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 majority of kids, and this is one thing that never bores m. Here are top creative ideas that your kids can participate in which acts t only as a leisure activity but also aids in development of ir brain. Allowing kids to express freely & creatively in life makes m mentally happy as well as boosts up ir self-esteem. 

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Most loved arts and craft ideas for kids

  • Ceramic art - Kids love giving a form to ir imagination, and thing could be better than creating art using clay. only thing to be careful about is that  dough should be n-toxic as kids are bound to get tempted to taste dough. Kids enjoy pottery activities most as y feel an unusual level of satisfaction dirtying ir hands while acing ir creativity bug.
  • Origami art - This is a Japanese art where 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.

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  • Gift tags - Let your kids break free and express ir creativity making DIY gift tags for holidays this fall. Creating gift tags toger 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 y can select which one y love most. Drawing and painting is a lot of fun as 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. pencil shavings are delicate and should be handled with care when kids are crafting with it. kids can even use a combination of pencil shavings and drawings to create ir own masterpiece. 

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Fun indoor activities for kids 

Here are some or games that kids can play during holiday season, which ensures that y have fun while being at par with 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