| Child Crafts | | | | the glue in whatever shape they want! It's |
| | | | like painting with yarn. |
| Looking for something to entertain the kids | | | | |
| when it's raining or too cold to go outside? | | | | Child Crafts for Older Children |
| Child crafts can keep kids busy for hours- | | | | |
| and best of all, child crafts can be | | | | As children get older, they are capable of |
| educational. There are child crafts you can | | | | more detailed child crafts. Let grade school |
| make with kids of all age groups, from | | | | children create a city out of cardboard |
| preschoolers right through high school aged | | | | boxes. Flatten a box or two to create the |
| teenagers. | | | | city ground, and using smaller boxes, egg |
| | | | cartons, and construction paper, let your |
| | | | child build a city. Draw roads with markers, |
| | | | make trees and houses. Drive matchbox cars |
| Popular Child Crafts for Preschoolers | | | | through the city, or make your own cars out |
| | | | of egg cartons or other objects. |
| Before getting started making child crafts, | | | | |
| gather all the supplies! As your preschooler | | | | Children love clay and play dough. You can |
| is running around the house, go on a search | | | | follow child crafts recipes to making your |
| for paper, glue, crayons and safety scissors. | | | | own dough for the kids to play with. Other |
| Child crafts can make use of nontraditional | | | | child crafts that involve food are potato |
| items as well, so look for empty shampoo or | | | | stamps and macaroni necklaces. |
| dish soap bottles, paper towel and toilet | | | | |
| paper rolls, string, shoe boxes and paper | | | | Create musical instruments with coffee cans, |
| bags. Let your imagination be your guide. | | | | and elbow macaroni. Make your own bubble |
| | | | solution with equal parts dish soap and |
| Child crafts for preschoolers should be | | | | water, and let your kids blow bubbles in the |
| fairly simple to make, as well as quick in | | | | bathtub for a special child crafts treat! |
| order to hold their attention. Help them | | | | |
| make binoculars from toilet paper rolls, or | | | | Warren and Karen have been involved in the |
| puppets from old socks and markers. Add yarn | | | | internet for a number of years and run |
| hair. A favorite child craft of many | | | | several websites. They are most interested in |
| children is creating yarn masterpieces. Give | | | | providing opportunities for people to connect |
| your child glue and different colored pieces | | | | with information relating to business, health |
| of yarn. Let the child place glue all over | | | | and creativity. Check out their Child Crafts |
| their paper (gluesticks work great for this | | | | blog for more information. |
| project) and then lay out pieces of yarn over | | | | |