For children, crafting is a multipurpose exercise—they can work on them alone to learn a variety of skills and stay entertained, or it is something you can do as a family to bond and spend some time together being creative.
Collaborative crafting is a great bonding tool and will allow both you and your child to get your imagination working and create something fun together! Here are the top crafts we suggest for parents to do with their children:
Crafts You and Your Child Can Do Together
Paper Plate Hats for Special Occasions. It is amazing what can be made simply from paper plates and markers! By shaping and coloring in the middle of a paper plate, you and your children can create bunny ears for Easter, balloons for birthdays or any other fun thing the two of you can dream up together.
Throw a Pasta Painting Party. With some paints (or markers), construction paper and pasta shapes, you and your children can craft some seriously upgraded macaroni art! Paint directly onto the pasta and then glue to construction paper and draw a scene around it. This is a collaborative activity that requires plenty of creativity on both of your parts.
Create Custom Sponge Stamps. You can transform a pack of dollar store sponges into hours of fun by cutting them into custom stamp shapes to decorate poster board with. Some fun ideas could be animals, paw prints, people or anything else you and your little one can come up with!
Sock Puppet Theater Production. The sock puppet production is a classic for a reason! Use googly eyes, pipe cleaners and anything else you can think of to create a band of sock puppets, then you and your child can come up with characters and a storyline to put on a full play—and as a bonus, this is a great way to help children practice the drama skills they have learned in class!
Popsicle Stick Picture Frames. Colors and decoration abound with this idea! Glue popsicle sticks together in the size of photo print-outs and have a contest to see who can decorate theirs the best.
Ready to enroll your child in a super fun extracurricular activity? Check out our drama classes for kids to see what is currently enrolling!