Whether you're a Girl Scout leader, an activities director or parent; you are always on the lookout for things to keep your little ones busy. CraftyTips.com has compiled a great list of free resources for crafty projects for children. Make room on the fridge, in the china closet or whatever showcase you display your children's creative expressions; with this group of great ideas there's bound to be something for everyone.
All the website owners have also included their favorite kids crafty tips.
Fun Kids Crafts, Science Projects, and More. Step-by-step instructions for hundreds of incredibly cool crafts and science projects that can be built from everyday household objects. Upload and share your crafts with the world today.
You can use tape to decorate! Try using different colors of tape to spruce up your crafts. You could do stripes with alternating colors, thunderbolts, polka dots, flames, etc. Or just cover your project in regular tape and color over it with some markers! Tape is easy to work with and cheap to buy!
First Palette is a wonderful website for children created by a teacher and craft enthusiast. Sue shares a variety of clever craft projects for children with step-by-step instructions and templates to print and cut out. Craft projects are sorted by age groups, theme and date posted.
Don't throw away those bits of craft foam and construction paper. They can be used for other projects to create flowers, grass, eyes, noses and a virtually endless variety of things. Keep the scraps in a small box or plastic zip-lock bag to keep them all together, neat and available for crafting.
CreativeWorks for Children provides art programs for children from ages 12mo-12yrs in Avon, Ct. The site features a growing list of seasonal arts and craft articles many of which use recycled or natural materials.
When doing crafts with toddlers or young preschoolers don't be concerned if they don't follow all of the directions. Allow them to focus more on the experiences of the craft. The process of creating is more important than the end result of the project.