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Five Fun Activities To Do with Kids at Home

2022-03-10T12:04:27Z

Kids have to be engaged all the time in the process of learning as they are always adapting and developing. Here are some fun activities so that they can remain engrossed, have fun and learn at the same time. We’ve created a list of activities that revolve around books infused with the concepts of recycling and journaling.

Teaching kids journaling or scrapbooking is a great exercise for them to keep track of what they are doing, how they are doing and how they can get better. It helps them to self-analyze their productivity in the long run. It also helps us, the adults, to understand how they look at the world and what they could input in the books. More than anything, this can help them to organize their things in a manner that indirectly helps them put their thoughts in sequence and the order of importance.

So, let’s begin with our list of fun activities that can be done throughout the week.

1. Bookbinding

We have those old books with a few pages in them. Tear them apart carefully and start binding the books together. We’re teaching kids here how to re-use and encouraging them not to waste paper. Here, you can talk to them about how the paper is made, what it is made out of and why it is important to not waste paper.
If you don't want to use the pages or if you want a bigger journal or book, you could cut out rectangles from cereal boxes or any big boxes and bind these big cardboards together. For this activity, parents have to collect a lot of boxes; you will have colourful designs on your page and blank card paper on the backside. It’s your choice to go crazy and creative on these pages as the rules are not rigid.Again, you could use these cereal boxes as a divider to the first option of making your journal/book with the waste papers.
The third option is to make handmade paper. This is not an option for younger kids unless there’s an adult to guide them. Kids above 13 years of age can surely go bonkers with how many sheets they want, make them colourful and add flowers from the garden and perfumes to their handmade pages.

2. Making book covers
Now, comes the best part where the child can decorate their book's cover They can just display what their journal is about. The outside has to be summarized in such a way that it gives a gist of what the whole book is about. We will list a few examples that you could use as the heading for your journal.

My book of Origami
Documenting the skies
Animals I’ve seen so far….
My book of Botanics (flower/plants/trees/shrubs)
Collage
The chef in me
Textile designs

3. Scrapbooking

Here, after the book is made, the kids can have a journal to themselves. Kids love to collect stamps, some have a leaf collection, others love to collect flowers. For some kids, parents can make a book for them on manners, code of conduct, good habits, etc. And, because we have all become so digital, we can have the kids click pictures on their parent's phones and get the photos printed, like documenting the skies and the clouds. It would surely be a fun activity for the kids. They say that you know about your dream when you are a kid. So, let them run wild on their dreams, see which path they take and what they love to do the most.

4. Bookmarks
Bookmarks can have some motivational quotes on them so why not add a little pop and funk to your journal? Kids can make beautiful bookmarks made out of papers, leaves, some old boxes. They can cut out images from various magazines or paint some beautiful scenery. They can use danglers, glitter, colours and just anything to make it reflect their creative side.

5. Sticker cut-outs

Journals should always have stickers so that you can just pick and stick as per the apt situation. One envelope can be stuck at the end of the book and cut-outs can be dropped in it. Like if there’s a book on ‘Documenting the Skies’, we can have stickers made as per the theme of the book. We can make circle stickers of different colours to show the exact colours of the sky, draw stickers of moon and sun to depict day and night, some stickers depicting the emotion like ‘pretty skies’, ‘Cloudohoic’, ‘Best sky ever!’ some terms that fit right which can be picked and stuck.

You’ve reached the end of the list of activities. Now, just get started; gather up all of the materials lying at home and get going. It’s a big project to work on that is divided into parts; each activity creates a sense of achievement once done and pushes the child to jump from one process to the other in the order of succession. Hope you and your child enjoy creating these fun activities and do share the pictures with us!

Art-integrated learning for holistic development

2022-11-18T10:04:10Z

Imagine a place where you introduce your child to colourful things and not just books. Fill the child’s surroundings with things that he/she can pick and start playing, and it’s even better when the child starts learning the concepts of the things around him/her. Introduction to art and crafts can be a great start in getting kids involved in a variety of concepts without the pressure of inducing forced concepts. It evokes the child’s curiosity; it lets them think, interpret, ask questions and come to a solution.

