There’s no need to break the bank when crafting with the kids. In fact, you can create something magical out of just about anything in the house! We’ve teamed up with Babysits to bring you this fabulous and easy toilet paper roll craft. Follow along to create your own colourful koi fish, frogs or sharks!
Liss and I have put together 22 things that we've been doing with our kids to get through the day. These activities have been tried and tested by our own kids.
Castle and Kite’s craft boxes are filled to the brim with stimulating craft activities designed to encourage children to get creative. The boxes are themed so children can pick an activity that can also be used to incorporate learning via craft. The best feature of the craft boxes is that everything is included even the glue.
We love any excuse for some crafty activities and seeing as Valentines Day is coming up we thought we’d share some of our favourites.
These activities can also be reused for other special occasions such as Birthdays, Fathers Day and Mothers Day. We’ve made it easy for you and linked theprintablesyou require within the blog.
Have some fun with your kids this Australia Day with our FREE printables. Teach them all about what makes our country so diverse and beautiful. Tag us in your pictures (@castle_and_kite) so we can see your kids enjoying our Australia Day craft.
Over the years the importance of art has become more apparent, allowing a person with autism to use art to express their emotions can be very beneficial overall. It is also a great sensory experience at the same time.
Threading with beads is the perfect activity for developing fine motor skills in young children. It increases concentration span, develops thinking skills, encourages the use of the pincer grasp between the thumb and forefinger and naturally strengthens the small hand muscles that are vital for holding a pencil to write with when they start school.
Thevalueof a child’s creativity is not in the final product but in the time, effort andprocessthat it took to get there. Children are naturally creative, inquisitive and willing to explore – art is the perfect canvas for allowingfreedomandself expression.
