Easy Art and Crafts activities to do with kids

Keep all of your childrens Magazines and cut all their favourite characters out ready for a stick and collage session.

What you need:

Magazine cuttings

Glue

Paper

Easter bunny, use an empty toilet roll fold slightly, dip into paint and print onto paper, super quick and easy and the kids absolutely love making bunnies for some extra use Easter stickers!

What you need:

Toilet roll

Paint

Stickers

Glitter

Card

Halloween play! Again use an empty toilet roll cut strips half way up the roll spread out like a spider to make spider and or pumpkin pictures.

What you need :

Paint

Toilet roll

Glitter

Paper

Googly eyes

Glue

Autumnal leaf printing, pick your favourite leaves from your walk, paint them and very gently print them on to paper!

What you need;

Paint

Paper

Pens

Leaves

Decorate your own Christmas

wrapping paper

What you need

A roll of brown paper from poundland

Metallic pens

Enjoy

Natasha

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