Holistic learning is having an in-depth understanding of the surroundings where the child is looking around and adapting, the child is absorbing all that he is seeing and doing. It starts from evoking all the five senses of the body, seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, tasting, and it later goes into crawling, walking, eating food and starting to hold things in hand. This process of learning and adapting goes on till the age of five, and it then keeps on evolving as they grow older, meet people, make friends. Especially when the journey of the school begins, teachers are involved in school and parents mostly neglect giving time and working with the child’s physical, emotional, mental and spiritual aspects of adapting. Kids are majorly involved in the concept of traditional studying in India, but Fevicreate is here to break the stereotypes of traditional studying. We believe in making the learning experience a fun session where they are engaged and involved in understanding themselves better.

The Fevicreate website has tons of projects for kids with early learning like motor skills for hands, introduction to colours, our range of playdough and many other projects that are further divided into different age groups starting from the age of five to adults who are indirectly involved in teaching the kids and help them in crafting, drawing and various skills.

How does art help in building holistic development?

Problem-solving

If the child is creating some art and craft project, even though it may seem difficult for the child, she may not leave it halfway. Completing the process is important but the outcome of every child is going to be different. Kids see the world differently and their way of thinking always amazes the adults around them.

2. Play-based learning

For a child, it’s just a fun activity but it’s like hitting two targets with one arrow. A kid’s curious nature puts them in a situation of asking questions. They also tend to remember it better because they are the ones directly involved than any other external pressure of mugging up or being forced to learn something.

3. Developing motor skills

The constant usage of their hands for cutting precisely, painting or colouring or folding papers helps them to refine their motor skills. Initially, they won't be perfect but they will surely get better with everyday practice and learning.

5.Social and emotional learning

Social and emotional learning has got to do more with interaction; you don’t want your child to be sitting in one corner and not doing anything. Along with being curious and asking questions, they also learn how to interact among their friends and how to emotionally be there for them.

6. Boosts creativity

Being surrounded by papers, colours and many other stationery items, it’s an obvious thing that your child's level of creativity will be more vivid and imaginative.

7. Sense of duty

When a child picks up colours from the drawer, they should always put the things back to where they picked them from. Learning how and where things are and understanding how everything is in place and everything should be in its place creates a sense of duty to put back the things from where they picked it after completing a certain creative task.

When we look at all these points, we can understand how these minuscule things that seem easy help build up a child’s character and shapes them into adulthood, be it the values, manners, creativity and many other aspects that range from being physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually involved. Art and craft enhance their thought process and ability to think and imagine better. Fevicreate ensures that studying is a fun process. Being able to do your craft and a little help from adults takes them on a long self-journey to be moulded into better human beings. As our motto goes ‘Learning by doing,’ we will only know about things when we start doing and after we are done we are left with an experience that will only help us to get better. What are you waiting for? Check all of our crafting ideas today and boost your crafty side!

How to engage your kid this summer?

2022-03-10T11:36:07Z

The school year is almost over! Another year of mostly online school, with small windows of physical sessions, the year went by really fast! The much-awaited summer vacation is here!

The question is should kids keep working during the summer to avoid dulling their minds or they should be granted this time to have fun? The answer is well … both!

Let them choose

In the school year, kids are instructed to follow timetables, what to do, when to do, strict bed times, study and even play time is scheduled.

While we don’t recommend throwing the schedule totally out of the window, summer time can be an opportunity to allow kids to explore and choose their own activities. You can make a schedule on paper and hang it with a magnet on the fridge door and keep rearranging for the day’s activities. Take inputs from kids on what they want to do and how they would like to plan their days.

The crux is allow kids to make independent choices on how to spend their free time!

Being creative

Summer gives a lot of opportunities to explore new ideas and activities. You can introduce kids to different forms or art: verbal (drama), physical (dance or yoga) or visual (paint and craft).

You may already know what form of art your kids enjoys or not and you can build on that along with exploring and experimenting on new ideas. There are many ideas available online, DIY kits that you can get, or recycle the material you have at home into creative utility items. You can act out the book the child last read, recite poems or sing songs together. Plan a dance night to let loose.

The idea is to give them a wide variety of experiences and see if something sticks to their mind which can be pursued later on as well.

Encapsulating memories

Relive the year gone by! Spending afternoons creating memory albums of the key school events, birthdays, vacations, achievements is an excellent way to reflect on the year gone. It’s a fun exercise where the child bonds with parents.

It teaches children to be grateful as well. You can ask them questions like:

What is their favourite memory?

