If your kids feel bored playing the same games and trying repetitive activities, and you want them to try something new and creative, DIY craft ideas are a great way to entertain and engage them.
Why Should Kids Indulge In DIY Craft Projects?
Creating DIY crafts helps a child explore his creativity, and helps him develop fine motor skills. DIY projects require patience and imagination and this allows them to explore new possibilities. When a child builds something out of his own creativity and imagination, it provides a sense of accomplishment and boosts confidence.Â
Also read: More Creative Activities For Kids
Benefits Of Crafts For Kids
Experimenting with arts and crafts has several benefits such as:
- Allows The Child To Express Themselves
Children often don’t know how to express emotions because they aren’t sure how to. Nevertheless, art is a great way to express themselves. It allows children to demonstrate their feelings in a visual form.
- Boosts Creativity
Arts and crafts require imagination and allow children to experiment safely. It is also beneficial to develop problem-solving skills in them.
- Develops Motor Skills
Crafts help children to develop basic motor skills and improve hand-to-eye coordination. Activities like colouring inside the lines, using scissors, etc help to develop motor skills.
- Reduces Stress
Often, people enjoy creating art as it helps them destress, studies show colours have a psychological effect on children, for example – blue and green colours help a child to feel calm, whereas, red and orange make them enthusiastic.
Also read: Color Psychology: The Effects of Color
As a parent, one must encourage their children to try crafting. However, it is important to remember that not all children are inclined towards arts and crafts, some may have different interests.Â
Nevertheless, it is essential to encourage them to try and experiment with new things as it provides a learning experience for them.
Diy Craft Ideas For Kids
Numerous DIY projects can be easily made. These are some DIY craft ideas for children to try:
DIY Christmas Decorations
- Paper Ring
If the holidays are around the corner, it’s a great time to try out some Christmas decorations. All you need is coloured paper, scissors and glue! Take two coloured papers, for example, red and white papers and cut them into thin stripes. Now, with one colour fold the stipe and glue the ends till it makes a circle.
Once it is done, pass one strip through the circle and fold the ends of the stripe in the shape of a circle. Repeat this process and finally, you get a long chain that you can use to decorate.
Tip- You can also add more than 2 colours and use them alternatively.
- Christmas Hats
Take a red coloured paper and roll it into a cone, once done, glue the ends with the help of a hot glue gun (a double-sided tape or adhesive glue will also work). Punch a hole at the opening at opposite sides.
Then, attach a string and secure the ends, now with the help of glue, attach some cotton balls at the hat’s opening to make it attractive!
These were a few DIY Christmas decorations you can try out during the holidays. Now, let’s take a look at some DIY home decor!
DIY home decor!
- Photo Frame
It is a fun and simple crafting activity for kids. You can make a photo frame using different ways, but here is one for you:
All you require is ice cream sticks, paper and the photo you want to frame!
Take four popsicle sticks and place them so they fit the photo well. Paint and decorate it the way you like to. You could also add your favourite stickers to the frame.
Now, stick your photo facing forward and cover the back with a sheet of paper or cardboard!
- Bottle Painting
Grab an old glass bottle and decorate it by painting it. Take reference from social media such as Pinterest and Instagram. It acts as a great showpiece! You can also try making a ship inside that bottle!
Read more: Building a Ship in a Bottle.
- DIY Floral Wall Hanging
Wall hangings are great decorations to beautify your room. For creating a floral wall hanging, buy a wooden hoop and arrange some plastic floral decoration around it making it look like a garland. These pieces are aesthetically pleasing, and a great addition to your home!
- Coasters
There can be different ways to make a coaster but one of the fun ways is to make it out of resin.
Pour some resins into a mould and decorate it as you please. Add acrylic paints or flower petals and let it dry out. There are many easy-to-follow tutorials to learn resin art on YouTube that will help you create your craft.
These were some easy DIY craft ideas that can easily be made with a few materials, do try them out!