Crafts with your kids

Continuing the theme of reusing things for decorating and manufacturing toys I offer you a selection of New Year products of the most common objects. It is noteworthy that all of these can and should be done together with children. Very soon the time to carry crafts in kindergartens and schools for ...

Mushrooms grow mostly in the forest. Let us refute this statement, because starting from today they will be in our house and decorate the interior. Even a child can make a fabric mushroom. Of course, it all depends on the complexity of the work. I offer a simple tutorial on creating a fabric ...

I offer you to make s Sakura flower out of paper. The video shows in detail how to fold a petal. You need five, then they're glued to each other. Have a pleasant viewing!

I offer to your attention an Easter tutorial. We've made very many toys with my child and they've brought our friends much joy! A toy took us 10 minutes maximum  (without preparing the materials). 

Since ancient times, the folk rag-doll was a traditional toy of the Russians, their helper and protector, a ritual symbol and a pledge of family happiness. They should have been made without needle and scissors, cloth and threads were torn.To create a kids' horse toy on a stick, you need: ...

My DIY is on how to make stained glass paint with your own hands very simply and quickly. For this you need PVA glue and food coloring. Pour 2 teaspoons of PVA glue into a container. Add a few drops of dry or liquid food coloring, stir. Make as many colours as you want and draw with a brush. Use a ...

Many children like drawing with sand and what to do if there is no stencil? Make a stencil on your own! I purchased coloured sand for drawing, but it can be replaced by semolina which is easily coloured with chalk. You need: cardboard double-sided tape scissors stationery knife coloured ...

There is usually a special cover paper in chocolate boxes that you just feel pity to throw away. So an idea came to my mind: to use this material for children's craft of contrast appliques. The idea is that the basic piece and the details are cut out of different colours. The simplest one ...

I'm an artist, have been working with children of different age for 5 years. This DIY would be interesting even for children 8-13 years, too. Let's start our creative lesson! You need: 1. Cardboard (take a shoes box, but see that it was not glossy and with pictures) Cardboard should not ...

On the eve of Easter everybody stores eggs, and my little daughter figured out how to make angels from egg boxes. So here's what you need: Egg box (I used one with rounded sides) Wooden beads (preferably with a hole, but I managed without them) Lace, ribbon Rope or strong thread Small  ...