Kids love to do craft projects, there is no doubt about it. But I think children, especially younger children like to have their projects less structured. I totally think this is true because they can be more creative and have more fun that way.

Don't get me wrong, I come up with craft ideas for my grandson and we have a lot of fun with them, but he seems to have more fun creating his own craft ideas.

A few months back I went to our local good will store and bought a ton of craft supplies for very little money. I bought beads, pipe cleaners, glitter, stickers, feathers, yarn, lace, buttons, and just a ton of crafty type stuff. I put it all in a big box with some glue and glue sticks and thus my grandsons crafting box came into existence.

We have since added stickers, markers, cotton balls, sequins, and other stuff we find.

I bought a big tablet of thick paper and thus her "scrapbook" came into existence. He loves to get it out and create different pages of ideas and creations. He cuts pictures out of magazines and adds them to it as well.

Sometimes He just makes his own craft projects out of the materials instead of doing his "scrapbooking" and he has a great time. The only drawback to his scrapbooking is sometimes he uses a lot of glue and we have to wait for it to dry before he can turn the page and move on to his next crafting creation.

So don't always think structured when it comes to craft ideas for younger children. You and they will probably have a lot more fun if you let their imagination rule the project. After all it is their creation so there is no wrong or right to it. They are less likely to become frustrated because they can't make their creations look just like they are suppose to as well.