Fun with Fonts

There seems to be an almost inexhaustible amount of free fonts available online. Here's one, in particular, that I really like. It's the Crayola Kiddy Font and it's available through a number of free font sites. We downloaded it from dafont.com, here is the direct link.

This letter/picture font is a great to use with children. You could print out letters your child is working on, print their name, or make an entire alphabet coloring book. Here are the direction for downloading fonts from dafont.com.

Alphapix is another letter/picture font from dafont.com.



You can also find dingbats of just about anything.



Animals (Nina's Animals Font)




Sports

Flowers (In your Garden)

even Funny Faces (squareheads)

So go download some fun fonts and dingbats and let your kids make their own coloring books. Free personalized coloring pages work for me! For other frugal living ideas, check out Frugal Friday.

A word of caution: Some of the fonts on free font sites are not appropriate for children (or adults for that matter), so please do not let your children browse through the general listings on their own.

Do you have any frugal tips for playing with and teaching your children at home? We'd love to read your thoughts and suggestions!