Crafting Secrets

Looking for something to do with your children on those rainy days, when everyone seems to be cooped up indoors? When my daughter was small, we used to do craft projects together. It quickly became a ‘rainy day’ tradition in our household.

I feel it’s important to spend quality time with our children. These days, too many children are sitting in front of a television watching TV shows, or playing video games. I don’t find this to be quality family time.

Here are 4 easy craft projects that you can do with your children.

Soapy Bath Crayons

1 c. grated Ivory Soap
1/4 c. warm water
food coloring
plastic cookie cutters

Mix water, soap and food coloring together in an old bowl. Stir the crayon mixture until it begins to stiffen. Remove the mixture from the bowl and knead until it’s the consistency of a very thick dough. Spoon crayon mixture into plastic cookie cutters or other plastic molds (play dough molds work great too!). Press down firmly. Place the plastic cookie cutters in your freezer for 10 minutes. When firm, pop the bath crayons out of the cookie cutters. Allow them to air dry overnight.

Play Dough

2 c. flour
1 c. salt
4 tsp. cream of tartar
2 c. of water
4 tbsp. oil
food coloring

Place flour, salt, cream of tartar, water, and oil into a large pan. Heat over medium heat, stirring until dough comes away from the edge of pan, and makes a soft ball. Cool on a sheet of waxed paper. When cool, add food coloring. Store in plastic containers or in plastic bags.

Finger Paints

2 c. of plastic liquid starch
1 c. of Ivory Snow detergent flakes
food coloring

Combine liquid starch and Ivory Snow in a large bowl. Beat with a mixer until the volume is tripled. Divide, add in food coloring as desired. Store in covered containers in the refrigerator.

Blowing Bubbles Refills

1/2 c. liquid dish detergent
5 c. water
1 container with lid
1 bubble blowing wand

Mix water and dishwashing liquid together in a large bowl. Don’t over mix. Pour liquid into empty bubble blowing containers.

Tip: When you spend time crafting, please remember to take photographs. It’s a great way to preserve all of these wonderful memories.

Take advantage of those rainy days, and spend some time crafting with your children.

If it is winter time and your child has been asked to make some winter projects and therefore there are many wonderful possibilities for basic winter art projects and crafts such as cutting out snowflakes or drawing a Santa Claus but in addition there are some other fun things and activities to be done. You can pose the idea of interesting arts and crafts to your children and you shall really be surprised at the creative ideas of your children.

Some fun ideas for winter crafts whereby you can use organized supplies such as:

1. Cotton is very useful in making some great winter art projects and if these cotton balls are a bit colder they can even look like mini snowballs. Your child can also draw wonderful winter scenery and then rip them, fluff them and glue them at the places where snow has to be shown.

2. Winter is always incomplete without marshmallows. Marshmallows is added treats in hot chocolate but can also be used for winter crafts. Your kids can take three big marshmallows and then stack them on top of each other so as to make a mini and tasty snowman. Toothpicks can also be used to hold the marshmallows together and also as the arms. Mini marshmallows can be a great fun when snowballs are attached to winter collages.

3. Plaster of Paris is also used in many great ways and not just for winter crafts and one of such ways is to use it to make “footprints in the snow.” For this, you can fill a box lid with negligible item such as Plaster of Paris. When it settles and dries you can make different footprints in the snow or could be used as the side of fist to look like a baby’s footprints.

4. Birds that stay in place all through winter needs food and during winter children can make a pine cone bird feeder. So you need to cover a pine cone in peanut butter and dip it in the bird seed and then tie a bit of string to one of these pine cones and hung it up on the tree outside.

5. You can also use glitter to add so that any basic winter art project looks even more fancy and beautiful.

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About Simple Kids Crafts: Simple Kids Crafts is a blog dedicated to reviving the old art of handicrafts. and art that has been lost to fabricated toys. We provide easy fun crafts, with step by step instructions, coloring pages, home school resources, educational resources, kids arts and crafts projects for teachers and all for free!

The focus of the site is mainly on preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school crafts.

