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