I have a special someone in my life named Carly. When I find a site I think might appeal to her, I toss it here. (Carly, to improve the quality of this site, please let me know which "finds" are your favorites.)
Craft/ How-To
Instructables - a great "how-to" site
Kids Craft Weekly - crafts designed especially with kids in mind
Scrumdillydo - cool art projects, hey, maybe your mom would like this one, too!
How to Make a Unicorn Pop-Up card! - http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Unicorn-Pop-up-Card
How to Publish Your Own Book - http://www.tikatok.com/
American Girl
American Girl (the main site) - http://www.americangirl.com/
American Girl Doll resources - http://www.agdollresources.com/
Animals
Fun video of a very talented girl/dog team:
08-03-09
Great story of a dog finally getting returned to its family: http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE56T4OJ20090730
08-19-09
25 weirdest animals: http://divaboo.info/