Hand-y Crafts

These Hand-y Crafts are instructions for projects your children can do with their own hands (and sometimes a little help from a grown-up!). They can be used at home, during playgroups, parties or at school. Each Signing Time newsletter features a new project for the month. Be sure to subscribe to our newsletter to receive each month's new craft.

Table of Contents

• 2010 monthly crafts
• 2009 monthly crafts
• Seasons memory book
• Keepsake calendar
• Signing Time Valentines
• Signing Time Pumpkin Patterns
• Archived Hand-y Crafts (2006 - 2008)

2010 Handy Crafts

August 2010: Bookmarks

July 2010: Summer Scrapbook Instructions, Scrapbook pages 

June 2010: Father’s Day Lei Handy Craft

May 2010: May Flowers

April 2010: Earth Day Hand-y Craft

March 2010: Shamrock Hand-y Craft

February 2010: Love Bug Hand-y Craft

January 2010: Growth Chart Hand-y Craft

2009 Handy Crafts

Here's the "handy craft" from 2009, featuring your child's hands. Each month we'll add another, so check back often. You'll need the free Adobe Reader to view and print these crafts.

December 2009: Reindeer

November 2009: Thanksgiving Place Mat

October 2009: Signing Time Pumpkin Patterns

September 2009: Handy Display Clips

August 2009: Look 'Round the Garden Activity

July 2009: Chore Wheel Hand-y Craft

June 2009: Father's Day Bouquet Hand-y Craft

May 2009: Mother's Day Crown Hand-y Craft

April 2009: Butterfly Hand-y Craft

March 2009: Rainbow Hand-y Craft

February 2009: Valentine Hand-y Craft

January 2009: Snowman Hand-y Craft

Seasons Memory Book

Make your own "Seasons" memory book with the following four crafts:

• Seasons Book: Winter
• Seasons Book: Spring
• Seasons Book: Summer
• Seasons Book: Fall

Keepsake Calendar:

Here are instructions for building a Keepsake Calendar. Do one project each month, and at the end of the year you'll have a wonderful keepsake of 12 months of special memories you've shared with your child. One day, those small handprints will be a distant memory; what better way to remember them by creating a calendar of the days when their hands were so small?

If you don't want to create the whole calendar you can always do each project here as a stand-alone activity.

• Calendar Instructions
• Download a 2008 Calendar

Monthly calendar projects

• January
• February
• March
• April
• May
• June
• July
• August
• September
• October
• November
• December

Signing Time Valentines

Enjoy Signing Time Valentines to share with your favorite Valentine. Featuring Rachel, Alex, Leah and Hopkins. You can print them yourself or have them reproduced at your local copy center.

Download Signing Time Valentines

Signing Time Pumpkin Patterns

Enjoy Signing Time pumpkin patterns to create amazing pumpkin designs with your family. Please download the instuctions along with your favorite pumpkin designs.

• Pumpkin Pattern Carving Instructions
• Signing Time Logo Pumpkin Pattern
• Baby Signing Time Logo Pumpkin Pattern
• Baby Hopkins Pumpkin Pattern
• Baby Alex, Leah & Hopkins Pumpkin Pattern
• Baby Alex & Leah hugging Hopkins Pumpkin Pattern
• Hopkins Pumpkin Pattern #1
• Hopkins Pumpkin Pattern #2
• Hopkins Pumpkin Pattern #3
• Alex & Leah Pumpkin Pattern
• Rachel Pumpkin Pattern