Don’t get it crossed
I’m often asked by friends with kids what kind of crafts I would recommend for them. I think they’re usually looking for rainy day activities, when Mum and Dad are busy with HR recruitment software or household chores and need something to distract the kids and keep them out of trouble! Of course, a lot of the time it depends on the age of the child; very young children are probably not quite coordinated enough for most of the stitching crafts out there. It may be messy, but I still reckon the best way to entertain your younger children is some good old-fashioned finger painting.
As children get older, you could look into buying them knitting sets; these usually come with step by step instructions and even special needles so that it’s very difficult to make a mistake. This was the kind of kit I started with as a child, and I haven’t looked back since! All of my teddy bears had a huge collection of coloured scarves, as all I could manage until my teens was to knit long, straight pieces, progressing onto stripes - eventually!
My favourite craft activity when I was young, though, was cross stitching and I still enjoy doing it today. The great thing about cross stitching is that the patterns range from the extremely simple to the very complicated, so children of pretty much any age – or even adults for that matter – will be able to find a picture that they can follow and create easily. Then you can make them into birthday cards or key rings and hand them out as presents; they make an ideal gift for older relatives, since who doesn’t love something hand-made by their grand-daughter or grand-son?
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