3 Easy And Fun Crafts For Kids

Next, we present 3 models of crafts to make at home or at school for children to have fun and learn.

For parents and teachers, having a catalog of fun and easy crafts for kids on hand is a great solution. It can be used to organize a family afternoon of full creativity, or at school, so that the little ones can relax from the routine while they learn while playing.

Crafts have the virtue that children do not perceive them as educational content, but we know that they are. And they have great potential, since with them it is possible:

• Activate creativity.
• Stimulate the development of motor skills.
• Address content such as recycle, reuse, reduce and various subjects.
• Help children learn to share and socialize.
• Achieve a goal and thereby strengthen children’s self-confidence.

Easy crafts

With elements that we have at home and that are easy and safe to handle, many things can be created. Using recycled cardboard, wonderful things are easily assembled; They can be with cereal boxes, toilet paper rolls, shoe boxes, etc. As an example, here is a model of a cardboard toy :

Rocket to the moon

In another article we teach you how to make a homemade telescope with cardboard tubes, continuing with the theme of space that children love. Now we are going to make a rocket.

Items that are needed

• 1 cardboard tube from the kitchen roll.
• 1 card stock.
• Color paint.
• Glue.
• Scissors.
• Rule.
• Glossy stickers.

Step by Step

1. Wrap the cardboard tube with cardboard and glue it on.
2. From one edge to the inside of the tube, make four cuts about 4 centimeters deep, which are equal distance by dividing the base of the tube in a circle by 4.
3. Cut 2 cardboard triangles from a cereal box that are about 4 inches high and 5 inches deep.
4. Also cut a circle of 10 centimeters in diameter. Cut it halfway and transform it into a cone.
5. Paint the triangles and cone the color you like.
6. Place the two triangles in the cuts you made at the base of the tube and glue the cone to the other end.
7. Write your name on the rocket and put glitter stickers on it to make it look great!

Themed and fun crafts

Children love Christmas time, so it will be great to have them decorate the house with some of their crafts. Here you have a simple and very cheerful model:

Christmas tree with a pineapple, one of the best easy and fun crafts for children

A craft that can be a very nice centerpiece!

Necessary elements

• 1 pineapple that is triangular in shape (with a flat base so that it stands still).
• Paperboard.
• Clay.
• Glue.
• Purpurina.
• Cotton.
• Transparent yarn or tanza.
• Colored beads or beads.
• A golden bow.
• Spray (optional).

Step by Step

1. Cut a cardboard base, glue a cotton bubble to it and on it stick the pineapple base. If you want, you can spray paint it first to make it more striking (this is optional).
2. On some tips, glue and stick glitter.
3. Make a garland by passing the string through the beads. Tie the ends together.
4. Place it around the pineapple and glue some beads so that the mini garland can be held up.
5. Glue a gold bow on the end.
6. Sprinkle everything with glitter to make it shine and stand out on the table!

Easy and fun crafts to learn

The crafts serve as a didactic resource to teach many things: the time, the solar system, landforms, make interactive maps and thousands of other things.

Needle clock

Something very simple to do is a cardboard clock for young children to learn the time.

Necessary elements

• Hard cardboard.
• Pencil.
• Felt pens.
• Glue.
• 1 two-legged bug.
• Pair of scissors.
• Rule.

Step by Step

1. Cut a 12-inch diameter cardboard circle.
2. Divide the circle into quarters with a ruler and a pencil.
3. Every quarter divide it into three. They have 12 divisions left.
4. Mark the end of the lines with the marker about 2 centimeters from the edge.
5. Write in the marks the hours: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12.
6. Another option is to find a template on the internet, print it and stick it on the cardboard.
7. Cut out two arrow-shaped cardboard at one end, a shorter one (10 centimeters) and a longer one (13 centimeters).
8. Pierce the center of the cardboard where all the pencil lines crossed and fix the two overlapping needles with a thumbtack at the end that was flat and also pass the cardboard.
9. Open the legs of the bed bug from behind.
10. You now have a watch with movable hands ready to learn the time!

To complete this craft, you can cut a cardboard rectangle measuring 30 x 10 centimeters and mark half the length (15 centimeters) with a marker. There the children can, with toothpicks, write the “digital time” that they see on the hand clock; a good way to explain the two ways the same time is written.

Creativity, fun and ecology while learning

The DIY universe ( Do It Yourself or ‘do it yourself’) is infinite and you can exploit it in a thousand ways. When you put together an afternoon of fun doing crafts for children or dedicate an hour of class to this type of task, the results are always positive: the little ones learn and the environment receives less garbage.

So making fun and easy crafts for kids is a smart choice for everyone. What are you waiting for to get down to work?