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Imaginative Preschool Crafts For Storytime

Craft projects can have a lasting impact on young children. Crafts are able to make storytime more enjoyable for smaller children by making the story come alive. Engaging in story related projects also makes learning subjects more simple for some kids. Doing special preschool crafts for storytime is a wonderful way to encourage the kids to participate.

After reading a story, have the children draw scenes from the book. Asking younger kids to visualize part of a story and draw it out is a great way to help them remember and learn it. With their teacher’s assistance, they can put on paper how they imagined certain parts of the story and its characters to look.

Making puppets that are based on the likeness of the main characters is another great storytime craft. For preschool aged kids, making the puppets is a great hands on project for them. First read the children the story and then make puppets with them based on how they imagine the characters to look or use a picture from the book. Since it’s not too messy and safe, making paper bag puppets is optimum for younger children.

Then, while they are being read the story again, they can help act it out using their handmade puppets. This exercise is a great way to get children excited about participating in stories and books. It’s also an easy way to assure that they won’t lose focus during storytime.

Drawing and coloring are good ways to help younger kids learn new things as well. Coloring pictures about the animals that they are learning about will help them in retaining all of the information. It’s also a great way to challenge coordination and motor skills creatively.

For many kids, storytime is a favorite activity while others may have a harder time paying attention. Crafts related to the story is a great way to keep everyone engaged. It’s also a fun and creative lesson.

Discover some wonderful choices for Preschool crafts by looking online. There you will find many Storytime Crafts to use for those younger children. Head online now and learn more.

Handmade Recycled Flowers

This fun tutorial is provided by Avina at weScrap!

My LSS gives these lovely brown paper bags when we shop there. I’ve always been conscious of the waste that goes into packaging and try to make use of everything I get including the paper bag. Here’s how to make them!

First I take off the handle.

Then I apply a blob of glue to the paper bag.

Next I wind the handle around that blob of glue and work the handle into a circle.

Then you’re done! Just cut out and stick to your projects! It even looks a bit like a Prima flower!!

Here is are some of the flowers on a layout:

Here is a sample that was done on a card by Colleen Lovette:

*Colleen didn’t have a paper bag with a handle she could use so she made her own strip to wind up using the paper bag itself! Great tip Colleen! You earned a ballot for the draw for that one. :)

Don’t they look awesome?!

~Tara~