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Amazing Kid Craft Supplies

Overwhelmed by all the kid craft supplies and ideas out there? Overwhelmed by all the kid craft supplies in your house? Are you not even sure how to use the supplies you have, so they just keep sitting there taking up space? I have made a list of my top 5 favorite and versatile kid craft supplies and ideas on how to use them.

Construction paper

A big pack of multi-colored paper is an essential kid craft supply. There are so many uses and craft ideas for such a basic supply. I purchased this ream because I felt it was the best price per page. Here are some ideas for construction paper:
1. Cut into different shapes
  - The construction paper can be cut into different shapes by you or your child.
  - Tape the shape on a different color paper to make a beautiful piece of art or a card for someone special.
  - Use the construction paper to make hand print or foot print art. Trace your child’s hand or foot and cut it out. Don’t forget to write the year on it for a keepsake. You can make a heart hand print, ghost footprints, a turkey, etc.
2. Make a book
  
  Fold the a few pieces of construction paper in half. Staple as close to the fold as you can. Your child can…
  - Color the cover and all the pages
  - Make up a story and illustrate it by coloring or using stickers (see #4 stickers below)
  - Place the stickers into the book and tell a story based on the stickers they used
3. Make a hat
  - Make a crown, pirate hat, princess hat, etc.
  - Decorate the different hats practicing shapes or colors
  - Have a “decorate your our hat” activity at a birthday party
Tape
1. Laminate
  - Use Packing tape to laminate small cards for practicing shapes or colors
  - Laminate your child’s work of art by placing strips of the tape on the art
  - Laminate DIY bingo games so they can be used again and again
2. Make a game
  - Make a DIY Find it game with things they find at the park. Pick up 2 similar objects (ex. 2 sticks, acorns, or leaves), tape one to a piece of construction paper, and put the other in a small plastic food storage container filled with rice. Close the lid and shake it around. Now your child can look for the items taped to the construction paper in the container. You may also want to tape the lid shut so the rice doesn’t get everywhere!
3. Make a gift bow using duct tape
  - Take a long piece of patterned duct tape and lay it down sticky side up. Next, take a smaller piece of tape (about an inch smaller) and place on the longer piece sticky side together leaving about half an inch on the ends showing the sticky side. Have your child place the sticky parts on top of each other leaving a small part of the sticky side exposed. Place the sticky part on top of a gift. This is your fist bow loop. Repeat the above steps using similar sizes until you have a circle. Next make a smaller circle using smaller bow loops and repeat until you get to the middle. For instructions with pictures, see this post.
Crayons, markers, or colored pencils
1. Decorate
  - Letting your child color a gift bag for someone. I like using single color gift bags and colored tissue paper
  - A decorate their own goodie bag station at a party
  - A decorate your own hat station at a party (ex. a pirate mask, crown, or unicorn head band)
2. Create a chore chart
  - Use pictures found online of age appropriate chores your child can do. Or use this one I created for my toddler. Have your toddler color the chores that have been complete. Once all done, you can pay your child a set commission.
3. Make a ornament
  - Use a sharpener to create crayon shavings. Your child can pick all the colors they want. Using a funnel or piece of paper, put the shavings into a clear plastic ornament. Once all the shavings are in, use a hair dryer to melt the shavings to the sides of the ornament rotating until all the sides are covered.
Stickers
1. Decorations
  - make a beautiful piece of art work using stickers
  - decorate plain gift bags for an extra special present using stickers
  - use stickers to decorate hats made from construction paper
2. Tell a story
  - Using construction paper, make a book (see #1 Construction paper above). Have your child create a story and illustrate it with stickers. Or your child can place the stickers inside the book before creating a story
3. Potty Training
  - Use stickers as motivation for potty training. We used a foam core board and wrote “It’s Potty Time” at the top. Every time our “Peanut” went potty, she would get either one sticker or two. She liked to show off her sticker chart to people who came over and it really enforced potty training.
String or yarn
1. Use to hang the beautiful art work created by your child
  
  All you will need to do is poke or punch 2 holes in your child’s picture, put the string or yarn though the hole, tie a knot in the end, and repeat on the other side.
2. Use to make a mask
  
  Create and cut a mask using construction paper, punch or poke a hole in each side, put the string or yarn though the hole, tie a knot in the end, and repeat on the other side.
3. Use as part of a construction paper hat
  - The yarn or string can be use as a chin strap to keep the hat on your child’s head.
  - The yarn or string can also use it to attach “hair” to a hat your child made. Yarn or string, if you look closely, usually has a few smaller pieces spun together that make up the larger piece. If you pull the smaller pieces apart, you can use packing tape to tape the “hair” to the inside of a construction paper hat. Make sure all the sticky parts of the tape are stuck down really well. You don’t want your child’s hair getting caught in the tape.