| There are some really easy crafts for kids. All they | | | | and any craft store. Cut out dogs, butterflies, snakes, |
| need are a few supplies like pipe cleaners, construction | | | | fish or anything that the kids like. Glue them onto |
| paper, toothpicks, macaroni and a few craft supplies. | | | | popsicle sticks or tongue depressors and then they |
| Here is a list of some kids crafts that they will enjoy. | | | | can make their own puppet show. |
| Just let them use their creativity. | | | | Toothpick art This has been around for a long time |
| Pipe cleaner people Use different colored pipe | | | | and the schools even use to use it. You can use either |
| cleaners and bend and twist them into shapes. They | | | | miniature marshmallows or gumdrops and toothpicks. |
| can make people, animals, buildings and whatever they | | | | Insert the toothpicks into the gumdrops or |
| can imagine. This is great when you have more than | | | | marshmallows. Just keep adding marshmallows to |
| one child and they can make up a whole zoo or | | | | make any shape they want. They can make buildings |
| whatever they want to make. | | | | or bridges and any kind of shapes, like a star, or |
| You can either save them and put them on a cork | | | | hexagon and make then as elaborate as they want. |
| board or set on a shelve or just untwist them so that | | | | Paper chains We use to do this one when we were |
| they can be used again. This child's craft can keep | | | | kids. Cut strips of construction paper and either glue or |
| them busy and entertained. | | | | staple them into circles. When you have one circle |
| Macaroni Necklaces This craft goes back many years | | | | done, put another strip through and glue it. Just keep |
| but the kids never get tired of making them. Just string | | | | adding circles until you have it as long as you want it. A |
| colored macaroni onto lengths of yarn. If your | | | | red and white chain looks very nice for Christmas, or |
| macaroni is not colored then let the kids paint them. | | | | you can use red and green. The kids loving doing this |
| Paint with spongesYou can buy sponge figures or else | | | | chain. They can even decorate the strips with paint or |
| make your own. Get some cheap sponges and cut | | | | sparkles. |
| them into any kind of shape you like. You can make | | | | Headbands Cut construction paper into strips and |
| triangles, circles, stars, half moons, or even animal | | | | make one to fit the child's head. Then they can glue |
| shapes. Let the kids dip them into paint and press them | | | | anything on them like feathers, buttons, ribbons made |
| onto paper. The long rolls of paper or construction | | | | into bows, or any scraps of material. They could use |
| paper are really nice for this craft. | | | | the sponges from the craft above to decorate their |
| Make your own puppets You can buy sheets of foam | | | | head band. |