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15 Easy Sewing Projects For Kids
Sewing is considered a great life skill for any child to learn, everyone would benefit from knowing how to attach a button or repair any tear, and it might be the start of something even bigger.
Not a long time ago, it was common for kids to learn the spectacular art of sewing.
When the clothes were made by hand, and hats and mittens were usually a living room project, it typically made sense that children would learn to provide these items for themselves as they grew up.
While your children might not need to create their own wardrobes or something like that but there are still several real benefits to investing your time and resources into introducing your children to the art of basic sewing.
Kids often have problems when they have to do some precise work with their own hands. This is usually normal when they are small, it might be left untreated, and they might become very rough with their hand coordination which could cause them difficulties when they are writing, playing, or using some kind of tools.
If they start sewing, these issues can be avoided altogether.
Since it requires delicate and precise hand movements, sewing helps them to develop fine motor skills suitably. If you want your child to have a hobby that will have a positive impact on their character development and mental growth, consider teaching them how to sew.
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Arts, Crafts & Design
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5 Quick And Easy Face Paint Ideas
Face painting is a great rainy-day activity - and it is also a brilliant way to have fun as a family during lockdown.
Rather than saving face-painting only for birthday parties and Halloween - why don't you get your paints out and start experimenting with new face painting ideas? We have gathered together a list of quick and easy face paint ideas, which could be done by an older sibling, or even parents who have no artistic ability.
Arts, Crafts & Design
All Ages
Monster Spray To Make Bedtime A Breeze
Daytime parenting battles can leave you exhausted, so the last thing you want as bedtime approaches is more battles, upset or tears.
Sadly imaginary night visitors can often wreak havoc with carefully planned routines. Being asked to check under the bed, inside the wardrobe and confirm windows are shut could all be a sign that kids have a fear of monsters, even if they're not able to vocalise it yet.
Sadly fear of monsters – or teraphobia to give it its technical term – is all too common in young children, though as they get older it does tend to vanish.
To them, once the lights are out there is all manner of beasts lurking in their bedroom, Leaving a nightlight on can offer comfort initially, however it may also mean shadows in the room which to small children can quickly take on the form of the very monster they're afraid of.
But there is a simple and fun way to get rid of your child's fears - and any lurking monsters. Use our monster spray to calm anxiety in children who are afraid of monsters, with the added bonus that using the right scented oil can enhance sleep too.
We love to use lavender for its sleep-inducing benefits but chamomile, ylang-ylang, bergamot and valerian can all help children nod off to sleep once night hits.
So for sweet dreams and calm kids tackle the problem head-on with this sleep-inducing formula.
You will need:
One clean spray bottle
Water
Essential oil
Stickers or templates (find them online to download)
Paper
Colouring pens/paint
Glue
Step one: Get help from your child to make a monster spray label so they're involved. Cut out a piece of paper that will fit around your bottle for the label and then ask them to decorate it.
They could draw a picture of the monsters being sprayed away, cover it in stickers or just paint it in their favourite colour.
Step two: Now you need to fill your bottle with the special monster spray itself. Our fail-proof monsters away recipe is to fill the bottle with water and then add 5-10 drops of lavender oil for every 220ml (8 oz) of water you use.
Step three: Screw the lid on, give it a shake and now you're ready to spray. Before bedtime, get your child to spray the monster spray around their room to scare away the monsters.
Variations
Getting children to sleep isn't the same for everyone so adjust your monster spray routine to suit your family.
Younger children may be comforted by a song to accompany the spraying action - something simple like "monsters, monsters stay away" is all you need. Develop a whole routine around using the spray to reinforce that their bedroom is a safe environment.
Show your child that you're taking their fears seriously rather than dismissing them by asking them to help you make the spray.
You could add extra ingredients to your spray - a sprinkle of glitter, food colouring or additional essential oils could all be used to jazz it up.
If your child is too young or isn't interested in decorating the bottle, see what label templates you can find online instead and print them out.
Allow them to keep the magic spray in their bedroom so they can access it if they wake up at night.
