Cardboard Craft

[metz]

Hi GreenQ,


Hope your kids have a fun time playing with the cardboards. Just don't mind the afterwards mess. :lol:

Hi autumnbronze,

Let your creativity juice run loose. I made a car and traffic lights few years back. With just that, we made pretend play that we were the pedestrians, passengers and driver. The kids have great fun! Another time, I cut slits and holes on the cardboards and imagined we were robots. But what they enjoyed most was hiding inside the boxes and giving me a big boo!

Ideas from some friends -
made a house for pretend play
turn the cardboard into a bed for dolls
changi airport
tin can
a shoal of fish in the ocean
vehicles like bus, train etc

Have fun!

[metz]

Hi En,


Guess what? I like your son's work without the wheels and paint. Cos it leaves room for imagination! I thought it was some sort of vehicle initially. Then something just flew across my mind - it could be a dragon head too! Hmm, son is more creative than mommy?

Thanks for the tips on sewing. Used to comb through the Spotlight store while waiting DS to finish his JMC class. Good excuse to go back there again.

PS : we bought the acrylic paint from Popular Bookstore.

[ChiefKiasu]

chamonix:

... I like your son's work without the wheels and paint. Cos it leaves room for imagination! I thought it was some sort of vehicle initially. Then something just flew across my mind - it could be a dragon head too!...

To me... it looks like Optimus Prime having a bad day.

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[quote]Guess what? I like your son's work without the wheels and paint. Cos it leaves room for imagination! I thought it was some sort of vehicle initially. Then something just flew across my mind - it could be a dragon head too! Hmm, son is more creative than mommy? [/quote]
chamonix, I've got nothing to say to you except :heresmyfish:

Btw, the silk ribbon sewing might be too difficult for your children to pick up & expensive too. I've just gotten the Spotlight brochure. The cross stich will be better for children.

[en107rn.01056yahoo.01056com.01056sg]

[quote]To me... it looks like Optimus Prime having a bad day. [/quote]
Sorry chief, on behalf on my ds, it's with my pleasure to :heresmyfish:

[ChiefKiasu]

EN:

[quote]To me... it looks like Optimus Prime having a bad day.

Sorry chief, on behalf on my ds, it's with my pleasure to :heresmyfish:

[/quote]Ouch. Sorry. My wife hates me too because I'm too honest sometimes

[buds]

ChiefKiasu:

chamonix:

... I like your son's work without the wheels and paint. Cos it leaves room for imagination! I thought it was some sort of vehicle initially. Then something just flew across my mind - it could be a dragon head too!...

To me... it looks like Optimus Prime having a bad day.

:rotflmao:

You and your ideas. :roll:

But whooooah Chief! :?:

Dun think anyone would want to catch
Optimus Prime on a bad day at all! :!:

But your observation is somewhat close
if i may say so... and before EN smacks
me on the head, i'll do it myself hor. :heresmyfish:

[metz]

EN:

chamonix, I've got nothing to say to you except :heresmyfish:

*ouch!* sorry. I get it I get it, shouldn't have let my imagination run wild. But please excuse me cos I have 2 preschoolers with pretty hilarious imaginations, got infected by them...

Please tell your DS that auntie is sorry. But it is really meant as a compliment. It would leave no room for imagination if he had taken up his mother's suggestion to paint and decorate it with wheels. Auntie really like it. Ok, I better :siam: before the mommy :heresmyfish: me further.

[metz]

ChiefKiasu:

To me... it looks like Optimus Prime having a bad day.

Chief, too many doses of Transformers this holidays? :evil:

[dimsum]

autumnbronze:

Hi all,


Am seeking suggestions on how to be creative with my 27 mth old son. I am totally hopeless in art and craft, but for the sake of intstilling some creativity in him (I want to be a positive role model ), I would like to pick up some pointers.

I have thus far collected:

1. 2 egg trays (cardboard type)

2. 3 shoe boxes

3. 1 box - L=31cm, B=31cm, H=41cm

4. 1 box - L=42, B=20, H=18

5. 1 box - L=81, B=10, H=10

TIA

Hi autumnbronze, I would like to recommend you this website which i relied heavily to do craftswork with my boy.

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/media.shtml

There are other learning website which provides art & craft ideas too but I like this one because it categorises neatly by Materials and the subject. And most importanly, the crafts are the easy to do type (very suitable for kids less than 4yrs old). So for the materials you had collected so far, you can click on \"Egg Carton Crafts\" and \"Box Crafts\" to see their suggestions. My favourite materials are paper plates and toilet paper rolls