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As a lot of mothยญers know, it is not easy keepยญing litยญtle chilยญdren occuยญpied for long periยญods, someยญtimes even the big kids! Chilยญdren havenโ€™t got long attenยญtion spans โ€“ it makes it difยญfiยญcult for parยญents to take even a breather in-between all the fun things that chilยญdren often want to do. And the thing is, the activยญiยญties for chilยญdren have to be choยญsen with care because a lot of their intelยญlecยญtuยญal growth and their menยญtal health depends on what they parยญticยญiยญpate in durยญing their forยญmaยญtive years. You want to find activยญiยญties that stimยญuยญlate the child and exerยญcise his brain. Look at these creยญative activยญiยญties that chilยญdren will love and enjoy doing:

1- Cutting & Gluing

crafts for kids l easy crafts for kids l arts and crafts for kids l fun crafts for kids l cool crafts for kids It might take some time for smallยญer chilยญdren to work with scisยญsors, natยญuยญralยญly under superยญviยญsion, but it is an imporยญtant motor skill. It helps to develยญop creยญativยญiยญty in chilยญdren, and you will soon recยญogยญnize a young Picasยญso in this excitยญing activยญiยญty!

Needed:

  • A pair of scissors
  • Glue
  • Coloured paper with all difยญferยญent shapes
  • Drawยญing paper

Next:

Encourยญage your child to cut out the shapes with coloured paper. Maybe you can start with simยญple shapes, becomยญing more comยญplex as your child gets the hang of it. Let him stick all his cutouts on the drawยญing paper to creยญate โ€˜beauยญtiยญfulโ€™ artwork.

2- Raised Salt Painting

That is a great favourite amongst chilยญdren; itโ€™s just so much fun and also develยญops the childโ€™s creยญativยญiยญty. And if a child is disยญinยญterยญestยญed in stuff, well, he will love salt paintยญing.

Needed:

  • Epsom salts
  • Glue
  • Difยญferยญent colours of food colourings
  • Drawยญing paper
  • Paper plates
  • A penยญcil

Next:

On a paper plate, add just a few drops of food colourยญing over some Epsom salt and mix up. Repeat this process if the child wants difยญferยญent colours. Then let your child draw his artยญwork and patยญtern on the drawยญing paper. Help him to apply glue on his designs, and then pour the coloured salt over the glued areas. Then let it dry.

3- Playdough Modelling

crafts for kids l easy crafts for kids l arts and crafts for kids l fun crafts for kids l cool crafts for kids Most chilยญdren have played with play dough in their young lives, and you will always find it in toy stores year after year โ€“ such a favourite and cheap and easy too.  All you have to do is proยญvide the playยญdough and leave it over to him to imagยญine great things. Soon the child will be conยญjurยญing up all kinds of shapes. Playยญing with playยญdough helps to stimยญuยญlate the brain and helps the child to think about makยญing difยญferยญent shapes.

Needed:

  • Playยญdough
  • Playยญdough mats
  • Poke-ins

Next:

Give your child some playยญdough, and let your child make the shapes of his choice. Assist him, and both of you will have fun makยญing all kinds of shapes and sizes. Your child will also enjoy the poke-ins and the mats to give texยญture to his shapes.

4- Water Balloon Painting

Water balยญloon paintยญing is a fabยญuยญlous way of adding new texยญtures and techยญniques for a child.

Needed:

  • Some water balloons.
  • Paper plates
  • Waterยญcolour
  • Drawยญing paper/ canvas

Next:

Fill up the balยญloons with water. You might need to help him tie the balยญloons , so the water doesยญnโ€™t spill out while he is paintยญing. Difยญferยญent amounts of water will give you difยญferยญent sizes. Put some waterยญcolours on the plates and let your child dip the water balยญloons in the colours he wants.

5- Elephant Toothpaste

That is one โ€˜gameโ€™ the kids adore. Such fun!

Needed:

  • Dry yeast
  • Safeยญty goggles
  • A plasยญtic bottle
  • Liqยญuid soap, preferยญably dish soap
  • Ediยญble colour
  • 6% perยญoxยญide
  • Warm water

Next:

Help your child put on the safeยญty gogยญgles. Then put the perยญoxยญide into the plasยญtic botยญtle, adding colour and the dish soap. Shake up the botยญtle. In anothยญer conยญtainยญer, take some yeast and add warm water to it. Add the yeast mix to the botยญtle that has the perยญoxยญide in and dish soap and colour. Watch your child as the colour mixยญture lathยญers up and flows out of the botยญtle in all kinds of shapes and forms.

6- Making Masks

crafts for kids l easy crafts for kids l arts and crafts for kids l fun what are good craft ideas for kids Makยญing masks is great fun because your child can become anothยญer perยญson!  It develยญops his /her creยญative skills.

