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Christmas Countdown Tree Craft Pattern - Template

Tips for doing Crafts with Children

• When working with children, flexibility is the key! Don't suppress their creativity when they want to try something other than the original directions given for a project. And, above all, don't tell them that they did it wrong. Praise and encourage.
• Plan crafting time when your child is well rested, after naptime or first thing in the morning. If your child seems to be inattentive or frustrated, it is better to take a mini break and come back to the project at a later time.
• Attach a string across the play space and hang wet paintings with clothespins to dry.
• Use visual aids. For drawing or painting projects, children often enjoy having something they can use as a visual reference. Clip magazine photos and illustrations of animals, people, flowers, etc. Most children have more success when they can actually see what they want to draw.
• Don't take over your children's work and do it for them. There is nothing that can deflate their confidence and creativity faster!
• Use the colorful tops from liquid laundry detergent to hold beads, pompoms, glue, glitter, paints etc.
• Reuse dried up markers. Dip into water then paint on paper!
• Are your kids learning something new? What better way to develop a growing mind than to make something they have never created before.
• Most importantly, PRAISE, PRAISE, PRAISE and keep it FUN!

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