Great Simple Craft Projects for Kids

There are always times every now and then when it's cold, wet and miserable outside. And for these days, every parent needs a comprehensive set of activities to keep the children busy. Because if it rains or snows outside and youre empty-handed while you try to keep your children happy, you won't have time for anything else. Usually, your emergency kid-occupying strategy involves stuff like porcelain painting and Shrinky Dinks stuff that's ready to use in an antsy-kid emergency. But then, how long are you going to occupy your child with that? Here are a few craft projects for your kids that you can put into action with nothing more than a printer. The crafts themselves can be great fun for the kids, and preparing the supplies needed can be great fun for you.

For instance, how about getting your children to turn everything that usually gets stuck on the refrigerator, into a refrigerator magnet? The children can print baseball schedules, all the phone numbers that need to go on the fridge, artwork everything on a fridge magnet. All you need for this are the fridge magnet sheets you get ready-made at any online store. Childrens supplies companies like Avery make them, and you get a magnet sheet for two dollars.

Fridge magnet sheets aren't all that Avery makes. They make fun T-shirt transfers too. While your kids can't be allowed to iron them on to their T-shirts on their own (too dangerous to let children mess with hot irons), they can certainly pick out designs on the Internet and print them out. The transfers go on any regular T-shirt or canvas bag. If you want stretchable stuff, they have a special stretchable fabric pack as well. To get your kids started, Avery provides a bunch of free pictures. A six-pack of T-shirt transfers only costs $10.

How about getting your children to make their own board games? Have you ever been to Education.com? They have such great imaginations over there with ideas for dozens of games to appeal to every interest in little children. Such a great selection of games that are fun but also educational. And all it takes is printing them out, sticking them on to a sheet of cardboard and playing forever.

And finally, for a great DIY coloring book time, try the app that Crayola has on its website called Lights, Camera, Color. The app gives your kids lots of photos that are attractive enough to color. Your kid prints the pages out and colors them. But of course, you need the special Crayola crayon box for this that gives you unlimited prints. It's only five dollars or so.

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