A Bit of This and A Bit of That shares how to make this tasty looking snack made from oranges, cinnamon, and honey. Doesn’t that just sound so delicious?! Let the kids help you make it for some extra fun!

Heather at Dollar Store Crafts has turned out these handsome pants from a dishtowel and some fabric scraps. She’s got a great tutorial on how she did it, so go check it out!

Here’s a fun way to repurpose the plastic eggs that we manage to accumulate every Easter. Check out the tutorial at Instructables to learn how to make a fun and colorful rattle snake! (via Craftgossip)

Dana, from Made, has quite a knack for refashioning clothing. Lately, she’s been remaking men’s shirts into the most adorable little dresses and, lucky for us, she just posted a tutorial on how she does it! Thanks, Dana! I can’t wait to tackle one of these!

Milk crates are roomy and sturdy, making them great for storing just about anything…but they aren’t always the most attractive things to look at. Make it From Scratch shows how to spruce up those old crates so you can put them to work anywhere in the house!

Croqzine shares a wonderful and inexpensive idea for a child’s toy stove that includes storage for kitchen tools when the stove isn’t being played with. Brilliant!

Also be sure to check out our round-up of DIY play kitchens for more great ideas!

These DIY pint-sized clipboards are so easy to make and would be great to keep handy for little explorers or budding writers.. See Let’s Explore for details!

Roots and Wings shares how to make fun Spring decorations using paper plates! Choose among a chicky, a bunny, or a flower…or make all three and string together!

Our Green Earth shares a tutorial for making this cardboard camera. My little girl is *always* asking to take pictures and would totally dig this! Click here for the tut!

Plum Pudding has found yet another use for colorful cereal and snack boxes: bookmarks! Click on over to read about how she makes them!

I’ve been excited about posting this ever since I first saw it at A Listmaker’s Life, but I wanted to wait for St. Patrick’s Day to be over. Katie put a pair of knee highs into double duty by making this adorable sock bunny, then used the leftovers to make leg warmers for her daughter. How awesome is that?! Two gifts in one! Click here to learn how she made the bunny.

Ramblings of a Crazy Woman has shared some great ideas for using recyclables in your children’s arts and crafts. I love all of her ideas, especially refilling a glue bottle with paint! Great for precision painting and oh-so-satisfying for little hands that love to *squeeeze*! Click here to see more!

See The Woods and the Trees shows how to make a doll house using pages from a magazine or catalog. What a clever way to make use of your catalogs before you discard them! (via Dollar Store Crafts)

A Foothill Home Companion recently made up a game with her kids using a large egg carton and some scrapbooking dots. The game looks like a fun challenge for preschoolers  and young children and is very simple to put together on the fly. Click here for the details!

This is such an awesome idea from The Toby Show. She took an inexpensive tackle box, added a variety of craft supplies to it…and viola! The perfect gift for a budding young artist! Click here for more details!

Here’s another great idea for repurposing! Mommy Blessings used a thrifted tablecloth to make matching aprons for her and her daughters. They came out beautiful and she has a tutorial loaded with photos to help you make your own! Click.

Trey and Lucy have put together a wonderful tutorial for making this bandana dress. Wonderfully affordable and sooo cute! Click here for the details! (via One Pretty Thing)

Having two small girls of my own, I’m always worried that the boys get neglected around here. Here’s a quick round-up of some things you can make for the young gents in your life.

Check out the Purl Bee’s tutorial on how to make a little boy’s tie. So cute!

Little Birdies Nest shares a very sweet “away/asleep” Matryoshka doll she made using fabric from a man’s shirt.

Here’s another way to use men’s shirts. Inchmark is using her husband’s old shirts to make a quilt for her little boy. I love this blend of stripes, checks, and solids. Can’t wait to see the finished project!

A round-up of some yummy felt treats from around the web. The majority of these patterns are for personal use only. Please do not make and sell without checking the copyright of the original creator. Click on the photo to go to the source!

From Flickr

From Escape Artist

From Como Faz?
Popsicles…different language but lots of photos

From Craft Tutorials
Graham Crackers

From That’s Just Freaking Lovely
Pop Tarts

From Craftsanity
Fortune cookies

From Orble
Felt lollipop

From Day to Day
Eggs and orange

Tomato slices, lemon slices, and ice cream

Ravioli

From Dabbled
Felt M&M Cookies

From One Inch World
Felt Lettuce

From Craftster
Pizza

Chocolate Cake

Vegetables, Salads, and MUCH more

From Cherry Mix
Bread

Cupcake

From Lit’l Brown Bird
Strawberries

Oreo Ice-Cream Cookie

From Hoogli Art
Sushi

Cupcake

And from Mr. Monkeysuit
Felt Peas in a Pod

Special thanks to my Tweet peep KTnestingspot (from Katie’s Nesting Spot) for helping me collect some of these!

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Added:

From Snazzle Craft

Chips and sandwhich

From Dusty Bottom Acres
Felt Peeps

From American Felt and Craft:

Cherry Pie
(Thanks to OCP reader, Alicia for the tip!)

Crackers

From Ikat Bag

Felt cake and decorations

She also shows how to make individual slices so your little one can serve up cake at her next tea party!

These shirts look like so much fun to make! Make them for your kids, or with your kids…either way they’re sure to be a hit! This Vintage Chica has the details.

Sweet Tidings shares an absolutely darling little doll that she made using a free pattern from Smooch Designs. Doesn’t she look irresistibly squeezable? I want everybody to go make one of these to be loved by the special kiddo in your life. Off you go!

According to Kelly followed this tutorial and turned a couple of men’s XL shirts into tees for her little guys. I’m just flipping over this discovery because I’m usually disappointed by my options for little girl tees. I think a whole new world has just been opened. Thanks Kelly!

I heart ingenuity, which is why I love it when someone can turn an everyday item into something fun! Here is the charming sock doll from Ms. D. Lightful. Check out her blog for a full tutorial on making the doll as well as clothes for her!

These skirts are bright and fun…and are made from $5 Target dishtowels! Super-creative mama, Grace Violet, has a great tutorial showing exactly how she did it. Off you go now! Click.

When I was a kid, we always had to bring a button-up shirt to art class, to be worn backwards, to protect our clothes. It worked ok, but the sleeves would sometimes start to slide and the collar could be bothersome. No more. Forty-two Roads came up with a great way to make those shirts a little more functional for your pint-sized artist.