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Who would think that crafting and tea parties go together? They do when you paint your own tiny tea set with acrylic paints. Have you noticed that little girls just love having tea parties? Now they can have a party for their friends, dolls, teddy bears and use their own hand-painted miniature china. Maybe they will even invite mom and dad!
Little tea sets are so cute and delicate. I bought one for myself to paint just because I like tiny things and enjoy painting.
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Do you love the sound of wind chimes? - the tinkling music they make as the breezes blow. Why not let your kids make one? This would be a great kids craft. With your guidance and a few supplies, they will enjoy the time spent with you and appreciate the end result, too. Kids just love to see the result of making something with their own hands. And the cost will be minimal.
The one I have in mind is made of bamboo and comes in a kit. My son and daughter-in-law just recently bought me a very cute bamboo wind chime. When I first saw it, after thinking how cute it was, I thought to myself that it would probably not make a very pleasant sound. How surprised I was when I hung it on my porch and heard the subdued musical notes that came from it.
If you’re stuck inside on a rainy day and don’t want to waste away the afternoon watching TV, poking around the internet, or playing video games, there is a wide assortment of fun and productive activities you can do. For example, learn a new craft or hobby. There are so many craft ideas out there, and even if you never really pursue it, at least you can say you learned how to knit once. Or if you’re looking for a little bit more imagination stimulation, sit down and construct your own board game.
You can take all the things you like about other board games and incorporate these aspects into your own. Finally, you could make all the rules. And if you want to incorporate some craft making into the activity, simply make your own game pieces. They can be constructed out of anything from discarded paper towel rolls to clay to plaster of Paris. Whatever tools and skills you have at your disposal, you can bring all your creativity and imagination to the game.
If your children have taken an interest in arts and crafts, scrapbooking is an enjoyable activity that you can share with them. This is also one of those activities that they can perhaps ask their friends and playmates to participate in. If you plan properly, this could just be a means of keeping them occupied for an extended period of time.
A few suggestions to help you keep down the cost of your supplies are:
* Let them cut out pictures from old magazines.
* Gather up old photos that you no longer want or need and let them scrapbook with them.
* Make photo copies of your pictures for them to scrap.
* Kids always love using stickers. Often these can be bought very inexpensively.
* Check your scrapbooking supplies for leftovers and odds and ends. Kids are good at finding uses for unused pieces you will probably not use.
We can come up with an abundance of kids craft ideas when we think back to our own childhood. One of the most basic craft projects we learned to do is to color with crayons and markers. This is a great activity for youngsters as there are many educational coloring book pages available, giving them the opportunity to learn while coloring.
Kids love to draw, but instead of having their simple construction paper pictures on your fridge, why not teach the kids to make greeting cards with them. (Grandparents love to receive cards featuring art from their grandchildren!)
All kids love to paint with watercolors and acrylic paints. A favorite pastime of mine as a child was mixing plaster and water, pouring the mixture into a small mold, and then painting the item when hardened and removed from the mold. Doing this will give your kid a great sense of 
accomplishment.
With a little thought and research, we can find lots and lots of craft ideas that will get the kids away from the TV and video games for awhile.