By I’ve included a list of a few of my favorite preschool crafts to make this summer. My favorite is creating and painting a watercolor painting of my favorite characters to go along with my preschool crafts.
My favorite is working in my garden.
This is a really fun summer craft to make. It really focuses on the creativity and making of art. I love seeing my kids’ eyes light up when they’re painting something and how much they think it means to them.
I love sharing this summer project with my preschool students because it encourages them to explore their world in a new way. I love the way they create by themselves, and the fact that they can express themselves like this.
The best part is that each of my kids is a different artist. I love watching them paint and see them go at it with their own unique style.
My oldest is in the 1st grade, my middle schooler is in 5th, and my youngest is in 6th. All the art I’ve seen kids do this summer has been really interesting. I’ve seen little boys doing things with watercolors with sticks and little girls painting with crayons without much guidance from adults. I’ve also seen a lot of creativity displayed by my preschoolers in the form of crayons making faces.
I love the creativity that takes place when I watch my kids paint. But I think their talent is a little more obvious than that. Like I said before, I love watching them apply paint and watch it transform their hands and faces. One of my favorite things to do with coloring is to put my kids to work on a craft that they can make over and over again. Like this week they are doing a coloring class with me.
Today I was having my girls color on an easel and we started by coloring four boxes, but by the end of the day all of the boxes were colored. Not just the four boxes, but the four boxes and their five little pieces. You know, the whole box is just a picture. So I’m thinking, “Hey, what if we did this whole box?” So I had my girls paint four boxes.
This is a great idea because you don’t have to pay for the supplies. All you need is a little time and a bit of imagination. The only thing you have to do is draw a box with a few parts that you’ll need for the coloring. You can leave it up to your kids to decide how many boxes they would like to color. Just remember to do it over and over and over again.
I have a few ideas for your boys to do. You could probably pick something fun, like a box with a face and body and a lid. But really, you can just get out the crayons and paint colors. You dont even have to buy anymore supplies. You can just paint the boxes with a paint brush.
