| Are you looking for ways to keep your kids busy | | | | types of wrapping for use throughout the year to |
| during their summer holidays? Keep them | | | | wrap presents for their friends' and teachers' |
| creatively entertained for hours with these easy, | | | | birthdays. Give them paint and different household |
| yet engaging craft activities: | | | | supplies that create various patterns on paper. For |
| 1. Painting Rocks: Your kids will love staying | | | | e.g. sponge, cut vegetables, carved buttons, jar |
| outdoors in your garden or backyard busy painting | | | | lids etc. They can also make and store some for |
| rocks of garden stones. Supply them with acrylic | | | | Christmas. |
| paints and brushes and let them use their own | | | | 4. Bead Crafts: Assorted beads in different colors, |
| creative ideas. They could either paint little objects | | | | shapes and sizes make for interesting craft |
| and scenes on larger rocks or paint smaller stones | | | | supplies. Kids can create themed jewelry, bead |
| in single or multi colors. | | | | art, pins and little decorations by stringing beads |
| 2. Photo Frames: Photo frames can be made and | | | | on to wire and then bending wire to create |
| or decorated in many different ways. Ask kids to | | | | shapes. |
| choose their favorite summer photos to be | | | | 5. Playdough: Homemade playdough is one of the |
| framed and supply them with plain plastic or | | | | oldest and still the most effective of keeping kids |
| wooden frames. Now ask them to embellish each | | | | busy. Give the kids a 'summer project' to |
| frame with a theme that matches the | | | | complete before the day ends in which they can |
| photograph. A picture taken on the beach can be | | | | make a summer scene or a number of summer |
| displayed in a frame embellished with sand and | | | | themed objects. |
| seashells. A birthday photo can have a frame | | | | Giving these crafts a 'summer' theme will not only |
| embellished with birthday clipart, cutouts or | | | | give the projects an interesting twist, but it will |
| stickers. | | | | also make your kids enjoy the season and wait |
| 3. Wrapping Paper: Let your kids make different | | | | for it to arrive soon next year! |