Spring not only brings sunshine and warm temperatures, but also theFancy new decoration, fresher colors and more lightness for your own home. The desire for change and a change of scenery is particularly present in times of Corona, as the whole family now stays together in their own four walls more often and for longer. It makes sense to use the time together and implement new craft ideas and DIY ideas together with the children. Crafting with the whole family is a fun activity that is fun for children and their parents. We have put together creative DIY ideas and tips for homemade decorations as well as simple craft tips for children.
Practical storage: creative craft ideas
Who doesn't know it: a total mess of keys lying on the sideboard in the hallway or forgotten in bags and school bags? No matter whether it's a house or cellar key or a bicycle key - oneThe key is always gonewhen you need it right now. How about a homemade key storage? Here everyone in the family has their own space. Thanks to this great DIY key board, the problem of misplaced keys is a thing of the past and more order at home is guaranteed. And the instructions are very simple. All you need is a wooden slat and various wooden beads, kebab skewers, key rings, acrylic paint and ribbons, preferably leather, and last but not least a saw. The simple keyboard is now very easy. Mark the distances for the keys on the board and use the saw to cut 1 cm deep slots. It's best to sand it thoroughly. Meanwhile, the children can put the wooden beads on skewers and paint them with paint. After drying, the beads can be strung onto leather cords. It is knotted on one side and the key ring is attached to the other side. Complete! This project is a lovely family craft project and a great oneEmployment for children.
Another nice decorative idea that children can make for their mom is a homemade jewelry rack. These instructions for the jewelry holder are also simple and, with a little help from parents, a great craft idea for children. You will need various round wooden sticks, chalk paint and spray paint, string, wooden beads, a drill and a saw. First, holes are drilled into the bars. If you feel like it, you can paint the bars, which of course looks nicer. The wooden beads are now threaded onto the cord and the end is knotted. Then the cords are threaded through the holes on one side into the rods and knotted at a distance of 8 cm. Leave about 25 cm of the cord free for hanging, then go back through the other holes. Even spacing is important. At the end, thread the beads again and knot them.
Tidying up together with the children is a great way to learn how to organize together as a family while having fun. What helps: Painted boxes to store toys or beautiful shelves to display your favorite cuddly toy. Or even this chic do-it-yourself typesetting box. Onebrilliant craft idea, which is simple and easy to implement with children and is used to store and store all kinds of knick-knacks in the children's room. Place boxes of various sizes open side up on a surface and spray them with paint. If you want, you can cover the bottom with wrapping paper or construction paper. Then arrange the boxes and glue them together with hot glue.
Beautiful decoration ideas to make yourself
This stylish bowl helps with the chaos on the table. This is a creative craft idea that also makes a great decoration. All you need is solid cardboard and designer paper in the colors of your choice. You or your children cut the cardboard into eight strips, each 1.5 cm wide, and place six of the strips on top of each other like a star. Fix in the middle with glue. Use the remaining strips as a border for the bowl by gluing them together and folding the ends of the strips up like a star. The whole thing then looks like a basket. Cut out approx. 40 feathers from the design paper. Now glue the feathers overlapping and lengthwise to the upper edge of the shell with hot glue and work your way down row by row.
You can also paint a pillow together. If you like it cozy as a family, you can label your own cushions. A great DIY idea that is simple and makes a big impact. Each member of the family has their own pillow to paint. For your own pillows, the motif is drawn on a photo cardboard and cut out. Now glue a piece of cardboard into the cover as a base and place the cut out motif on the outside.Spray on the motif with a textile sprayand let it dry. After removing the template, you can use the iron to fix the paint between two layers of baking paper.
If the whole family already has their own pillows, parents and children can also have their own insteadPlates and cupsor evenPainting glasses. Making these beautiful plates and cups with the family is not only fun, but the utensils are very individual objects for all family members. To paint the cups, simply follow these crafting instructions: Write the selected text, for example the names of parents and children, on the cups and bowls. You can also practice on paper beforehand. Then paint the lettering with acrylic marker. Once the writing has dried, further decorations such as feathers, arrows or banners can be added.
Craft tips for children: World of Unicorns
Unicorns will never be out. No matter what people say and no matter what other animal is now at the top: the cute animals that are reminiscent of icing and fairy dust will always be present in the dreams of little girls (or boys) and as the first “trend animal” always come back. This is also evident in many waysBirthday decoration and craft ideas, for example this great unicorn flower pot. All you need is a plastic bottle, pointed scissors, acrylic paint (pink, of course), air-drying modeling clay “Super Fluffy” in pink and white, glue and animal eyes. Use scissors to cut off the bottom third of the bottle. Children should be helped by their parents. Now paint the outside. Now form two ears, a nose and two nostrils from the modeling clay and don't forget the horn. Then glue the pieces to the painted bottle. All that's missing are the eyes and the pot can be planted.
This fairytale glitter glass is an eye-catcher in the children's room or living room. All you have to do is arrange iron-on beads on a pegboard to form a unicorn head or rainbow. Please note that you should make the lower rows twice so that you can glue the motif well later. Place a piece of baking paper over the ironing beads and iron them. Allow to cool thoroughly. Then glue the two extra rows under the motif for more stability. Clean an old jam or honey jar and roughen the inside with some sandpaper. The motif is now glued to the lid and the glass is then filled with water and glycerin. Then add glitter and scattered stars to the water and close the jar.
And how about this cute cell phone charging station on dad's desk? All you need is sturdy cardboard, a cutter knife with a cutting base, a pencil and craft glue. The stripes are painted on colorful cardboard and cut out. Place the cell phone in the middle of each of two of the sheets. Trace the cell phone outline with a pencil. Then draw a 2 cm wide rectangle underneath. This will later be the opening for the charging cable. Cut out the opening for the cell phone along the pencil lines on both rainbows. Now glue the rainbows together as follows: First three whole rainbows, then the two bows with the cutout and above them the three remaining whole bows. Now paint a cloud four times on white paper and always paint two rainbow rays in one color and size on the colorful photo cardboard. Cut everything out. Now cut out two strips of white photo cardboard for the top and bottom edges. Transfer the hole at the bottom for the cable to the small strip and the hole at the top for the cell phone to the large strip and cut it out. Glue the individual parts of the rainbow in the correct order. Then stick the white stripes at the top and bottom of the sheet. Finally glue on the clouds.
These simple craft ideas for the whole family are great craft tips and instructions for creative hours for parents and children. So nothing stands in the way of crafting fun and new decorations for the home.
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