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 Sassygirl How much arts and crafts do... 10-09-2013, 08:06 AM
 jammiesandtea I don't do a ton of crafts,... 10-09-2013, 08:28 AM
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I actually did... 10-09-2013, 08:59 AM
 Sassygirl Totally agree Mimi!!! 10-09-2013, 09:41 AM
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 5 Little Monkeys When I took some ECE courses... 10-09-2013, 11:00 AM
 mickyc For myself I do more with... 10-09-2013, 01:32 PM
 bright sparks I do seasonal crafts mainly... 10-09-2013, 01:56 PM
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When I took some ECE courses they strongly suggested that you focus more on art than crafts. Crafts have an end product that you want them to accomplish and art is more freedom and their choice and less pressure. I do crafts once in awhile more so for holidays or parent gifts but I do art almost daily. I have 18 month olds, 2 year old, 3.5 year old. I have done art with my much younger kids as well when they were 8 and 10 month old. They all for the most part love it. The boys I had before didn't really like getting their hands dirty though so we painted with brushes instead of their fingers.
We do gluing a lot and I help them put glue all over their page and then they get to stick what I have provided on the page. I will offer things such as feathers, pom poms, googly eyes, shapes cut out of paper etc. We also do chalk on black paper, markers, crayons, stickers, paint. I try and change it up so we are different things with the stuff. Sometimes I will put paint on a sponge in a big ziploc bag with a piece of paper and they squish the paint, I will put paper and marbles dipped in paint in a pringles container and they shake it.I have also put a piece of paper in a baking dish and they use the marbles and roll them over the page. We break the crayons they want and melt them in the oven in a muffin tray and then they get to use those crayons to colour. I have put paint in water guns and taped paper in the tub and let them squirt it. We do this outside in the snow too. Pinterest has lots of good and fun ideas!! We have done the melted crayon art with a blow dryer and they really liked that and watching the crayon get splattered!! I also have them do a painting on canvas and I hang those on my wall for decor.
We also bake kinda often and they help me. I have done things from scratch and also from a bag. The bag/box mixes are much easier for a lazy day lol. They get to ice their own cookie or muffin if we have icing.
I find starting them young isn't really that hard as they catch on quick what is allowed and what isn't. I haven't introduced scissors yet as I'm a little scared lol. We have playdoh scissors and none of them even touch them yet. Sometimes we do it all at once and other times I do it one on one with the others watching it or playing until it's their turn. I have done sparkles and glitter in the past and that was a mistake!! It is really hard to clean that up once it's been thrown LOL
If you like doing art like I do then the kids pick up on that and usually have fun doing it too. If you don't like doing art then don't stress yourself out over it. The kids will be fine
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