Does anybody know of any good craft activities for 4-5 year olds?

Question

Does anybody know of any good craft activities for 4-5 year olds?

Answer 1

Usborne Books has some great activity, craft and art books.  See them at http://www.ubah.com/g2687

Look at the Kid Kits, too, that come with a book and the supplies for the craft!

Answer 2

Children love to glue stuff.  Old pieces of fabric, toothpicks, popscicle sticks...etc.  Give them that and a poster board and they will stay busy.  You can't choose something to intricate, because their attention spans aren't that long.  If you have to explain something to long before they can actually do it, they lose interest.  Glue, stuff, paper, they get that.  My daughter loves paper mache (sorry, spelling, I'm sure that's wrong)...anyhow...water and paste, an apron and some protection for the floor...at least an hour of fun! ;) hope that helps you!  Good luck!

Answer 3

Welding

Answer 4

For 4-5 years old, i would say ballroom dancing

Answer 5

paper mache, blow up a ballon and secure, get the kids to dunk newspaper in paper glue and paste onto ballon, leave to harden overnight, pop the ballon and get them to paint and draw faces or make something with a combination of the ballons. Fruit as a treat for all.

Equally, let them make hand and foot prints or mud pies usually works well or mini-pottery bowls

Answer 6

this is a great website loads of ideas on it , i use it a lot!!

http://familyfun.go.com/arts-and-crafts/...

Answer 7

make some cookies in the shapes of numbers or letters...i dont know. buy some t-shirts and have them tie- dye them... they might be too young for that =)

Answer 8

i bought foam paper and foam characters, all you need to do it peel the paper of the back and they stick to most things, just beware they may stick them to more things than the foam paper

also, color wonder paint with the color wonder paper

Answer 9

I assume you mean things to do with them or keep them busy? Spring is a good time to let them get their hands dirty! Take an empty soup can, milk carton, or any container to hold dirt. Cut the top off the milk carton so it's about 4 inches high. Fill to about an inch from the top with dirt or potting soil and have the kids pick out a packet of flower or vegetable seeds to plant in it. They get to have fun playing in the dirt and as the seeds start to grow they love to check them every day to see how big they got overnight! Cover the container with plastic wrap after planting until the seeds start to grow. Be careful with water unless you poke some drain holes in the container. You don't want to drown you little plants. There are a lot more, but I just don't have the time to put them all in.

Answer 10

magic butterflys -- putting a blob of paint in the middle of the page and folding it..they think its magic when u open it again and deres a butterfly pattern--good for imagination

pasta chains-- paint pasta shells all different colors and put thread threw them--good for there fine motor skills and creativity

hand painting--let them paint their hand and press it on pages

Answer 11

There are a bunch of Craft Ideas and directions here:

Craft Kits - http://www.craft-kits.net/craft-projects...

Other ideas are to make pet treats

Dog Treat Recipes - http://www.dog-pound.net/other-dog-treat...

Or if you are into organic these are directions for organic recipes that could be a great craft.

Organic Recipes - http://www.organic-items.com/organic-dir...

Have fun!

HTH

Answer 12

Buy a variety of cookie cutter shapes.  They can be used for cookies, sandwhiches, playdough...

Bake cookies and use the letter cutters to cut out the letters to spell the child's name.  This activity is fun, educational and tasty afterwards.

Use socks that have lost their mate to create puppets.  You can also create a stage for the puppets out of an old cardboard box.

Tie yarn around the top of a pinecone, making a loop.  Roll the pinecone in peanut butter and then sprinkle it with bird seed and hang outside a window where you can watch the birds enjoy their treat.

Tape paper underneath a coffee table.  The child can lay on the floor and paint upside down.  This is a great opportunity for an introduction to famous artists and the Sistine Chapel.

Go on a nature walk.  You can gather flowers to press, leaves to rub, etc. etc.

Create ornaments-look up the recipe for Christmas tree ornaments, but you can use them for other things as well-a heart shape can be made and decorated and given to a lived one to hand from their rearview mirror, for instance.  

Give the child materials and let him or her use imagination to do something.  Our family keeps construction paper, scissors, glue, glitter, eyes, pipe cleaners, etc. on hand.

Make a mobile.  You can use a clothes hanger for this, but if you want something a little nicer looking, you can get a mobile kit for just a couple of dollars from a school supply or arts and crafts store.

Purchase little flower pots, decorate them and then plant something (Spearmint smells good!).

Trace the shape of the child, and then let him or her decorate themselves-color their hair, eyes, etc. and color clothes or use old clothes (staple these on).

Paint rocks.

Make bead jewelry.

Use a pillowcase to decorate and make a garden flag to hang outside.

Create a windsock.

There are some books, such as Ready for Kindergarten by Susan Wilcox (I believe), More than Magnets, Story Stretchers, etc. that have a lot of good craft ideas.  Family Fun magazine offers fun ideas, as does a magazine called Pack-O-Fun.

A lot of arts and crafts projects can be a fun way to incorporate short lessons about other things.

I hope these help!  Have fun!

Answer 13

Making Friendship brackets.

Answer 14

Ceramic making. Actually, there is a place close to where I live called "Ceramica cafe", where they let the kids shape whatever they imagine, then they put it in the oven and give it back to them for coloring. My friend's kids really love it.

Answer 15

no...at that age, they're too young to learn witchcraft..visualization skills need to develop first.