Woo! Jr. Kids Activities Network

Thanksgiving Cupcakes

Wendy Piersall — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:18:04 +0000

I’ve been super busy this fall getting Thanksgiving activities together for the Woo! Jr. websites. I was even all set to spin off my creative recipes into a new food blog for the holiday season, but I had to put that idea on hold – too much is happening this year for me to take on yet another blog!

I’m traveling a long way for Thanksgiving this year, so I’m going to have to live vicariously though all of you who get to cook up yummy stuff for the holiday. But I’m having Christmas Eve at my house, so get ready to be blasted with tons of Christmas cooking ideas soon!


Cookie Turkeys Cupcakes	Turkey Cupcakes	Coconut Turkey Cupcakes

Fall Pumpkin Cupcakes	Corn Cob Cupcakes	Fall Leaves Apple Cupcakes

Frosted Turkey Cupcakes	Chocolate Turkey Cupcakes	Candy Corn Turkey Cupcakes

Free Thanksgiving Cupcake Toppers	Thanksgiving Cupcake Picks on Etsy	Printable Cupcake Collars

Be sure to check out these Thanksgiving kids crafts and these Thanksgiving coloring pages while you are in the neighborhood. You might also like these printable Thanksgiving place cards, too!

Anise Cookie Recipes

Wendy Piersall — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:56:27 +0000

I am the designated Christmas cookie maker every year. And my mom slyly depends on me to make her (and my!!!) favorite cookies – anise cookies. It doesn’t matter which recipe I use, as long as I show up at her house with anise cookies. This year I’ll definitely be breaking out my springerle molds, but I have my own anise spritz cookie recipe that is really both the easiest and my absolute favorite. I’ll get that up on the site soon!


Springerle Recipe	Glazed Anise Cookies	Fennel Blackberry Cookie Recipe

Pizzelle Cookies	Crisp Anise Cookies	Anise Star Cookies

Anise Pretzel Cookie Recipe	Anise Pepper Cookie Recipe	Anise Mandelbrot / Biscotti

Anise Drop Cookies	Anise Cut Outs – Bizcochitos	Anise Saviato Cookies

For more Christmas fun, check out these Christmas handprint crafts, Christmas animal coloring pages, or these Christmas word puzzles!

Cartoon Dinosaur Coloring Pages

Wendy Piersall — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:37:19 +0000

Our cartoon dragon coloring pages are a big hit over at Fantasy Jr., so I figured we should put together some cute cartoon dinosaurs over here! And did you know that we have over 45 sets of animal coloring pages?! Some of the most popular are these zoo coloring pages, cute animal coloring pages, rainforest animal coloring pages and our animal masks to color.

Cartoon Dinosaur Coloring Page	Cute Dinosaur Coloring Page	Cartoon Girl Dinosaur Coloring Page
Winking Dinosaur Coloring Page	Dinosaurs in Love Coloring Page	Laughing Dinosaur Coloring Page
Mom and Baby Dinosaurs Coloring Page	Dancing Dinosaur Coloring Page	Baby Dinosaur Egg Coloring Page

You might also like the rest of our dragon coloring pages, too!

Thanksgiving Printable Craft: Turkey Animal Masks

Wendy Piersall — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:47:36 +0000

Just click on the images below to bring up the full size printable masks. Use our special “Click to Print” button to block the rest of the page and only send the image to your printer.

Grab our Thanksgiving Turkey Mask and have some fun this holiday. You can choose one to color yourself, or print the full color printable mask on your color printer.

Thanksgiving Printable Craft - Full Color Turkey Mask

Thanksgiving Printable Craft - Turkey Mask Coloring Page

More Printable Animal Masks

More Thanksgiving Activities

Easy Thanksgiving Handprint Crafts

Wendy Piersall — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:11:29 +0000

Thanksgiving handprint turkeys seem to be one of those crafts that you simply can’t escape in childhood. Somewhere, some teacher along the way is going to make your child do a turkey handprint craft. And 30 years from now, I guarantee you that you will still have this thanksgiving craft tucked away in some box or memory book.

I swear there is some sort of maternal instinct that ensures that all handprint crafts are preserved for posterity.

