Help your children create fascinating crafts at home.
Crafts allow children to show off their artistic side and creativity. From a tooth fairy jar to salt dough crafts, a few supplies and your child's imagination are all you need to get started. Prevent boredom in your house by allowing your kids to make a few easy crafts, which will also build their fine motor skills and hand-to-eye coordination.
Tooth Fairy Jar
Help your child create a tooth fairy jar using a glass or plastic vial with a cork lid. Cut out a picture of a tooth and tape it to the jar. Have your child decorate the outside of the jar using stickers and glitter paint. When your child loses a tooth, tell her to glue the tooth to a small piece of paper and write the tooth details. She can write when she lost the tooth and how she lost it. Tell her to roll up the small piece of paper and place it in the vial. The tooth fairy can take the piece of paper and tooth when she leaves the child the money for the tooth.
Furry Slippers
Purchase basic flip-flops and some faux fur at your local craft store. Place the flip-flops on the backside of the faux fur and trace an outline of the shoes. Cut the fur pieces out and lay them on top of the flip-flops to mark where the three strap holes go. Cut the slits and holes for the straps, and glue the faux fur to the slippers. Tell the children they can also cut small strips of fur to glue along the top part of the flip-flops to make furry slippers.
Homemade Sidewalk Chalk
Make sidewalk chalk with your child using an ice cube tray, petroleum jelly, plaster of Paris, water and liquid tempera paint. Thoroughly mix 1 cup plaster of Paris with 1/2 cup water. Coat the sides of the ice cube tray with petroleum jelly. Pour the plaster of Paris into the ice cube trays. Add a couple drops of liquid tempera paint to each ice cube tray to color the chalk and stir. Let the chalk dry overnight before popping the pieces out of the trays and using them.
Salt Dough Crafts
Mix 4 cups flour, 1 cup salt and 1 1/2 cups hot water. Knead the dough and spread it out with a roller. Give your child a set of cookie cutter to make shapes in the dough. When she has finished, place the salt dough shapes on a paper plate and microwave in 1-minute intervals until the dough creations become hard. Allow the salt dough crafts to cool. Give the children acrylic paint and glitter to decorate the salt dough pieces.
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