How to Create a Quick Craft Kit for Kids

creating a quick craft container for kids

During the Summer down in the south there are afternoon showers, some days theses showers last all afternoon and sometimes they are just from about lunch till 3 o’clock, the heat of the day. I find that after about the 3rd day of these showers the kids are bored out of their mind and starting to get mischievous. I have a craft container that I put all the “quick craft” supplies in. During these rainy afternoons when the kids start getting a little wild, I like to pull it out and let their imaginations run wild.

In our craft container we have:

Yarn
Construction paper
Stickers
Crayons, Markers, Colored Pencils
Scissors
Fishing Line
Beads
Cardboard Pieces
Popsicle Sticks
Glue & Glue Sticks
Pencils & Pens

rainy day at the beach

I recently was given a new camera by my wonderful husband! It was my Mothers Day Gift. {We celebrate mothers day at the beginning of June around her because both of my childrens’ birthdays are in May, two weeks apart.} We headed out to the beach to take some beautiful pictures and all of us just play on the beach, but Mother nature had other ideas. So we head home & I got our craft container out and here is what we created.

creating an carboard letter from a craft kit

Use boxes that you plan to recycle, we used a cereal box, fruit snacks, and Pepsi box to make our letters. We cut out both of the kids names but because it does take a little time to wrap them we just used the one for the blog, for you to get the idea. After you get your letter cut out you will either use glue or tape, we used doubled sided tape to start, and then hot glue at the end. Begin by placing a piece of tape on the end and stick the yarn to the end to begin. Once secure, began wrapping until completely covered, use a dot of hot glue to secure end after letter is completely wrapped, and you are done.

The best part about these letters is how cute they turn out, and it’s only card board. You could add extra embellishments if you would to add a little more of your Child’s personality to them. You could even add them onto a frame, and do smaller letters for smaller frames. These letters even look great to decorate their door, you could do their full name or make one big letter for their door.

My daughter knows there are beads in our Craft kit and this is one of her favorites. I got the whole set for $7.99 at Hobby Lobby on sale. I love these store, maybe a little too much. Always check their sales because these beads have lasted me literally years. She will sit for hours and just string beads for her a new necklace or bracelets.

I think that every family should have a Craft Container for those rainy summer days where you have already watched every movie in the house, played every board game and card game that they have; TWICE, and already spent the fun activity money in the budget on bowling and ice cream last week. It’s also important for our children to get creative and use their imaginations, so get busy creating your Craft Container, it’s very simple and you can just collect things from around your home! Now you will be prepared for those cooped up rainy days in the house. Contact RaisedSouthern@RaisedSouthern.com if you would like more info on the craft container shown here.

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Thanks so much for sharing Kari! I love it and I think I might have to go make something like this for my kids, because we all know how much it rains here in the PNW!

How to Create a Quick Craft Kit for Kids

In our craft container we have:

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