can anyone help me? Okay i need some craft ideas for children from ages 6-11 that would be good that fall into the categories of thanksgiving, fall, & harvest if anyone can help me thank you so much!
2006-07-12 18:46:46 · 9 answers · asked by Veronica 2 in Games & Recreation ➔ Hobbies & Crafts
Lots of things....I used to help with the kiddos when my kid was small.
Take their hand, trace and put an eye on the thumb, let them color and make a turkey.
Take old puzzle pieces, buy cut wood leaves, put a pin backing and have them glue the puzzle pieces to the leaf. Give each an orange bow to put on the pin after they are done...they are always so proud of this.
Have them stack ice cubes. Yes, you can...you let them try without any salt and see what they can do. Then you give them salt and sprinkle it on and let them stack them...They sometimes get carried away with the salt, but all the kids are graduating this next year and they remember stacking ice cubes in 1st grade.
Take those white work gloves and cut out felt pieces to resemble feathers and have them glue them on the gloves...makes a turkey, same as the hand.
You can also use those satin leaves, take them off the stem and have the kids glue them on the gloves.
Make a pinata...pumpkin of course. Balloon, starch (flour and water mix medium consistancy) pieces of paper and have them make the pinata by blowing up the balloon, that's the fun part, having things ready is the key for you. Once they dry, have them for the class party or for a birthday, nothing better than watching kids try to hit pinata's and they love them. Walmart carries the stuff to stuff inside the pinata. Have a contest and have some other group judge the pinatas, the best one gets ice cream or pizza for the whole class....or group....
Take tissue paper and make leaves that are stuffed and are able to be hung from the ceiling. Cut the leaves and the stems, have them color the stem in or cut them out, put tissue paper in between the two leaves and glue together...hang by thread...they really are beautiful if you get the right tissue paper.
Paper sacks are wonderful to decorate for the guest for Thanksgiving to send home left overs...I keep the plastic containers from butter, sour cream and etc. Wrap in tissue paper and put leaves and pumpkins on it with a tag. Then I put the amount of left overs in them and put them in the bag with their names on it for the guest. The kids love to help with this, makes them a part of the holiday!
Take a toilet paper holder, cut into sections. They make wonderful napkin ring holders, cover them with tissue paper or material, color of your choice, cut out leaves or pumpkins or whatever you want out of cardboard. Have the kiddo's color the items and then attach to the holder. They are truly pieces of art.
They can do the same thing for the center piece, just stack up ward or in a shape that fits the holiday.
Have fun!
2006-07-12 19:02:22 · answer #1 · answered by teddybearloverus 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to Oriental Trading Company (www.orientaltrading.com). They have WONDERFUL craft packs for all seasons and occasions. They have another website www.handson.com which is stuff just for kids. The craft packs usually come 12 to a pack and are very inexpensive. Have fun!
2006-07-13 04:17:59 · answer #2 · answered by blondee 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have them go outside and gather a few different shapes of leaves that have fallen on the ground. Then put a peice of white paper over the leaves and get them to rub fall colored crayons over the paper and the texture of the leaves will show through. It looks pretty neat. They can color and cut out pictures of fruit and vegatables and make a cornucopia. Color and cut out feather shapes and make headbands and attach the feathers to the back of them and teach them about how the Indians helped the Pilgrims.
2006-07-12 23:01:43 · answer #3 · answered by shellshell 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
make some homemade clay...its fun 2 do and it is cheap!!!!!!
here is the recipe
Homemade Clay for Baking:
Mix together:
4 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup of salt
1-1/2 cups of water
Knead the dough for approximately 10 minutes.
If they want to bake thier creations to keep forever they can be baked in a slow oven (250 F) for approximately 2 hours, and should be left to cool for at least an hour.
there u go hope this helps!!!!
2006-07-12 18:54:43 · answer #4 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like it ,
u can use on colour paper leaf print, print from carved potato, Leaf or any embossed thing down the paper & rub the pencil on other side of paper for Impression, in water tub thin, different color oil paint & dip a paper in water & get pettern & may many more If u want ....
2006-07-12 19:01:31 · answer #5 · answered by D J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there's a craft magazine with a lot of ideas online at kidcraftsmagazine.com
2006-07-13 14:04:20 · answer #6 · answered by Carol H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For the younger kids you could have them trace their hands on to construction paper and make it in to the tail of a turkey
2006-07-12 18:51:00 · answer #7 · answered by lilmouser2002 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you should go to about.com, they have a craft section that is huge, good instructions and based on age
http://familycrafts.about.com/
2006-07-12 18:51:05 · answer #8 · answered by Kryztal 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try these websites: www.dtlk-kids.com, www.familyfun.go.com, www.kidsdomain.com or www.crafts4kids.com
2006-07-13 01:19:38 · answer #9 · answered by Bookwoman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