{"id":906,"date":"2015-04-21T19:51:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-21T19:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/index.php\/2015\/04\/21\/giant-flower-collage-2\/"},"modified":"2018-05-17T09:06:33","modified_gmt":"2018-05-17T08:06:33","slug":"giant-flower-collage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/giant-flower-collage\/","title":{"rendered":"Giant Flower Collage"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Get all of your kids involved in this creative Flower Collage.<\/p>\n

\"GiantFinding an arts and crafts project to suit all three of my children is not without its challenges. I have to find the right balance between providing enough interest for my 5 and 7 year old sons, but which isn\u2019t too frustrating for my nearly 3 year old daughter. I don\u2019t always get this right, but I am learning which projects work best for them to do together and those to keep to a more individual basis.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Collaborative Collages<\/h2>\n

I have found that collages are perfect to adapt to suit children of different ages and attention spans. Older children can practise their scissor skills and put their imaginations to good use, as they decide how they want their pictures to turn out. Younger children can then have fun with the gluing and sticking element of the activity. It can become a real team effort as well, when the older kids help to prepare materials for the younger ones to stick down.<\/p>\n

Collages can be process-art based, where you literally just provide the materials for the collage and then let the kids to do whatever they want with them or you can work towards a particular theme.\u00a0 We choose the later for this activity. We decided to make a Giant Flower Collage at the request of my 5 year old son, as he had done a similar project in school recently.<\/p>\n

We recently completed this\u00a0Junk Art Robot Collage<\/a>\u00a0for Hands on:as we grow.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00a0How to make a Giant Flower Collage<\/h2>\n

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Usually I would lead our sessions when we are working towards a theme. Directing and helping the kids out along the way, but still leaving plenty of room for them to put their own ideas into the project. However, as Freddie had been doing something similar in school, I put him in charge of leading this activity.<\/p>\n

Being the middle child can be tough for him at times (and us!). He idolises his big brother and relies on him a lot when they are together. This does have a knock on effect on his confidence, so by giving him the responsibility of directing this activity, would hopefully give his confidence a welcome boost.
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