PROJECT FOR SMALL CHILDREN
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How do children make colorful umbrellas?
“I prefer living in color.”David Hockney In our wonderful, tiny mountain village ( Frydlant nad Ostravici ) we have the return of winter, there is a lot of snow and it is still falling. My children ask me every time the frost and snow return, will it be Christmas again? The Christmas tree in their room is still up, so it seems like Christmas never stopped. I spend a lot of time outside with the kids and maybe we would spend more, but it gets gray and gloomy so quickly. Our mornings are no longer with beautiful sun, but with snow. Every January day we miss this sun and colors, but…
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How to use dry rice in children’s DIY projects?
In the creative corner of “my little puzzles”, we often use materials to create works of art, that we have in the cupboards at home. My children like projects in which they realize themselves and come up with patterns, sketches, colors, and projects according to their ideas. For very cool and simple DIY projects you can use dry pasta https://littlepuzzlesandme.com/how-children-create-a-pasta-bracelet-from-dry-pasta/ or dry rice. I dye this material in different colors the day before so that it dries. And next day I already give my children a colorful and dry product to create.This project works well when you want to keep children occupied for 1 to 2 hours and not worry…
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What children can create with plastic bottles and straws?
There were plans, as always, to make a paper animal other than a spider. With my son, you don’t plan, with my son we create what comes to his mind at a given moment. Patrick now chooses shapes, colors, and the entire handicraft design. Original design idea, it was about a ladybug or a bird or anything else but not a spider. However, since I prefer children to choose what they create and use their own imagination, I accepted the spider with feigned delight. The DIY projects of “my little puzzles” do not require any cost from you. They are usually made of items intended for recycling (plastic bottles) or…
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How do children create decorations for light switches?
“EVERY CHILD IS AN ARTIST” Picasso It’s raining outside, my kids already are bored with lego towers. Also, little houses with blankets and pillows are no longer fun. Every room in my house looks like a landscape after a tornado, earthquake, and flood at the same time. This is the main reason why I take my children to the creative corner and share with you the “little puzzles” DIY project. What do the light switches look like in your home? Especially in the children’s room, where we have colorful curtains, bedding, carpet, and the rest of the furniture and only the light switches are original basic – not matching colour.…
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How do children make art from leaves?
“THE TIME CHILDREN SPEND IN NATURE IS NEVER WASTED TIME“ Summer vacation for you? Forget about it. My kids still need new activities every two minutes. Even though grandparents have a swimming pool, soccer field, sandbox, and hundreds of other attractions, all this is enough only for an interesting morning, and what about the afternoon and the rest of the day? Thanks to this DIY project, we will be looking for treasures in the backyard and we will find lots of ideas to create with these precious items. My children are lucky because they spend their holidays on farms. So each piece of grass hides treasures: feathers, leaves, pebbles, an…
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What do children make of playdough? Part 1
“SUN, HAPPINESS AND PLAYDOUGH” Welcome back in the summertime and let’s give the kids more DIY projects to do with popsicle sticks. After our last crafting activity and making lovely airplanes, there are many sticks left. https://littlepuzzlesandme.com/how-do-children-make-airplanes-from-popsicle-sticks/ Additionally, we still have sunny, warm summer days, so the ice cream from our daily menu has never disappeared. We already know that children love ice cream, and art made from popsicle sticks, and now let’s add one more thing that all children love – PLAYDOUGH!!! I and “my little puzzles” prepare for you today the colourful, cheerful, and very simple project made of playdough. With this art, you can easily move to the balcony…
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How do children create art on stone?
Welcome back to the Do It Yourself project. Summer is approaching, days are warmer and it’s a reason to be longer outside. Hopefully, we can spend more time with our sweetie pea in the playground, park, or forest. As well for children is a time to discover nature, that’s why they usually disappear into the bush and search for precious things. My “little puzzles” never get bored looking for stones: small, big, round, oblong, and huge stones. The oversize rocks I left in the grass mostly, if children do not pay attention. At home, asked by my children: Where did the largest specimens disappear? I show a surprised face. After a few hours of exploring, my…
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How do children make a racing car from toilet paper rolls?
“ALMOST ALL CREATIVITY REQUIRES PURPOSEFUL PLAY” Abraham Lincoln My children have thousands of toys. It is not because we are rich and we buy new, famous toys. It happened because our parents became grandparents and for them, shopping is: Let’s buy the grandchildren what they want, what they like, or just buy toys for no reason. And I am very grateful for that, but my children play with everything that is not in the playroom. Or like my son is never bored of one toy, his favorite – a racing car. At home or in the playground he’s a fan of racing cars. One day he came to me with…
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How do children make pencil holder from toilet paper rolls?
“CREATIVITY IS HAPPINESS” A long time ago I had a plan for my kids to clean the room and that plan wasn’t quite successful. Why did the plan fail? Because during real cleaning they had more time to argue for the toys or play together with the toys they found. You can find more about my kids’ cleaning theory, which obviously doesn’t work perfectly, here https://littlepuzzlesandme.com/cleaning-theory/ After all, I decided to move with my children to a creative corner meanwhile find a solution to clear away little clutter from my son’s desk. First I discuss with my older son, that his mainly useful things are pens, markers, scissors, and glue, so…
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How do children create an Octopus family from toilet paper rolls?
“ENCOURAGE KIDS TO BE CREATIVE WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT BEING PERFECT”. Dav Pilkey Hello, again my busy parents. Today I am going to share with you the simplest idea for home activities with children. I caught this idea on a rainy day while reading an article and I remembered the following sentence: “Toilet paper is safe for making crafts. The risk of injury from craftsmanship is minimal.” The main reason why I and my kids like art made of this material. The second important issue is the ability to create from this material also by my two-year-old daughter. Thirdly and most beautiful argument for why I decided to create an octopus family with my…
