Craft for you my youngster
Kids love art and craft activities which help to channelize their creativity while creating beautiful things, other than reliving them from the screen. These activities are perfect for kids and even parents who wish to mingle with their children, push them or support the development of their minds. In this article, we have compiled a list of crafty stuff that is apt for babies between the age group of 5–10. Welcome to the world of color, imagination and fun!
A Crafting Introduction on a Happy Note!!
Handicrafts are not only amusing but can also provide some beautiful product from their little hands and it helps even children to express themselves. AppreciationKids tend to be more confident when they receive appreciation for their work and this motivates them even further to better their skills. A little creativity and simply just some household items, can help but we do need to assist them.
When to Do Crafting in a Day
Young growing mind is very talented, energetic and big imaginative. We need to ensure their downtime is literally anything but that.
Unwind after a (Home) School Day: After school crafting, whether in paper or fabric is an excellent release time for kiddos from all the curriculum they are learning.
Weekend Mornings – Get the Weekend off to a Creative Start
Rainy Days: A great indoor activity for when the weather is not on your side — Crafts.
Longer Breaks (eg Holiday Time): Invest in more complex projects during that period.
A Few Essential Stuff for Crafting
But for before we do so, let us collect some common crafting things. The list of things needed …
Paper: printer paper, construction/ cardstock scrap pages.
Adhesives:White glue,glue sticks and hot glue (with adult supervision)
Scissors: Safety scissors for the little ones.
Markers & Crayons: To color and decorate.
PAINT AND BRUSHES: Watercolor, acrylic and tempera paint – my favorites are watercolors.
Materials: Cardboard boxes, paper rolls, egg cartons and bottle caps.
Natural materialsExamples: Leaves, branches sticks, cuts of wood, rocks and pinecones.
Materials: Any yarn, beads and buttons for the eyes
Simple Crafts for Youngsters
Animal Masks
Supplies: – Paper plates- Paint-Markers- String or craft sticks.
Activity: Have your child choose their favorite animal and create a mask out of asturdy paper plate as the base. They can paint the plate, use markers to give it more personality/ or not and then add ears, by gluing pieces of construction paper on to paper plates. String or a craft stick should hold your mask in place. It also encourages creativity and imaginative play.
DIY Kaleidoscope
Materials: Paper towel roll, aluminum foil paper, beads/sequins to fill it(seed-like items), cling film & tape.
Activity: Decorate the cover of your paper towel roll. Cut the reflective paper in a triangle form of prism that fit inside the roll Secure it with tape. Place a plastic wrap across this, and have it held in the place by an elastic band to fill with beads or sequins. Wrap the second end in clingwrap & close up. Now, look through the kaleidoscope and view all those colorful patterns.
Homemade Playdough
Ingredients: Flour, salt water coloring oil.
Activity: 2 cups flour, 1 cup salt or more as desired, 1 cup water and food coloring (children can decide how many drops), vegetable oil to add for better consistency Fold in and knead mixture until it reaches dough fashion. Kids may use cookie cutters or shape the dough with their hands. Great for sensory play and fine motor development.
Rainbow Sun catchers
Supplies: Clear contact paper Tissue Paper Scissors
Create: Cut contact paper and tissue paper into shapes. On one side peel the back of the contact paper and have your child arrange out an colorful design with pieces of tissue paper. Step 10: After that cover with another piece of contact paper above the design Once it is dry, the suncatcher can be hung in a window to leave around us during these dark days.
Paper Bag Puppets
Supplies: paper bags, markers, glue and different craft items (googly eyes/ yarn).
Action: Draw some features on the paper bag to make it a puppet. Faces can be drawn and googly eyes glued on, yarn hair. They can even put on a puppet show for other family members after they finish! Completely, this activity encourages creativity and storytelling skills.
Nature Collage
You will need: Flower, leaf or twig Glue Paper
Activity: Nature Walk to Collect Different Types of Natural Items. When you get home, put them on a piece of paper and stick with glue to create nature collage. This mobile helps children to have felt and appreciate the beauty of nature as well as develop observation skills.
DIY Bird Feeder
Supplies: Pine cones, peanut butter, bird seed and twine
Activity: Spread peanut butter over the pine cone and dunk it into bird seed Use the string to tie it around the top, and hang it outside. This also helps children learn about the animals and how wildlife can be taken care of.
String Art
Materials: Cardboard, Yarn or String, pins.
Action: Use a variety of next steps to draw anything simple on the cardboard. And then wrap the yarn around the pins to form this design. It is great for skill: fine motor and spatialIZES SKILLS.
After Craft Clean-Up
There are times when crafts get messy, but cleaning-up is also part of the crafting process. How to Make Cleaning Up Your Childs Space (can easily be switched round for the other way.
Putting away unused supplies.
Not waste scrapstacles or waste
Wiping down surfaces.
Apoxy Prime Your Hands After Using Glue, Paint Etc
Turning clean-up into an enjoyable job also teaches children responsibility, and the value of a tidy workspace.
What to Do with These Crafts
But, finally when you are done with the crafts there is a lot that she can do to make it count like;
Art Print Display: Put up their artwork all over the place…I mean in your house.
Gifts: Handcrafted items make creative gifts for family and friends.
Play With: Make-believe play with puppets and masks.
Treasures: Put final products in a treasure box to remember the work.
All kids are legacy makers in the making. We should inspire their own inclinations and guide them to explore the areas where they can find answers. Have faith; they will not need us forever. This will help them become strong minded as they grow and in turn be of service creating a better world. It is how we invest our time to it for the better future.