Evaluate what they did best during the school year.
Think about their friends this year.
How their classmates were great friends.
A few things they learned in school this year.
What was one thing they learned that they will remember most from the year?
What was the favourite festival they celebrated?

You can also include souvenirs like birthday invitation card, report cards, favourite movie tickets!

You can download templates or make it from scratch in the project books that you can get from Amazon or your local stationery store.

Voila, you have a memorabilia for life!

Inculcating habits

Kids love to act like adults; give them responsibility and they shine! Start with simple chores like making the bed, tidying the room, cleaning the shoes, and sorting the books.

Why not clean the house and teach your kids about helping others at the same time?

Have your kids pile together all the toys they no longer play with, and involve them in cleaning out that cluttered closet you’ve been meaning to get to.

You can involve them in donations too. They can learn about the different organizations that your old clothes and toys help benefit.

These responsibilities will easily keep your kids busy and engaged while completing a task of your own.

Keep the learning on

A break from school sounds fun for both parent and child, but the parent in us always fears that the child might forget his studies and it would take him/her time to get back on track. Learning doesn’t have to be instruction-led only. Our day-to-day lives offer so much scope of learning and we can include children in the process. Sorting vegetables by colour or type, putting them in the grocery bags offer sensory and visual simulation. Counting steps to the neighbour’s home engages them too.

You can download simple quizzes and worksheets and solve them together. If your child is starting grade school, you can get simple reading books and set a time aside like bed time for reading. Even board games are fun and offer bonding, participation and interesting learning opportunities.

One can also plan a grocery shopping trip! Make it fun: brainstorm item lists together and then sit and cross check the bills. Involving them in simple daily jobs sets the basic groundwork for performing essential life activities later. It then gets in their system naturally.

I hope these points are helpful to plan your summer vacation. What things do you do to help the summer holidays pass smoothly in your house?

How Art & Craft helps with holistic development of children

2022-02-21T03:51:12Z

Introduction to art and crafts can be a great start in getting kids involved in a variety of concepts without the pressure of inducing forced concepts. It evokes the child’s curiosity, it lets them think, interpret, ask questions, and come to a solution.

Experiential learning allows an in-depth understanding of the surroundings where the child is looking around and adapting. This process of learning and adapting goes on till the age of five and it then keeps on evolving as they grow older, meet people, make friends.

Kids are majorly involved in the concept of traditional studying in India but Fevicreate here to break the stereotypes of traditional studying. We believe in making the learning experience a fun session where they are engaged and involved in understanding themself better.

Top Skills that the child picks up thought Art & Craft-

Problem-solving: If the child is creating some art and craft project, even though it may seem difficult to the child. she may not leave it halfway. Completing the process is important but the outcome of every child is going to be different- but Children learn to tackle the various obstacles and find innovative ways to complete their projects
Play-based learning: For a child, it’s just a fun activity but it’s like hitting two targets with just one arrow. A kid’s curious nature puts them in a situation of asking questions. They also tend to remember it better because it is them who are directly involved than any other external pressure of mugging up or being forced to learn something.
Developing motor skills: The constant usage of their hands for cutting precisely, painting or colouring or folding papers helps them to refine their motor skills. Initially, they won't be perfect, but they will surely get better with everyday practice and learning.
Social and Emotional learning: Social and emotional learning has got to do more with interaction, you don’t want your child to be sitting in one corner and not doing anything. Along with being curious and asking questions, they also learn how to interact among their friends and how to emotionally be there for them.
Boosts creativity: Being surrounded by papers, colours and many other stationery items, possibilities of creations are endless. Being in such an environment, automatically ensures the child's Creativity is boosted & their imagination is more vivid.
Cleanliness: When a child creates a mess in the room with all the materials that were used. it is important to teach them to clear the mess. Cleaning the mess will help them to clarify the space in the room and also help them to mentally sort out their thoughts as they grow older.

Art and craft enhance their thought process and ability to think and imagine better. Fevicreate ensures that studying is a fun process, being able to do your craft and a little help from the adults takes them on a long self-journey just to be moulded into better human beings.

As our motto goes ‘Learning by doing, we will only know about things when we start doing and after we are done we are left with an experience that will only help us to get better.

Our website has tons of projects for kids with early learning like the mortar skills for hands, introduction to colours, our range of playdough and many other projects – check out these Projects now & Get crafty with Fevicreate!