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and inexpensive? Defiantly the egg carton caterpillar,you only need egg
cartons,pipe cleaners and paint.Another one is Chinese Lanterns need only
colored cardboard & scissors and some string to hang them up By
Anne
We
collect all sorts of things from the beach - shells/feathers/coral etc.
and make beach pictures By Kim
Making
hand puppets out of felt, no sew, all done with glue, very easy project
for kids. By Marilynne
Pasting.
I use ribbons, rice and other tactile material as well as pictures. Add
glitter to glue so you can see something where the little ones miss sticking
something on. By Sharmaine
I
think it is fun for kids to make jewelry with beads and ornaments with
beads, they love it and it keeps them entertained By Tammy
Fun
foam door hangers w/ pre cut out shapes that even young children can make,
takes about 5 to 10 minutes max and their finished By Shannon
Cut
out pictures from Sunday paper (what ever theme is of interest to my toddler
at the time). Make up a batch of finger paint. Allow him to create a collage
with finger paint, cut out images. Finally, laminate artwork and you have
a custom placemat By Deborah
A
fun activity for kids is to make salt dough - lots of things can be made
from salt dough and it is so easy and cheap and it is easily painted!
A good idea is broches! By Alison
Take
an old newspaper, sheets of card, some glue and some child safe scissors.
Ask the children to look through the paper and cut out pictures to glue
on the card to create a picture of their family. By Rosie
Take
two toilet paper empty rolls and staple inside each end stapling them
together to look like binaculars. The child can decorate them with crayons
or paints or stickers and you can even add a string around them so they
are just like dads! My 5 year old insists she saw a fox through her binocular
By Cindi
Very
young children love to sew using plastic canvas. Embroidery thread or
wool can be tied to a large needle and random patterns can be created.
By Jackie
Find
your favorite photo or even a picture in a magazine cut it out and make
a frame in the shape you want out of cardboard, cover this by gluing material
over it and a bit of lace around the edges an insert your picture and
you have an instant photoframe and also a cute gift. By
Sue
Wide
roll of paper on the ground and ice cream lids with paint let the child
do foot print hand print what ever prints... cut the paper once dry and
use it for gift wrap By Leighanne
 Save
all drink straws in many colors cut into small pieces and thread on wool
makes a great garland for the Christmas tree that is inexpensive but colorful
By Marina
make
a wizzer- a 2 hole button and some string, thread the string through,
and again through the hole in the other direction. Tie the ends together,
wind up, and move hands in and out and it makes a wizzy sound and is fun
By Katrina
Painting
flowerpots with washable paints (of course), so the kids can use their
fingers, toes, etc. By Dawn
My
kids love playing with Fun Foam, so to teach them to tell time, we made
a clock out of fun Foam around the numbers they glued shapes and cars.This
was a fun and easy project to do. By Alena
Have
the children lay down on a long piece of construction paper and you trace
their bodies. After this is finished let the kids color and draw on the
paper what they think they look like. I do this with my day care kids
and they love it. By Cynthia
With
small children make "bugs" from gumdrops and pretzels. - Buy
fat gumdrops - slit the middles - stuff in pretzels (small ones) for wings!
By D Kinkhead
Make
there own little men/ dolls (action_figurines) out of clay. By
Brett
Let
the kids make coupons for gift giving eg. Helping mum around house , being
good for 3 hours etc. By Jan Brooks
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