Crafts and activities to do with 3, 7, and 10 year old??

Question

I babysit for 5 hours every mon, wed, and fri and am always looking for crafts and games to play with them. Any ideas?

Answer 1

make jewelry

make collages: cut out pictures from magazines, glue on paper

buy those foam crafts in a bag

decorate magnets

paint--it's fun to put washable tempera paint in a spray bottle, mix with a little water and let them create spray paintings

sock puppets

leaf/tree bark rubbings

press flowers

shoebox guitar with rubber bands

make things from pipe cleaners

print out dot-to-dots or coloring pages

make sailboats from corks

teach them to bake brownies/cookies/lemon bars, etc.

play outside in the sprinkler

play basketball, flag football, etc.

hope this helped!

Answer 2

Check the local Dollar Store for craft supplies.

Especially good are scrap-booking supplies, for all ages.

But you can get cheap solouring books & crayons etc.