Tinkerlab is one of my all-time favorite kid craft/activity sites on the internet today. Rachelle came up with a great way to get people to start thinking ‘creatively’. Starting on February 6th, you can join her Paper Bag Challenge. You can even grab a cute little button to put on your blog…. Plus!! You can join in on a chance to win a $100 Visa Gift Card, and a three month subscription to Kiwi Crate {Creative Challenge Sponsor}. I am seriously thinking about doing this challenge to get my creative juices flowing! Will you join me? Head on over to Tinkerlab’s Creative Challenge Page to learn more about how to participate.
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Rainy Day Craft Projects for Kids
It’s said that April showers bring May flowers, but where I live the rainy season definitely isn’t over when April is. These crafts inspired by rainy days are great to make when the weather is awful, or they’re just cute crafts to decorate a classroom for spring.
This little paper umbrella from Easy Peasy and Fun is made with folded paper circles, so if you’ve got a round craft punch the prep on it will be pretty fast. Make them full all around or leave a flat space on the back for hanging on a wall. You can also add raindrops to the edge if you like. So cute!
The Pinterested Parent has a printable umbrella template that kids can decorate, cut out and tape or glue together to make an umbrella. Ths would be fun to do in a classroom and see how kids choose to decorate their umbrellas in different ways or using different media like paint, crayons or colored pencils.
Play with oil pastels and watercolors with this rainy day art project from Projects with Kids. This one looks like so much fun I kind of want to make it myself! There’s a lot of fun techniques in this one, including using pastels as a resist, painting with watercolors and doing blow painting with a straw.
I love this raindrop suncatcher project from Pre-K Pages, too. This one might be best to do with a small group or one on one since it includes using a iron. This technique is a great way to use crayons that are broken or have lost their paper, and you can use other colors and shapes to clean out your craft closet.
Or use the rain as part of your art, like with this project from Nurture Store. Start this project when the rain starts falling, and let nature collaborate in your art!
Rachelle | TinkerLab says
Yes, Kristen, you absolutely should join us! Thanks so much for announcing this to your wonderful community. Hope to see some of there!
Megan says
Fun! I’m headed over to check it out. Thanks for sharing!