Added 7/30/17: You asked for it … You got it! Another Year of Homeschool Crafts is ready for the 2017-18 school year. Go HERE to check it out!

I am the Queen of Good Intentions. Every new school year I decide that THIS is going to be the year when we do weekly homeschool crafts. My youngest girls especially love them.

We usually start out on a good foot – back to school and Autumn crafts are easy. Then the holidays begin, which is also birthday season for four of my kids, and it goes off the rails because I don’t have a plan.

I am determined this year, and have come up with an entire year of homeschool crafts to do with my kids. We might skip a few weeks due to lack of time, but it won’t be because I was unprepared.

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I have a few prerequisites for the crafts we do: I want inexpensive, easily-obtained supplies, and I prefer crafts that can be played with or will become part of our seasonal decor.

I invite you to join me on our year-long crafting adventure. I am assigning weeks, not dates, to each project so these plans will still be useful in future years. I made 3 FREE Printable Craft Planners to help keep us on track. (Download info is at the end.)
p.s. – See how I afford the ink for all these printables.

You will notice that there are only links being shared, not pictures. These bloggers worked hard to share these ideas and I want you to visit their sites for the instructions. I suggest keeping basic supplies on hand throughout the year. Many of these can be picked up at the dollar store.

Basic supplies: white paper, colored paper, cardstock, scissors, glue stick, school glue, glue gun, tape, stapler, hole punch, felt, markers, crayons, oil pastels, colored pencils, acrylic paints, watercolors, assorted paintbrushes, colored tissue paper, brown lunch bags, white coffee filters, pipe cleaners,  toilet paper tubes, paper egg cartons, paper plates, bubble wrap, string, yarn, wooden craft sticks, magazines

I recommend going through each craft at the beginning of the school year and filling in the supply lists. That way you will know in advance what you need each month. Feel free to change the colors or details to suit your decor. We will be making garlands out of a few of the crafts to hang over our windows.

Note: The new 2017-2018 homeschool craft plan is now available. Go HERE to check it out! (The plan below is not dated though, so pick your favorite or mix & match the two years.)

August

Week 1 – Paper Plate Toucan

Week 2 – Coffee Filter Sunflower

Week 3 – Apple Wreath

Week 4 – Bookworm Bookmark

Week 5 – Pinecone Apple

September

Week 6 – Paper Bag Football

Week 7 – Scarecrow Pinwheel

Week 8 – Shaving Cream Fall Leaves

Week 9 – Mixed Media Pumpkin

October

Week 10 –Spiderweb Kirigami

Week 11 – Movable Mummy

Week 12 – Name Skeleton

Week 13 – Pinecone Owl

November

Week 14 – Bubble Wrap Indian Corn

Week 15 – Hazelnut Mouse

Week 16 – Pumpkin Spice Glitter Leaves

Week 17 – Egg Carton Turkey Treat Holder

Week 18 – Tulle Advent Wreath

December

Week 19 – Paper Plate Tree Garland

Week 20 – Giant Craft Stick Snowflake

Week 21 – Cinnamon Stick Nativity

Week 22 – Confetti Poppers

January

Week 23 – Glove Monster

Week 24 – Polar Bear Landscape

Week 25 – Fingerprint Dove

Week 26 – Fire-Breathing Dragon

February

Week 27 – Kissing Clothes Pin Couple

Week 28 – Air Dry Clay Hearts

Week 29 – Little Love Bugs

Week 30 – Flying Eagle

March

Week 31 – Coffee Filter Shamrocks

Week 32 – End of the Rainbow Twirlers

Week 33 – Folded Paper Garland

Week 34 – Woven Butterflies

Week 35 – Sock Bunnies

April

Week 36 – TP Roll Cross

Week 37 – Crown of Thorns Bracelet

Week 38 – Paper Umbrella

Week 39 – Bubble Wrap Rain Cloud

May

Week 40 – Mini Piñata

Week 41 – Recycled Magazine Flowers

Week 42 – Marble Snail

Week 43 – Grand Old Flag Mosaic

Week 44 – Water Bottle Wind Spirals

June

Week 45 – Bubble Painting

Week 46 – Paper Plate Flower

Week 47 – Newspaper Shark

Week 48 – Cookie Cutter Art

July

Week 49 – Watercolor American Flag

Week 50 – Thumbprint Pineapple

Week 51 – Punched Tin Dragonfly

Week 52 – Sandcastle Art

I created three different planner sets:

• one with weeks and crafts
• one with just weeks, in case you want to plan your own
• one in black & white that you can color

All three sets can be downloaded by clicking on the pics below.

{Weeks & Crafts}

{Weeks Only}

{Black & White}

I hope you will join us for A Year of Homeschool Crafts!

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I am working on a big project that I hope to have posted soon – an entire year of homeschool craft ideas!

Weekly crafts are something that I always want to do with my kids but rarely get around to because I am unprepared for them. I’ve searched around on Pinterest for fun projects for each month and I will be sharing those plans with you, as well as a FREE printable craft planner to help us stay organized in this venture. (Download August’s planning page below.) [Read more…]