The Mom I Want to Be

Contributed by a site visitor who keeps a “bit box” full of scrap paper, colored foil, sequins, pieces of wallpaper collected from their local DIY store, tissue paper, wrapping paper, and other scrap craft supplies for her little ones. She even cuts out her children’s favorite shapes to add to the box.

 

I thought this was such a wonderful theme idea that I wanted to add it to the site. Most of us who craft with out kids keep our own scrap boxes. I, for one, hate to throw anything way when it comes to craft supplies. There are a lot of things you can do with a box of scraps, and kids love looking through it to find little treasures.

 

Totem Pole – Give children a kitchen roll middle and a pot of glue and bits of paper to stick onto kitchen roll – one colourful totem pole – very popular with the children because it can stand up afterwards and they can “display” it. ~ Submitted by Jeanette

 

Mock Mosaic Flower – Draw a simple flower outline on a piece of construction paper for the child. Glue pieces of colored paper, yarn, feathers, buttons, or whatever you have on hand inside the outline of the flower to make it three dimensional.

 

Flower Garden – Draw an outline of a few flowers, trees, etc. on a piece of construction paper and let the children complete a simple flower garden using supplies from your scrap box. When done, the pictures almost look like mosaics. Older children can simply draw the stems of their flowers and fill in the rest. Younger children will need a bit more guidance to get started.

 

Scrap Hats – Create any kind of hat or headband you want and then let the kids go with the scrap box. They will have a ball decorating their hats.

 

Simple Butterfly – Cut out simple butterfly silhouette out of heavier weight paper and allow child to decorate it using supplies from the scrap box and some glue.