It goes without saying that toys are the thing children love the most at any age. But the truth is that nowadays, there are lots of other fun and interesting things which can keep their attention even for hours like arts and craft projects.
With the right art and craft material, children can stay occupied for hours, while giving you (parents) the opportunity to take a break and just relax a little bit or even better, take part in the project. Truth be told, some of these projects are so fun that even you will find them captivating.
But do you ever wonder why is arts and crafts important? Why do so many educational and medical professionals recommend this activity and find it crucial? Well, it seems that art and crafts can promote child development while helping you improve the child-parent bond even more. Isn’t this amazing?
When speaking of art and craft projects themselves, there are many ideas that you can use to create some literally breathtaking things together with your little ones. Here are just some to kick start your creativity.
A Clay Piggy Bank
The one thing that stays the same for almost all kids is that they love getting their hands dirty. And this project is all about getting messy while having lots of fun. For creating the fanciest piggy bank in the entire world you will need clay of your preference and some handy art and craft material like modelling tools for the final touches. Regarding the clay, you can choose an air-hardening or oven-baked clay as both of these are easy to work with. When finally done, you can colour the piggy bank in any colour that you love, just make sure to choose quality paint that you can use on clay.
“Piñata”
Who says that you can’t make your very own piñata and fill it up with the tastiest sweets?! You know what they say, teamwork makes the dream work, so you better roll up your sleeves and get to work. Depending on the piñata you want to do, for this project, you will need cardboard or a flour paste and some other art and craft supplies.
Once you’ve stocked on the right supplies, you can start creating the shape you want together with your child and let the fun begin. A piñata is a great arts and crafts project to do with your child, especially if it’s for a birthday.
Character Tissue Box
This craft is pretty easy as for it you’ll only need an empty tissue box, colour, glue and a few sheets in colour. You can colour the box depending on the character or animal you want it to be, and create the head with the help of sheets and scissors. Glue it down to the designated place, leave it to dry and your box will be ready to be refilled with tissues.
Dinosaur
If your little one is crazy about dinosaurs, you can create this prehistoric creature by making his own dinosaur kingdom from scratch. In order to create them, you’ll need paper plates, toilet rolls, paint, wiggly eyes and some other basic supplies. You can make them in different sizes and as many as you want as the whole paper dinosaur project is quite simple and easy. In fact, if your child is old enough to manoeuvre scissors, he can make the dinosaurs on his own.
Pom-Pom Bouquet
Little girls will surely find this project fascinating, cute and fun. You can either buy some of the many readily-made pom-poms or you can make them on your own. Once you have them, glue them down on green craft stems (also known as pipe cleaners) and tie them together with a length of ribbon. Simple as that.
Elastic Bookmarks
If your little one is already into reading, you can help him/her create some cute and interesting bookmarkers made of elastic. All it takes is taking the exact books’ length measurements, sew the elastic on the designated place and adorn it with cute insects or animals made of felt. Once done, sew or glue them down on the elastic, let them dry and the bookmark will be ready to use.
As you can see, there are lots of art and craft projects that you can make together with your little ones. All you have to do is to think of an idea and stock on the right supplies. Having the right art supplies is closely related to how successful your project will be. So make sure you don’t skip any of it, otherwise, you won’t be able to complete your project entirely. Luckily, nowadays you can find almost everything you need in one place thanks to the many specialized art and craft stores.
