What can I get the kids to do at Arts & Crafts party?
Need inspiration, my 7 yr old is having an arts & craft birthday party and I've thought of making paper plate face masks, but now i'm stumped. What would you suggest doing that would take up 30 mins?. INSTRUCTIONS TOO PLEASE as I need direction! Best answer 10 points!
Oh there is so much you can do!
Finger paints on construction paper
Sidewalk chalk
PAINTING ON CANVAS *my favorite* (can use anything from fingers, brushes, to sponges and leaves, rags or any old cloth, and even food as utensils :p)
Popsicle stick sculptures (while eating popsicles too :p)
Making tie dye t-shirts or other cloth items
Bracelets and necklaces with beads
Sock Puppets
Anything that is really messy will be wonderful, and don't worry about the clean-up! Let them get good and dirty with everything (request that their parents bring a change of clothes that they don't mind getting stuff on). It will help boost their creativity.
For more advance things to do, you could always go with using clay for models and painting. You're definitely on the right track with doing masks, I remember making them when I was a kid. My son is 6 and he loves to finger paint. I have a collection of useless buttons, plastic gems, pins, strings, you can buy a lot of these items from places such as Hobby Lobby or any craft store. Finger painting on canvas and using odd items as accessories with it can be very rewarding to their creativity, and it gives them something to take home and show their family, which is also rewarding in it's own way.
I hope you have a blast and happy birthday to your child.
Suz on June 30th 2009 in arts and crafts for kids
Jessica responded on 30 Jun 2009 at 6:18 am #
Oh there is so much you can do!
Finger paints on construction paper
Sidewalk chalk
PAINTING ON CANVAS *my favorite* (can use anything from fingers, brushes, to sponges and leaves, rags or any old cloth, and even food as utensils :p)
Popsicle stick sculptures (while eating popsicles too :p)
Making tie dye t-shirts or other cloth items
Bracelets and necklaces with beads
Sock Puppets
Anything that is really messy will be wonderful, and don't worry about the clean-up! Let them get good and dirty with everything (request that their parents bring a change of clothes that they don't mind getting stuff on). It will help boost their creativity.
For more advance things to do, you could always go with using clay for models and painting. You're definitely on the right track with doing masks, I remember making them when I was a kid. My son is 6 and he loves to finger paint. I have a collection of useless buttons, plastic gems, pins, strings, you can buy a lot of these items from places such as Hobby Lobby or any craft store. Finger painting on canvas and using odd items as accessories with it can be very rewarding to their creativity, and it gives them something to take home and show their family, which is also rewarding in it's own way.
I hope you have a blast and happy birthday to your child.
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the L responded on 30 Jun 2009 at 7:07 am #
If it is a girl you should make bracelets from beads or you could make Thread Spool Dolls
CRAFT MATERIALS:
Plastic thread spool
Yarn
Pipe cleaners
Buttons
Glue
Time needed: Under 1 Hour 1. Peel away the labels from the top and bottom of a plastic thread spool.
2. Cut yarn into 2 dozen 6-inch lengths and divide them into four groups of six. Sandwich each group in a pipe cleaner bent in half. Then fit each set of the pipe cleaner ends into a separate hole in the center of the spool, pulling the ends through just far enough to secure the yarn in place.
3. When all of the yarn hair is attached, trim 4 of the pipe cleaner ends protruding from the bottom of the spool so that they are flush with the plastic (a parent's job). Pose the remaining 4 ends to resemble arms and legs.
4. Glue button eyes and a nose to the thread-covered spool for a face.
if its a boy you could reverse stencils.
MATERIALS
Plastic bag
Cardboard cut to fit between the front and back of the shirt
Light-colored pre-washedd cotton T-shirt
Newspaper
Pencil
Con-Tact paper
Scissors
Spray bottle
Warm water
Fabric paint
Instructions
Wrap the plastic bag around the cardboard and slip it inside the shirt and then lay the shirt face up on the newspaper. Have your child draw various shapes, such as the shark, swirl, zigzag, or flower shown here, on the Con-Tact paper. Cut out the shapes and stick them onto the shirt so that they are firmly attached.
In the spray bottle, mix three parts fabric paint to two parts warm water and shake. Now your child can spray the paint onto the fabric all around the cutouts. Advise him that a light spray will produce a striking bubbly effect and is less likely to seep under the stencil. (Another option is to press paint-coated sponges onto the fabric.)
Once the paint dries, remove the Con-Tact paper and the cardboard, then heat-set the design and launder the shirt according to the paint manufacturer's directions.
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familyfun.go.com
backtosinglesworld responded on 30 Jun 2009 at 7:15 am #
Craft stores, walmart have craft kits you can purchase. http://www.orientaltrading.com has LOTS of craft ideas, you can browse the pages and see what is needed for the projects and buy the stuff locally if time is a consideration.
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