So far we’ve had a pretty mild winter and we aren’t exactly clawing to get out of the house from cabin fever… yet. Knock on wood. We haven’t gotten any crazy snow, but the temps are still cold enough to be a deterrent from our favorite outdoor activities. Winters are usually long and draining here in the Midwest, so I’ve been trying to replenish our art supplies so that we can get to crafting. I’ve been slacking in the arts and craft department and the boys have become BFF’s with their tablets. I feel no shame nor guilt because we all go through those seasons where we have to let go of one thing for another.
The boys got some fun kits and supplies over the holiday to keep them busy. Now that things have settled a bit, we can finally pull them out. On a whim, I decided to revive an old blog of mine to share all of our simple projects and then some. We are all busy and vulnerable to distractions, so my goal is to keep everything short, simple, and straight to the point. No rambling, chunky paragraphs, and carrying on like I am now. ;-)
Juicy has been helping himself to the art supplies lately. He’s been enjoying some coloring and finger painting. To encourage creativity, we keep a roll of art paper on our chalkboard kitchen table for easy access, but it’s been more of a centerpiece than anything up until the last week or so. I got out our Eco-Kids finger paint to reduce Juicy’s screen time. He put up a mini protest, but quickly went to work once he saw the paint set up for him.
You know your child hasn’t had enough messy play when they become upset over dirty hands, haha. I had to reassure him that his messy hands were fine and I encouraged him to keep painting.
Once he had enough of mess-making, he requested to wash his hands. I find it so much easier to clean his hands with paper towels than setting up at the sink. I just squirt a bit of hand soap on a towel, wet it, and let him wipe away. SCOTT® Brand Choose-A-Sheet Paper Towels are cut in halves to eliminate waste. I love being able to tear off smaller sheets at a time for smaller messes like Juicy’s little hands. Since we go through quite a bit of paper towels, the Mega Roll bonus packs are great for us especially during winter hibernation, haha.
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What are some of your kids’ favorite winter craft projects? We need ideas over here!
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They like their coloring books.
View CommentMy daughter loves to paint. We paint all kinds of objects and paper too. If you ask her what she wants to be when she grows up, she’ll say she wants to be an artist.
View Commentpainting and making things with Playdoh
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View CommentMy children are adults now but they always enjoyed painting and decorating the house with wreaths they made. They also enjoyed finding pine cones and decorating them.
View CommentThey love to make their own future scrapbooks for summer. They paste pictures in them of summer things like beaches and flowers. They also put in pictures of places they would like to go to in the summertime.
View CommentWe have a craft center set up and we do different ones every week
View Commentwe built model car kits . we glue and paint them.
View CommentMy daughter would have a large roll of blank paper that throughout the year she owuld draw and color on. We then used that for wrapping paper during the holidays.
View CommentMy boys like drawing and painting
View CommentI have a 4 year old daughter who i haven’t been able to get into crafts too much. She does love play-doh and painting but she would rather be playing baby or outside in the snow!
View Commentwe like making snowflakes.
View CommentMy kids like creating with clay
View CommentShe likes to paint and make hats for the family. She’s really big on making her own cards, too.
View CommentColoring and painting are a couple of their favorites
View Commentwe like to make homemade greeting cards by using the old cards we received from other people
View CommentMy kids love to paint, color and draw.
View Commentwe love to make homemade christmas ornaments and cards
View Commentpainting is always fun, but their favorite is when we get out glue and cotton balls to put on the paper as well
View CommentWe like to paint alot in the winter. We also make homemade playdough and build different animals. THank you
View CommentI like making bean pictures with lots of different colored beans on a paper plate.
View CommentMy girls used to love elaborate craft projects but now we do fun, pretty cooking ones. Double bonus is that with it being so cold, we stay warm and cozy.
View CommentI like to do craft kits with my little niece.
View CommentMy daughter is only one so we haven’t really had a lot of crafts just yet, BUT, I am going to do an idea I saw online tomorrow. Tape a sheet of paper to her high chair tray and try to get her to color.
View CommentThey really love to sketch, color and paint.
View CommentMy son likes to draw and color in his coloring book.
View CommentThey like to collect pine cones and decorate them with white paint and glitter so they look snowed on.
View CommentI wish I had at least a daughter, but unfortunately I have no kids.
View CommentMy little brother loves to paint and do hearts! haha love him <3
View CommentOur little ones love making snowmen out of play dough! We love to color and paint holiday decor too, and then we hang it up around the house!
View CommentI have four little ones! We will have to try this!
View CommentI have a lot of kitchen cabinets so three of the bottom ones have always been “art supply cabinets”. I have always kept them stocked with every kind of supply I can think of. My kids could always entertain themselves for hours from there.
View CommentWe lived in Tucson Az. as the kids where growing up. So there wasn’t much of a winter. That kept kids stuck in the house. But coloring books,board games and puzzles for those rainy days.
View Commentmy kids love making snowflakes… so easy and make for great decorating.
View CommentThe kids love to make bookmarks, place mats and picture frames from popsicle ticks.
View CommentThey love to create anything that has to do with paper glue glitter using a scissors and their imagination! So cool to watch them
View CommentWe love to paint and color!
View CommentMy kids like to color. We also recently made Valentine mail boxes for school.
View CommentThey like making beaded necklaces and bracelets and finger painting!
View CommentI don’t have kids, but when I was younger I really enjoyed futzing about with clay and doing paint by numbers.
View CommentI don’t have any kids, but when I was younger I really enjoyed playing around with clay and doing paint by numbers.
View CommentMy son and daughter love to paint! We usually go to hobby lobby and get different crafts and ceramics for my kids to paint or color. I also just found kits to make your own puzzles, so my kids can color a picture and then do the puzzle afterwards!
