Families For Life | Crafty family activities to unleash your child's creativity!
Arts and crafts is more than an activity for a dull afternoon. Getting crafty can improve your mental wellbeing and help you connect with loved ones! Whether you’re an artsy person or not, it’s worth spending some time with your family to craft some lifelong memories together!
If you’re new to arts and crafts, you might not know where to begin. For starters, it’s good to have basic art supplies in your home, like a set of washable paint, coloured pencils, glue, and child-friendly scissors. Read on for some ideas that let you explore your imagination with your child and involve other family members!
DIY Home Crafts
You don’t need to paint a masterpiece to have fun with arts and crafts. Turn toilet paper tubes into race cars, transform cardboard boxes into a castle, or make puppets out of old socks! Crafts like these are inexpensive and open to anyone of age and ability, perfect for intergenerational bonding. All you need is some glue, scissors, and a whole lot of imagination!
Memory Mural
Have a blank wall in your home begging for a splash of colour? Why not come together to turn that blank canvas into a piece of art? It’s the perfect family project that lets everyone take part and express their individuality! You can let your kids get a little messy and add their handprints to the wall to preserve the moment.
If painting the wall isn’t an option, you could gather your loved ones and put together a photo collage to decorate the wall. Get everyone to contribute their favourite family moments and work on the collage together!
Craft Kits
If you’re out of inspiration, try making our National Family Festival 2025 craft kits! With prompts to help you build meaningful bonds together, you can turn a simple family activity into something truly special. Work together to construct a mini playhouse featuring our family values: Love, Care & Concern, Commitment and Respect. Fill in the prompts on the Tingkat bookmarks with your little one. These will become wonderful reminders of the bond between you and your family!
Workshops and Art Jams
If DIY home crafts aren’t your style, Singapore has plenty of unique arts workshops to try with your family! Art jamming is a popular way to get creative without investing in the materials. Spend a few hours painting alongside your loved ones and take home your art pieces to display at home!
For more unique experiences, there are soapmaking workshops and sneaker painting art jams too! There’s no limit to creativity. Find something you can enjoy together and have fun!
There are so many ways to be creative, but the most important thing is that you’re having fun spending time with family, de-stressing, and building lifelong memories with your loved ones!
References:
https://familiesforlife.sg/pages/Activity/Epic-Craft-Projects-for-the-Whole-Family
https://www.upworthy.com/simple-ways-to-improve-your-familys-well-being-with-crafts