg if you've only read the Family Fun magazine. Click here for low-down Printable Stickers, Labels and Gift Tags for All Occasions 

Free Printable Halloween Safety Tips for Trick or Treat

Halloween presents several safety concerns for parents. Police stations, fire departments and community health groups are gearing up to keep kids' festivities safe. Here's printable guide for Halloween safety tips. Covers candy,  healthy, costumes, makeup, traffic and door-to-door trick-or-treating. Read on Parenting Halloween Safety Tips for Trick-or-Treat

Free Printable Labor Day Coloring Pages and Lesson Plans

Labor Day was developed by labor unions as a day to recognize the achievements and contributions of organized labor as well as the efforts of every working person in the United States. As with most holidays and celebration, Labor Day has come to be known as the last party day before school starts. And every holiday must have it's fun and games, right? Here are several websites which offer free printable coloring pages, games, puzzles and party decorations. For those who want to explore the more educational aspect of Labor Day, I listed some links and websites with free printable lesson plans and activities as well.  Labor Day Lesson Plans 

Free Printable Fathers Day Cards

Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday in June. Father's Day is a great opportunity to remember and honor a grand-father, father-in-law, godfather and step-father as well. In our Catholic faith, many of us remember our priest on Father's Day as well. If you are of another faith, you may choose to remember your minister, rabbi or spiritual leaders as the father figure that he is in your religious community. You may want to honor other men that have been a father figure or mentor in their life; a teacher, Big Brother, uncle or friend. Read more at Printable Fathers Day Cards 

Free Printable Mothers Day Craft Activities

Mother's Day, celebrated the second Sunday of May, is a perfect holiday for children to enjoy making crafts, cards and presents for mom. Here's a whole list of free printable crafts, greeting cards, decorations, activities, games and presents for Mother's Day. Make cute crafts for moms, grandmothers, aunts, God-mothers, teachers, day care providers, any woman that you want to remember this Mother's Day. Moms will love the homemade, kid-created gifts of love.  Mothers Day Crafts