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Rainy Day Craft Box For Children

I used a hat box, but any box will do. Place the following in the box:
  • Scissors
  • School glue
  • Glue stick
  • Watercolor set
  • Colored pencils
  • Construction paper
Take a walk around your home and collect things that would make good collage materials:
  • Cotton balls
  • Empty toilet paper rolls
  • Toothpicks
  • Chopsticks
  • Lids from various jars
  • A couple of paper towels
  • Dried beans
  • Dried pasta
  • Dried rice
  • Old magazines
  • Comics
  • Costume jewelry
  • Scraps of fabric
  • Beads
  • Yarn
  • Used envelopes
  • Used labels
  • Greeting cards
Have your children help you think of ways of organizing their art supplies (empty yogurt containers with lids, zipper baggies, etc.)

Remember to ensure that the box remains well-stocked. Whenever you (or your children) are about to throw something away, consider putting it in the box instead.

Rainy days won't be quite so dreary anymore. :)

By Laura from Long Beach, CA

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