Top Arts and Crafts for Kids
Kids love projects. They find them all over the house. The dish soap painted on the dog, the toilet paper race track down the hall and don't forget the mud pie servings at the tea party on the patio. Creative exploration of the world is dictated by their imagination and yours.
The most beloved arts and craft projects consist of a few basic tools:
- Crayons
- Watercolor paints
- Play Dough
- Colored construction paper
- Cardboard boxes
- Colored chalks
- Coloring books
- White glue
- Colored tissue paper
- Glitter
- Popsicle and candy sticks
Popsicle Stick House
You can build a single home or a whole village. You can make a castle or a fort, the possiblities are unlimited. If your family is into miniature trains, think about a home made town for your RO train set.
- Side of a cardboard box, or plywood depending on the end result.
- Glue
- Popsicle sticks, whole and half-length
- Paint
- Candy sticks or toothpicks
- Paper and pencil
Procedure
- Full walls - Lay eleven full sticks side by side, with a stick across the top and bottom. You will need at least one full wall.
- Walls with doors - Lay three sticks together, leaving space for four sticks. Place four sticks after. Anchor with top and bottom sticks.
- Doors are made with four full sticks anchored with a full stick diagonal on the back. Door knobs are made with colorful beads.
- Walls with windows - Lay four sticks on the bottom. Leave space for the length of one half stick. Lay three sticks on top. Anchor with a full stick exactly in the center to establish the window middle frame. Anchor with full sticks on both ends of the wall.
- Windows are created with half sticks and toothpicks for window panes. Two windows make with half sticks create one full wall.
- Roof - Lay out eleven sticks anchored in the center with a full stick. Create an "A" frame with three sticks. Glue two halves of the roof to the "A" frame. Once dry, glue to the house.
- Chimney is created with wide craft sticks, cut on the ends to fit the angle of the roof.
Paper mache balloon animals
- Blow up balloons and make a balloon animal.
- Mix one half white glue or flour in water.
- Wet tissue paper in the water mixture.
- Place a thin layer onto the balloon animal. You may need more than one layer depending on the effect you are looking for.
- Allow to dry.
- Decorate animal with water color paints or markers, being careful to not mark through paper or pop balloon.
- Allow to dry, if necessary.
- Pop balloon and remove.
- Hang up paper mache animal.