Hello world!
It is with great pleasure that I share with you my first blog post to get your creative juices flowing! I have been crafting, drawing, and painting since I was a toddler. My passion for art only grew as time went on.
On this site, you will find a wide array of crafts to do with your child or students in a classroom. Some require you to purchase materials and some rely on materials that you can find in nature or at home in a junk drawer. There are even instructions on using items that can be upcycled. I offer tips along the way and also alternate materials or substitution ideas to help you keep costs down, if that is a concern.
If you have no craft supplies at all, here is a list to get you started below. Most of the items can be found in the Dollar Store, Wal-Mart, Target, or even the grocery store school supply aisle. All materials should be kept out of the reach of children unless under supervision. You are responsible to know your own child and for their safety in completing these crafts.
List to start out: Scissors, school glue, ruler, construction paper, crayons and markers, pencil, acrylic paints, watercolor palette (kid version), watercolor pad(cheap store version), copy paper, craft paint brushes, old button down shirt from mom or dad or oversized t-shirt to protect clothing.
Additions to consider: beads, googly eyes, feathers, pom poms, pipe cleaners, popsicle sticks, air dry clay, flour (all-purpose), yarn, felt squares, colored foam sheets, scrap booking paper, a plastic table cloth that can be folded up when not in use, shoe boxes (empty), scotch tape, masking tape
Recycled Items to collect for projects: cereal cardboard, corrugated cardboard, bottle caps (milk, water, etc), buttons, broken jewelry, ribbon from sweater shoulders or display ribbon on a pair of pajamas, gift box or basket ribbons, for example. (Not paper gift wrap ribbon but gross-grain or fabric type ribbon scraps.), magazines and junk mail, old calendars, packing paper (to protect your furniture or to paint on), paper bags, newspapers, paper egg cartons, toilet paper and paper towel rolls, empty tissue boxes, scrap fabric pieces, plastic straws, popsicle sticks (washed & dried)
You can even save junk mail that has a blank backside for your child to doodle on the back or glue things to. Grab a plastic tote bin you aren’t using or snag an empty cardboard box from your favorite grocery store on stocking days to start collecting supplies. This list above is not all inclusive, just a start. I am sure that more ideas will come to you as you go along in this crafting journey.
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