Stamping/craft project for 5 year old?

[merryf]

My 5-year-old niece thinks I'm a totally cool aunt because I do "arts and crafts" like she does at her school. I'm going to be seeing her in February. Each time I talk to her on the phone she is begging me to bring some of my arts & crafts stuff to do with her. Does anyone have any ideas of projects I can do with her?

I bought her some big simple stamps at Mikes and some child-safe ink pads. I've got stickers and other embellishments and I'll bring some old DP I don't use any more, and some old colored pencils. I don't want to do cards. My mom made a picture frame with her in December. And when I was there at Thanksgiving I helped her paint and decorate a plain wooden jewelry box.

Anyone have any ideas? thanks!

[nabush]

How about decorating some chipboard and putting it together with rings and using it as a scrapbook?

Nancy

[Dobby]

I bought my daughter a coil scrapbook (very cheap one) when she was 4. She's now almost 6 and still makes scrapbook pages. She loves it! I give her doubles of old pics of her and her brother, dad, etc. She decorates the page a little, adds the photos, then decorates some more. Then she asks me how to spell what she wants to write beside the pic.

[jailbirdstamper]

how about a book mark? With a punched out window she could add her picture or a picture of the two of you together. Then laminate it.

the chipboard boxes are fun to make as well.

[Jace]

My daughter likes to craft with me, too, and her favorite project is here (which she did at age 5). I did the stamping, she did the coloring:

Memory game - 5 year old's version

If you want to make her a memory game, here's a version I did that we have played with quite a bit:

Memory game made by mom

[fairydust.indy]

The web site: familyfun.com has some great ideas organized by age, holiday, craft style, etc... I always get some new and different ideas from there that my 6 yo daughter can do with stuff that I already have...

[miamiscrapper]

If you don't want to do cards you can have her start a scrapbook. My kids love to make layouts. They use my stamps, inks, EP, glitter, etc. Every once in a while I'll have a few of their friends over and I take out all my stuff. They go wild. I've even been told that I'm the coolest mom ;)

[Judyw]

Kids love the shaving cream technique in the Technique section. She could color her own paper that way.

[Koyote Ki]

The lunch bag scrapbooks are easy for kids. I just used two lunch bag, which is 8 pages + 2 pockets. Just have her have some pictures ready and then she'll can just glue a square piece of cardstock to each page and put a picture on each one. My grandkids 6, 8, and 12 loved doing these. Maybe use some stickers from a scrappin' kit as well.

[Mrs Noofy]

Why not try the molded toilet tissue trick using a rubber stamp (turned upsidedown)- watered down white glue - a brush and approx 6 squares of toilet tissue. This was on a thread about a year ago here and I am sure there are probably pictures in the gallery also. The kids like to slap them on a window so they can dry in the sun!! Messy but a hoot! After they dry the kids can add them to cardstock, colour them with markers, or chalks or glitter them to death especially if they do snowflakes.

[merryf]

Thanks. these are all great ideas. I'll check out familyfun.com. this was very helpful! I knew I could get good ideas from all my crafty SCS friends.