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When boredom strikes, introduce these fun and fast art activities to get their creative juices flowing:
"Circle Art"
Materials: paper, pencil
On a sheet of paper, draw a picture using only circles -- no straight lines or other shapes. Everything in the paper should be drawn with a series of circles. It's actually harder than it sounds. Give it a try! The results are often hilarious!
"Dot Art"
Materials: paper, pencil
Draw a random series of dots on a sheet of paper. Connect the dots to create a unique picture. Give your picture a title.
"No-Peeking Pictures"
Materials: pencil, paper
Choose an object to draw (a tree, a car, a stuffed animal, etc.). Draw the object while looking at it, but not looking at the paper while drawing. Keep your eyes on the object.
"Chalky Salt"
Materials: bowls, salt, colored sidewalk chalk
Instead of buying bags of colored sand for projects, make your own with salt and chalk. Pour a handful of salt into separate bowls -- one for each color. Rub the salt with colored chalk until the salt turns the same color.
"Color Folds"
Materials: white paper, crayons
Fold a sheet of white paper several times in different directions. Unfold the paper to reveal the unusual shapes. Use a crayon to outline each shape on the folds. Fill in the shapes with different colors.
--Deborah Shelton is the author of 'The Five Minute Parent: Fun & Fast Activities for You and Your Little Ones'. Visit Deborah online at: www.fiveminuteparent.com/
When boredom strikes, introduce these fun and fast art activities to get their creative juices flowing:
"Circle Art"
Materials: paper, pencil
On a sheet of paper, draw a picture using only circles -- no straight lines or other shapes. Everything in the paper should be drawn with a series of circles. It's actually harder than it sounds. Give it a try! The results are often hilarious!
"Dot Art"
Materials: paper, pencil
Draw a random series of dots on a sheet of paper. Connect the dots to create a unique picture. Give your picture a title.
"No-Peeking Pictures"
Materials: pencil, paper
Choose an object to draw (a tree, a car, a stuffed animal, etc.). Draw the object while looking at it, but not looking at the paper while drawing. Keep your eyes on the object.
"Chalky Salt"
Materials: bowls, salt, colored sidewalk chalk
Instead of buying bags of colored sand for projects, make your own with salt and chalk. Pour a handful of salt into separate bowls -- one for each color. Rub the salt with colored chalk until the salt turns the same color.
"Color Folds"
Materials: white paper, crayons
Fold a sheet of white paper several times in different directions. Unfold the paper to reveal the unusual shapes. Use a crayon to outline each shape on the folds. Fill in the shapes with different colors.
--Deborah Shelton is the author of 'The Five Minute Parent: Fun & Fast Activities for You and Your Little Ones'. Visit Deborah online at: www.fiveminuteparent.com/
GAMES KIDS PLAY
Moms, if you want to help your children have real fun like we used to have as kids, before the days of computers, use this link to bring fun memories. The games shown here will certainly keep your kids occupied for hours this summer! This site gives rules and "how to play" information for hundreds of games, many of which you have probably enjoyed playing yourself as a child. Remember good old fashioned games like Tag, Kick the Can, Annie Annie Over? You'll find Four Square, Duck Duck Goose Goose, car games, jump rope games, clapping rhymes and games, chasing games, ball games, jacks, thumb wrestling, marbles,
mental games, sensing games, strength games, international games, and the list continues on and on!
With most of these games, your kids will be having fun, as well as exercising. Most of these games are appropriate for "Family Fun Night" and many are perfect for youth groups, reunions, and birthday parties. You can even find some that are lots of fun with adults.
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