Cardboard Tube and Paper Plate Wreath Craft

Making this Christmas wreath craft with your kids is a fun way to recycle empty toilet paper rolls and create a cheerful holiday decoration at the same time.

Paper Plate Duck Puppet: Virtual Book Club for Kids

The featured author for this month's edition of the Virtual Book Club for Kids is Jez Alborough. Link up your Jez Alborough book projects and find more ideas below.

Many of Jez Alborough's books feature the hapless and zany Duck as the main character. We chose two of the books in his Duck series to read this month. We also made a simple puppet from a paper plate to retell the stories.

Easy Dress Up Hats {Paper Plate Craft}

We checked out a cute book from the library called Halloween Hats.  In rhyming text the book describes all the types of hats you might see on Halloween.  The neighborhood kids (with their hats, of course) gather at the same party where they play a fun game that involves switching hats and celebrating their now mixed-up costumes.

Apple Trees {Paper Plate Craft}

We love paper plate crafts and apple trees, so we had lots of fun with paper plate apple tree.