| No matter what age your child is, getting creative | | | | around the house. Your children will be so proud |
| is always fun! By joining in, you not only get to | | | | of their creations and it's a great way to make |
| spend quality time with your child but assist in the | | | | them feel special. |
| development of their artistic side, keeping them | | | | 4. Painting: Make sure you cover up! This is also a |
| busy and teaching them to be creative and | | | | fun way to get the child's creative juices flowing! |
| resourceful. Eventually, simple arts and crafts will | | | | Make sure you put an old oversized shirt on your |
| lead to school projects and more. This is a | | | | child that will cover just about all of them. By |
| bonding time with your child that they will cherish | | | | doing this, they can go to town and not have to |
| for life. Ideas for Arts And Crafts. When you sit | | | | worry about getting to messy. Get a giant piece |
| down to do crafty fun, it does not have to be | | | | of white paper for extreme fun! |
| elaborate, it just has to be fun! Here are some | | | | 5. Clay: If you have an older child, clay building is |
| ideas to get you started: | | | | also fun. On the market, you can get clay that |
| 1. Make arts and crafts time a regular event in | | | | dries in the air and water. This is a great way to |
| your weekly schedule. Do it every weekend or on | | | | get older kids involved because it is a neat idea |
| a specific day of the week. By doing this, your | | | | and not so "childish". |
| child will look forward to it. | | | | 6. Get a big paper bag from your local grocery |
| 2. Craft Hats: Find some old hats lying around the | | | | store. Decorate it up to resemble a person or |
| house, or even inexpensive foam hats found at | | | | animal. For example, you can make the bag look |
| any craft store. Decorate them to a theme or | | | | like a monkey. The idea is to make the bag part |
| with younger children with feathers and beads. | | | | of the body where if falls. So, if you were making |
| Creating extravagant and silly hats is fun to | | | | a monkey, you could decorate it to have hair, a |
| children, and they will want to wear them around | | | | tail and other monkey features! Get creative - it |
| the house for weeks. | | | | really is all about fun. There are so many ideas |
| 3. Co-ordinate arts and crafts with holidays. This is | | | | that can be altered, expanded on and done over |
| the best time to do crafts. You can make | | | | and over again. There is no limit to the fun you |
| decorations for the holidays and hang them | | | | can have with craft activities with your child. |