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Preschool Crafts
Free and easy child art and preschool crafts for kids, teachers and parents including painting, drawing, cutting, pasting, modeling and construction activities.
The process of creating craft projects is always more important than the end result. If your child does succeed at completing the project correctly, consider this a bonus. Never let your children feel that there is a right or wrong way to express themselves through their preschool craft activities. I find that often our results are far from the picture-perfect crafts depicted in most craft books. You will find links to craft activities that my kids and I have done further down this page, but since we don't do a lot of crafts, I have decided to feature a great resource I have found, which offers a whole lot at an affordable price:
Little Kids Crafts for All Seasons
Discover "real" kid-tested crafts that parents love too! These ground breaking new ebooks of 200 pages each, include a range of activities that can be adjusted to your children's skill-level. When you buy Little Kids Crafts for All Seasons you get the Little Kids Paper Plate Crafts ebook free, making them together the ultimate in easy kids' crafts! Printed copies are available too. Click here to read more about Little Kids Crafts
Cutting and Pasting Activities Modeling and Construction Activities
Painting ActivitiesPainting enables children to communicate and express themselves. It is also a soothing activity which encourages them to relax and paint with their emotions.
1. Handpainting - Father's Day Printable Poem2. Finger painting 3. String painting 4. Printing - apple stamping activity 5. Stenciling 6. Marble patterns 7. Marbled paint 8. Paint blowing 9. Sponge painting 10. Spatter painting 11. Pet rocks Painting Tools1. Conventional artists’ paint brushes 2. Non-spill paint container (cut off the top half of a plastic bottle and invert it into the bottom half of the bottle) 3. Old toothbrushes 4. Large wall paint brushes 5. Kitchen brushes (used for dishwashing) 6. Paint rollers 7. Roller paints 8. Feathers 9. Straws 10. Squeeze bottles 11. Sponges 12. String 13. Printing blocks 14. Potato printing blocks 15. Hands and fingers 16. Spray paints Top of Preschool Crafts Drawing ActivitiesDrawing is an activity that enables children to express their feelings, rather than talk about them. Scribbling, using various tools and media, is an important activity for young children as it helps to develop fine motor skills 
1. Rubbings - leaf and coin rubbing activity2. Sugar water pictures 3. Scribble patterns 4. Shadow outlines 5. Wax etching 6. Wax and dye 7. Tracing 8. Charcoal drawings Get free art projects and drawing lessons at Masterpiece Art Instruction, creators of "The Phonics of Drawing" CD. Top of Preschool Crafts Cutting and Pasting Activities
Let your children experience the textures of different mediums and practice fine motor skills, like cutting and pasting. Tearing is also a good activity for developing fine motor skills. Use some of the ideas below. 1. Tree collage - for four seasons 2. Snowflakes - Paper folding and cutting 3. Concertina shapes 4. Leaf collage 5. Seed collage 6. Decorated party hat 7. Decorated crown 8. Chinese lantern 9. Masks 10. Starry night glitter collage 11. Eggshell or sand 12. String pictures 13. Corner bookmarks 14. Mother's Day Basket Collage 15. Snowman Collage 16. Hanging Hearts (for Valentine's Day) 17. Four Seasons Poster 18. NEW!Ostrich Collage with handprint cut-outs Supplies for Cutting and Pasting1. Scissors (optional – can tear instead) 2. Glue, glue sticks, flour glue, wood glue or other 3. Empty spice shakers containing sand 4. Glitter 5. Magazines 6. Newspaper, paper, card 7. Material scraps, leather 8. Plastic, candy wrappers 9. Bottle tops 10. Items from nature – dried grass, pressed leaves and flowers, berries, seeds etc Top of Preschool Crafts
Modeling and Construction ActivitiesModeling is a sensory activity – an activity involving the sense of touch. It is a relaxing and soothing activity at which children can always succeed. 1. Pine cone sculptures 
4. Salt dough beads5. Macaroni threading 6. Box construction 7. Mobiles 8. Binoculars 9. Desk caddy 10. Egg box construction 11. Insect mobile 12. Papier maché - model earth & piggy bank 13. Toilet roll bird feeder Supplies for Modeling and Construction ActivitiesModelling It contains simple, step by step instructions for a variety of creations including: ladybug, cat, turtle, lion, snail, pig, snowman, snake, faces, cup and saucer, two rose methods, daisy, daffodil, a heart of flowers, fruit and butterfly. Read more and preview a sample page by clicking here.
Additional equipment Rollers Construction Collage supplies
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