Summer Crafts for Kids
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Summer Crafts and Activities for Kids
When boredom looms and the weather's hot, get everyone involved in summer crafts for kids. Kids are always excited to be free from the school routine when they are let out for summer break, but it isn't long until they start wondering what to do. These Summer Crafts For Kids will keep them occupied. Remember: entertaining Your Children is an important part of their progressive learning stage. Studies show that enhanced brain stimulus completing challenging but enjoyable tasks enhances the child's mental growth ability.
Alex Toys My Giant Busy Box
Alex Toys My Giant Busy Box
Amazon Price: $22.49 (as of 02/14/2012)
The Discovery Giant Activity Box offers sixteen great projects all in one giant activity box of fun. Clay animals, collage materials, sticker art, tissue art and paper bag puppets name just a few. The Discovery Giant Activity Box arrives with all the supplies you need, plus easy instructions.
Alex Pop Stick Art
Alex Pop Stick Art
Amazon Price: $7.13 (as of 02/14/2012)
Create 7 playful pop stick projects! Make a giraffe, caterpillar, peacock, flowers, chicken and cow puppets. Includes lots of stickers, paper shapes, pop sticks, glue stick and easy picture instructions.
Melissa & Doug Friendship Stamp Set
Melissa & Doug Friendship Stamp Set
Amazon Price: $5.74 (as of 02/14/2012)
Stamp and sketch to your heart's content with this cheerfully themed collection. When inspiration hits, this simple stamp and pencil set lets budding artists make countless colorful creations. Friendship-themed images include a butterfly, rainbow, teddy bear, various hearts and flowers, and a bouquet of balloons. The set includes five colored pencils for sketching, scribbling, or coloring in the details, and two large pads of washable ink--a blessing for parents of the overzealous stamper. All of the included pieces stow neatly in the sturdy wooden storage bin with transparent lid, so artists always know what's available, and can tidy up after themselves when they're done.
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Alex Toys Friends 4 Ever Bracelet Making Kit
Amazon Price: $18.32 (as of 02/14/2012)
Make colorful friendship bracelets the easy way with Friends 4 Ever Bracelet Making Kit from ALEX. Designed for crafty kids ages eight and up, this kit includes the friendship wheel, a handy tool that simplifies the weaving process so you can make as many bracelets as you have friends. The kit contains 22 different colors of string, beads, needle, and color-coded looms that can be used again and again with other string. Everything comes in a take-me-anywhere suitcase so you can make bracelets on the bus, in the car, at your friend's, and more.
Table of contents
Summer Crafts for Kids
- Let's do a Collage!
- How to use found objects, like seed pods in a fun way.
- Summer Flower Arrangements for Kids Ideas
- Arrange the bouquet in a homemade vase.
- Homemade Bouquet Vase
- How to make a simple summer bouquet vase.
- Fire Fly Jar
- Another fun Summer Craft for Kids
- Jar vases
- Jar vases make good summer crafts for kids, too.
- How To Make Friendship Bracelets
- This is the easiest friendship bracelet.You should start with this first.
- Summer Crafts for Kids Video Tutorials
- Various Summer Crafts for Kids You Tube Videos
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Creative Crafts for Kids
Let's do a Collage!
How to use found objects, like seed pods in a fun way.
In summer, crafts for kids can involve found objects, like seed pods, grasses, etc. Let kids create nature collection collages by gluing these items to a stiff piece of cardboard. Help them spray paint some of the findings with silver or gold paint. Alternatively, they might like to glue glitter to some of the findings.
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Summer Flower Arrangements
Perhaps kids would also enjoy collecting wild flower seed heads and creating dried flower arrangements. Arrange the bouquet in a homemade vase. A vase for summer bouquets, fresh or dried, is another craft that naturally fits into the summer crafts for kids category.
Homemade Bouquet Vase
How to make a simple summer bouquet vase
A simple vase can be made from a tin can. Soup cans work particularly well because they are smooth on the outside and rather narrow. Be sure to file off any sharp spurs on the inside opening. 1. Start the work of art by cutting a piece of construction paper or other colored paper to fit around the sides of the can. This will be glued to the outside of the can, but first it needs to be decorated.
2. The vase cover can be decorated in many ways. The child can draw a summer scene on the paper and then decorate it with glued on glitter or small stickers of summer things.
3. Another idea is for the child to write their name in large letters, and glue beans, seeds, or glitter to the letters. Let all glue dry before attaching the paper to the outside of the can.
4. Add water and fresh flowers or leave dry for dry flowers.
Recycled Crafts Box
by Laura C. Martin
Corrugated Castle. Fancy Foil Fish Mobile. Paper Bead Bangles. Braided Rag Coasters. Old Shoe Flower Pots. Puppy Dog Sock Puppet. With a little imagination, just about anything we think of as trash can be transformed into an art project good enough to give as a gift or to keep and treasure yourself.
Recycled Crafts Box
Amazon Price: $5.49 (as of 02/14/2012)
# Reading level: Ages 9-12
# Paperback: 96 pages
# Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC; illustrated edition edition (March 1, 2004)
# Language: English
Jar vases
Jar vases make good summer crafts for kids, too. Canning jars make particularly cute vases, but any cast off mayonnaise, pickle, or other jar, even plastic ones, can work, too.
To make a jar into a vase it first needs to be sparkling clean. Kids love getting wet in the summer, so let them roll up their sleeves (or put on a bathing suit!) and have fun splashing at the sink while "washing dishes." When the jar is clean and dry, tie an attractive ribbon around the opening.
If desired, decorate the outside of the jar with glued on beads and buttons.
You can also use the can for a trinket container or a place to put pens, pencils, and markers. To make them real summer crafts for kids, glue grass seed heads and found seed pods to the paper in a decorative way.
How To Make Friendship Bracelets
This is the easiest friendship bracelet.You should start with this first.
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KimGiancaterino Aug 15, 2011 @ 8:44 pm | delete
- Cute ideas. The topiaries would also be fun as centerpieces!
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- I wish I knew about this page when I was a camp counselor for 3 years. This would of gave the kids some new activities to do. Nice lens!
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- Thank you so much it means a lot that someone with your experience finds it useful. I really appreciate your visit, thanks.
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- Love this lens! Great crafts and aprons! Blessing it!
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