Gift Crafts for Kids
Grandparents, aunts, uncles, Mom and Dad alike love to receive gifts from children. As much as they love receiving crafts from their loved ones, all children love making them. Children's crafts can be messy and expensive to make, but with a little help, making gifts for loved ones can be easy for kids and inexpensive for you.
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Christmas Gift
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Gather a small paper plate, craft glue, loose glitter, a single hole punch, one foot of yarn and a wallet sized picture of the child. Help the children coat one side of the paper plate in glue, and then sprinkle a layer of glitter over the plate. Glue the wallet sized picture onto the center of the glittered side of the paper plate. Allow to dry. Punch a hole in the plate above the picture and string the yarn through. Tie a knot at your desired length for a Christmas ornament.
Mother's Day Gift
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Gather a picture frame with white matting, finger paints and a picture of the child and his mother that fits the frame. Helping the children handle the matting, allow them to finger paint and decorate the matting with the paint. Help them to make hand prints for an added personal touch. Allow the paint to completely dry. Place the painted matting and picture inside of the frame.
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Father's Day Gift
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Gather a clear jar with a lid, an adhesive white packing label, a variety of colored markers, a wallet sized picture of the child, craft glue and a variety of mixed nuts. Hve the child write "Dad, I'm nuts about you!" on the white packing label. Adhere this to the clear jar. On the opposite side of the jar, glue the picture. Allow to dry. Fill the jar with the nuts and seal with the lid.
Valentine's Day Gift
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Gather a heart shaped ceramic plaque with a small hole for hanging purposes (available at craft stores), acrylic paint, a small paintbrush and one foot of red ribbon. Helping the child handle the ceramic plaque, dip the child's hand in paint and place it firmly on the plaque, creating the child's hand-print. If the child is old enough, have her paint her name, age, and the year next to her hand-print. Allow to dry. Thread the ribbon through the plaque and knot at the desired length for a door hanger.
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