crafts for kids

>Inuksuit (plural for inuksuk) originated in the Canadian Arctic. These rock statues are used to help hunters find their way and look like a short, wide person.

Stack rocks on top of each other to build your own inuksuk. Rocks that have a flat top and bottom are the best. You can make an Inuksuk as big or as small as you like. If you are making a tiny inuksuk, you can glue the rocks together and bring it inside!

Make this a family activity: Make an inuksuk of each family member or have everyone make their own inuksuk.

This activity promotes appreciation for other cultures as well as fine motor skills (it’s tricky balancing those rocks!)

>Hey! It’s time to knit or crochet!

It is easiest to learn to crochet or knit from someone who already knows how. (They might even let you borrow some of their supplies.)

Make this a family activity: Is there someone in your family who knows how to knit or crochet? Ask them to teach you how.

This activity promotes fine motor skills, math skills as well as pattern/instruction following.

>All you need is a picture from a magazine, an old greeting card, an old postcard or photo that can be cut up and a pair of scissors.

If you are using a picture from a magazine, make your puzzle stronger by gluing the picture to the same sized piece of cardboard (an old cereal box works well) before cutting it out. Cut your picture into different shapes and sizes, then try to put it back together!

Make this a family activity: Everyone makes a puzzle, then trades with other members.

This activity promotes creativity and puzzle solving skills.

>You will need: paper plate (or a piece of flexible, round cardboard that has an unmarked side), string, markers (crayons, paints, or pencil crayons), and scissors.

Draw a face on your paper plate mask with markers, crayons, pencil crayons or paint. Ask an adult to cut out the eye holes and two tiny holes at the sides by the ears. (Or use a popsicle stick as a handle like in the photo.) Thread a piece of string through the side holes and adjust it to make the mask fit your head.

What kind of mask are you making? Is it a cat? Add whiskers and ears. An elephant? Add a trunk.

Instead of drawing a face on the plate, glue things like pipe cleaners, string or strips of construction paper to make facial features. Felt or fleece can make large elephant ears, fuzzy fur or a little, fuzzy, soft nose.

Make it a family activity: everyone makes their own mask, then puts on a play.

This activity promotes creativity.