1. Make home-made play doh
Have a squishy fun time making art out of your home-made play doh. Here is a great link with easy instructions.
http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Make-Playdough-Play-doh/
2. Make your own t-shirts
Grab that old t-shirt and get some fabric crayons and you're set for a least an hour's worth of fun. Anything and everything goes. Just let your creativity run wild!
3. Funky Sticky Collage
Look around the house, yard, garage for small interesting stuff you can stick onto paper to create your own funky collage. Anything goes - buttons, sand, twigs, cotton. pieces of fabric, black pepper, herbs, bottle caps. Even better, make your own collage greeting card and send it to Grandma or Grandpa! That's sure to cheer them up!
4. Turn your driveway into an art canvas
Get your kids to draw a big "I Love You Daddy" or "I Love You Mommy" so that's the first thing they see when they drive home!
5. Make Origami art
This should provide hours of fun, but you will need an adult to explain some of the folding techniques. If you make enough colorful origami pieces, you can string them together and make a hanging mobile or paste them on your bedroom wall. Here is a great link with lots of fun ideas.
http://en.origami-club.com//
6. Make pop-up cards
Make a pop-up card for Grandma and Grandpa and post it to them. Make one and post it to yourself. Here is a great link with ideas and video tutorials.
http://www.ehow.com/videos-on_5225_make-pop_up-cards-envelopes.html
7. Make sock puppets
Simple enough. All you need is an old pair of socks (preferably single color), glue, and stuff to stick on the socks for eyes, nose, and mouth. You can get plastic googly eyes from your local handicraft stores.
8. Make your own pet rock family
Go hunting for smooth hand sized rocks, take them home, give them a good clean scrub, dry them, and paint them any way you like. A quick spray of clear lacquer/paint keeps the paint in. Mom or Dad need to do this because the spray can get into the eyes.
9. Make paper airplanes
Make your own paper airplanes and then have a contest to see who can make their airplane fly the furthest. I never knew there were so many ways to create something out of paper that would fly.
http://www.10paperairplanes.com/
10. Finger painting
Get the kids to wear their old t-shirts and shorts and let them loose creating masterpieces with water colors or poster paint and fingers.
11. Make your own instrument
Once you've got your instruments done, form a band and videotape your performance.
http://www.kinderart.com/teachers/9instruments.shtml
12. Make costumes with newspaper
Low-cost and lots of fun. You'll need lots of newspaper and lots of sticky tape. Avoid using staples and items that could potentially poke the skin like paper clips (unless your kids are big enough to be careful).
13. Make a dream catcher
Easy to make, they're really colorful and fun! Here is a great video tutorial.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVSXXeFF-Gw
14. Make a daisy chain or flower garland
Use the wildflowers you collected in your wildflower hunt and make this fun wearable! Make a couple for Mom and Dad and garland them when they come home from work.
Daisy Chain: http://www.howcast.com/videos/166638-How-To-Make-a-Daisy-Chain
Flower Garland: http://www.save-on-crafts.com/tecformakgar.html
15. Make pressed flowers
Another great activity using the wildflowers that you collected is to press them. After you've pressed them you can use the pressed flowers on a collage or to make greeting cards for someone special. You can even decorate a poster and hang it on your bedroom wall.
16. Make your own seashell jewelry
Was and dry the seashells you found at the beach. To string them you'll need to drill small holes in the seashells (Dad's help needed here). Here are step by step directions. http://www.ehow.com/how_2122242_make-seashell-jewelry.html
17. Make cut out mustaches, beards, and eyebrows
Stick double-sided tape on the back and try out each mustache or beard. These can even put taped/glued onto small dowel rods. Take photos of yourself.
18. Shoot your own short movie
Make up an adventure story and shoot your own short film. If you have an old video camera or if your kids are responsible enough to handle one, get them to plan the script for their movie, create the costumes, and then shoot the movie. These kinds of video footage are precious keepsakes and if you submit them to YouTube or America's Funniest Videos, you might just make a bundle.
19. Summer Video Log
If you have one, give your kids a video camera (they should be old enough to know how to use and care for one) and get them to videotape their summer. Make a home video and transfer it to CD for keepsake at the end of summer.
20. Veggie Stamping
Remember this fun art activity in school? Get different types of veggies from your fridge or look for interesting objects that can be dipped in paint and stamped onto paper. Make interesting blends of color for striking effect. You can also stamp onto t-shirts using fabric paints.
21. Make ballon sculptures
All you need is a packet of sausage balloons - those long thin balloons that blow up to 3 feet long and about 1 1/4 inch in diameter - and start twisting. You can make simple animals like dogs, birds, and flowers using one, two, or more balloons. I love the squeaky sounds the balloons make when you twist them. The animals we make hardly look like anything at all, but it sure is fun to use your imagination. Good Luck! Here are some hints and tricks.
http://magic.about.com/od/balloontwisting/tp/balloonanimal.htm
Mrs. Varner
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