Project ideas needed for 6yo girls!

[Sootsie]

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love this idea something to do with my grandkids on the weekend perfect for them to give mum for xmas thanx

 

[JAPJRGIRL21]

I had 3 Girl Scout troops at one time, so I can feel your pain! One of the Christmas projects I did with the younger girls was Cinnamon-Applesauce ornaments. I still have the ones from my daughter on the tree. It is slightly messy, but does easily clean.

We have also done the decoupage thing, but not so large as a box. We used small glass globes, a tea light or a candle could fit in, from Wal-mart so they could easily see their project as it progressed. Of course we mixed glitter in with the decoupage glue!

Terra cotta pots into reindeers also do really well.

 

[MysticScorpio82]

You could do salt dough ornaments with them.

Week 1 - they help you make the dough and cut it out with christmas cookie cutters ( make sure you poke a hole with a straw BEFORE you bake them) Then YOU bake them.

Week 2 - DECORATE! Paints, glitter glue should be all that is needed for 6 year olds to decorate, then let them pick out a ribbon to tie on their ornament.

Here is a website with a buch of different recipes - http://www.razzledazzlerecipes.com/christmasfun/kids.htm

Hope this helps! Or you can save this craft for a different season and just use the holiday appropriate cookie cutter (easter, halloween, etc)

 

[Eggs4Sale]

I have a question about the salt dough. I tried this with my son a long time ago, and as luck would have it, his hands were covered with small scratches and cracks. (We had camped for 3 days in the cold.) Well, the screaming lasted about 10 minutes, the crying lasted 3 days, and the complaining has lasted 7 years. How do I avoid this happening again????? Does everybody wear gloves, or just use lotion regularly?

 

[Rozzie]

http://craftfloozy.blogspot.com/2010/03/project-9-leather-jar.html

We made these in Kindergarten. Dirt cheap & easy enough. Masking tape, shoe polish, old jars & some modge podge or something to seal it with...

Also, I notice that you were concerned about them putting parts on the turkeys upside down. WHO CARES if they do. It's their craft. Show them yours, and if they want to get creative, let them.

I "liked" it when my son brought home crafts that he clearly did. When it was clear that the school staff did more of the project than he did then it was nowhere near as special to me.

 

[MysticScorpio82]

Salt + Open wounds = OUCH! Lol

What I would do is let them measure and mix with a spoon until the dough gets firm and then YOU knead, roll it and then allow them to cut out the shapes. That way if any of them have cracks or scratches on their hands it shouldnt effect them since their hands won't be IN the dough itself. If you are still concerned though, small rubber or plastic gloves would work

 

[HHandbasket]

When my boys were little (4 and 7) and had the motor skills of a 4-hour-old chick, not to mention the attention span of flea, I used to get them "crafting" with pre-cut pieces of yarn and a bowl of fruit loops. They'd make themselves "edible" necklaces. They'd be covered in sugar 2 hours later from eating the necklaces while they played, but little kids ARE washable & it was great fun for them.

This time of year, I think there are Christmas-colored (red and green) fruit loops. Even plain, unflavored cheerios works.

Buy colored salad macaronis and make necklaces out of that, too.

Also, don't forget fingerpaints! All you need is printer paper, some cheap fingerpaints, and a lot of newspaper. When we were desperately poor (and sometimes we were), I would get my kids at the table & we'd fingerpaint with pudding. We'd let the pictures dry and hang them on the fridge for a week or so (if you use pre-made pudding in the cups, it's full of preservatives so that's better to use... if you make the instant pudding with fresh milk, it starts stinking in a day or so). Then the fun part was when we were done, the kids got to lick their hands before they washed them & they'd be all messy and covered in pudding.

Hahaha and I wonder why they're messy adults....

 

[BWKatz]

One I did with the kids were spice ribbons to hang in the kitchen. Have on hand(unless ur brave) precut 36"lengths of 1 1/2"ribbons,5 5" lengths of yarn per ribbon.5 squares per ribbon of burlap or sm print cotton, safety pins, 1per ribbon of any kind of metal ring(old keychains work good),variety of spices,stapler or hot glue and sm rubber bands . Let the girls pick out their ribbons & squares. Fold top of ribbon over ring and either u hot glue or let them staple from back so that the "bar" is on the back. Then let them fill squares with spice, tsp each square. Gather corners and secure with rubber bands. Tie yarn around each square. Arrange squares on ribbon and attach from back using safety pin. Done!And minimum mess.

 

[Eggs4Sale]

Great ideas everyone! The pudding idea made me remember something we did when we were little. We had one of those plug-in skillets with a lid, you know those square things that looked like a casserole dish but it stood on little legs? I'm sure there's a name for it. We'd line it with aluminum foil, turn it to whatever temp we turned it to (???) and melted broken crayons in it. Once we were happy with the design we made, we'd gently set a sheet of typing paper down over the melted crayon and press down all around it to make sure it had made contact (a parent usually did this, or we wore an oven mitt), then we carefully lifted up with one corner, and VOILA! A weird p.c.p.-inspired work of art.


And Rozzie, you're absolutely right! The Daisies are making a calendar gift, and each one drew on the blank upper portion for half of the months, and tonight, I was adding pictures of them to the other months as a little surprise. Well, one girl, for November, drew what a small red cocoon/canoe/slug. Not knowing if the red cocoon/canoe/slug had a Thanksgiving meaning I was missing, I thought about putting a photo of her on that page instead. Then I thought about her mom's reaction when she sees the cocoon/canoe/slug, and I laughed. So the slug remains, in all it's glory (or lack thereof). Then I worked on MY daughter's calendar, and for the Back to School/September page, she drew a girl frowning, with both hands holding a backpack that is sitting on the ground. Just the most pathetic, miserable sight! It made ME laugh, and that is what I thought of when I read your comments. : )