March is National Craft month! Dinosaur Train!

March is National Craft Month, and to celebrate, Dinosaur Train and Quilting Treasures® have teamed up to offer our readers  readers a number of fun craft projects using Quilting Treasures’ Dinosaur Train prints! If there’s a Dinosaur Train fan in your household, then joining Dinosaur Train’s Nature Trackers Club is a must. This FREE community of young children, their families and educators who, like Buddy, Tiny Shiny and Don, enjoy exploring and having adventures and respect their environment, offers a number of fun activities, games and craft projects each month! Register for Nature Trackers Club today.

 

Once registered, parents can download and print out the Nature Trackers Guide Book, filled with tips and challenges for collecting things from nature, tracking and observing plants and animals, and just getting outside to make exciting new discoveries every day. At the beginning of each month Nature Trackers Club posts new challenges for you and your young explorers to complete.

 

There are a number of fun and easy craft projects using Quilting Treasures’ Dinosaur Train prints that can help you transform your child’s bedroom into the ideal Dinosaur Train Nature Tracker’s Club Room. From bulletin boards, to upholstered headboards, pillowslips and cushions, notebook covers and more… creating a Nature Tracker Club room is a fun activity to enjoy with your children! Please note that Fabric is not intended for children's sleepwear.

 We are excited to have a giveaway! One winner will win approximately 2 yards of FREE fabric to create any one or more of the following Dinosaur Train craft projects:

 

·       Fabric lampshade

·       Fabric Fun Picture Frame

·       Bulletin board

·       No sew book covers

 

The four projects are available for download at the following link.

 

 

Dinosaur Train fabrics are available at select independent retailers, information available here.

 

For more ambitious crafters, check out the amazing Dinosaur Train quilt pattern at the following link.

 

 

And for even more fun for you and your readers, check out the March challenge from the Dinosaur Train Nature Trackers Club.

This challenge shows children how to make a windsock, a tool to help identify the direction of the wind! And you could even cover your “tube” with Dinosaur Train fabric too!

If you would like to enter the giveaway! Leave a comment below telling us what you would make with the fabric! Then do the following:

 

Follow The Jim Henson Company:

www.facebook.com/hensoncompany (This is required!)

www.twitter.com/hensonparents  (for an extra entry!)

Follow PBS Kids:

www.twitter.com/pbskids (for an extra entry!)

www.facebook.com/pbskids  (required!)

You can also Visit Quilting Treasures:www.QuiltingTreasures.com

Deadline to enter is April 3rd at 12 PM. One winner will be randomly selected from all entries!