What are the best craft supplies to use with children? We like to re-use and recycle a lot of the things we have around the house which we keep in our making box. In preparation for the long summer holiday I’m also stocking up on some essential supplies. Our favourites are:
Glue Sticks
Relatively mess-free and easy to grasp in little hands – a good glue option for young children.
Coloured Card
We always use lots of this so we like to bulk buy in assorted colours.
Sticky Tape Dispenser
A dispenser which is weighted down makes using sticky tape so much easier for kids – allowing them to be more independent when they are creating.
Giant roll of paper
Perfect for street maps or drawing round yourself
Tissue Paper
Big sheets of tissue paper can be tricky to cut or tear, so these assorted smaller pieces are great for children to use. Perfect for making sun catchers.
Pom Poms
A few bits and bobs such as pompoms, stickers, foil shapes can be used to customise designs and add a little fun.
Pipe Cleaners
Good for arms and antennas (we used them for our peg dolls). B also uses them as connectors to fasten models together
Paper Plates
Lots and lots of uses for these, such as sunflowers or angels
Air Drying Clay
A good option for some modelling, not too messy and easy for your children to use and create a long-lasting masterpiece.
What are you stocking up on for the holiday?
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I try and source some really large cardboard boxes that appliances come in so that my 3 girls can make and decorate their own space to play in (they usually transform it into either a castle, fairy house, or mermaid mansion). Also smaller cardboard boxes that can become cars, boats, carriages whatever they feel like creating.
These boxes can usually be obtained free of charge from appliance retailers and supermarkets. I also stock up on homemmade bubble mix and we use a range of items to make bubbles with that we find around the home.
Lastly, chunky chalk is great for outdoor drawing or drawing indoors on black card/paper or small blackboards made with wood offcuts painted with blackboard paint.
Love making anything with pom poms! Hot glue gun for adult use only for those things that won’t stick! And I love glitter…..outside use only
BIG WHITE STICKY LABELS ARE A MUST IN MY JUNK BOX! GREAT FOR COVERING JUNK MODELS READY TO DECORATE. USED IN LOTS OF OUR ACTIVITIES OVER AT WORMS-EYE VIEW!
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