crafts anyone?
i am a 15 year old girl and i have to babysit four kids 2marrow. there ages range from 3 to 9. i dont have time to get to a store to buy some crafts so i was wondering does anyone have any ideas on what i can make with these little kids. im babysitting for about 6 hours and its to hott to go out and play games so please help me with some easy crafts!!!
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Take along some story books these kids are not familiar with and read to them. Have them act out the stories as you read them through a second time. (Read once for enjoyment, then read through it again so the kids can act it out with you. Kids love repetition.)
Get some plain brown paper lunch bags and make puppets. You’ll also need scraps of paper and/or fabric, glue, markers or crayons, maybe some yarn for hair. Turn the bag upside down so the bottom of the bag becomes the puppet’s face; the part that moves becomes the mouth, of course.
Do you know how to fold those funny little fortune-tellers from paper? You know, they’re those things you put your fingers into and fold back and forth by choosing numbers. If you know how to make those, these kids would love them.
IF there is a safe area in the house, make some paper airplanes with the kids and show them how to fly them.
Let the kids help with meal prep. Ask their mom’s permission to make a special dessert (even something like instant pudding or Jell-o becomes special if the kids get to help) and let the kids help you do it. Make sure they stay safe, of course, and let them help. If dessert is out, how about some frozen juice pops? The kids can pour the juice into freezable cups, set a timer, and put a stick into the pop when it’s half-set. If they’re hard to remove from the cup once they’re frozen, run the cup under hot water for a few seconds. Obviously, do not use glass or brittle plastic cups for this. Softer plastic works, as does paper.
Make some play clay.
2 cups flour
1/2 cup salt
Slowly add 3/4 cup of water
Have fun. Use cookie cutters if available
why don’t you take some pics, and do something with them, or you could go swimming, or make smuthies with them.