2006-11-26 08:06:34 · 15 answers · asked by kelliemag 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
I am a mother of 3 y/o and 6 y/o boys...some ideas include...
1. Decorate an ornament
2. Decorate a picture frame and place photo of child in it
3. Bake some cookies with them
4. Plaster hand molds
5. Have a child draw a picture and frame it
6. Walk down the craft aisle at Walmart or local craft store for more ideas.
2006-11-26 08:11:20 · answer #1 · answered by doom92556 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dough ornaments.
Find a recipe for salt dough. Roll it out and have them press Christmas shaped cookie-cutters (trees, bells, angels, stars, etc.) into the dough. You'll have to help them lift up the cut-out designs. Be sure to make a hole near the top of each one (this will be for the string to go through).
You bake them in slow oven until they are are dry and then then can paint them. These are NOT cookies for eating, so can use washable tempura paints to paint them with and not work about about getting food colouring stains all over things.
When they're finished, be sure to write their names and the year on the back.
2006-11-26 08:19:12 · answer #2 · answered by Elise K 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have a 2 year old and a 4(3& 9/10ths) year old too. We made a paper chain Christmas decoration. I cut up the strips of colored paper and the kids decorated them with glitter glue. After they dried, we glued them all together and hung them in our living room. It was lots of fun for them and not too much work for me.
Cookie making and decorating is a good idea for gifts. My four year old helped me make the cookie dough, and they both helped with the cookie cutters. Of course the best part was the decorating...
2006-11-26 08:13:13 · answer #3 · answered by Amy d 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Clothespin Reindeer!
http://www.kidsdomain.com/craft/reindeer.html
2006-11-26 08:09:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have a 3 year old and we just made playdoh at home....1 cup of flower, 3/8 cup of salt and 3/8 cup of water...(I made 4 batches) and we used cookie cutters then backed them in the oven @ 200 for about 3 hours, then painted them....She totally loved it and so did I!! Good luck and have fun!
2006-11-26 09:54:52 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Popcorn Christmas lights.
2006-11-26 10:45:14 · answer #6 · answered by ♥tall_girl 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You can get these pens that write on ceramic plates, bowls, etc and then you bake them and the pen sets. My 4 year old is doing that this year on cheap white cookie plates. Michaels might carry them.
2006-11-26 08:12:24 · answer #7 · answered by FionaKiwi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They can mix up cookies (you bake them) or they can cut out cookie shapes, or frost them. They can cut out jello you've already made with cookie cutters. Make a video of them doing a play, or a puppet show.
2006-11-26 08:09:59 · answer #8 · answered by manywarhoops 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have them color some pictures or go to a craft store and get the foam type book marks with the foam type stickers that they can stick on for presents.
2006-11-26 12:43:00 · answer #9 · answered by party_pam 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Noodle necklaces. you will choose; Yarn super hollow noodles of various shapes Glitter finger paint beautify the noodles and enable them to dry. String the yarn for the period of the noodle holes and tie it off while finished. you could create a 'needle' with the yarn with the aid of wrapping the tape tightly around the tip of the yarn various circumstances. the bigger the hollow interior the noodle, the better it somewhat is for youthful arms to thread the yarn with the aid of them.
2016-10-13 03:59:09 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