View CommentMy niece loves to paint by number and make bead necklaces.
View CommentNice and cozy
View CommentEvery weekend the grand kids stay over, I have a craft room/guest room that is for them. I tried to keep as much crafty item for them. We do a new project each day. They love to make something & take home to show their mom or dad. We use so many reusable items from around the house!
View CommentColoring & making snowmen.
View CommentColoring and stickers
View CommentI don’t have kids but my niece likes coloring books
View CommentMy boys like making paper airplanes
View CommentMy kids like to make their own comic books
View CommentIn the winter, my Niece loves to read her books, Draw Great Big Colorful Pictures, and color in her favorite Coloring Books.
View CommentWe love perler bead projects, loom knitting, and friendship bracelets.
View CommentMaking shadow boxes!
View CommentMaking paper snowflakes.
View CommentColoring is their favorite.
View CommentWe love doing finger painting because we can get messy.
View CommentWe make ornaments and sock puppets.
View CommentWe make ornaments and sock puppets
View CommentWe color and paint.
View CommentOur favorite winter craft projects are making animal mittens out of felt and making paper snowflakes.
View CommentThey love to make snowflakes with paper and glitter. You can even tie a little string and put it on the tree (before Christmas of course) :)
View CommentWe had a blast making gingerbread houses last month.
View Commentfinger painting and painting the snow
View CommentI love doing finger painting with my kids
View CommentMy daughter likes to paint, draw and go on pinterest to get craft ideas to make. Thank you!
View Commentwe’ve done some ballon bean bags, some people sticks and lots of finger art.
View CommentWe like to color…
View CommentAll three of my sons love drawing the best! We also love to make snowflakes and will be making Valentine’s Day decorations soon!
View CommentMy daughters enjoy painting and drawing. They get together to draw and write books. It is too cute to watch as the stories unfold.
View CommentThe kids have really gotten into finger painting lately.
View Commentthe kids like to make snow men with cotton balls on construction paper.
View CommentYou are such a great mom! My little guy HATES crafts, but has taken a liking to cooking (YAY!)
BTW, thanks for sharing the coupons savings :)
View Commentpuzzles, board games, video games
View CommentHe only loves to draw ghost rider lol
View CommentIn the winter, when we’re cooped up like this week, my daughter likes to paint. Lately she’s really been into making bead necklaces and bracelets too.
View CommentThank you. <3.
View CommentI helped my niece make home-made play dough. She loves to make play food with it.
View CommentWe love creating plaster “pictures” with hand prints, foot prints, leaves etc…
View CommentMy Little Niece and Nephew loved it when I taught them how to make paper. It was a messy process – but they loved it.
View CommentThey love to paint and color. Now we are working on Valentine’s crafts.
View CommentCutting snowflakes!
View CommentMy 3 youngest kids love to paint on canvas. Painting allows their imaginations to explore. Ive also been surprised at their artist ability.
View CommentI don’t have kids, but i used to like making snowflakes out of paper and TONS of glitter. Also i did wreaths with tissue paper
View CommentLove to see new ideal for kids to use their imagination!
View CommentThe kids like to make their own Connect a Dot pictures and then exchange them with each other and they connect the dots to see what the picture is..Keeps them busy for hours.
View CommentI teach little kiddo art classes at a local nonprofit. We loved making arctic foxes and snow man collages this year.
View CommentMy nephew likes everything that involves reaping the paper.
View CommentMy boys love play-doh. If I let them use their army men or other action figures in it all the better.
View CommentMy daughter likes to cut out snowflakes from folded paper
View CommentMy nieces love craft projects, they made their own doll house using cardboard!
View CommentWe don’t have any kiddos yet, but my nieces like to make snowflakes out of paper! :)
View CommentMy grandsons enjoy making snowflakes as a winter craft.
View CommentThey like to paint and to color things.
View CommentMy 14 year old loves painting and my 12 year old loves to crochet.
View CommentI do not have children.
View CommentOur kids favorite winter activity is baking things they can eat and smell.
View CommentFavorite craft these days is trying to cut paper and glue it back down, to anything she can get her hands on.
View CommentSome of my son’s favorite winter activities are building snowmen when it snows, but he loves to make his own books!! That’s an all year round hobby he has :)
View CommentHe’s pretty young, but we’ve been doing lots of glue-stick pictures lately :)
View CommentMy niece likes everything to do with glitter!
View CommentMy daughter is an adult now, but when she was a child she would like to color with crayons and markers.
View CommentI like doing crafts with construcyion paper and letting Grandkids help me bake cookies and cupcakes
View CommentMy kids love Q-Tip Painted Snowman Craft .
View CommentLots of drawing and crafty stuff, with all sorts of recyclables and odds and ends from the second hand store.
View CommentMy boys like to make cards for special occasions and holidays.
View CommentWe made Christmas cards and also paper snowmen. It has been fun.
View CommentHer favorite craft project is creating vision boards.
View CommentMy kids like to use recycled type of items, like plastic bottles, paper towel holders, etc. They like to add contruction paper, glitter, material, etc, to make items like snowmen, penguins, bears and that sort of projects.
View CommentMy kids like to craft a lot with paper and glitter, glue, clays and do fun projects with them.
View CommentWe usually make paper snowflakes :)
View CommentI don’t have any kids at home anymore but my daughter used to love using a flour mixture in a dish soap bottle to paint fun snowflake designs. Make them puffy by heating them in the microwave!
View CommentWe set up with bath tub as a finger painting showcase we tape paper to the walls and wear an old bathing suit and paint away with very easy clean up
View CommentMy nephews love making cards for everyone. They use a variety of markers, crayons and a little paint. I like to add the glitter (lol).
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