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Anytime Crafts
Choose a craft from the list below for everyday fun at home with the kids. Great crafts for a rainy day! |
**Rainy Day Craft Idea #1** |
Our first craft is not only crafty, but when it's done, it's fun and it can also
be educational for your young ones! Be a hero, take the kids indoor fishing!
Let's go Indoor Fishing!
Materials Needed:
a 2-3ft branch
(as straight as possible)
2 ft length of string or
fishing wire
construction paper
(any colors you like)
1/2 inch of sticky-backed
magnet roll per fish and
fishing pole you wish to make
scissors
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Instructions
1. cut fish shapes out of construction paper
2. cut 1 1/2 inch piece of magnet for each fish, and one more for the fishing pole
3. remove backing from the magnet (to reveal the sticky side) and adhere one to
each fish
4. tie one end of your length of string or wire to the end of your stick
5. tie the other end of the string or wire to your remaining 1/2 inch strip of magnet
(hint: to make the magnet easier to tie around, cut a small v-shaped slice in
two opposite sides of the magnet and use the v-shaped areas to guide and hold
your string or wire)
6. lay fish on the floor (oops, I mean the ocean!) and go fishing!
**an X-tra tidbit**
How can you make this game educational for your preschoolers?
1.Number each fish and roll dice to determine whch fish you should catch!
2. Make each fish a different color and try to catch a specific color!
3. Use your imagination and the ideas are endless~Have Fun!
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These crafts will be fun and artistic!
#1 Tub Crayons
Materials Needed:
1 c grated Ivory soap
1/4 c warm water
food coloring
plastic cookie cutters
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Instructions
1. Mix water, soap and food color. Stir until mixture starts to stiffen.
2. Remove from bowl and knead until it's the consistency of very thick
dough (takes awhile).
3. Spoon mixture into plastic cookie cutters and freeze for 10 mins or so.
4. Pop out of the cookie cutters and allow to dry (on a soap rack works well) overnight.
5. Color, clean and enjoy!
Have Fun!
#2 Bathtub Finger Paints
Materials Needed:
1/3 c clear liquid dish detergent
1 Tblsp cornstarch
food coloring
Ice cube tray
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Instructions
1. Mix dish soap and cornstarch together until well blended.
2. Pour mixture, in equal parts, into several sections of a plastic ice cube tray.
3. Add 1-2 drops off food color in each section and mix well.
4. Make a masterpice and take a bath at the same time!
Have Fun!
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This craft is fun for ALL ages!
Pipe Cleaner Shapes
Materials Needed:
pipe cleaners AKA chenille stems
small plastic beads
(optional to add sparkle)
(not safe for kids under 3)
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Instructions
1. Have Fun! Really that's it! Just bend and make shapes!
Options to think about for the younger ones-
a. candy canes- just wrap two colors around each other and bend into a cane shape
b. spirals- wrap a stem around your finger or a pencil to make a spiral shape
c. basic shapes- like hearts, squares, circles, triangles, etc etc etc!
Options to think about for the older ones-
a. a farm or zoo- make horses, chickens, pigs, birds, even a fence to
keep the animals from escaping!
b. a family or group of friends- people with jump ropes, bikes, a chair, a guitar
or whatever you decide to try!
c. your name!
Options for everyone-
a. glasses(see above) or any other accesories/jewelry- with beads or without, your
little/big ones will be stylin'!
b. flowers
c. butterflies, spiders, ants and fleas...or whatever buggies you can think of!
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This craft is cheap, easy and fun for all ages!
Tie Dye Paper
Materials Needed:
markers
coffee filters
small cup for water
old newspaper
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Instructions for tie-dye paper
1. flatten out your coffee filter
2. color it, scribble on it, make a pattern or just slap on some color...
however you like to do it, color your filter with markers
3. after it's colored, fold it in half, so it's a half circle, and then fold it again so it's
a quarter circle, and two more half folds will make it a long triangle
4. holding your triangle by what would be the outside edge of the filter,
dip the point of the triangle into the cup of water
(tip- depending on how much you want your color to spread you'll want
to be careful not to dip it too long, or it'll just turn all brown)
5. after dipping quickly point the wet pointy side up, so gravity will help some of
the water spread to the outer edges of the filter
6. carefully (as not to rip the wet paper) unfold your filter and marvel
at the beautiful colors!
7. set on newspaper to dry
8. use your beautiful paper as gift wrap
for a small present, window decoration, decorative wrap for
party goodies, paper flowers, etc. etc. etc!
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This craft is great for eye/hand coordination and looks great too!
Drinking Straw Jewelry
Materials Needed:
string or fishing line
colorful straws
scissors
scotch or masking tape
toothpick
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Instructions for our drinking straw jewelry
1. Cut your chosen straws (whatever colors you like) into short pieces
(any size you like, but half an inch works well)
2. Cut your string/fishing line to the desired length . Make sure if you're
making a necklace that it'll fit over the head.
