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I would love to get some ideas for stamping with kids. Our new pastor has two daughters ages 8 and 13 and the younger girl especially enjoys doing crafts. I would like to get some of the other children from church together to do some projects so they can get to know one another. I am thinking of making cards and journals, but I bet some of you can come up with other ideas that would be fun as well. I'm thinking of getting ready for school, halloween, etc. Thanks in advance for your ideas....
Ellen
My granddaughters are 10 and 11. They love personalized journals and carry them everywhere with them. The school composition books with the black and white speckled covers are a nice size and easy to alter.
Attach cardstock to the cover, add a ribbon strip down the side by the binding, and embellish. You can even use alpha stickers for the names to keep it simple.
Our daughter has a crafting business here in the UK where she encourages creativity in young children. Once a week for an hour or so after school she has a craft club and the children do all sorts of crafts. One of the recent ones was to make a small scrap book of family life/holidays/pets; the children sketched out a plan of their pages and then created a page each session following their plan and bringing in photos.
The children love doing door plaques, fridge magnets, Christmas wish lists, simple boxes with belly bands to fill with a small gift, decorating a mug, and others I can't now recall!
The only problem our daughter had with letting children stamp was them mixing up the stamp pads - she was able to puchase very large stamp pads especially for children - but the children would forget to clean the stamps before changing colours and the yellow pad ended up with black and red smudged in!
Our daughter showed them how to colour stamps with paint and marker pens too. The children hugely enjoy their craft sessions.
The only problem our daughter had with letting children stamp was them mixing up the stamp pads - she was able to puchase very large stamp pads especially for children - but the children would forget to clean the stamps before changing colours and the yellow pad ended up with black and red smudged in!
I had this same problem with my granddaughters. They were about 8 and 9 at the time. They would just get excited and put their stamps down on another ink pad before I could stop them! They finally got the idea, but the light colors were pretty much ruined. I also got the large (fairly inexpensive) inkpads from the childrens' art section at Hobby Lobby.
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this isn't a "project" for them to do......but its an idea for stamping w/ kids: I paint all the wood with clear nail polish of my wood mounted stamps. then if any ink gets on the wood, it washes right off!! And they only get ONE color ink pad at a time.
I have also stamped an image for them to color in and add to the frount of a card. I have a cute candy gingerbread house, and a lighthouse/ocean scene. First,they enjoy coloring them in w/ colored pencils. Second, they only need black to stamp the outline image therefor NO further ink pads needed!!
My DD's 11 and 8 have a few of their own stamps from dollar tree. No worries!!
Have fun!!
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The peppermint patty sandwiches made with the scallop circle punch are always a hit. My daughter started us out in stamping at a birthday party where they did 2 step stamping on gable boxes and also on picture frames. Kids also LOVE wheels.
Do you have a sizzix? The kids love it when I bring it to the teen center to volunteer. The enjoyed just making cards and doing their own thing too. I tried paper bag albums, they were not a huge hit. Altered paper clips were popular, as were the peppermint patties suggested above. They like to make gifts for their parents or especially their friends. I suggest just black ink and some coloring materials, even just markers from the dollar store.
I bring a lot of paper that I don't like and they use that. They love to personalize things so letter stickers or letter stamps are popular.
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What terrific ideas! I was thinking about just stamping images ahead of time and letting them color them in. I also like the idea of just putting out one color at a time. I'm not familiar with the peppermint patty sandwiches - can you point me to an example? I do have a sizzix and could bring that to our session. Many thanks for the great ideas.
I got my daughter the inexpensive, washable kids' stamp pads at HL and those were the only concession I made when she started stamping. Otherwise, she got to use anything of mine - stamps, embellishments, paper, etc. She's 9 now and uses my SU pads, but she is VERY good about cleaning her stamps. In fact, I'm getting her a stampin scrub of her own so I don't have to keep going to her area to find mine. Now, those others go to camp and church and scouts for projects they do.
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Altered DVD tins to hide treasures have been a hit with both boys and girls. Altered picture frames are also popular.
DS is 4 and he loves to stamp. Line images that he can colour are popular and prevent the ink pad problem. Techniques are also fun. He loves to sponge, acrylic smash, dry emboss and use my Big Shot. Holiday items for his friends are his favourite. We often do these months in advance since it takes him so long.
He can use any of my supplies he wants as long as I'm supervising. Amazingly, because he knows he can play with my things, he's never gone through my supplies without permission and I have it everywhere in the house!
Altered DVD tins to hide treasures have been a hit with both boys and girls. Altered picture frames are also popular.
DS is 4 and he loves to stamp. Line images that he can colour are popular and prevent the ink pad problem. Techniques are also fun. He loves to sponge, acrylic smash, dry emboss and use my Big Shot. Holiday items for his friends are his favourite. We often do these months in advance since it takes him so long.
He can use any of my supplies he wants as long as I'm supervising. Amazingly, because he knows he can play with my things, he's never gone through my supplies without permission and I have it everywhere in the house!
Christine,
Sponging sounds like something the kids would enjoy. Great start on your blog. I love the watermelon color.
I buy them in bulk for friends and myself and then take the insert out. We use them for stamp storage but also for gifts - hence my son altering them.
The listing I gave is for the American site. I'm assuming it would be the same. You might want to explore, they also have the round metal tins and the plastic ones as well.
Christine,
Thank you for the link I did fine a few things that the kids would like.
I do have a question what do you use to alter the tins.Do you paint them can you glue the paper on? trying to set up the year for the crafts for school .I have between 30-45 minutes from start to finish.I like the tins just need a start point on what direction to take.
I to look at your blog and loved several of the stamps you used. I also loved the halloween card your son made.He really does a good job.
Thanks for all of your help and answering my questions.
Pam
For kids I use watered down glue because it's cheap and they can coat the bottom to stick and then seal the top. I've also used acrylic sealer with great success. They make it more durable but both give a glossy finish though. Older kids may not like that effect. Older kids, I use double sided score tape. Just make sure to remind them that once it's down, it's stuck for good, no redos.
Stamping with kids
