Design Crafters

We’re nearing summertime when schools are out and our kids are home all day long. In an ideal world, the kids home from school will be doing helpful things around the house like mowing the lawn or putting clean dishes away, but the odds are fairly high that that won’t happen. Instead, it’s a strong possibility that they’ll just lie on the floor moaning about how bored they are and how they have nothing to do, right?

Here’s a simple and fun suggestion to help ward off the dreaded “I’m Bored!” complaints this summer: collage time! Maybe you think you don’t have the supplies necessary for crafting collages, but think again. Scissors, paper (construction paper or even paper from your computer printer), a bit of glue, and something pretty to cut up, and you’re good to go. In my household, I have found that old magazines and old Christmas cards we’ve received years ago help to make the best photo collages.

My kids just love assembling intricate collages using magazine pages and pretty Christmas cards – sometimes they put together collages of many shades of the same color, sometimes they put together collages using nothing but photos of animals, sometimes they look for family photos from Christmas cards to make one big happy family collage.

Even if you think your kids won’t find this a fun way to spend an afternoon, give it a try anyhow. You might be pleasantly surprised at how quickly a rainy summer afternoon goes by when you and the kids are exercising your artistic sides.