Make wonderful, easy, simple crafts with things found around the house featuring: paper crafts, animal crafts,decoration, painting,beading, gift making, gardening, felt crafts, puppets, play date tips, scrapbooking, yarn and needle crafts, photography, home decor, reading, poetry,jewelry making projects and science projects.

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For more kids crafts visit and info:

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Also visit:

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Manualidades para niños en Español:

http://www.manualidadesconninos.com/

Manualidades para adultos en Español:

http://www.manualidadestv.com/

Muslim Kids Videos and Crafts:

http://www.muslimkidstv.com/

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About Simple Kids Crafts: Simple Kids Crafts is a blog dedicated to reviving the old art of handicrafts. and art that has been lost to fabricated toys. We provide easy fun crafts, with step by step instructions, coloring pages, home school resources, educational resources, kids arts and crafts projects for teachers and all for free!

The focus of the site is mainly on preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school crafts.

Make wonderful, easy, simple crafts with things found around the house featuring: paper crafts, animal crafts, decoration, painting, beading, gift making, gardening, felt crafts, puppets, play date tips, scrapbooking, yarn and needle crafts, photography, home decor, reading, poetry, jewelry making projects and science projects.

About the author of the videos:

My name is Merve, I am a Muslim, an engineer from New York, a mom, a wife and a crafter by nature. My parents introduced me to arts and crafts at a very early age. I love doing arts and crafts as a hobby but most importantly to teach my son about nature and manual skills. My parents and I traveled quite a lot, thus I was able to pick up different cultures and languages easily. My parents introduced me to arts and crafts at a very early age. I love doing arts and crafts as a hobby .

As a child I watched many Japanese shows. These shows influenced my taste, my skills and even my choice in profession. One of these arts and crafts shows that influenced me was called ¿Can I do it? Or in Japanese, Dekirukana? (?????). (Their protagonists were Noppo (????? Noppo-san), played by Ei Takami, and Gonta (????? Gonta-kun). I only watched the show from age 4-5 but it did leave quite an impression in my life as well as in the life of many other children.

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For more kids crafts visit:

http://www.simplekidscrafts.com/

Manualidades para niños en Español:

http://www.manualidadesconninos.com/

Muslim Kids Videos and Crafts:

http://www.manualidadesconninos.com/

Background Music, Free Royalty Free Music from:

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Thanks for visiting my Channel and don’t forget to subscribe.

About Simple Kids Crafts: Simple Kids Crafts is a blog dedicated to reviving the old art of handicrafts. and art that has been lost to fabricated toys. We provide easy fun crafts, with step by step instructions, coloring pages, home school resources, educational resources, kids arts and crafts projects for teachers and all for free!

The focus of the site is mainly on preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school crafts.

Make wonderful, easy, simple crafts with things found around the house featuring: paper crafts, animal crafts,decoration, painting,beading, gift making, gardening, felt crafts, puppets, play date tips, scrapbooking, yarn and needle crafts, photography, home decor, reading, poetry,jewelry making projects and science projects.

Permissions: You have permission to embed this video and put it in your site, however you do not have permission to alter, download, reproduce or past this video as your own. A link back to http://www.simplekidscrafts.com/ is required,

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For more kids crafts visit:

http://www.simplekidscrafts.com/

Manualidades para niños en Español:

http://www.manualidadesconninos.com/

Muslim Kids Videos and Crafts:

http://www.manualidadesconninos.com/

Background Music, Free Royalty Free Music from:

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Thanks for visiting my Channel and don’t forget to subscribe.

About Simple Kids Crafts: Simple Kids Crafts is a blog dedicated to reviving the old art of handicrafts. and art that has been lost to fabricated toys. We provide easy fun crafts, with step by step instructions, coloring pages, home school resources, educational resources, kids arts and crafts projects for teachers and all for free!

The focus of the site is mainly on preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school crafts.

Make wonderful, easy, simple crafts with things found around the house featuring: paper crafts, animal crafts,decoration, painting,beading, gift making, gardening, felt crafts, puppets, play date tips, scrapbooking, yarn and needle crafts, photography, home decor, reading, poetry,jewelry making projects and science projects.

