Easy craft projects for kids all the way from toddlers to kindergarten, including educaitonal games and writing activity.
TRUE COLORS:
Materials:
Peels of 3 large oranges
4 cups loosely packed yellow onion skins
4 cups loosely packed spinach leaves
4 cups whole blackberries
Plastic containers with lids
1 pair panty hose
Scissors
Rubber bands
Slotted spoon
White vinegar
White T-shirt
Mix 1/2 c vinegar with the orange peels, the onion skins, the spinach leaves and the blackberries separately. This makes a dye. Use the plastic containers with lids for storage. Dip the berries out of the vinegar when the vinegar is a nice purple color. Do the same with the other ingredients. Using the T-shirt as a canvas and the pantyhose as a paintbrush, help the child create his/her own unique T-shirt.
SOCK PUPPETS:
Materials:
Adult size socks in a variety of colors
Fabric glue
Felt
Yarn
Plastic eyes
Ribbons
Flowers
As you put the puppet together, let the child make the decisions of what to put where. Talk with them about the colors and why they chose what they did over something else.
KLEENEX FLOWERS:
Materials:
Red, yellow, green and blue food coloring
5-10 Kleenex
Small rubber bands
Scissors
Fold the Kleenex longways twice. Tie it in the middle with a rubber band. Fold it in half. Cut the fold with scissors. Pick a color of dye and place 2-3 drops in the middle close to the rubber band. Continue, moving outward, until you have reached the outsides. Peel the Kleenex tissue apart. Discuss with the child the changes in color.
COLORED WATER:
Materials:
Food dye
Container of water
Take and put a few drops of dye in the water. Discuss with the child how the dye movesi n the water. Add another color and examine the color change with the child. Explain what is happening, allowing the child to add their own insight.
COLOR MAD LIBS
Materials:
List of colors
Mad libs book
Have the child pick out certain colors and then plug them in. Discuss with the child how it makes sense or it is silly.
WRITING ACTIVITY:
Using the sheet as a guide, have the hcild write about color.
"I like (color) because _______. (Color) is my favorite because ________. I don't like (color) because _________.
