Kids Arts & Craft Projects

Here's a fun kids craft project sure to delight kids of all ages from our friends at Looledo.  You can also turn Boris into a big bank, just by adding a slot into the top of his back.

Getting Started

Always use your imagination and be creative when building these kids crafts or any others. It's your creation, so be inventive when looking for building supplies — you just may be surprised! When building your project, experiment with new and different ways of putting it together. The most important thing is to have fun!

Supplies:

• 2 Toilet paper tubes
• Plastic cookie container
• Empty cardboard cereal box
• Masking tape for customizing
• Coloring supplies or paint

You can find these cube-like containers at bulk food warehouses or grocery stores... they usually hold lots of cookies or candy. If you can’t find one, look around for a similar square or rectangular plastic container. I began by covering mine with a layer of masking tape, my favorite stuff! I also covered Boris’s nose.

1. Tape up Your Container

You don’t have to use tape. You can just paint Boris with paint you might find at home or in the classroom.

2.  Make Eyes, Horns, Feet and Ears

At ZiggityZoom we love to play family games.  In fact, we like to play so much that we even invent our own games from time to time.  Our newest game that the whole family can play is called the Irish Wishing Rocks game that was created by our creative director.

The concept of play is simple yet fun and the game can be made quickly.  The whole family can help to make the game and then also play.  You only need 12 small, smooth stones about the same size or you can make them out of  craft clay, such as Sculpey, that you bake in the oven for a few minutes.  If you don't want to use stones, you can substitute 12 plastic discs or make them out of cardboard.  The important thing is to have 12 small obects, all the same, that can be marked on one side with marker or stick on letters.

The object of the game is to get all the letters that spell Irish.  I-R-I-S-H  The first person who can spell Irish, by "wishing" and choosing, wins the game.  Fun for kids of all ages.

RULES :

This is the first article of a three-part series in which Debbie Mancini-Wilson outlines ways to accomplish typical goals we parents try to achieve.

Valentine's Day is just around the corner and time to think about what Valentine cards the kids can give to their friends and classmates.  With the economy the way it currently stands, even things as small as buying valentine cards can add up to a drain on money.

We have lots of fun printable Valentine cards here on ZiggityZoom for the kids to print and give.  You don't even have to put them in an envelope.  We like to fold them in half and print the name on the backside. 

Kids can choose Princess, Pirate, Alien, Dragon, Mermaid and Puppy themes. 

Just click here to get to all of the Valentine fun and printable cards.