Paper Turkey

Construction Paper Turkey Craft

Fall Tree

Autumn Leaves Handprint Tree

Cardboard Turkey

Toilet Paper Roll Turkey

Pumpkin Pie

Handprint Turkey Pumpkin Pie

Check out all of our handprint crafts and the rest of our Thanksgiving crafts and activities, too!

Football Crafts

Wendy Piersall — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:46:20 +0000

These days, our weekends are revolving around when the Bears game is on TV. I personally don’t really like watching the game, but I love hearing football on in the house on fall weekends. It totally gets me in the mood for colder weather. Weird, I know.


Blank Printable Football Helmet	Make a Football Fan Bobblehead	Fun Football Cookies	Football Coloring Pages

Football Team Spirit Pins	Stuffed Paper Footballs	Super Bowl Centerpiece Craft	Football Toilet Paper Roll Craft

Paper Plate Football Craft	Football Door Hangers	Favorite Football Team Scoreboard	Football Pen Holder Craft

You might also like this awesome ‘Find the Footballs’ hidden picture printable from Printables4Kids!

Football Coloring Pages

Wendy Piersall — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:45:23 +0000

Growing up in Chicago, it’s really, really hard to escape exposure to sports in any way, shape or form. In the summer, the Cubs were always on in the background. The Bulls were all the rage in my 20’s, back in the days of Michael Jordan and Dennis Rodman. These days, our family weekend plans revolve around when the Bears game will be on.

Enjoy these football coloring pages as part of PE activities, or they would also be great for a Super Bowl party!

Football Player Coloring Page	Football Coloring Page	Football Field Coloring Page
Football Pass Receiver Coloring Page	Football Dog Coloring Page	Fighting Football Coloring Page

You might also like these Football kids crafts, too!

Paper Bag Turkey Crafts

Wendy Piersall — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:18:23 +0000

I’m on a roll this week with Thanksgiving crafts! Here’s a new roundup of links to turkey paper bag crafts – I have to say I think my favorite is the turkey luminaries! How pretty!!!


Thanksgiving Turkey Luminary	Cute Paper Bag Turkeys	Brown Bag Thanksgiving Turkey Craft	Turkey Hat Craft

Turkey Treat Bags	Turkey Puppet Craft	Turkey Paper Bag Puppet	Paper Bag Turkeys

For more Turkey Day fun, check out these Thanksgiving handprint crafts, more turkey crafts, and these printable turkey pinwheel crafts!

Thanksgiving Paper Crafts: Turkey Pinwheels

Wendy Piersall — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:58:18 +0000

I’m so ready for the holiday season to be here this year! My work load is lighter than it has ever been, and that means = more time for crafting!! I have some really cool Thanksgiving crafts up my sleeve right now – I can wait to do them with my kids and get them posted.

This idea for Turkey pinwheels came to me yesterday when I was out in the car running errands. Is it just me, or do you also get your best ideas at the most inconvenient times, too? Like in the shower – or while I’m cleaning and covered in grime… seriously.

For more Thanksgiving printables, check out these Thanksgiving masks, printable Thanksgiving placecards, and these turkey coloring pages!

Thanksgiving Pinwheel Paper Craft

Thanksgiving Paper Craft Pinwheels

Assembly instructions are on page 1 – they spin better if you can use heavier paper, btw!

Turkey Tail Feather Pinwheel	Turkey Tail Feather Pinwheel for Coloring
Turkey Pinwheel Center	Turkey Pinwheel Center for Coloring

Be sure to check out all of the Thanksgiving activities from the Woo! Jr. Network!

Solar System Projects for Kids

Wendy Piersall — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:39:25 +0000

Pretty soon it is going to be science fair project season! If your kids have any interest at all in our solar system, then creating a solar system model is a fantastic project idea that can be as simple or as elaborate as you want. Below aresome fantastic home project ideas along with solar system model kits you can purchase online.

Be sure to also check out my solar system for kids page with free printables like solar system worksheets and a solar system minibook.

Bonus resource – use this online tool to calculate accurate sizes to build your solar system model to scale!

Solar System Projects and Ideas


Solar System Project for Kids	Solar System Project Idea	Solar System Shadow Box Project

Solar System Paper Craft	Solar System Craft Project	Simple Solar System Project Idea

Solar System Models and Kits


Solar System Kit	The Solar System Poster	3 D Solar System Kit

Solar System Craft Kit	3D Glow In The Dark Solar System	Inflatable Solar System Set