In January and February the time finally comes to let our creativity run wild. If the kids are bored, then the next post is for you. Crafting with children in winter is the perfect leisure activity for the cold season. We have put together the most beautiful DIY projects: fun for the whole family is guaranteed!
Crafts in winter with primary school children: window decorations made of felt
A beautiful window decoration with winter characters such as snowflakes, reindeer and polar bears will spice up the children's room. You need a few materials for the craft project: a small tree branch, twine, small cones, white felt, Mod Podge, watercolors and glitter. In addition, you still needmultiple templatesfor various animal silhouettes and other decorative figures of your choice. You can either draw the templates freehand or print them out and transfer them to the felt fabric. Cut the figures out of the felt material using a craft knife or scissors. Then paint the felt fabric any way you want, let it dry and apply plenty of Mod Podge. Then sprinkle the glitter powder over the decorative figures. Hang them from the tree branch with twine.
Make cute owls out of pine cones with the children
For the next project you will also need felt material, preferably in different colors (white for the eyes, orange for the beak and sky blue for the wings). Then you still need cotton wool, googly eyes and cones. As accessories, take scissors and universal glue or hot glue. First cut out the details from felt. Fill the gaps between the cone scales with cotton wool. Then attach the felt details. Then glue the googly eyes in place.
Craft ideas for elementary school: Polar bear made from paper plates and tissue paper
Are there any paper plates left over from the New Year's Eve party? Then you can use them for the next twoPut craft ideas to good use. To make an envious polar bear you need a white paper plate, tissue paper, black and white cardboard and large googly eyes. The accessories you need are glue and scissors.
First, cut the tissue paper into rectangles measuring 3cm X 3cm. Then place the plate on the work surface with the bottom side up and apply plenty of glue to it. Then press the rectangles of tissue paper between your fingers and stick them one by one onto the plate. Then cut out the ears and put them together and attach them with the googly eyes.
Paper snowflake as a window decoration
Make a cute snowflake out of a white paper plate. You still need white watercolors, glue and glitter, as well as scissors. Proceed as follows: First, fold the paper plate in half. Then fold it in half again to create a triangle. Cut the triangle and then unfold it. You can then paint the snowflake any way you like, apply glue to some places and stick glitter on. By the way, you can do a similar thing and make small snowflakes out of white cardboard and then tie them into a bow tie. The beautiful winter decoration for the windows is ready!
Crafts in winter with children: make your own snow globe
For the next idea you will also need a large paper plate and a smaller transparent plastic plate. You still need a template and cotton swabs. To decorate, you can use self-adhesive plastic snowflakes and a white satin bow. Proceed as follows: First, paint the paper plate dark blue. Then print out the templates and cut them out. After the paint has dried, glue the templates into the plates. Decorate with snowflakes. Remove the cotton from each cotton swab and place it on the plates. Then apply some glue to the edge of the transparent plate and stick it over the blue one. You can then decorate the finished snow globes with the white satin bow.
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Crafts in winterwith children is a lot of fun. Let the suggestions inspire you and you will certainly come up with other ideas for cute winter decorations. You can also use the templates for the snow globe as a window picture. You can also cut out individual elements and then put the whole image together.
Crafting is not just a creative pastime. You can also practice using hot glue, cutter knives, etc. with the children. The craft instructions are also suitable for large families with several children. You can simply distribute the tasks so that each child has something to do, or each child is given materials for a decorative element and has to put it together. Of course, the parents can also work andParticipate in painting. You can even inspire an entire class with a suitable DIY idea. By the way, crafting is a good activity for children's birthday parties in winter. The possibilities are simply endless. Try different variations and decoration ideas or ask the children - let them decide what to make this weekend!