Burrrr!!! It’s winter time!!! Can’t go out to play with the cold winds blowing? No Problem!!! Here are some adorable crafts to keep your little ones busy at home in the winter. These crafts will help you kill the time and get some wonderful gifts ready in no time.
Simple And Easy Winter Craft Ideas For Kids and Preschoolers:
Have a look top 9 winter craft ideas for toddlers and preschoolers,
1. Felt Monster Mittens:
These are very simple and easy winter crafts for preschoolers to make. Trace mitten templates on pieces of felt and sew them together. Embroider the nose and sew buttons for eyes. These templates are readily available on many sites. You can use Dragon face / Lion face / Shark face as templates. Kids just love wearing them and creating their own horror stories
2. Plastic Cup Snowman:
These are the very easy winter crafts for adults with a readily available material. All you need is some white plastic cups, a stapler, and colored chart paper. Staple the cups side by side to make circular balls – one big for the body and one small for the head. Cut out two large circles from black card sheet paper. For the nose, you can use orange chart paper or just stick a carrot. It’s a very great project to get kids involved.
3. Finger Painting Winter Tree:
A happy time for toddlers to mess around, you just need a sheet of blue paper, a black marker, and non-toxic white paint. Draw a tree with the black marker or you can tell the kids to make a handprint of the tree. Drop white paint on the background to show snow falling and your child can fingerprint snow on the tree. This is a wonderful idea to keep your toddlers busy on cold days.
4. Paper Cup Snow Man:
For these winter paper crafts, you need 4 Paper Cups, Pipe cleaners in black, white and other colors, Black paint, Scissors, Pompoms, Markers, Glue, Push pin, Blue, white and black construction paper. Draw eyes, mouth with black marker and stick orange pipe cleaner for the nose. Stick black pipe cleaners for hands and dress up the snowman as per your imagination. This one is a very creative idea for a showpiece.
5. Paper Cup Village:
All you need to make your own village – Paper Cups, Sketch pens or markers, Chart paper in bright colors, Felt cloud stickers, corrugated craft sheets, Glue, Double sided tacky tape and Scissors. The village is very easy to create; all you need is your wild imagination. Make flat cones out of colored chart paper and stick them as roofs. Stick them on green chart sheet and add some plants made out chart paper and stick colored flowers on them.
6. Ice Cream Stick Snow Man:
You need some Ice-cream sticks, sticky tape, white and black paints, markers – orange and black, two black buttons and red satin ribbon. Paint around 6 sticks with white paint. After the paint is dry, stick them side by side with sticky paint. Draw a line and paint the top side with black paint for the hat. Stick red satin ribbon to the hat. Stick black buttons for eyes and draw a curved line with black marker for the mouth. Draw the nose with orange marker and Voila your Ice Cream Stick Snowman is ready, this is an effortless craft and enjoyable for kids.
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7. Toilet Roll Polar Bear:
Don’t throw away the toilet roll tube. Just use it to create a cute and lovable polar bear. It is plain and simple to make. Just hand over the stuff to the kids and they can make it in a jiffy. All you need is – a toilet roll, white chart paper, black marker, glue, pink sketch pen and 2 black buttons. The child can make it by just looking at the picture. Go on!! Boost him!!
8. Winter Accessories Frame:
The fantastic ideas of winter arts and crafts for kids are to decorate your home with used woolen accessories like a cap, muffler, socks, gloves etc. Place the woolen accessories as per your choice in a box with a large frame. It is a remarkable way of displaying your old, unused woolen article. Go ahead and give it a try.
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9. Gold Feather Necklace:
Teenagers & Adults get bored sitting at home as they cannot go out in the cold, freezing weather. Just make a Gold Feather Necklace as part of winter craft activities. You need Clay, gold paint, knife, a golden chain and of course a Rolling Pin. Roll out the size of you need which should be approx. 2 mm thick. Use the knife to draw a line through the center of your feather. Draw many small lines from the center line to the outer end of your feather. Pierce a hole at the top to let the chain pass through. Let the clay dry. Then paint it with gold color. And Hey Presto, your Gold Feather necklace is ready. Stutter around wearing it. You can also make a pair of matching earrings.
Chase away your winter blues by creating wonderful crafts by recycling old stuff. Wall decors, gift articles, Christmas tree decorations can be made to keep away your boredom during the chilly winter weather.
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