Month: February 2020


A great way to spend time with your kids is to work on crafts together.  It is quality time together that also leads to the learning valuable skills, experimenting with different tasks, and figuring out different interests for the kid.

One great way to approach this is to have kids make a gift for someone, like a teacher, parent or grandparent. It automatically turns the craft into a keepsake item, and allows the kid to think creatively about what a gift could be.

Homemade Greeting Card

A simple way to do this would be a homemade greeting card.  By using simple tools like construction paper/cardstock, crayons or markers, and some additional flare like glitter, you can make a really nice customized greeting card.

Homemade Greeting Card

You can get really creative with this, it all depends on how much planning you want to do.  Using different materials you can plan out a 3-dimensional card (like the one above).  If you just want to stick with drawing, you can just use crayons, markers/etc.

Custom Blanket

This one takes a little more time and can cost some money, but what better gift than to some custom blankets for grandma to keep her warm during the winter months (while reminding her of her favorite grandchild!)

You can have the kids design the initial images and writing (the standard “I Love You Grandma” should work nicely), and send it off to a service to create the custom blanket.

This also works well on coffee mugs, plates and bowls, and there are lots of services that will create this custom product for you with your own artwork.

Necklaces and Jewelry

Granted we won’t be stringing together 24 carat gold and precious gems in the library but we can start with some basic necklaces or bracelets created using strings, beads and other trinkets.  These are relatively easy to get the material together and is a really fun way to make alongside your kids.

 

 

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