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The rainy season is a symbol of greenery sprinkled around, fun and frolic making merry, mucky boots, raincoats, little colorful umbrellas and a piping hot cup of chocolate drink. For children, making paper boats and waving them goodbye through water puddles adds meaning to the season all the more. However, paper boats are not the only craft option that children could choose to make and have fun with. There are a number of craft ideas that children may love to construct and play with. Moreover, craft activities can be performed indoors. Thus, there is no need for your children to go out in the rains and have their share of fun when they can have dollops of it indoors. Described here are some of the most exciting rainy day activities for kids that can make your child's rainy day holiday full of fun and enjoyment.
Rainy Day Craft Ideas
? Play with Play Dough
When you have play dough with you on your play room shelf, you don't have to worry about how to make your rainy day interesting. With play dough you could make a number of little objects. You could make a snowman, an umbrella, utensils,mlb jerseys, Halloween pumpkins, polka dotted dresses... well, you name it and you can make it! Yes, it's that easy. You may also color your creations, letting them stand as it is for a few hours. As far as play dough is concerned, you may either make it all by yourself or you may have it picked from a nearby store. The choice is yours!
? Fun Bookmarks
If you are fond of reading books, why not make bookmarks! An easy rainy day craft for kids, you could make colorful bookmarks by taking chart papers and tracing your favorite cartoon characters, flowers, kittens, cubs... just about anything. Cut out the shapes that you have created and place them on a thin wooden stick. Probably you may glue the shapes on ice-cream sticks. Let the sticks dry well or else the pages of your book will start to stick in between.
? Collage Collection
Your friend's birthday coming up? Here is a rainy day craft idea that will entertain you through the gloom and dull rainy day and will also keep you pepped up to enjoy the lovely weather outdoors. You may collect some of your pictures and cut them out and place them together to make a photo collage. This would serve to be a handmade gift for your dear friend. You may also tear out a few pages from an old magazine and tear it up further into minuscule pieces. Keep a chart paper ready on which you have outlined a fruit or an animal of your liking. Stick these paper pieces with glue on the insides of the shape drawn.
? Thermocol Thunder
Why not get thermocol to have some fun with? You may get a sheet of thermocol and cut out four small circles, one medium sized and the other the biggest out of the lot. Stick the medium sized thermocol circle on the biggest one. Now stick the two small ones on either side on the biggest circle cut, being close to the medium sized one. You could place the other two small circles on the biggest circle, side by side, nowhere near to the other pair of small circle is placed. You have a miniature snowman ready. You could make little black dots to signify the buttons of his coat,cheap jerseys, stick a cone made of chart paper on the face for a pointed nose with two little eyes made with a black color marker. Dip cotton in a red paint and let it dry. Envelope the intersection of the medium sized and the big thermocol circle to signify a muffler on his neck! You may also cut out the shape of a thunderbolt striking and color it as your heart desires!
? Paper Windmill
Make a paper windmill by taking a chart paper and splashing color over it. But before you splash or spray colors, cut out the chart paper in circles and spray the paints on the cut out sheet. Fold the circle into a semi-circle and fold the semi circle into a perfect half. You may open it up now and notice the pattern which is formed on the entire surface of the circle. Now make mini 1 cm folds in such a manner that the circle design resembles that of a china man's hand fan! Stick the circle on a sturdy stick. You may also attach it in the middle of a one sided pointed stick. you have a spinning top now! Spin the top to see a mirage of designs.
These were some of the most enterprising and exciting rainy day crafts for kids that you may get your child engrossed in and have a gala time when the heavens have no intentions of taking a break!