We do lots of crafts in our household, well I do with Harris for I believe not all toys should be purchased and husband would do the technical and mechanical bit, which I have none. Harris has a big box filled with crafts and he's so use to me making something, some days he ask for the most impossible at the oddest hour of the day.
Ive made handphones from Lipton Tea box, 20" caterpillar from magazines pages, building and Legos from small carton boxes, binoculars from kitchen rollers tube..etc. Im sharing a few cool ideas for you to try when you can find the time and scrapes material. 
Little artists can be so prolific, creating paintings, drawings, and collages faster than you can figure out what to do with them. Rather than letting the works of art that don't make it onto a refrigerator door gather dust in a closet, a good solution is to label mailing tubes and fill with rolled-up stacks of artwork. 
For the avid Readers, turn ribbon scraps into pretty and sturdy bookmarks.
Book with a twist, made from ordinary composition books, these personalized journals make great kids' crafts and thoughtful gifts -- especially when their covers are designed to inspire their contents. You might create a children's travel diary, a book of baby's firsts, or a baseball-statistics book for your favorite sport
Inspiring Young ReadersOn bus trips, during nikah/kenduri (prayers) ceremonies, or whenever silence is required, keep your child entertained with a homemade felt activity book. Here for instructions
Make some noise,this is our personal favourite. So easy too, empty cans become drums when turned upside down. Each size makes a different noise. You can achieve a cymbal-like sound by laying circles cut from foil pans over a can's opening.For drumsticks, use 10-inch-long wooden dowels and small balls. poke or drill (depending on the ball's density) a hole partway through each ball. Push dowel through and glue. For different tonal qualities, experiment with various balls
Seeing BubblesMake a giant bubble wand and a big batch of bubble solution with household items you probably already have.
1. Thread cotton twine through two straws (cut off any flexible section of the straws)and bend to make a rectangle as shown; knot and trim excess.
2. Make the bubble solution: Pour 10 cups water, 4 cups dishwashing soap, and 1 cup corn syrup into a shallow tub. Stir to combine.
The best part of all the above, is the bonding time and bringing the kids together irregardless of their age and sex to put the craft together. The big kids can cut or help gather the items while the small ones with their stubby fingers and not quite cordinated move can glue, stick and hold items in place. Have fun!
Wednesday 20 February 2008
Kids and Craft
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oh my god!! I have stacks of the kids artwork that I dont know what to do with (actually, i wanted to frame them up, but never get round to it *shame shame*). It never occured to me to keep them in mailing tubes! *duh*
Thanx for the idea! Will head to jarir the moment I come back from cairo.
Now if only you could give me ideas of what to do with my cardboard tubes from kitchen towels, aluminum foil and such. I hoard so many, because the moment I throw them away, some kid will come home telling me that he/she has to bring some to school for some thing or other! *rolls eyes*
Pasal im Queen of shoes, this only works if you're just like me. I put two rolls in my thigh high boots. So if you're like me, several pairs of boots, you will definitely hv constant supply for the kids. Besides its "alter ego"(other use) to hold your boots up. the genuine "hanger" for boots, not made in China is expensive..kalau ada shoes obsession, hai..
Nno boots, I hv used them to roll harris "Picasso pieces", then secure with bands and put them in a pot..
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