101 Story Time Crafts for ages 1-6

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Here are 101 Story Time crafts that are age-appropriate, easily adapted, food-free, washable, easy to prep, non-toxic, non-choking hazard, crafts that are not overly messy and cost very little! I have listed theme and book suggestions as well!

Note: Some of these crafts contain googly eyes or small pieces of pipe cleaner, which are a potential choking hazard. These are easily replaced with stickers, paper cutouts or can be drawn in with markers. Coffee filter crafts can be decorated at Story Time and spritzed with water at home OR you can add a movement activity where you fan the filter up and down for a few minutes – they usually dry very quickly this way!

The List:

Animals:

Paper Plate Rocking Birds
Paper Plate Duck Pond
Origami Dalmatian – Instead of paint try using fingerprints for the spots.
Fork Print Porcupine
Origami Jumping Frogs
Paper Plate Lion Mask
Paper Plate Do-a-Dot Rainbow Snake
Duck! Rabbit!
Washi Tape Penguin
Egg Carton Spring Sheep Print
Cow Mask
Kangaroo Pouch Lacing
TP Roll Owls
Dinosaur Cut Out with TP Roll Legs
Paper Towel Roll Giraffe
Cat Collage from Magazine Pictures – This could easily be used for ANY theme!

Ocean Animals:

Paper plate Jelly Fish
Toilet Paper Roll Octopus
Paper Plate Fish
Swimmy the Fish Stamping
Shark

Insects:

Coffee Filter Butterflies –
Fingerprint Fireflies
Caterpillar Hat
Ladybug Hat

Fall:

Fall Wreath
Fall Tree Stamping
Paper Plate Apple
Fall Tree
Fall Corn

Winter:

Snowflake Stampers
Name Snowmen
TP Roll Snowmen Stamping
The Snowy Day Q-tip Painting

Spring:

Fingerprint Pussy Willows
Egg Carton Spring Flower Prints
Paper Plate Umbrellas
May Day Basket

Summer:

Fingerprint Dandelions
Newspaper Seedling Pots
Red Boots & Puddle
Chenille Stem Paper Flowers
Cupcake Liner Flowers

Food (that isn’t made of food):

Construction Paper Cookies
Paper Plate Pizza
Torn Paper Ice Cream Cones

Celebrations and Holidays:

Ground Hog Pop-Up Cup
Halloween Ghost Pop-Up-Cup
Construction Paper Jack-o-Lantern
Valentine Tissue Paper Sun Catcher
TP Roll Heart Stamping
Valentine Heart Wreath
Coffee Filter Turkey
Paper Plate Witch
Leprechaun 

Transportation:

Traffic Light
Car Puppets
Egg Carton Dump Truck
Fire Truck
Fingerprint Freight Train
School Bus

Getting Dressed/Clothing

Pajamas
The Mitten
Socks

Wearable Crafts/Masks

Dinosaur Feet
Dragon Snout
Paper Plate Hats
Party Hats – would make good princess or clown hats too!
Newspaper Hats – or boats!
TP Roll Superhero Cuff
Pirate Hats

Community Helpers:

Astronaut
Firefighter
Tool Belt
Doctor Bag
Police Badge

Favorite Characters:

Thing 1 & Thing 2 Puppets
Pete the Cat Puppet
Pigeon
Elephant and Piggie Paper Bag Puppets

ABCs & 123s

Do-a-Dot Worksheets – Themes: ANY alphabet acrostic or theme letter!
Q is for Quilt Letter of the Week – Themes: ANY alphabet acrostic book or letter of the week theme!
Chicka Chicka Tree

Shapes/Colors

TP Roll Circle Prints
Shape Collage
Press Here Collage
Construction Paper Sculpture
Rainbow

Faces

Monster Masks
Mustaches
Baby Puzzle
Self Portrait
Eyes Hand Puppet

Shakers:

Rainbow Shakers – Movement and dance themes
Target Bag Pom Pom – Fourth of July, sports themes
Thaumatropes – could be used with ANY theme!

Other Fun Stuff:

Moon 
Sun
Paint Chip Earth
Paper Bag House
Fingerprint Bookmark