MFS(E) is special and unique, as we have families throughout Europe. The Kids Craft Program is a fun program designed to reach out to the CAF children across Europe in a tangible way. Four times a year, all children ages 3-9 years old receive a kit in the mail with everything required to make a cool craft to keep or to give away to family and friends.
8 Reasons Why Craft Activities for Kids Are So Important
1. Crafting Helps Kids Communicate Their Feelings - A child given free reign to make, and paint, to their heart’s content will often match their creations to their feelings. Color, different art materials, different textures of materials, and some inspiration from a parent, can prompt children to express themselves with real originality.
2. Kids Enjoy Seeing That They Can Improve - By exposing kids to a wide range of crafting activities, they will begin to hone in on the ones that really spark their interest. As their talent for a particular craft improves, they will also enjoy looking back at earlier creations to see how much they have improved, which will boost their confidence.
3. Schoolwork Can Improve - A happy side effect of crafting sessions, is that children’s schoolwork can also improve. Concepts that might otherwise be tricky to grasp, can become clearer when they are explored with a little lateral thinking.
4. Crafting Teaches Kids to Follow Instructions - Crafts are goal-oriented or “structured”. This goal-oriented part teaches kids to follow instructions – by following a simple set of steps, in the correct order, they will complete their craft.
5. Learn Teamwork & Social Skills - Working on a craft project together with your child can help improve their teamwork, communication, and social skills, as they will have to learn to co-operate and communicate to complete their projects.
6. Allows Quality Time Between Parent & Child - Doing crafts with your child allows you to spend some quality time together and make important memories that will often last longer than the craft itself.
7. Crafting Improves Fine Motor Skills - The activity of sticking, coloring, gluing, cutting, and keeping within lines or patterns, can assist fine motor skill development, and improve hand-eye coordination in kids.
8. Teaches Kids to Try - Craft projects are a great way to teach kids to try something new, and potentially even fail. We have all had many failed attempts at crafting, which ultimately teach kids that it’s good to try something anyhow, even if it’s not a roaring success.
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