Best, easy craft ideas?

taryn30

I hmqaa just wondering what are your favorite, easy to make crafts were? Thanks!

raraavis28

MrsMuq has some great ideas! We do some of those but nothing very complex yet (twins are 19 months). As well as coloring and fingerpainting they enjoy...

1: painting with water
2: putting stickers on things
3: I give them a handful of Cheerios and an ice cube tray....they enjoy putting them in the little compartments, counting them, dumping them back out etc

dizzycooks

I like to make hand crafted beverages... Margaritas mostly.


Sorry, I couldn't resist....

taryn30

Love all your responses, especially the margarita one! What do you mean paint with water? Thanks! My twins are almost 2!

lexusolsen

taryn30 said:

Love all your responses, especially the margarita one! What do you mean paint with water? Thanks! My twins are almost 2!

Watercolors? That's what I thought she meant.

My dd is learning about patterns at school. I bought a couple different kinds of beads and some rubber string so she could practice. Turns out, she just likes shoving them on the string. Not at all interested in making a pattern.

We do the things pp's have suggested too. Her favorite is to draw pictures or paintings to send to relatives and friends.

superToots

I mostly scour pinterest. Our favorites at that age were:

Homemade play dough
"Painting" with water on the side walk
Beginning cutting with safety scissors
A crap ton of stickers
chalk
Hand print seasonal crafts
We make paper chains to count down important things (holidays, oot visitors, birthdays, etc)
Bathtub paint
Bingo markers

Ilumine

Honestly, my go to, easy craft for my 5yo are the seasonal, self sticking foamie sets from AC Moore or Oriental Trading co. . 

Easter had decorate eggs.  Fall has leaves, or owls. Halloween has jack o'lanterns, etc.  Winter/Christmas has snowmen, or ornaments or gingerbread men.  And there are tons of other themes. 

I will buy a 20 pack and pull them out when DD needs some craft time.  Then we will hang the craft up on our mantles after she is done. 

Now, I will try to have some more Pinterestesque type crafts a couple times a week, but these are great for those "mommy, Im bored" moments. 

raraavis28

What @CurlingRocks‌ said about the painting w/ water!

dizzycooks

@CurlingRocks‌ This one's for you. You made me feel crappy because I actually like crafts, I just don't take the time to set things up for dd. This morning I did. She loved it.

taryn30

Thanks ladies! Great ideas! I appreciate it!

dizzycooks

CurlingRocks said:

dizzycooks said:

@CurlingRocks‌ This one's for you. You made me feel crappy because I actually like crafts, I just don't take the time to set things up for dd. This morning I did. She loved it.

I never thought to attach pipe cleaners.  We may be making the Grandmas some bouquets soon!

We stuffed them into a small jelly jar filled with tissue.  It's our table center piece for now I was considering sending one to mil.

Geicogecko

DD loves making animal masks out of a paper plate with the middle cut out, a popsicle stick handle and some sort of ears and color the border. Best is it becomes her favorite toy for like a week and she runs around with it roaring or making whatever animal noise.