Permissions: You have permission to embed this video and put it in your site, however you do not have permission to alter, download, reproduce or past this video as your own. A link back to http://www.simplekidscrafts.com/ is required,

Keywords:
Homemade,Kid Activities,Activities with kids,Craft shows,Craft Ideas,Craft TV Show,Craft Web Show,Arts & Crafts,Arts And Crafts,Kindergarten Crafts,Kids Crafts,Kids,Just Kids Crafts,Googly Eyes,Easy Kids Crafts,Decorating Crafts,Pompom Crafts,Pom-Pom Crafts,Pompoms,Pom Poms,Teen Crafts,Tween Crafts,Crafts,Crafts For Dad,Crafts For Kids,Fun Stuff,Functional Crafts,Fun,Activities,Bore,Games,Family,Children,Friends,Together,Home,Show Brother Love,White Glue,Sand,Homeschooling,Watercolor Paints,Tacky Glue,Tape,Kids Games,Kids Art,Yarn,Origami

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For more kids crafts visit and info:

http://www.simplekidscrafts.com/

info@simplekidscrafts.com

Also visit:

http://www.artsandcraftstv.com

Manualidades para niños en Español:

http://www.manualidadesconninos.com/

Manualidades para adultos en Español:

http://www.manualidadestv.com/

Muslim Kids Videos and Crafts:

http://www.muslimkidstv.com/

Background Music:

Free Royalty Free Music from:

http://www.partnersinrhyme.com/pir/free_music_loops.shtml

Free Music by Kevin MacLeod from:

http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/faq.html

Public domain music downloaded from:

http://www.virushead.net/babyboo/babymid.html

About Simple Kids Crafts: Simple Kids Crafts is a blog dedicated to reviving the old art of handicrafts. and art that has been lost to fabricated toys. We provide easy fun crafts, with step by step instructions, coloring pages, home school resources, educational resources, kids arts and crafts projects for teachers and all for free!

The focus of the site is mainly on preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school crafts.

Make wonderful, easy, simple crafts with things found around the house featuring: paper crafts, animal crafts, decoration, painting, beading, gift making, gardening, felt crafts, puppets, play date tips, scrapbooking, yarn and needle crafts, photography, home decor, reading, poetry, jewelry making projects and science projects.

About the author of the videos:

My name is Merve, I am a Muslim, an engineer from New York, a mom, a wife and a crafter by nature. My parents introduced me to arts and crafts at a very early age. I love doing arts and crafts as a hobby but most importantly to teach my son about nature and manual skills. My parents and I traveled quite a lot, thus I was able to pick up different cultures and languages easily. My parents introduced me to arts and crafts at a very early age. I love doing arts and crafts as a hobby .

As a child I watched many Japanese shows. These shows influenced my taste, my skills and even my choice in profession. One of these arts and crafts shows that influenced me was called ¿Can I do it? Or in Japanese, Dekirukana? (?????). (Their protagonists were Noppo (????? Noppo-san), played by Ei Takami, and Gonta (????? Gonta-kun). I only watched the show from age 4-5 but it did leave quite an impression in my life as well as in the life of many other children.

Permission Inquiry: You have permission to embed this video and put it in your site, however you do not have permission to alter, download, reproduce or represent this video as your own. A link back to http://www.simplekidscrafts.com/ is required. Further you do not have the right to remove the ads that run in the video as this video was produced as part of our partnership with Youtube.

manualitats infantils – ?????? – manualidades para niños – Kraf Tangan – children arts and crafts – ???????????? – Lavoretti per bambini – Euskulanak – kinder basteln – Artes e trabalhos manuais para crianças – bricolage – kerajinan tangan – ??? ????? ???????

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How to use arts and crafts kits when teaching young children to make various projects; get expert tips and advice on arts and crafts for kids at preschool through elementary school ages in this free instructional video.

Expert: Debbie Noah
Bio: Debbie Noah is an elementary school teacher at Bedford Heights Elementary in Bedford, TX. She has been teaching over 30 years.
Filmmaker: Drew Noah

Duration : 0:2:25

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