Crafts For Children With Recycled Material

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

This week the Colombian influencer Andrea Minski teaches us how to make a centipede from recycled materials. For the video, she had the help of her nephew Benji, 6, with whom she is quarantining these days as a family in Miami.

What do you need to do this project? Very easy! Brushes, an empty egg box, paints, eyes that you can get at the craft store (if you don't already have them in your creativity arsenal, you can easily make them with cardboard or paper, or even coffee beans or some dark-colored seed that you already have at home), glue and some rods that will serve as the legs of the insect.

As she recommends on her social networks, it is important that while you do this activity together you talk to them and you can even take advantage to reinforce their vocabulary. "Ask questions, tell them things," recommends Minski. “Don't worry about the mess, enjoy the moment, and afterwards you clean up.” As you can see in the video at the beginning of the article where you will find the step-by-step to do this cute centipede, Minski takes the time of this activity to working for example in bilingual, naming all the necessary elements to do it in English and Spanish.

What is the best way to entertain children at home?

It is important to set a schedule for both adults and children to have some structure. An hour of waking up, an hour to sleep, time to do some type of physical activity, an hour to read, an hour to call family and friends, and also a free time. Children need some structure, this gives them security. You can put it on a sheet or a billboard and they can be part of the creation of the calendar for these days. Take advantage of mealtime to cook with them. Depending on their age they can help you or wash the fruits or cook, involving the kids in the kitchen is a lot of fun, they can learn from measurements, quantities, flavors, you learn a lot through the senses. In the kitchen, taste and smell will help you have a fun time. Think about his hobbies, for example my son Ari loves soccer and can no longer go to his practices, but he watches videos of the best goals in history, we make players with modeling clay, we read about some soccer players he admires, and we play in Backyard.

What is your best advice for other moms to face this quarantine time?

My most important advice is that moms in order to give love, support and dedication to everyone at home have to be well. So, think of yourself first, not out of selfishness, but because if you are well everyone will be fine. For example, these days I exercise more than usual because for me it is important, now there are many free online classes for yoga, meditation, and free Instragram lives that you can take advantage of from home. Do more of what makes you happy. For example, make a list of the songs that make you happy and listen to them more frequently. Put on a homemade mask, massage your hair. Take advantage of technology to connect with your family and friends … I, for example, make happy hour with my friends at school, each from home with a glass of wine, we get together when the children fall asleep. You can use zoom or google hang outs.

If you liked these ideas, follow all their proposals and activities to entertain children with creative plans or even doing yoga with them and continue taking care of yourself and finding time for yourself during this time of quarantine on their social networks @andreaminski and on their blog. mujerbalance.com