Art has no age and upcycled art can be a great way to introduce the smallest of the house to the art universe.
Here you have some easy-to-do upcycling products to enter this amazing world and share some funny time with your children. The products selected are attractive for children (and for adults!) and they are made with common things that you can find everywhere.
We encourage to try some of them and enjoy making something useful and beautiful with your own hands. Children will love to use their imagination to come up with ways to reuse items around the house. Recycling also teaches children to care about the environment and understand that resources are not limitless.
When it comes to creativity in upcycling, only the sky’s the limit To start with we suggest the following EXCITING 16 TRAINING SESSIONS FOR KIDS, which explain how to make different projects with discarded materials. After a while, your own, unique ideas will emerge one after another. The important thing is not to be afraid to turn them into a reality.
CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING PICTURES TO LEARN HOW TO DO THEM:
1. BIRDS FEEDER 2. BOOK ORGANIZER 3. BUTTONS ANIMAL 4. TOY CAMERA
5. CD-ROOM FISH CRAFT 6. CEREAL BOX HOLDER 7. CLOTHESPIN VASE 8. EGG CARDBOARD PENGUIN
9. FLOWERS OF PAPER ROLLS 10. SOCK SNOWMAN 11. PLASTIC PENCILS HOLDER 12. SOCK BUNNY
13. STICK CROCODILE 14. PAPER ROLL BAT 15. TURTLE OF PLASTIC BOTTLES 16. WINE CORK DEER
Benefits of upcycling work for kids
PROMOTION OF CREATIVITY: Creativity is the ability to think outside the proverbial box, to string two unrelated ideas together in a new way. Solutions to major problems and breakthroughs of all kinds are linked to creativity. The ability to be creative is vital to the success of our children and the well-being of our world in general. Researchers from the Michigan State University have found a very strong correlation between childhood engagement in the creative arts and measurable success later in life. Children who were exposed to a wide variety of arts and crafts were more likely to create unique inventions that is worthy of patents, come up with ideas good enough to start a new company, or publish provocative papers on science and technology.
DEVELOPMENT OF PROBLEM-SOLVING ABILITIES: Open-ended, process-oriented artcycling is nothing but an endless opportunity for making choices, coming to conclusions, second-guessing decisions, and evaluating results. Children become more comfortable with uncertainty and remain flexible thinkers, which is key for creativity and confidence. And the more experience they have with a variety of materials and techniques, the more likely they are to try new combinations and ideas.
WAY TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES: Children absorb incredible amounts of new information, and they need to process what they have learned in a safe, reflective way. Art allows them to explore feelings and deal with both daily and significant events. Art materials provide a safe outlet for emotions. Feelings and ideas can be reduced to a manageable size and manipulated as desired. Movement, image, color, line, and imagination all help children express themselves in a multidimensional way—a way that words may not be able to do, or that may be more comfortable for them than words.
TEACHING OF SELF-REGULATION: Crafts that require drying require waiting! This is a great lesson for a child to demonstrate self-control and patience. Also, things might not go exactly as we hoped. Upcycling is a great way to promote flexibility in a child.
SELF-ESTEEM BOOSTER: One of the most important stages of child development is when kids learn to feel good about themselves. Upcycling activities empower children with positive emotional responses to learning. They understand not only that they created something, but also that they made may be a little but still positive impact on the environment. This is where the feeling of self-pride appears.
IMPROVEMENT OF SOCIAL SKILLS: Upcycling is an activity that can be done both alone and with company, so kids can do it whenever they feel like it. It can be a great bonding activity between friends or even a kid and a parent, and also be a hobby which kids can pursue when they need to entertain themselves when they are on their own.
