Some Easy Crafts For Kids Was What Grandpa Needed For The Morning

Some easy crafts for kids was a family project that was just what the doctor ordered. School was out and it was Christmas week so Grandma was out shopping and Grandpa was to take care of Grandson Carson for the morning. I needed some easy crafts for kids, to help me keep him occupied. Carson is 5 and one half. The one half is important to Carson. I had taken him when he was only three to the studio and showed him the wax painting. He of course wanted to do it and I said the iron was hot. He shot back what part of the iron is hot? I showed him the handle that was safe to hold and he took control right away. His favorite saying at that age was "By Self", which meant "hands off I can do it myself". So I watched him carefully and he put a nice big blob of green wax on the page and that was it. He had done it and now we should do something else.

He is older now and thought it was time to give it another shot. So down we went to my basement studio and set him up with the wax and iron and stylus. This time he said it would be an easy craft for kids if I held the iron upside down for him and he would put on the wax to melt it on the iron. He loaded the iron with melted wax and then I would hand it over to him and off he went. He even selected the rubber stamps he wanted to use. It is fun to see a 5 1/2 year old a pro right out of the gate.

I thought I would show you his art work to give you some encouragement that perhaps, just perhaps you could make this kind of art project work for yourself.

I said he should give them some names and he didn't hesitate and clicked off titles for all of them. The first three are a series, Land Far Away #1,#2,#3. Then we have Space Mountain, Rocket Ship and Ocean Blue. Last but not least is Japanese Painting and of course the proud artist himself. Don't you think this could be a great easy crafts for kids project for your grandchildren?