Sometimes crafts and art projects do not have to be planned out or with step-by-step instructions. With children, all we need to do is provide the materials, tools and environment and just allow them to create freely. My 6 year old sweet girl is quite happy with this piece and I encourage you to do this with all ages.

*Materials used are card stock paper, craft sticks, and markers (you can use any drawing tools). She also used a magnet alphabet and legos for the vehicle.

My 7 year old is a big electronics kid and I found the bored jar idea to be a great tool to help him not be so eager to jump on the screen when he is bored. When he does announce his boredom (which is a few times a day), I respond with, "That is great that you are bored, now lets see what you can do!" I'll either encourage him to imagine something, play or pull a card out from our bored jar (image above). The bored jar idea cards include art activities, household chores, outdoor play, indoor play, and learning activities. There are 135+ ideas, 1 blank page to add your own ideas and 2 pages of bored jar idea labels. Once the kids are older, you can add different activities to suit their age. I hope you have fun and that these are helpful during down time! Enjoy! You can download this freebie below. If you have a Teachers Pay Teachers account, you can download it here and I would love your feedback! Thanks and have a great day!

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Enjoy these freebies! And have a fun St. Patrick's Day celebration.  Don't get pinched.

I created these fun drawing activities for the summer and it is free to download. Included in this activity pack are: 7 create-your-own comic templates, 3 summer drawing prompts, 3 expand on an image prompt, 4 fish craft printable pages, 3 ice cream craft printable pages, and 2 summer coloring pages. Enjoy and Have FUN!