Keeping Children Safely Occupied Part 4
By Stacey | Posted on May 25, 2009 | No Comments
Our children have enjoyed access to a variety of art supplies over the years. When I’m brave and relaxed (about the impending mess) I have pulled out a few, or several choices and allowed them to go at it! Dollar stores are a good source of supplies, as well as your own recycled treasures. Sit down and create with them if you can, otherwise, work nearby, especially if your children are young. Even if you are tied up somewhere else, pop in to wink at the kids, and inspire their creativity.
Stock your art container with:
- Cotton balls, Q-tips
- Popsicle sticks
- Colored paper
- Muffin liners
- Coffee filters
- Pipe cleaners
- Wooden clothespins
- Fabric scraps
- Colored art pom-pons
- Glitter
- Paint
- Buttons, beads, macaroni, etc.
- Yarn
- Stickers
- Index cards
- Boxes, toilet paper rolls, paper plates, aluminum foil, lids of all kinds from vitamin bottles and the like
Use caution about small pieces when small children are doing arts and crafts! Only you know their abilities and how much they tend to put things in their mouth.
Category: Keeping Kids Occupied
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