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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Wednesday, February 01, 2006 - 5:44 am
1. I am looking for a Valentine's craft for first graders. I'd like to use sculpey clay if I can come up with a cute character or ?? to make with it. (we made snowmen with hats & scarves before Christmas and they turned out way cute.) Any ideas out there?? 2. I am also looking for a variety of crafts to do with our 6 year old tiger cub scouts. Obviously this is boys only, so I am having a HARD time coming up with ideas. Crafts are way more girl oriented--at least all the stuff I see at Michaels and Hobby Lobby. Any ideas would be waaaay appreciated!!!
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Jagger
Member
08-07-2002
| Wednesday, February 01, 2006 - 6:27 am
For the cub scouts you could do things like model cars or planes. I think they have a variety of different age groups for assembly. I think they also make kits for making bird houses and stuff like that, where they have all the pieces cut and all you do is glue or nail them together. Wish I had more suggestions but that's it for now.
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Kearie
Member
07-21-2005
| Wednesday, February 01, 2006 - 7:25 am
Here's a site that might help you out with some simple ideas. http://www.dltk-kids.com/
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Justavice
Member
11-22-2005
| Wednesday, February 01, 2006 - 7:38 am
Michael's and some stores like WalMart sell plastic mugs that have a white insert and a clear plastic shell so you can decorate a long piece of paper and then put it inside, snap the two pieces of plastic together and you have a mug. Kids love them and you can use templates to color in, glue photos to paper, use stickers, etc. Michael's also sell small unfinished treasure boxes. I've painted them and then put gold sequins (or gold glitter) inside to be the "gold" and then made a little scroll of something I wrote to someone for a Valentine. These would be very easy for kids to paint and assemble.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, February 01, 2006 - 7:53 am
Michael's also has craft sheets that you can pick up. If they're not sitting at the register, ask and they'll give you one. They usually have someone who does classes as well and they might be able to give you some ideas. Home depot sells little craft kits for kids. I've seen a little wooden toolbox that kids can put together, bird houses, and uhm...oh, a cd box (that was really cute, they had it when Madagascar came on and it looked like a little wooden cage.)
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, February 01, 2006 - 9:02 am
I had to run the kids to school so didn't get to finish my thoughts a while ago. Julie, I've done tons of crafts with kids, both in classrooms and with mine and my nieces and nephews. Most kids enjoy crafts and you can usually take something that is girlie and slant it more towards boys. With that in mind, Caleb and my nephews have made book thongs. I try to find darker colored beads and things that a boy would like (a dragon or animal charm instead of a heart or a flower.) They've also done bracelets, again using darker colored beads, odd shaped, and puka shells (not sure I spelled puka right?) We've painted picture boxes (got those at Michaels.) They're boxes with the little frame on front. Balsam wood airplanes were fun, especially when they got done and got to take them out and fly them. I like the stuff they get to build (like the kits from home depot) but with that you have to make sure either the group of kids is old enough to be safe with the tools or that you have enough parent volunteers to help so the kids aren't hurting themselves. Bird feeders were a big one when he was this age. I don't remember what they used to start with (something cone shaped) but they spread peanut butter on it and then rolled it in bird seed, put a hook through it and there ya go. Only problem with that is kids who are allergic to pb. There were a few kids in class, him included, who had to paint/glitter pine cones or something. Another easy one was apple wreaths. An adult slices the apples, then the kids can string them on pipe cleaner, sprinkle a mixture of cinnamon and glitter, then hang to dry out. For Valentines day, you can shape hearts with the clay, then make arms and legs, put on some googly eyes and you have a little heart guy. When Caleb was in first grade we made flower pot valentines. I bought some of those cheap, small terra cotta pots and the kids painted them and then used sponges for shapes. If I remember right, Dakota used hearts while he chose zoo animals to decorate the pot. Then I bought some heart shaped lollipops and that green stuff you stick flowers in and made a bouquet. You could try something similar, instead of lollipops though make hearts with the clay and put them on a wooden skewer or something.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Wednesday, February 01, 2006 - 9:24 am
Oh THANK YOU so much!! You guys totally ROCK!!! Please keep more ideas coming cuz we are supposed to do one at each meeting and we have something like 10 meetings coming up!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, February 01, 2006 - 9:41 am
It's a couch day for me so I did a little searching, lol. Here's a site with a bunch of crafts for scouts. kids domain The projects are rated by level of difficulty. And then this site which is more science based experiments that should be good for kids this age (nothing too elaborate or difficult.) exploratorium I'll have to check that last one out for some ideas with the younger nieces and nephews. LOL, science at their ages isn't learning, it's fun.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Wednesday, February 01, 2006 - 10:12 am
Wargod, I think I have to hug and kiss you for those links!!! XOXO
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, February 01, 2006 - 10:22 am
LOL, you don't want to kiss me, really you don't! I liked the science one, everything I looked at looked like it'd take a few minutes and you'd still have time for a craft. On some of them you could even mix n match. Like the science experiment with the sundial and then get some of that cheap plaster and pie pans and the kids could make a more permanent version. If they set rocks, marbles, cars, whatever in the went plaster they'll dry in place, then when the whole thing is solid they could paint it. LOL, I think I'lll do that when the nieces and nephews come over next month for Easter/Mother's Day crafts!
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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Monday, November 06, 2006 - 12:40 am
Julieboo, if you're still looking for ideas there is a magazine called Pack O' Fun that has a lot of craft ideas for kids. They are usually recycle crafts so that helps with expense. I've also been able to find some fun stuff at Joanne's Fabrics which are kits that have everything you need in the pack for $1 a package. My DIL teaches K4 and she's always asking me for projects so I have saved all the links posted above to send her. Thanks Guys!
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Monday, November 06, 2006 - 6:11 am
Thanks Chilli!!! I am still looking for more crafts. Our den has expanded to 9! I think I see a trip to Joann's in my near future!
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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Monday, November 06, 2006 - 8:55 am
I pick up a bunch whenever I am there as I have several little kiddies who expect Gramma to have a project when they come over. Saturday we did one with a little white (already painted) flower pot, a white wooden ball (already painted), little black and orange pompoms and precut felt pieces. It was a snowman. Very cute. The whole kit cost $1.00.
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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Monday, November 06, 2006 - 8:56 am
The only thing I didn't like about that project is you were supposed to use a hot glue gun. I was out of thick designer tacky glue so had to use it. I did the gluing myself. I'll make sure I have plenty of thick designer tacky glue from now on so the kids have more fun.
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