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All Ages
Grrrreat Homemade Animal Fancy Dress Masks
If you and the kids are struggling for ideas on what to make, why not try making one of these animal fancy dress masks for kids?
Whether you want to play with them afterwards or you're just looking to get the arts and crafts bit out - these ideas are bound to bring you hours of fun. Don't worry these are all lockdown-friendly ideas, as they use minimal arts resources and materials - just bring your imaginations and allocate one afternoon!
From the classic DIY paper plate masks, to free printable masks, to more intricate masks for the older, more creative kids - we've got it covered.
Bear masks:
Try making bear masks - perfect to use for storytime or role-playing for popular stories such as The Three Little Bears. Create a family of bears for your family to play with - by giving each bear mask a unique character by decorating with coloured paper to create hats, bows, spectacles, moustaches, or something else!
Colour them brown to make brown bears, white for polar bears, or black to be black bears. Try one of these free printable bear masks for younger children who aren't yet confident in drawing!
Paper plate lion mask:
Using a paper plate for the face you can start to create your King of the jungle. If you don't have paper plates, don't worry about it!
Just use a regular plate draw around it onto a piece of cardboard or thick paper (old cereal boxes work great!) or use a margarine/ice cream container lid. Then to turn it into a mask, cut holes for the eyes and attach a lolly stick or elastic band to hold it in place.
Foam animal masks:
If you happen to have some soft craft foam lying around during lockdown then this a great crafting material for kids to make animal masks with - as they love to use scissors (under supervision of course), and there’s no danger of paper cuts.
If you don't already have some - perhaps consider buying some online to get delivered.
Get little ones started by cutting a few simply shaped animal heads which they can then decorate with black stripes for a zebra or spots for a leopard. An elastic strap can be attached and then they're ready to be worn.
The foam makes very comfortable masks for kids - ready for a day of playing around in the character of the animal that they have made, along with their siblings.
Fox leaf masks:
These are great fun to make because they involve taking a walk into the garden or your local woods to find some leaves beforehand - and it's free! The stem of the leaf provides the method in which you can hold it up.
Orange, red and white pens are now all you need to make your fox face.
It is best to prepare for this activity in advance as you will need to place the leaves between the pages of a book with a few more heavy books on top for a few days to flatten them.
Once your leaf is flattened and dried out you, simply cut out some eyes then draw on the nose and mouth and any other detail that you wish to make your fox come alive! If the leaf is quite flimsy, consider adding some paper to it with glue to strengthen!
Pet masks:
Do your family have pets? Then why not print out pictures of their faces onto paper and decorate them to turn into masks?
Or, combine this idea with the paper plate idea and encourage kids to draw their pets onto paper plates. Kids will find it a lot of fun pretending to be the pets all day - and interacting with the pets themselves.
Use whatever materials you have lying around to make this mask idea - just get out all of your DIY crafting bits and let the kids' imaginations take over. It should be easy to copy with the image in the background to stick things onto!
Paper mâché wolf mask:
Take a look at this amazing paper mâché wolf masks tutorial from YouTube! The video is just 18 minutes long and comes with all the information you need to make your very own!
It also includes a free printable template in the description below. The result is really quite impressive and will definitely be one to put on the wall! This would be perfect for budding artists to get involved with as it would suit the perfectionist-type more than those just looking to collage lots of bits!
Magazine/newspaper collage mask:
This is a perfect way to recycle magazines and newspapers - whilst also being a free and creative way to have fun! Rip up your newspapers into strips of black and white areas to make a zebra, or make a black and white lion with words as the mane!
You could get really creative with these ideas. Just make a card or cardboard base to stick the collage onto and you're away!
Cardboard layer masks:
We also found a really fun website with lots of free ideas on how to make a mask out of cardboard by layering it up. Take a look here for some inspiration on what to make - we just love the frog idea!!
Once dried, these would be perfect for painting or sticking coloured paper on. Again, these ideas would suit slightly older kids, as the technique is slightly harder and it may take a little more concentration and patience.
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