The crafts on Paper Crafts for Children are all about having fun with paper and making fabulous things. For many of these creations, they are even more fabulous if they have been made with paper that has been hand decorated as a result of another arty crafty activity. The crafts listed here are some of the best of the paper crafts for children that are all about decorating paper.
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I have to try this! It is a new paint that washes completely out of clothes.
I heard about this through FAS (Fine Art Supplies) who I developed a teaching resource book for. The book I wrote is about Ideas for Art - Paint, which is why they let me know about their exciting new development. I have not had a chance to try it yet but it sounds so cool I thought I would share it with you. To quote from the site “This paint really CAN BE REMOVED just by soaking in water.” They have a video showing just that happening at Total Wash Kids Paint.
I don’t know if you can get it anywhere else other than New Zealand yet, but I am sure the folk at FAS will be sorting that out too.
A collection of some special paper crafts for children that they can do for their Dad - which is different times of the year all around the world - here in New Zealand it is on September 5th this year.
Take a special picture and chop it up to make a special gift.
I have to be secretive with this one and not show you the final assembled puzzle until after Fathers Day which is September the 5th here in New Zealand. Just in case a certain Dad takes a look at this site! He is allowed to see that we have made him a puzzle - but not allowed to see what it is of. All will be revealed after September the 5th, in the meantime here it is as an idea.
To make this jigsaw puzzle you just need a picture that is drawn on some card, it can also have a message written on it. I recommend cutting the picture up into block - not trying to make the traditional jigsaw shapes. The sort of thinner card that we have used does not slot together too well if it is in traditional jigsaw shapes, but is easy to work with if chopped into random shapes like those pictured. You can also buy blank jigsaws especially for drawing on - your child’s artwork on these would make a great gift for Dad too.
If you are looking for a quick and easy last minute present for Fathers Day, this is great.
You just need a rock, some tissue paper and a bit of glue. Give the rock a quick clean and paste on some torn bits of tissue paper. Once it is dry, write on ‘My Dad Rocks’ and you have a very special paper weight for Dad’s desk.
This simple technique is a great way to jazz up a word.
Dad is a perfect word for making a pattern with this mosaic style technique. We have created a couple variations on this technique. To make the pattern, draw up a grid on the paper - it can be a grid with all straight lines, or with some wavy lines. Then write the word on top, and rub out the grid lines that are inside the word shapes. You can also do it the other way round, and write the word first, and then do the grid lines.
Color in the shapes using two different colors, alternating them as shown below. In this first example we made the pattern stand out by going over all the lines with a black felt.
With the other pattern, we cut it up into a grid and turned it into a mosaic picture by gluing each square onto a black background with a little gap between each one.
We have used this paper craft for children before when we made a Paper Mosaic from a Drawing.
This is a very effective paper craft for children. The steps are all simple, and the final award, is very rewarding. You just need a couple of paper cups, a pipe cleaner, tape, some card, paper and paint.
For Dad’s special day, make him King with a specially crafted crown.
I knew that a crown for dad would be a great Fathers Day craft for the children, but had not planned at all how it would go. So without much thinking about it I cut out a crown shape, wrote the words on it and then handed it over to No 1. Daughter to see what ideas she had.
As it turned out she had plenty of ideas! It is a much better paper craft for children than I was anticipating. First of all she with all the ideas colored in the letters with some cool patterns. Then she used some of her special stickers and arranged them on the points.
But wait, there’s more! She drew and colored and decorated for ages and ages.
I helped out a tiny bit, I added a strip of card at the back so that it would fit around a head, stapled it together and we have a crown waiting for a King. He will have to wait until Fathers day though, can’t have him being the boss for more than one day a year!!
Use this paper crafts for children technique to make some artwork good enough to frame.
When the glue is dry the print base is ready. These pictures have been created with crayon rubbings. They use different colored crayons to give more depth to the picture.
The print base can be used again and again so they are perfect for making lots of cards. To make a crowded scene, take a rubbing, move the paper a bit and take another. Keep repeating until you r design looks just right. You can also roll paint onto the card print base and then print the design onto some paper.