(tip: keep in mind, you'll need a few extra inches for tieing a knot)
3. Tie a piece of straw to one end of your string/fishing line (to act as a knot)
4. On the other end of the string, tape the toothpick (to act as a needle)
5. Use your toothpick to thread the cut straw pieces onto your
string/fishing line in any pattern you like.
6. When you're done adding straws, tie a knot with both ends
of the string and snip off the end with the toothpick.
7. Wear it and look fabulous!
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** Whether the weather is rainy or sunny, you'll know!** |
Keep track of the weather with your weather plate !
This craft is fun to make and teaches kids about weather!
Weather Plate
Materials Needed:
paper plate
scissors
crayons or markers
construction paper
1 brass fastener
(pictured below)
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Instructions for our weather plate
1. draw and color your weather conditions on the plate
(You'll notice that we don't have snow on ours. We're in South Florida,
so that's not a weather condition that's likely to happen here. Of course you'll
want to customize whatever weather you add to your own region.)
2. cut your arrow from your construction paper and punch a small hole
in the end using your scissors (a job for mom or dad!)
3. punch a small hole in the center of your plate with your scissors
(another job for mom or dad)
4. fasten your arrow to your plate with your brass fastener
5. report the weather!
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** Watch your Buttferflies Flutter by** |
Butterflies
This craft is fun to make and play with!
Tissue Paper Butterflies
Materials Needed:
pipe cleaner
scissors
tissue paper
optional extras:
for a lil extra flair
glue and glitter
markers
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Instructions for our tissue paper butterflies
1. Cut your tissue paper into rectangles (you could really use any
shape - tip: fold your paper in half and cut a shape, so when
you unfold the paper, you have symmetrical sides)
2. Optional- Color or decorate your "wings". (we didn't use this step)
3. Stack your shapes and bunch them in the middle.
4. Fold your pipe cleaner in the middle and insert your "wings",
so that the middle is snug to the middle of the pipe cleaner.
5. Twist the pipe cleaner to secure the wings and wrap each end
around the middle in opposite directions, leaving an inch or two
at the end unwrapped.
6. Twist the pipe cleaner ends close to the "body" to make sure the
pipe cleaner doesn't come unwrapped, and spread the
ends apart to make antenna.
7. Have fun!
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This craft turns into beautiful art!
Materials Needed:
white construction or typing
paper
Crayola crayons of all colors,
including black (Crayola seems to
work best)
something pointy to carve designs
with, such as: a fingernail, a pen cap
tip, a key
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Instructions for our Crayon Engraving
1. Color your paper with all of your colors (except black) in any
design you like, using LOTS of elbow grease.
(You want to cover the paper heavily)
2. Color over your colors with the black, again using LOTS of
elbow grease.
3. Scratch out a design! The black scratches away and leaves a colorful
picture!
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Popsicle Stick Mobile
This craft is fun to make and becomes beautiful art!
Materials Needed:
paint
21 popsicle sticks
glue
string
paintbrush
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Instructions for our Popsicle Mobile
1. To make the star shape, make two "X" shapes using 2 sticks per "X", and
then glue the "X" shapes together..
2. Add a small dab of glue to secure the sticks together. Repeat these steps
for each star shape, and let dry.
3. When dry, paint your stars any way you like, and let dry.
4. To make your balancing rod, glue three sticks together
in a long line, and glue two more sticking out in opposite
directions, perpendicular to the long line of sticks. Let dry.
5. Using your string, tie your stars to your balancing rod.
(Use a dab of glue to secure the string to the sticks if you need to.)
6. Tie a 12 inch pice of string to one edge of your balancing rod,
and then tie the other end to the other end of the rod.
7. Hang it up, and enjoy!
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Wrapping Paper Map
This craft is fun to make and turns into hours of imaginative fun!
Materials Needed:
a length of wrapping paper
(the back side)
markers
tape
your imagination
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Instructions for our Wrapping Paper Map
1. Tape the corners of your paper to the floor (white side up)
2. Decide what you want to have in your city.
3. Draw it!
(extras- we drew a fire station, a pool, a park/garden, a police station, our house
and lots of streets and trees and flags. Julia used her hotwheels cars on this map
and loved it!)
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Terra Cotta Mushroom Candle Holder
This craft is fun and functional!
Materials Needed:
small terra cotta saucer
small terra cotta pot
white glue
paint
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Instructions for our mushroom candle holders
1.Glue your pot to the inside of the saucer and let dry.
2. Paint your mushroom any way you like and let dry.
3. Enjoy! You can put a votive candle on top or just use it alone
as decoration!
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If you have any crafty, rainy day or holiday ideas that you'd like to share,
send 'em to me, and I'll post them here, giving you credit of course!
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