Getting crafty at home
Now that we’re going into to holiday season us as parents are going to start getting busy. This month let’s just focus on being present and having fun with our kids. After all that’s what November is about Giving. I’ll be adding different creative projects to this sight throughout the rest of the year so come on back for more new ideas. Remember these are all creative ideas to help you and your child to engage in conversations. So talk to your child while doing these fun activities and make amazing memories.
I’ll be giving you ideas that will be low budget ranging to high budget. They will have a symbol of * for low budget to $ for high budget in front of the project for ease of picking out the right project for your family.
* Thank You Cards- Everyone loves to feel recognized for their caring or loving nature. Having your child write a note or letter to their teacher, grandparents, friends, or neighbors allows your child to express what they are feeling and reminds them to be thankful for the love that they have around them. Let them color a picture or put stickers on it. Let your child create their masterpiece and channel their inner Picaso. Extra bonus if they get to mail it.
* Coloring Pumpkins- Now that Halloween is over at least here in the United States, have your child take the uncut pumpkins and make a centerpiece for your upcoming Thanksgiving dinner. Give them some paint, markers, glitter, glue, stickers and let them decorate it. That way their creative mind is showcased on display for all family and friends to see on a special occasion.
$ Make a Sensory Box- We all love to keep our children busy especially while were cooking or cleaning and it’s raining outside. Make a Giving Sensory Box. What would that detail you ask?? First you need to start with your base- Pasta, Oat, my favorite Rice in a bin. Then go to the store or collect things around your house with the same theme. For the Giving theme I go with small things like small people figurines that are plastic, a few plastic animals, a scooper, a few small cars, a little house, some shrubbery, and a little package that you can find in any craft store right now. This is a great time to pull out a book or explain to your child how a farm or neighborhoods work and but growing things and giving it to others helps people in business and life.
*/$ Painting- This is a 2-part project. These will cost you some money if you don’t have the supplies, but you can do it in a cost-effective way. Who doesn’t like paining painting farm animals in November? Allow your child to pick out a farm animal then on a canvas or stock paper let your child draw that animal. After your child is done, allow your child to paint the animal. While you go through this process with your child you can give facts about that animal and also ask questions about why your child choose that animal. What do they like about it? What do they know about it? What does it mean to them? Then in your kitchen or wherever you display artwork hang up your child’s picture.
* Story Time- 2nd Part. Now that we have an animal painted and on display, have your child's name their animal. Put a piece of paper and pen by the picture and write at the top “The Adventure of _____” Whatever your child named the animal. Every day when your child gets home from school ask your child a new question about the animal like color, age, what are they doing today, did they eat, do they have a friend, did they have fun and so forth. This does two things, allows you as a parent to help your child create a story, and segway into starting a conversation with your child about their day. When the month is over you and your child can sit down and read the book they have written to the family. Remember we want to inspire your child, so this creativity is not about how good the story is but how fun they had trying something new and that they did it.
