Published 17:03 IST, September 30th 2019
Craft ideas for kids: Top arts and crafts ideas to boost creativity
Top arts and crafts ideas for kids to boost their creativity levels. Check out fun activities for kids during this holiday season. Read more for details.
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Extracurricular activities are an integral part of your child's development. Arts and crafts activities interest the majority of the kids, and this is the one thing that never bores them. Here are the top creative ideas that your kids can participate in which acts not only as a leisure activity but also aids in the development of their brain. Allowing the kids to express freely & creatively in life makes them mentally happy as well as boosts up their self-esteem.
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Most loved arts and craft ideas for kids
- Ceramic art - Kids love giving a form to their imagination, and nothing could be better than creating art using clay. The only thing to be careful about is that the dough should be non-toxic as the kids are bound to get tempted to taste the dough. Kids enjoy pottery activities the most as they feel an unusual level of satisfaction dirtying their hands while acing their creativity bug.
- Origami art - This is a Japanese art where the paper is used to create various shapes and designs. It is a fun activity where kids can create different formations through paper-folding technique. Origami may help to improve your kid's spatial awareness. Many difficult formations can be made using origami as it's a super popular art form.
- Gift tags - Let your kids break free and express their creativity making DIY gift tags for holidays this fall. Creating gift tags together with your kids will ensure that you have a quality time with your kids as well as you can turn this into an annual ritual where you create gift tags every holiday season.
- Drawing/ painting - Art is incomplete without drawing/painting activities. Make sure you make your child accustomed to all types of art so that they can select which one they love the most. Drawing and painting is a lot of fun as the kids get to experiment with a lot of colours, be it watercolour/oil paint/ poster paint/crayons/carbon pencil sketches etc.
- Pencil shaving art - Preparing art using pencil shavings is a great way to recycle waste. The pencil shavings are delicate and should be handled with care when the kids are crafting with it. The kids can even use a combination of pencil shavings and drawings to create their own masterpiece.
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Fun indoor activities for kids
Here are some other games that kids can play during the holiday season, which ensures that they have fun while being at par with the extracurricular activities.
- Making Lego formations
- Playing block game
- Scrabble
- DIY laser maze
- Colouring books
- Origami bookmarks
- Tie-die art
- Straw art
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13:18 IST, September 30th 2019