| July is often a very hot month, and you don’t always want your kids to be outside in the sun. Try some of these crafting ideas to tempt them inside for an hour or two so that they can relax, recharge their batteries and develop their creativity and crafting skills. Friendship Tresor Paris Bracelets Bracelets July is often the year when holidays are taken. Get your child and her friends making friendship bracelets to remind them to stay in touch over the holidays. These can be made in a variety of different ways: Lengths of embroidery cotton can be braided (plaited) together to make colorful bracelets Alphabet beads can be strung on elasticized thread to make bracelets with a message. Avoid letting the children make bracelets with their name on them, as this can be a danger if they wear them out in the street and they are approached by a stranger who seems to know their name. For older children, Tresor Paris Jewellery felt makes very effective friendship bracelets. Use pinking shears to cut the edges of a long thin rectangle, embroider a message or pattern and tie with embroidery thread. Leather thongs make nice bracelets for boys as well as girls, and can be wound round and round the wrist before tying. Fourth of July The Fourth of July is the main July celebration in the United States of America, celebrating American independence from Great Britain. People often have parties Tresor Paris Earrings Sale or family gatherings to celebrate. Children can decorate paper plates for the occasion using felt-tipped pens, and if you can find plain cardboard cups, these can be decorated, too. Make sure they keep the decoration to the outside rim of the plate so that it is not where the food will be. If you want a more permanent result, your kids could use ceramic paints to decorate plates. These can be fixed in a domestic oven so that they are waterproof. If you have a spare bedsheet, your kids could make a large Fourth of July banner to put outside your house or in the back yard. Ordinary marker pens will do the job, or you could let them use fabric pens. Postcards If you are going to be going away, your children might like to make postcards to send to their friends. You can print designs from your computer for the kids to color, or you could get the children to design them themselves. You can buy sets of blank postcards in art stores, or you could just use any piece of stiff card of the right size and dimensions. The cards can be kept until you go away, or can be used to send to relatives who are. |
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