Craft Activities HELP!?

Question

I need some easy to do craft activites for kids. So far ive got making and decorating bookmarks, making pen toppers, making magnets and making scoobies.

I need at least 10 so need help.

Thanks ppl!

Answer 1

I'm all about pictures, and seeing what it is I'm supposed to be trying to create, so here are some sites that I love to use! There are TONS of ideas, so I'm sure you'll be able to find enough that *you* want to try to round out your 10:
http://www.kidsdomain.com/craft/
http://www.dltk-holidays.com/
http://www.makingfriends.com/
http://www.michaels.com/art/online/static?page=holiday_crafts06&cm_ven=2006NovKidsPg&cm_ite=Fun%20For%20The%20Whole%20Family
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/
And one of my favorite (I get the magazine, too!)
http://familyfun.go.com/arts-and-crafts/
This site has kits for sale, but with the pictures alongside, you might be able to figure out what you need and pick it up at your local store:
http://www.craftykids.co.uk/
I've never used this site, but it might have some:
http://www.i-craft.com/projectfinder.html
Hope you have lots of fun!

Answer 2

Ten? I'll give it a shot.

Macaroni every thing: I could use this too fill up about 800 slots but I'll just confine it too one. You got your rattes, sculpures, your pictures, your boarders... I'll leave the rest too you.

If you live near a water source there is the hunt for shells and rocks for use later. If you need some advice for "later" look at Macaroni.

There is the whole ORIGOMI experiance. You can down load instructions from the net and then just hand them a ream of paper and go.

There is the yarn picture. Glue, yarn, scissors. GO!

You can swipe stir sticks from fast food joits and have them build stuff with glue. You can alternatively buy the stir sticks .... BUT WHERE IS THE FUN IN THAT!!! I mean really! You need a bit of fun TOO!

Turning crayons too paint is a HEAP of fun but you gotta becareful that the kids in the group aren't too smart... One of them might go all kinda "Hey! If you just add some epson salt too the mix we can blow up the shed!"

Teach them how too make pei crust. We are talking kids right? Sprinkle a touch of powdered sugar on the results before it goes in the oven and then you got a feast afterwards.

Play Dough wars! Best evil robot wins!

Make your own play dough! Then Best Evil Robots Wins!

Dip creation of candles is always a hit. It's expensive, I know... but ... Damn... they get real quiet durring the creation proccess.

LEGO ANYTHING! Kids plus Legos plus random goal equals uninterupted child activitity.

Cutest waffle contest. Give them a few condements and some eggo waffles and just let them go.

Biggest soap bubble contest. Won't keep them busy for long but will make sure they are covered in soap for bath time.

Team v team couch cussion fort contest. Winner gets too nock down the losers fort.

Crayons plus a roll of butcher paper equals busy childern for days on end.

Well ... that's a start.

Hope this helps.

Answer 3

Badges with their pictures in it? What age group? My son, (8) Made his own drawing and put it in a key chain for me. Making a pinata is always a favorite. My youngest wanted that for his birthday, and the kids had a blast! You can use empty toilet paper rolls, or empty paper towel rolls. Then us cut up squares of tissue paper . Put them on the end of a pencil, stick them in Elmer's glue, and paste. Leave a hole for filling it with candy though. Children love finger paints. Thanksgiving will be coming soon, so you could make Indian hats. Got feathers and construction paper? I hope this helped a little. Anymore questions, let me know and I will share more ideas.

Answer 4

depending on where you live you can have them make leaves by tracing their hands in fall leaf colors (or if you're doing it before the snow).

you can make hand paintings - some ideas are a turkey, santa clause (4 fingers beard, thumb had turned down), a christmas tree (lots of hands together), a flower (hands for petals)

they can make window clings - add food coloring to glue and then let them squeeze out shapes onto transparency film, let it dry and you're done

straw art - drop some liquidy paint on paper and then have them blow through straws to make patterns

leaf art - have the kids go out and find leaves they like and then they can use them in pictures (leaves for hair, hands, wings, etc)

potato stamps - cut a potato in half and then cut a design into them and let the kids stamp away (you can even let them draw the pattern on the potato and you cut it)

marble painting - put marbles in paint (in muffin tin pans) and paper inside a shallow box, let the kids put some marbles on the paper and then rock the box around so the marbles roll all over

bubble painting - using powdered paint, mix it into bubble solution (in bowls) and let the kids blow paint bubbles onto paper