Summer
Fun for Kids - Arts & Crafts for Summer Vacation
Battle summertime boredom
with these easy art solutions.
Ideas that most kids can
do independently.
Goo- Blek
1 cup of corn starch
1/4 to 1/3 cup of water
bowl
Pour the corn starch into the bowl. Add the water on top.
Mix well until a thin mixture occurs. Let it sit until it gets solid.
Even though it
appears to be solid, when you pick it up turns it to liquid!
Very easy clean - up.
Simply wipe with a damp cloth.Kool Aid
Finger Paint
2 cups flour
2 packs unsweetened Kool-aid
1/2 cup salt
3 cups boiling water
3T. oil
Mix the dry ingredients in a bowl. Add the wet ingredients and stir.
You are ready to paint!
The kids love the color change. Use Glossy finger paint paper
and spray a bit of water on the paper first, to make spreading easier.
TIP: Using primary colors will teach your little one color mixing
science!
Goop
1 cup of liquid starch
1 cup of Elmer's glue
A few drops of food coloring
Mix together until it forms a ball. If it is sticky add a few drops of liquid
starch. It will first become very stringy until you have mixed it well.
After a trip to the shore....
from a reader:
We make goo. You cook
cornstarch and water to a thick consistency and add food coloring. We like
blue for the ocean. Then we add seashell and starfish basically anything
we can find that might be found in the ocean. The kids
love this. You can make this in any color.
Jennifer Kenney
What a fun idea for a stay at the beach...spend the day collecting and
then you can make the "goo"
Thank you Jennifer!
Smile Mr. Sun
Card board or poster board circle
Yellow paint ( if using cardboard)
Shades of yellow/orange tissue paper
Yellow streamers
Gold glitter
Glue
Construction paper to make sunglasses (optional)
maybe even a beach hat!
Paint the brown cardboard yellow.
Crumple up
little squares of tissue and glue to cover the circle.
Glue/tape or staple yellow streamers for the rays sprinkle glitter all over the circle for sparkle.
Easy Kazoo
You'll Need:
toilet paper tubes or
paper towel tubes
crayons and/or markers
wax paper cut to ~4"x4" square
rubber bands
stickers (optional)
Color and decorate the long or short tube with crayons,
markers & stickers. Secure a piece of wax paper to one
end of the tube using a rubber band.
Poke 4-6 small holes in the wax paper using a pencil.
Talk, sing, hum, or make noises into the uncovered opening. The vibration will make the
buzzing sound of a Kazoo.
Did you know a Giraffe
could Bark?
Use the great out doors for art supplies with this giraffe
You'll need:
Decorative bark broken into small pieces
Cardboard (cereal box would do)
Yellow/brown paint
grass
dirt or sand
White glue
Have your child draw their best giraffe on the cardboard.
You can cut it out if they are too young. Paint it the giraffe color of choice. Place
the bark pieces on with lots of glue.
Use grass for the mane & dirt or sand on for the hooves.
I always bring glue and some sort of paper when we camp
so we can create there as well.
Nature provides free and
fun art supplies!
Something is
a little "Fishy" Painted shirt
A real fish is used to make this beautiful shirt.
This sounds a bit strange but the effect
is very cool!
You'll Need:
1 Fish- from the market or even a fishing trip. A plastic fish will do but won't have the
detail.
Fabric paint of various colors
Paint roller
shirt
First, RINSE the fish & dry with a paper towel.
Then apply the fabric paint with as much creative flair
as you can muster
using the roller and sponges to dab
small amounts of color. Press the fish paint side down onto
the shirt . Press gently. Lift the fish off of the
shirt being careful not to smear the paint. When you lift you will see
the details of the fish including scales etc.
The more scales the better.
Let the paint dry according to the instructions on the bottle.
Wash the shirt before wearing it or you may lose some friends...he he.
Tip:
Fabric paint also comes in glitter colors. A bit of this added to the colors is very
effective for looking like scales.
P.S. Please do not use live fish!
Flower Place Mats
Use your spring or summer garden blooms for this attractive addition to a summer
table.
You'll Need
Pressed flowers directions
Contact paper
Large sheets of construction paper
Press the flowers a week or so before hand. When they are ready,
begin cutting the contact paper to the desired size for your place mats.
You'll need two pieces for one mat. Cut the construction paper 1" smaller than the construction paper on all sides.
Peel off the contact paper to expose the sticky side on one of the sheets. Lay your flowers onto the sticky side of the contact paper. You will not be able to
reposition the flowers after they are on the contact paper, plan your
lay out on the
paper first. When you are done with the flowers lay your colored paper
onto
the center of the mat. Try to leave even edges.
Then, peel the second piece of contact
paper and lay
over the colored paper. Press and trim edges.
Sidewalk Chalk
Sidewalk chalk is not an expensive craft item, so making
your own is really about adding to the fun!
You'll Need:
Wax coated paper cups
2 Cups cold water
2 Cups plaster of Paris
2 TBS. powdered tempera paint
Using a bucket mix all of the ingredients together.
Pour into cups and let stand until semi firm. Peel off cup sides and let it dry
completely. Ready to use in
1-2 hours.
**DO NOT DISCARD remaining plaster down any plumbing!
Scrape or pour it out into a box and throw it away.
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