*Originally posted on FathersofMultiples.com
Ready to get the kids excited about going back to school? Well, ok, making back to school crafts may not actually do that, but it's a good way to do something fun with your children in prep for them returning to school. Plus, if your craft results are full-on Pinterest level, maybe the kids could take them to their teachers on the first day of school instead of an apple.
Alphabet Cookies
These taste good AND are educational. This is really a good craft for preschoolers to help teach the alphabet. Also, who doesn't appreciate a good chocolate chip cookie? Find your favorite cookie recipe (or buy a roll of dough at the store) and, with your children, form your cookies into the shapes of the letters of the alphabet. Bake and enjoy!
Bus Picture Frame
Glue Popsicle sticks together to make a bus shape. Paint them yellow, and add black construction-paper wheels. Finally, add your little ones' pictures into the windows of your bus shape to show them "riding to school".
Pencil Pals
A little creativity goes a long way, and adding pencil pals to a pencil adds a touch of fun to the old #2s. All you have to do is wrap a pipe cleaner tightly around the eraser end of the pencil and add googly eyes at the top. You can also add a feather on the top to give your pencil pal an extra touch.
An Apple for Teacher
Paint a paper plate red, and add a stem and a leaf using construction paper. Then, cut a piece of another paper plate from the curved edge and color the piece green. Add a googly eye to your green piece, and you have a worm! Glue the worm to your paper plate apple as your final touch.
Popsicle Pencils
This is an easy craft. All you have to do is get a few Popsicles, paint them yellow except for about an inch on each end. One end, paint pink as the eraser. On the other end, use a Sharpie to draw in the lead end of the pencil.
All the kids are heading back to school very soon! Get some time together making these crafts before they're back in the classroom. They'll enjoy it and so will you. If you're looking for other crafts you can make while you're at it, take a look at some of our other craft ideas!