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Creating an **Art and Craft Activity Book 2** for 5-6-year-old kids with an added bonus of **free craft material** is a wonderful idea! This age group loves hands-on activities that help develop their fine motor skills, creativity, and problem-solving abilities. The activities should be fun, simple to follow, and use common, easy-to-find materials. Below are ideas for the book:
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## **Art and Craft Activity Book 2 for 5-6 Year Olds**
### **Cover Page:**
– A bright and cheerful cover with colorful images of children doing different crafts (drawing, cutting, gluing, painting).
– Title: **”Fun with Art & Craft: Activities for Little Hands!”**
– Include a sticker or label that says “**Free Craft Materials Inside!**”
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### **Activity 1: Colorful Handprint Animals**
**Materials:**
– Colored paper
– Paint or washable markers
– Scissors (with adult supervision)
– Glue
**Instructions:**
1. Dip your hand in paint and press it onto a piece of paper to make a handprint.
2. Turn the handprint into an animal (e.g., a fish, bird, or elephant) by adding features with markers or additional paper shapes.
3. Use glue to attach eyes, ears, or fins to complete your animal.
**Bonus Craft Tip:** Use a different color for the handprint each time to make a zoo full of animals!
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### **Activity 2: Paper Plate Masks**
**Materials:**
– Paper plates
– Markers or crayons
– Glue
– String (optional)
– Scissors (with adult supervision)
– Feathers, buttons, or glitter (optional)
**Instructions:**
1. Take a paper plate and cut out holes for the eyes.
2. Decorate the mask using markers, crayons, or paint to create a funny face or animal.
3. Glue on feathers, buttons, or any fun materials to give your mask texture.
4. Attach string to the sides of the plate so you can wear the mask!
**Bonus Craft Tip:** Have a mini “mask parade” to show off your creations!
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### **Activity 3: Nature Collage**
**Materials:**
– Leaves, small flowers, or twigs (collected from outside)
– Construction paper
– Glue
– Crayons or markers
**Instructions:**
1. Go on a nature walk and collect leaves, small twigs, or flowers.
2. Arrange them on a piece of construction paper to create a picture (like a tree, house, or animal).
3. Glue the pieces down and then add details with crayons or markers.
**Bonus Craft Tip:** Press your nature items to make them last longer before gluing them to your collage.
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### **Activity 4: Pom-Pom Caterpillar**
**Materials:**
– Pom-poms (various colors)
– Pipe cleaners
– Googly eyes
– Glue
**Instructions:**
1. Glue the pom-poms in a line to make the body of the caterpillar.
2. Use a pipe cleaner to make antennas and glue them on the head.
3. Add googly eyes and any other fun features.
**Bonus Craft Tip:** Make a few more caterpillars and create a whole family!
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### **Activity 5: Salt Dough Ornaments**
**Materials:**
– 1 cup salt
– 1 cup flour
– 1/2 cup water
– Cookie cutters
– Paint
**Instructions:**
1. Mix salt, flour, and water together to form dough.
2. Roll the dough flat and use cookie cutters to cut out shapes (stars, hearts, animals, etc.).
3. Let the shapes dry overnight. Once dry, paint your ornaments.
**Bonus Craft Tip:** These can be hung up as decorations or given as gifts.
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### **Activity 6: Scribble Art**
**Materials:**
– White paper
– Markers or crayons
– Stickers (optional)
**Instructions:**
1. Use markers or crayons to scribble freely on the page—create wavy lines, zigzags, and circles.
2. Then, turn your scribbles into pictures! Look for shapes in your scribbles (e.g., a house in a wavy line, a tree in a zigzag).
3. Add stickers or additional drawings to complete your masterpiece!
**Bonus Craft Tip:** This is a great activity for developing imagination. Let your scribbles tell a story!
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### **Activity 7: Paper Roll Puppets**
**Materials:**
– Empty toilet paper rolls
– Markers
– Construction paper
– Glue
– Googly eyes or buttons
**Instructions:**
1. Color or decorate your toilet paper roll with markers.
2. Cut out shapes from construction paper to make a puppet’s face, arms, and accessories.
3. Glue the paper pieces onto the roll to create your puppet.
4. Use googly eyes for a fun touch!
**Bonus Craft Tip:** Have a puppet show with family or friends using your new puppets!
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### **Activity 8: Sticker Art**
**Materials:**
– Stickers (letters, animals, shapes)
– Construction paper
**Instructions:**
1. Give your child a variety of stickers to place on a blank piece of construction paper.
2. Encourage them to create patterns or pictures with the stickers.
3. Add details using crayons, markers, or stamps.
**Bonus Craft Tip:** This is a great activity to help kids with hand-eye coordination and pattern recognition.
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### **Activity 9: Sensory Scavenger Hunt**
**Materials:**
– Paper or journal
– Crayons or markers
– Small objects (e.g., cotton balls, sand, fabric)
**Instructions:**
1. Create a sensory scavenger hunt list with items like “something soft,” “something bumpy,” and “something green.”
2. Have kids find and touch the objects, then draw or color what they found in their journal.
**Bonus Craft Tip:** This is great for introducing new textures and enhancing sensory exploration.
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### **Activity 10: Shape Stamps**
**Materials:**
– Foam or rubber shapes (circles, squares, triangles, etc.)
– Ink pad or paint
– Paper
**Instructions:**
1. Dip the foam shape into paint or an ink pad.
2. Stamp the shapes onto a piece of paper to create patterns or a picture.
3. Use different colors to make the artwork bright and fun!
**Bonus Craft Tip:** Combine shapes to make fun characters or designs.
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### **Free Craft Materials Inside!**
Include a section with **free downloadable templates** for some of the activities (like the handprint animals, masks, or templates for shapes), and suggest **simple, everyday items** to use, like:
– Paper scraps
– Old magazines or newspapers
– Bottle caps
– Scraps of fabric or buttons
For a physical version of the activity book, you could offer a small packet of **stickers, pom-poms, or a few pipe cleaners** for kids to use in the crafts.
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