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Grade school crafts
Fun craft night ideas to do at home with the kids.
By ROXANNE FERBER, THE WHATEVER MOM
During these days of at-home work and
play, keep things exciting with a family
craft night. Here are some crafty ideas to
get your family going.
Fun for everyone. Go freestyle and
let everyone paint whatever he or she
wants to on paper and host an art show
afterwars. Or select photos from previous
family vacations to create a scrapbook
page, with everyone pitching in to make
a special page for the book. Whatever you
choose, make it easy for everyone in
your family to create.
Mirror your child's interests. Have
a child obsessed with slime? Why not
make glow in the dark slime? Or glit-
ter slime? Let them host their own
slime lab and teach everyone in the
family how to make their favorite
slime recipe. Then again, maybe your
kids like to make things with duct
tape, or up-cycled materials. Let your
