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Kids Craft Kit Essentials: What You Have To Have

09/04/2013 By Nicole EtolenCategories: Crafts for Kids, Toddlers

Doing crafts is one of my favorite things about parenting. Not only is it fun to help my child create, but it is educational, too. There are so many different creations that require different supplies, but there are some routine things you should keep on hand. These craft kit essentials are necessary for the majority of projects you and your kids will be doing.

Kids Craft Kit Essentials: What You Have To Have

 

Craft Kit Essentials: Your Must-Have Items

Crate, Bin or Carrier

Rubbermaid Craft Kit Essentials
You are going to have a lot of supplies, which means you need something to put them in. There is nothing more time-consuming and frustrating then trying to gather up supplies that are strewn about or are in different areas of your home. I use a big plastic bin with a lid to keep all of our craft kit essentials in. Rubbermaid has several different styles and sizes of these types of bins. I used to use a cardboard box, but it quickly fell apart.

Paper

Kids Craft Kit Essentials

Having different types of paper is important if you want to do different projects. I have construction paper, recycled copy paper, graph paper, tracing paper and even artists paper.

Writing and Art Supplies
Kids Craft Kit Essentials
Paper is going to do you little good if you have nothing to write or draw with. Make sure you have pencils, pens, markers, colored pencils and crayons. In addition to those, I also have oil pastels, which are a lot of fun to use. Also consider purchasing some paint. Watercolor is perfectly fine for young children, but if your kids are a little older, think about adding some oil or acrylic paints, too. Don’t forget the paintbrushes!

Adhesives

Kids Craft Kit Essentials

Different types of adhesives should also be in your craft kit. A glue stick, school glue and superglue are good things to have on hand. Also make sure you have some tape and a stapler.

Other Supplies

Kids Craft Kit Essentials

The other craft kit essentials that I have are pipe cleaners, googly eyes, pom poms, a few empty toilet paper and paper towel rolls, yarn, scissors and a hole puncher. Instead of buying stickers, which can get pricey, I go to the Dollar Store and buy the packages of colored price stickers.

Something else that I have in our craft kit are items around the house. Extra fabric, pieces from a broken necklace, tissue paper from gifts and even sections of a cardboard box are all things we make crafts out of regularly.

There are so many crafts that my kids and I like to do, but if we have the above supplies on hand, we can create so many different things on a moments notice.

What are your kids craft kit essentials?

Tagged With: craft kit essentials, crafts for kids, Preschool crafts, toddler crafts

About Nicole Etolen

Nicole Etolen is a blogger, freelance writer, and all-around busy bee. She spent her teen and early adult life as a childcare provider before finally have her own little boy (now 7), so she knows what kids like!

Comments

  1. Elizabeth says

    09/04/2013 at 11:12 pm

    I am convinced that my 5 year old son does not want store bought craft supplies, but would really prefer it if I kept al of my recyclables for his own personal use. He makes boats, rockets, bats, you name it, all from my random recyclables.

    Reply
    • Nikki says

      09/05/2013 at 9:21 am

      That is definitely a great way to save money and reuse what you already have! My son loves making stuff out of cardboard boxes.

      Reply
  2. Mama to 5 BLessings says

    09/12/2013 at 12:33 pm

    I like the idea of a big craft jar. I have a big storage cabinet where I keep all our crafts but I am bursting out of the seams!

    Reply
  3. Stacie @ The Divine Miss Mommy says

    09/12/2013 at 12:48 pm

    I love this! We have all of these things and more in our Art Cart. It has wheels so it can be wheeled to the kitchen table for the kids to use and then put back when not using it.

    Great post!!

    Reply
  4. Lisa says

    09/12/2013 at 12:58 pm

    I love this. What a great idea!

    Reply
  5. shari says

    09/12/2013 at 1:16 pm

    wish i had this list when my kids were younger. it would have come in handy for sure.

    Reply
  6. Jordyn @ Almost Supermom says

    09/30/2013 at 7:59 am

    Great post! We have all of that in our craft cabinet (plus a ton more lol!)

    Reply
  7. Taralyn says

    09/30/2013 at 8:06 am

    One of our craft essentials is an organizer that hangs on the back of a door. I keep the craft supplies the kids can have access to at the bottom and put the rest at the top!

    Reply
  8. Kristyn says

    09/30/2013 at 8:18 am

    i would love the setup in the first picture. i need something just like that in my craft room!

    Reply
  9. 556 ammo For sale says

    04/08/2014 at 10:07 pm

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