Crafting is one of all children's favorite activities. Regardless of age and gender, crafting is fun for all children. Crafting is actually much more than folding paper, gluing it, cutting it with scissors and painting with different colors and brushes. This activity not only promotes the child's creativity, but also the ability to concentrate and fine motor skills. In this article we will look at crafts with boys and present you with some quick, interesting craft ideas for 3 to 10 year olds. If the girls are also captivated by the creative ideas, then let their little fingers do their magic.
Crafting with boys in kindergarten – ages 3 and up
The boys will be of kindergarten agedepending on the level of difficultyprobably need your support. You can make crafts with a variety of materials, including paper, wood, sand, stones, bark, recycled materials, etc. Crafting with wood, for example, is very popular with boys. You can make numerous things from this natural material that will last for a long time. You can quickly transform wooden building blocks in one go. You will also need a spool of thread, some cotton wool, some ice cream sticks and round pasta wheels.
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Clothespin airplanes can also be easily assembled from wood. Take some clothespins and paint them the color you want. Once dry, glue the colorful popsicle sticks to the top and bottom of the clothespin to form wings. Small popsicle sticks are ideal building material for the tail of an airplane. A small triangle made of foam completes the picture of this creative toy. By the way, if you attach a strong magnet to the bottom of the clothespin, you can also use the airplane as a refrigerator magnet.
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Paper of various thicknesses, including cardboard, can also be used. Paper has a wide range of uses and is often preferred when doing crafts with children. Below we will present you a great and quick craft idea with empty toilet paper rolls. You always have the rolls on hand at home, it's inexpensive and you can teach children the basics of environmentally conscious thinking from an early age.
Colorful racing cars – instructions
You will need some empty toilet paper rolls, which you will then paint into the colors you want. While the paint is drying, you can cut out the racing car wheels from cardboard and cut them out the appropriate size. You need smaller circles for the steering wheels. Use a craft knife to cut out an opening and fold the cardboard back. This will be the seat back. All you need to do is attach the steering wheel with glue and attach the wheels using a thumbtack. Let's go!
Various cute animals can be made out of toilet paper rolls. If your child enjoys listening to stories, you can make the characters that appear again and again in his favorite stories and perform a kind of puppet theater. Your son is also welcome to take on a role and tell the story according to his own ideas. For example, you can tell or read the fairy tale “Goldilocks and the Three Bears” and create the bears out of empty toilet rolls in no time. For now, you can draw the shape of a bear's head on cardboard and cut it out as a template. Let your child paint the bear's face themselves using their imagination. Wrap the roll with brown paper and glue the bear head.
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You can make a Minion pen holder with your boy and decorate his desk beautifully. TheMinions, the little yellow creatures from the animated film, are very trendy and put you in a good mood. This fun pen holder consists of a glass jar, yellow craft paper, blue foam rubber for the dungarees and cardboard for the Minion glasses. Of course, you can also put together this pen holder from other materials, such as empty cans or cans made from stacking chips. Let your creativity run wild when crafting.
with plastic
Another quick craft idea is to make a pen holder out of empty plastic bottles. This monster pencil holder will undoubtedly bring joy to your elementary school child. Although some monsters look scary, they do no harm and are one of your boy's favorite characters. Empty, cleaned and, ideally, colorful shampoo bottles are ideal as containers for your homemade pen holder. Using a cutter, first cut off the bottle below the neck and shape the opening with scissors. You may be able to use the removed plastic for the monster arms. Make another opening for the mouth, cut out teeth out of paper, glue on the googly eyes and the monster is ready. Feel free to attach it to walls, tables and shelves.
Form Star Wars figures
Between the ages of 7 and 10, most boys are impressed by the numerous Star Wars characters. A varied and exciting activity for a children's birthday party for boys with the Star Wars theme would be to make your own favorite characters. Which characters you want to create is of course up to you. Darth Vader and R2D2, for example, are two of the most important characters in the Star Wars universe.
Darth Vader
The materials you will need for your Star Wars project are colored construction paper, tape of varying widths, glue, and scissors.
R2D2
This craft idea will create a special and magical atmosphere at your boy's birthday party.
