10 Show-and-Tell Crafts for Kids
August 29, 2013
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Ocean Diorama
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Kids can combine maps leftover from vacation and treasures found on the beach to make an imaginative diorama.
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Rock Crafts
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With paint, glue, and clay, kids can turn the stones they've collected into animals, people, or objects.
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Treasure Boxes
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Here's a simple way for kids to store their small-item collections: Accordion-fold a strip of paper, and glue the first and last pages to the inside of a box's lid and bottom. Keep some pages empty so the collection can grow.
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Books Within a Book
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Kids can create mini albums within a larger scrapbook, each devoted to mini-stories like favorite camp activities or meeting new friends. Stiff paper covers along with paper spines and corners give them a fancy hardcover feel. The book on top has a closure made with a paper fastener and string.