A Fall Craft Project that is not Only Totally Awesome, but Adds 4 Benefits as Well
Crafts as in generally done, or crafts with kids has never been touted as an activity that is supposed to do more than keep kids busy, give them some fun and as some say add creativity to a child’s life.
Kids crafts however should do more than that, much more, actually.
Kids crafts, done well, in an educational crafts approach, adds 4 benefits to the activity.
It can take them into the academic realm by allowing them to think through problems.
It can make them take initiative really make them creative and raise their self esteem.
I can show you how to get kids to make a crafts, in this case a fall crafts that will encompass all of the benefits above.
If you take a look online, the majority of the crafts for kids are made up by adults.
Adults think of a cute idea, create it, get the materials, and have the children follow in step by step fashion.This creates what we call “copycat crafts”.
The trick in getting the children to make a craft that includes all 4 benefits above is get them to take the reins to create the project themselves without too much input from the adult.
Even though giving the children too much freedom is this case won’t lead to anarchy, it still can lend itself to confusion. We therefor choose a middle road.
The theme for the crafts, is what you are responsible for when beginning a crafts project with children. Then, start thinking of the materials you can give the children that will suggest Fall. Think fall veggies, fall outdoor activites, fall holidays.
Two very important or helpful things in this equation are Number one:To gather a lot of different pictures to hang up so that the children can get inspiration from these pictures and pick parts of the pictures that they want use in their craft.
As most crafts projects do well with a focal point, it would be a good idea for you to prepare some choices that the kids can use for their focal points.
When creating a craft with a fall theme, I would have them choose from an array of tree trunks.
If you look at this Fall craft collage I give step by sep instruction on how to do a fall craft like this.
When doing these type of crafts, kids solve their own problems instead of following and adults template.
When children are given permission to work by themselves without waiting for overly structured directions, they learn initiative taking
Their creativity, of course blooms because they are being allowed to create what they like.
This has the effect of their self esteem shooting up.
If you are an early childhood teacher you may find another interesting crafts project in this style called Fall projects for the preschool classroom.
The difference in what this type of crafts, or as I call it educational arts and crafts does for children is indescribable.
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