Please forgive my blogging at sporadic intervals. Family reunion recovery as well as an exciting house guest are keeping me from the computer in the happiest of ways.
I wanted to quickly share one of the activities we’ve slated for the summer. On Mondays I’m attempting to do an arts and crafts project with the kids. It can be a challenge to find something that will engage the three different age ranges I’ve got, but I spent a night pouring over ideas at The Crafty Crow {what, you’ve never been there? Stop reading me and go there RIGHT NOW!} and I’ve come up with a fun list of projects for the summer. Many of the ideas only require what I have on hand at my house.
Here are our first two projects:
Aluminum Foil Action Figures
We’ve had a great time posing these guys in various states and placing them on a shelf in our kitchen. They took three minutes to make. From tweenager to seven year old, it was a hit.
Paint By Numbers
Although this idea wasn’t from the Crafty Crow, it was only $1.00 from Michaels Craft, kept my kids occupied for three hours, and gave them a great sense of accomplishment upon finishing and viewing their masterpieces. This project was great for Hannie B. and RedDog. Big C got bored after a half hour and quit.
We’ll be posting more of our arts and crafts projects throughout the summer. Hope you’re having a great day.
4 comments:
Me likely all the craftiness. Hannie B told me summer craft day was her favorite and I can see why! The Crafty Crow looks winsome.
Me dislikey spelling mistakes.
Great ideas. I"m trying to think of ways to keep our kids busy. They seem to be doing a lot of fighting lately.
Chris is just getting too old and too cool for summer crafty projects.
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