Easy Crafts For Kids

How many times have you heard your child say: "I'm bored." Too many times for sure. Need something to entertain them? Then easy crafts for kids is your answer. Give them craft materials and a little guidance and boredom will be a thing of the past. Keep reading for kid craft ideas.

Here are some of the basic necessary materials you'll need for kids crafts:

Crayons or colored pencils

Child safe scissors

Glue or glue stick

Paper - Plain and Construction of various colors

You can also save junk mail and magazines to create interesting projects. There are many other items you can use with crafts such as dry-erase markers, watercolor pencils, and gel pens. The more options your child has the greater the possibilities.

Other materials kids can use for crafts include recycled items such as cereal and toothpaste boxes, cardboard packaging and plastic containers. Another good source of free material that can be found in the yard are leaves, twigs, rocks and wildflowers.

Here is one of the most popular easy crafts for kids:

Making a Collage. Help your child decide on a theme such as an animal, food, famous cartoon character, etc. Start with a heavy grade paper for the background. For this craft they'll need to use a lot of glue. Search magazines, cereal boxes or other objects for pictures or items related to the theme and cut out. You can even have them cut out various shapes around the picture such as circles and squares.

For younger children this is a good time to use kids crafts as a teach time to learn their shapes. Look for titles in articles that relate to the theme and cut those to paste to help identify the collage. Use other items such as beans, noodles, rice and Popsicle sticks to create borders and outlines.

Kid crafts are fun for kids of all ages. Not only does it occupy their time and eliminate boredom but crafts can be used as learning experiences to teach them about objects, colors and shapes. Provide your child with as many kid craft supplies as you can afford to buy or find. Easy crafts for kids will fill many hours of fun activities and likely will create a cherished lifetime memento for you.