Spring crafts
Take advantage of the beautiful spring days and welcome the sunny days ahead with a portable sun. The self-made mobile in bright colors can be hung in any room and is ideal for giving gifts to friends. All you need here are paper plates, yellow construction paper, orange and yellow tissue paper, yellow yarn and glue. By the way, babies will also be fascinated by this mobile. Bring the sun into your home.
If you would like to enjoy the first rays of sunshine in spring and spend your free time outside with your boy, you could perhaps make a kite out of paper. The children really enjoy flying colorful kites both in spring and autumn. The great dragons are also a nice idea for decorating in spring. For this simple craft project you will need a sheet of paper or colorful cardboard in a cheerful color of your choice. Place the paper in front of you and cut a rhombus out of it. Have your child make scraps of colorful tracing paper and stick them on the kite. For the kite string you can use any string you like or even use wool. To decorate the kite string, you can cut small pieces out of the tracing paper and tie them into bows. Tie them to the kite string and your kite is ready. Crafting with boys and girls can be really easy and bring great joy to everyone involved.
Summer craft ideas
Children enjoy collecting shells on vacation. You can keep your holiday memories alive longer by turning the shells into colorful crabs with your boy. For this you will need seashells, acrylic paint, pipe cleaners and googly eyes. Crafting with boys can be so uncomplicated and still fun. Boys think the monsters are great and can create funny monsters out of two shells. Have your child find medium-sized seashells and hot glue them together so that they are open. Allow the glue to dry thoroughly. If you want, you can glue four beads under the shells to serve as feet. Then glue two wiggly eyes onto the top shell. You can cut a tongue out of red felt or another fabric and glue it into the bottom shell. You can use yarn or raffia curls for the hair.
If you want to create a holiday feeling all year round, you can make a pretty wind chime. You can hang the wind chime in your living room or use it to decorate your garden or balcony. First, drill small holes in the shells. If some already exist, feel free to use them. Have your boy thread the individual shells onto a string in any order. To prevent them from slipping down, tie a double knot after each shell. Even a single shell necklace creates a great, summery atmosphere. You are welcome to attach several chains to a piece of driftwood and create a pretty mobile.
Fall ideas
How about filling a snow globe with a tree and falling autumn leaves instead of snowflakes? You can realize this creative project easily and quickly. For your “autumn leaf ball”, get a mason jar with a lid, a packet of decorative leaves in autumn colors, a small twig and a hot glue gun. The liquid consists of glycerin and water. Thanks to the glycerin, the leaves fall more slowly.
You can use all kinds of natural materials that nature has to offer. During this time, natural materials are often right in front of the apartment door. During a walk you can find acorns, pine cones, chestnuts, colorful autumn leaves, moss and twigs from which you can create lovely decorations, cute toy figures and unique gifts. You can make crafts with boys, for example, a cute bat. You can create the body of the bat from beechnut caps that you glue together. A small walnut with acorn caps as a nose and ears are suitable for the head. You can make the arms and legs out of bendable plush and glue them to the back of the body. Maple leaves are ideal as wings. Just stick them on the bat's back. Finally, hang the bat upside down on a branch.
Ideas for Christmas
Winter and especially the days around Christmas are certainly the best time for crafts. The Christmas atmosphere includes both the right decorations and great gifts. We present to you the Turtles Ninja glass balls. They are an interesting Christmas tree decoration, but are also very suitable as party favors that don't cost much and look good on the Christmas tree.
Spice up the glass ball – Turtles Ninja
To realize this idea, you will need green glass balls, glue and colored satin ribbons to distinguish Raphael, Leonardo, Michelangelo and Donatello from each other. There are also googly eyes and string for hanging. It's that easy.
Snowflakes made from iron beads
The snowflakes made from iron beads are another craft idea. For this you need ironing beads, breadboard, tweezers, rhinestones and the heat of the iron.
We would be happy to provide you with a snowflake craft template to print out. Simply place them under the pegboard and assemble them according to the given pattern.
Snowflake made of Styrofoam and cotton swabs
Another variant of the snowflake as a Christmas decoration can be made from a small Styrofoam ball and a few cotton swabs. With glue and a little decorative sand you can make the snowflakes shine, just like Christmas should.
