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winter craft ideas for kids
Winter is a wonderful time to introduce kids to crafts!
When it is too cold to spend time outdoors crafts can be a great way to bond with your toddler while teaching them valuable skills. Here are some fun and inexpensive craft supplies to keep on hand to entertain your toddler this winter.
FINGER PAINTS
Kids love the messy squishy gooey feeling of finger paint. Let your toddler wear one of your old shirts or smock and cover the floor with newspaper for easy clean-up.
PLAYDOUGH ART
Another favorite of kids is play dough and clay. Give your kids small tubs of their favorite-colored play dough, cookie cutters, and various kitchen tools like a garlic press or potato masher. Encourage them to create sculptures with their fun dough.
SOCK PUPPET SHOW
Sock puppets are easy to make. Just glue on a pair of wiggle eyes and make a nose and mouth from felt. Then add a sprout of hair, made with colorful yarn. Make several of these sock puppets out of different sizes of socks and let your kids put on a sock puppet show for you.
PIPE CLEANER FUN
Buy a couple of packs of colorful pipe cleaners and let your kids create art with them. You will be amazed at what they can make from something this simple!
NOODLE ART
Give your kids a sheet of construction paper and a mound of dry macaroni noodles (any fun-shaped dry noodle will work for this craft). Let them draw a picture on their paper with a pencil or crayon first. Then glue around the outline of their picture with white school glue. Let them place their noodles on top of the glue to create a fun noodle art picture.
