Kids love to do craft projects, there is no doubt about it. But I think children, especially younger children like to have their projects less structured. A good strategy is to keep it simple and fun. I totally think this is true because they can be more creative and have more fun that way.

Don’t get me wrong, I come up with craft ideas for my kids and we have a lot of fun with them, but she seems to have more fun creating her own craft ideas. It is good to let the creative juices flow in the young minds.

A couple of years back I shopped at our local goodwill store and purchased alot of craftiness supplies for really small amount of money. I purchased beads, leather, pipe cleaners, glitter, stickers, feathers, yarn, lace, buttons, and simply a ton of crafty typeitems. I put it all in a bigger box with some glue and glue sticks. This is how my girls Creativity package came into being.

We have since added stickers, markers, cotton balls, sequins, and other stuff we find. I bought a big tablet of thick paper and thus her “scrapbook” came into existence. She loves to get it out and create different pages of ideas and creations. She cuts pictures out of magazines and adds them to it as well.

Some of the times they just arrive at their own craft plans out of the materials rather than doing their “scrapbooking” and a great time is had by all. The only drawback to scrapbooking is sometimes a lot of glue can be used and we have to wait for it to dry before turning the page and move on to the next crafting creation.

Therefore do not always think structure when it comes to craft ideas for younger children. You and they’ll probably have a good deal more fun if you allow their imagination run the project. After all it is their creation so there’s no wrong or right way to do it. Children are less likely to become frustrated if they can’t make their creations appear just like they are suppose to as well.

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