i need some crafts for my kids for christmas
something cheap but fun for them
My daughter’s school is having an art night, and I would like to have a booth. It’s geared towards K-5, but for more complex things it can be limited to the older grades. I believe that the max. amount of time that a session at each booth lasts is 30 minutes. I’m in need of several ideas. If it’s teaching them how to do something different artistically (rather than just a craft) it would have to be something they can do hands on. Thanks in advance for any responses.
There is a great art program at my daughter’s school. This is just another way to celebrate how important art is. They do several themed things throughout the year and this is just one of them. Being an art teacher I would hope that you could use your expertise to help me rather than make assumptions.
By the way a lot of the booths are run by local art students and all the art teachers from the district participate as well as parents who have art related degrees. My booth well be one of the less important ones. There are booths that are more involved and those that are intended to be the filler in between.
What about making prints onto blank cards or shirts? Is that a bad idea?
Stay@home…you’re not at all on the wrong train…….keep em coming. I don’t need this today I’m just anxious to find a bunch of ideas and then have the luxury of choosing one out many.
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If you are looking for a simpler yet fun idea for your kids especially now that summer time is here and they will be off from school for a couple of months, this noodle craft dying technique is one of the easiest and most inexpensive way to make new things. There are lots of uses of art crafts for kids. It is fun and exciting way to teach your kids how to make new things from simple noodles. Kids just love the idea of playing with foods if you may observe your kids; they love to play with their foods than eat them.
This is one of the most appropriate times to play with foods since you will need to colour pastas to make them appropriate to make other items later on. After dying the noodles, you will be able to make necklaces, bracelets, and others such as anklets. It can also be used for other items such as making collage and others. Teaching your kids how to use their time well is so easy if you know what things to use in particular. You can also make this craft making productive by teaching them some lessons in school using the coloured noodles you made. Your kids will not even notice that you are teaching them something using craft making. Here’s what you can do:
Gather all the ingredients you need. Pour ¼ cup of alcohol and about 10 drops of food colouring inside a zip locked bag and mix it well.
Now add some pasta inside the bag and shake it well so the pasta will be coloured evenly. It’s up to you what shape of pasta you will put inside first.
Let the pasta stay inside the bag for an hour so the colour will be more intense. If you want the pasta to look darker in colour, you can let it inside the bag overnight.
When your desired colour has been achieved, you can now take it off the bag and put it inside another zip bag to dry it up.
When the noodles dry up, you can now use it to make some other things out of it. You can think of teaching your kids math such as addition, subtraction and multiplication using coloured noodles. It’s easy to bond now with your kids because they are having fun with the new look of the pasta. It will be best if you will buy different shapes of pasta in the supermarket. Make sure that you will be able to find different shapes of pasta so your kids will enjoy the process even more.
Always remember that pasta dying is a fun and easy way to play and make your kids time productive. But when the pasta has been dyed, it is not edible anymore even if you use a food colouring for it. There is an alcohol added to it to be able to achieve the desired colour so make sure you supervise your kids along the way to prevent accident later on.
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I am in charge of the Crafts Committee for a carnival we are having through our school and I can’t seem to come up with some good crafts ideas that I can buy the supplies without spending too much money….
Any ideas? Crafts are for elementary school kids up to little toddlers and the number of kids that will be there will probably be up to 100.
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Anyone know any good crafts for kids 6-10 that arent very expensive? I like to do crafts with the little ones i babysit we have already done : soap, picture frames, and cookies. Supplies isn’t a big deal and if It could a christmas present for mom and dad that’d be fine too or a holiday craft..
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I would like to find some crafts for young kids with an outdorr, nature or animal theme. Any creative folk out there who would like to help, or anyone that knows of good websites for this type of thing? Crafts would need to be easy enough for preschoolers (with adult assistance) & not take too long – their attention spans are short at that age, you know. Thanks!!! 