Doing crafts with little ones is not always easy. At the very least, it is not usually an activity that kids can do by themselves. Instead, it requires adult supervision and time. Nevertheless, making crafts helps with kindergarten readiness because children learn to plan, organize and follow directions. The projects encourage creativity and give kids a sense of accomplishment.
I love crafts that are easy and fun for various levels of development and ages. This one is ideal. Any color of paper will do, but use white for ghosts, green for witches, black for spiders, and other colors for monsters. With help or by themselves kids trace around a hand (or foot) and cut it out. The decorating is the most fun. Turn the hand upside down and add just eyes and a mouth for ghosts. For witches, kids can color red fingernails and glue on any color of yarn for veins. For spiders, only trace the 4 fingers and glue one palm on top of the other. Monsters can have skinny or wide fingers, nails in any color or not, with other decorations that kids can dream up. Make several and hang them in a window for decorations. Isn’t this just a quick, handy craft (tee-hee)?