By Steve Kettle
If you are looking for crafts for your young children, look no further. Put on your thinking cap and dive into your own childhood memories to find some great crafts for little kids.
We all remember the fun we had with our kitchen band equipment. How about those walkie talkies we made from empty tin cans? You can bring back those memories and have some quality time with your children, too.
Try and remember how a few pots and pans with a rubber or plastic spoon made your father cringe as you pounded out a rhythmic beat on your KITCHEN DRUMS.
You can make a RUBBER BAND GUITAR to play along with your little Ringo Starr. You'll need a medium sized plastic Tupperwear style bowl and some rubber bands of various widths. Just stretch the rubber bands over the bowl and have your young Eric Clapton begin strumming. Vary the tones by using different width and sized rubber bands. A wide mouthed tin can works well, too, and gives another sound.
If you are raising a junior Rembrandt here's a quick and neat little project. For this SCRATCHER RAINBOW you will need some different colored markers along with some white construction paper and a black crayon. Let your child color the paper with all sorts of scribbly designs. Just make sure the colors all touch. You may want to fill in any blank spots. Next, color over the entire area with the black crayon. Hand your child a coin and let them scratch pictures and designs. The colors show through just like a lottery scratcher ticket.
The TIN CAN WALKIE TALKIES we used as a child are easily made, too. Two 14.5 ounce empty tin cans and a 15 to 20 foot length of string are all that are needed for this one. Mom or dad should poke a hole in the bottom center of each can with a hammer and nail or ice pick. Thread the string through each can, securing it with a knot. When stretched tight you simply talk in one can and listen from the other. It's an old trick, but it still amuses the kiddies!
These are just a couple of ideas to create some quality time with your children. Crafts for your young children don't have to be limited to day care or preschool classes. Now, parents can join in the fun, too!
About the Author
Now a grandparent Steve has used crafts found in Little Kid Crafts to keep his three grandchildren amused for the last several years. You can find 100's of ideas like the ones you just read. Crafts for a rainy day, holiday crafts, birthday ideas and much, much more. Learn more about Little Kid Crafts Here.