Wondering how to keep your kids entertained all Summer? With school out and long days to fill, summer is the perfect time to get crafty with the kids, I've listed five awesome craft projects you can do with your children this summer. Stave off Summer boredom with these 5 fun activities
Make Bathtub Paint
Are your kids water babies? Let them get messy and creative with homemade bathtub paint!Bath Paint Recipie
1/4 cup shampoo/ or hand soap/ or body wash (use whatever soapy thing you have lying around, great use for shampoo you didn’t like, or the end of the body wash)
1/4 cup corn starch
1-2 TBS water
3-4 drops food coloring
Combine cornstarch, shampoo, and food coloring. Add water 1/2 a tablespoon at a time until the mixture is thick enough to stick to the paint brush without much dripping, but thin enough to paint a line. If it gets too runny, add more cornstarch, too thick, add more water.
Make Play Dough
Making your own play dough at home takes minutes – and you can add glitter or sweet-smelling essential oils for extra fun!Play Dough Recipe
To make this most fabulous play dough, help your children measure and mix in a sauce pan-
2 C. flour
1/2 C. salt
2 C. water
2 Tbsp oil
1/4 C cream of tartar
a few drops of food coloring
Make a Cup Telephone
Cup Telephone Directions
2 cups
1 piece of string (3m +)
1 needle
glitter paper (optional)
1 glue
1 pair of scissors
1 Cut two hearts from the glitter paper
2 Then paste the heart on the back of the cup
3 Pass the thread through the needle and pierce the back of the cup in the middle of the glitter heart, grab the needle inside the cup, remove the needle and tie a double knot with the wire
4 Do the same with the other end of the wire
5. to chat, the wire must be stretched
Make a Glitter Globe
Glitter Snow Globe Directions
You'll need a Mason jar
Figurines
waterproof super glue or epoxy
glitter flakes or sequins
water and glycerin.
Using the Crazy Glue, attach your figurines to the lid of the mason jar.
Let them dry completely. Next, fill your jar almost to the top with distilled water. Add a dash
of liquid glycerin (this is used to make the glitter fall more slowly).
The amount is glitter you add is sort of at your own discretion.Screw the cap on tightly and shake your jar to
get the glitter moving.
And you're done!
Make Glitter Slime
Glitter Slime Tutorial- 1 Elmer’s Glitter Glue
- 1 Cup Water
- 1 tsp. Borax
- 1 Tb Water
Have you tried any of these before? Which of the above tutorials would you be trying with your children this summer? Let me know in the comments. NOTE:The links to the websites these tutorials came from are all listed above