Some very easy kid crafts you can do with children is to make cute items out of popsicle sticks. By going to a local craft store, you can purchase boxes of what they call “craft sticks” that will run you around two dollars for a thousand sticks. For a little more you can also buy [...]
Halloween is the perfect time for kid’s crafting projects. There are so many projects available because there are numerous Halloween icons; witches, bats, pumpkins, candy corn, the list is endless and so are the Halloween kid crafts possibilities.
Ghost Windsock
This fun craft is useable for Halloween night and all of October. Items needed are strips of [...]
Arts & crafts with kids!
There are countless reasons why it is a great idea to do arts and crafts with your kids. For one, working on arts & crafts helps to hone children’s creativity. Arts and crafts can also help promote teamwork and sharing, as well as offering the perfect opportunity to bond and find [...]
Getting your kids involved in arts and crafts is a very effective way to develop their creative side. Not only is it a great way to develop their creative side but it has also been proven that sharing arts and crafts is a fun way to bond with your children. There are plenty of projects [...]
Here is some information about how to collect and use recycled objects in your crafts!
You can save a lot of money on arts and crafts supplies by saving things that you might ordinarily throw away! If you are building up a craft supply box for a classroom, daycare, church or school - get the parents [...]
Summer will be here soon enough, and your kids will be thrilled with being out of school and playing outside. Well, at least for a few days anyway. Once the newness of summer has worn off and the reality of boredom sinks in, your once happy campers can turn into ‘mom I’m bored’ monsters. What’s [...]
If your home is anything like mine, you’re constantly picking crayons up off the floor. My son colors everyday, sometimes for hours on end. He loves crayons. We’re always buying more crayons because he either looses them or they’ve been worn down to nubbins and hard to color with. Well, here’s a tip for you [...]
Sewing is a great kids craft. Kids love to sew and show what they accomplished. They are very proud of their sewing projects and other creations.
Whether it is sewing or any other craft that you teach or share with your child, even if it is coloring, drawing, cutting and pasting, it is time well spent.
If [...]
Crafts will always be a very important teaching tool for anyone teaching little kids. Kids learn best by “doing.” Homeschoolers and especially Unschoolers can use this balloon craft as part of a biology lesson. This is a wonderful kids’ craft idea, that is fun and easy to do and also a great first lesson about [...]
Build, Play, and learn
Catapult making is first of all a great hands-on craft type project. And it is scalable because there are great projects suitable for children from ages 5 to 25. I will go over some of these project ideas by age group. Secondly there is the play aspect to a catapult. Once it [...]