You love your little tornado, but maybe not all the destruction they leave behind. As a parent, it’s your job to nurture your child’s creative side, not snuff it out. You want them to reach their full potential and have a blast while doing so, but not at the expense of your home or belongings. Check out these constructive arts and crafts projects for your kids.
Tie-Dye Shirts
Tie-dying shirts is so much fun! Nothing beats making art that you can wear! That’s the real joy your kids will get out of it—they can go to school and show their teachers and friends what they’ve been up to at home.
Choose a plain white shirt or a shirt your child doesn’t wear frequently. Select various colors of fiber-reactive dye. You’ll also need laundry detergent, rubber bands, buckets, and squeeze bottles for the dye. The great thing about tie-dying is you can’t mess up! Everything you and your kids create is art. Just make sure you do all of this outside to keep the mess out of your home.
Ceramic Plates
Is your child in that “writing on the wall” phase? Don’t worry! They all go through it. After explaining that the wall is no place for their crayons and markers, you need to find an alternative. That coloring book is starting to lose its appeal.
Think about using chalk markers on ceramic plates for their next great masterpiece. You need to monitor the project closely because these markers are not the same as their Crayola markers. Set up your kids at the kitchen table, and watch them work to ensure no accidents happen.
Rainbow Trees
Instead of gathering all those fallen twigs, branches, and leaves, and throwing them out, put them to good use. They’re not going back on the tree, so you might as well make your own creation. Collect all the debris from your yard and prepare for the ultimate rainbow tree! You’ll need various acrylic paints and paintbrushes. Once you have all the supplies, let the kids create! Leave the branches outside overnight to dry.
Tin Can Rockets
Until your kids pursue a career in making real rockets, tin-can rockets will have to do. All you need is empty tin cans, water, a bucket, acrylic paint, paintbrushes, streamers, string, and glue.
After cutting off the bottom of the can, sand down the edges so your kids don’t cut themselves while crafting. Glue the streamers to the opening for a blast-off effect, and allow everything to dry overnight. Then, string up the rockets outside to watch them blow in the wind.
Constructive arts and crafts projects for your kids are great for confining their creative messes and encouraging their developing skills.
