It’s almost a ritual to sit with my
kids and make fun crafts. It’s not just an engagement and bond-building
activity between the kids and me but is also a learning experience for all of
us. The kids work on their fine motor skills while I become more educated on
children’s behavioral patterns and development milestones. I love to get
involved with the kids and their crafts and their ‘ritual’ never feels like a
chore even after the longest and most tiring of days!
So, when my kids wanted to help with
a craft that they wanted me to gift grandma on Mother's Day, I was happy
looking up the internet for a suitable craft that mommy could use and the kids
would enjoy making. I found many websites with really cool and easy craft activities for the kids. Finally, we decided to make something
simple and useful for my Mom.
Paper Clip Card Holder
Used chocolate box
· Giant paper clips
· Colored paper
· Felt
· Scissors (Kid-friendly)
· Glue
· Board pins
Directions
- We drew different shapes and patterns on the
opened up chocolate box and cut them out. A few common shapes and
patterns that we drew were star, caterpillar, and triangle.
- I had the kids cut out similar shapes from the
colored and felt papers and stick them on the cardboard
- The kids applied glue to the back of the cutouts and stuck the paper clips to them. Make sure little less than half of the paper clips are covered.
Here's how it looks:
Afterthought
Speaking from my experience with
kids, crafts are an extremely engaging and fulfilling activity for them. They
don’t just love the process of getting messy, feeling different textures, and
experimenting with colors, but they fall in love with the little masterpieces
that they create. There have been times when our kids have asked to see a
craft-gift they made us months ago. So, they love it, and we love it too.
Now, I hope my Mom
likes her gift on Mother's Day!
