Remember all those hours your tween played with finger paint and Play-Doh when he was little? Don't think crafts are a thing of the past now that your tween is older. Your child will require a cabinet filled with craft supplies before he enters high school. The craft supplies will be used for numerous school projects, last-minute assignments, and also for rainy day or summer fun.
Be sure you have these craft supplies on-hand, to foster your child's creativity, and to avoid running to the craft store late at night for the school project that's due tomorrow.
The Craft Supplies Every Tween Needs
- Construction paper in small and large sizes, colored
- Poster board in small and large sizes, white and colored sheets
- Glue sticks and glue bottles
- Glue dots
- Crayons and colored pencils
- Permanent markers in various colors
- Fabric markers
- Stencils
- Craft foam
- Washable markers
- White cotton balls
- Popsicle sticks
- Stickers
- Hole punch
- Beads in various sizes and colors
- Old Christmas, birthday and greeting cards
- Paint (watercolor, tempera and acrylic)
- Paintbrushes in varying sizes
- Safety pins
- Q-tips
- Paper plates
- Felt in various colors
- Buttons
- Glitter
- A few old magazines for pictures
- Tape (masking and invisible)
- A stapler
- Paperclips
- A pencil sharpener
- Kids scissors
- Yarn
- Paper towel rolls and toilet paper rolls
- Small boxes (shoe boxes are the perfect size)
- Pipe cleaners
- Sandwich baggies in various sizes
- Plastic food storage bowls, in various sizes, for storing your craft supplies