Needed:

  • A conยญstrucยญtion plate
  • A pair of scissors
  • Waterยญcolours or crayons
  • Glue
  • A penยญcil
  • Two rubยญber bands

Next:

Get your child to mark areas that need to be cut out on the conยญstrucยญtion plate โ€“ that will be for his eyes, ears, and nose.  Help him/her to cut the plate out as per the markยญings and then colour in his mask in his way. Poke two holes for the last band on each side, makยญing them into loops to go around his ears.

7- Glowing Dough

Chilยญdren love stuff that glows and shines, and when it comes to playยญing with dough, it is no difยญferยญent. That might be more for the oldยญer child who can be with you around the stove and who is used to a bit of cookยญing. You need to be present all the time with this activยญiยญty to preยญvent acciยญdents.

Needed:

  • 4โ€“5 cups of water
  • 2 cups table salts
  • 5 cups of flour
  • 2/3rd cup of vegยญetable oil
  • Ediยญble colour
  • 2 tableยญspoons of cream of tartar
  • Glow-in-the-dark paint
  • Black light (UV/ultraviolet light)

Next:

On a stoveยญtop and a mediยญum flame, mix up all the ingreยญdiยญents except for the ediยญble colour and the glow-in-the-dark paint. Let this mixยญture cook until it becomes all gooey. Take off the heat and let it cool down a bit. When itโ€™s just warm, add some food colourยญing and glow-in-the-dark paint. Now knead the dough well. You can store it in a zip-lock bag. Whenยญevยญer your child wants to play, he can have some fun makยญing shapes with the dough with some black light. Donโ€™t worยญry โ€” here is a no-cook recipe!

8- Ball Pit and Slide

This idea is great for the smallยญer kids, tons of fun. You will need to purยญchase an inflatยญable plasยญtic pool and fill it with coloured plasยญtic balls and a kid-sized slide. Believe it; your litยญtle one will spend hours climbยญing and slidยญing down. This game makes a big splash!

9- Stained Glass Window

A very cool โ€˜game,โ€™ and kids of all ages love this. You hang up a sheet of plasยญtic and then cut up squares of tisยญsue paper. But look, we have includยญed many ideas here โ€“ loveยญly works of art for your litยญtle ones to create!

10- Target Golf

That looks easy enough to creยญate but is great fun. All you do is take a cardยญboard box and cut out entry holes. Then you will allow your child to hit a golf ball in the holes. Who scores the most will win!

11- Easy Indoor Swing and Crash Pad

This one gives your child endยญless fun and plenยญty of moveยญment. What about this?

12- Pool Noodle Playhouse

That is so much fun; one wonยญders if the chilยญdren ever get tired of it. If itโ€™s swimยญming seaยญson again, or when they go on sale, stock up on pool nooยญdles and buy as many as you can because they can be the perยญfect buildยญing bricks to make the most aweยญsome playยญhouse. Just bed sheets need to be added.

13- Indoor Climbing Space

what are good craft ideas for kids That is so cool. When you see the kids on this, you know you did the right thing, parยญticยญuยญlarยญly if you have kids with lots of enerยญgy. Itโ€™s like an indoor gym with plenยญty of room to climb and a junยญgle gym. And a matยญtress can be built under it, so if they fall, they wonโ€™t get hurt. Theyโ€™ll love it!

14- Cardboard Box Coloring

That is wonยญderยญful if youโ€™ve got todยญdlers who need enterยญtainยญment. Just place a litยญtle todยญdler inside a cardยญboard box and give him some colourยญful crayons. He will do just that to his heartโ€™s conยญtent. Youโ€™re lucky; youโ€™ll find plenยญty of othยญer excitยญing activยญiยญties on this link.

15- Kid-Made Music Instruments

Kids adore playยญing with imagยญiยญnary drums or guiยญtars or anyยญthing that imiยญtates being in a band. Now they can build their own drum set and join up with the band!

16- Scavenger Hunt

It doesยญnโ€™t have to be a long list to go through โ€“ all you have to do with this game is say, โ€œFind me someยญthing that starts with the letยญter D,โ€ for instance. Let the kids run around the house, searchยญing for things that start with the letยญter โ€œD.โ€ They must either bring it to you or tell you what it is when they have found it. Then you can keep your kids motiยญvatยญed by going through quite a few letยญters of the alphaยญbet. After that, you can motiยญvate them even furยญther by letยญting them choose what they want to eat for dinยญner later.

17- Grow a Garden

what are good craft ideas for kids Give your child a real small plant to take care of. Maybe you can help them with a small herb garยญden or a garยญden of small vegยญgies or flowยญers, allowยญing them to water the plant when needยญed and take care of it. They will love checkยญing up on their plants, and maybe when the time comes, show them how to cut the herbs off, ready for a salยญad latยญer on.

Can We Tell You a Secret?

As most schools know, the best way to keep chaos from reignยญing is to have a rouยญtine at home. Make a rouยญtine for the kids โ€“ they are used to folยญlowยญing a schedยญule. Grab a pen and paper and map out how your days will look at home. The goal is to keep your kids hapยญpy and enterยญtained while allowยญing you to get things done as well and stay sane!

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