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What are some crafts for 3 year olds?

We stay at home almost all the time, we go outside and play, pool, toys etc. Its getting dull. I need some new ideas:) TY

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FINGER PAINTS! What kid doesn't love that? Plus, it will keep him entertained for at least an hour.
take fruit loops and some string and make froot loop necklaces. also you could make homemade playdough for your little one
I would suggest playing with those bigger Lego blocks (not sure of the exact name). I've always enjoyed them when I was a kid, and it's a good way to stimulate the creative side of the mind. I can't wait to have kids some day so I can have an excuse to play with legos again :P
color in a coloring book finger painting make something like a picture frame or something out of seashells or macaroni or something I googled it and found a site you can check out
Playdough! My mom has a day care and I had a great time with the 3 year olds. They loved it! She makes homemade playdough. You could also do finger painting, coloring or make cookie dough and have them roll them into balls.
You can get a paper bag you know those they give in the liquor store. And fold in half like a little book its suppose to be a little photo album and start decorating it with scrapbook paper and its going to look awesome i did mine of the movie coraline i put buttons all over the cover. And if you want to make the little book with more pictures just add two bags instead of one and fold it and make holes in the middle and tied up with nice string.
make playdoh make jello or pudding make deviled eggs and let him peel and mash the yolks butterfly paper crafts are easy. Melting crayon shavings on wax paper with an iron... hide easter eggs all over again. glue most anything on most anything. colored noodles on paper, etc. Cut up magazines (Stress the difference between what is allowable and what isn't or nice books can be cut up when you are not looking!) Pull the cushions off the sofa for a fort a blanket over a table makes a nice fort too. a big box can be ANYTHING with your imagination and of course the academics... It is NOT too early to get him/her counting and writing numbers and doing addition with things to handle... like a pile of pencil and pens....sort , count and add. READ READ READ to him/her! He is not too young for 24 piece puzzles either. Go for the 100 or 300 piece puzzles if you don't want to get bored yourself! Then help guide him to get the right fit and at first he'll just think he's doing it himself and then he WILL be doing them himself! Goodness. I used to be a stay at home mom and I miss those days so much... what I'd give to do all these things on the list! Have fun and don't waste these years... every moment you have is precious!
i saw an answer before for homemade play douhg and thats a wonderful idea. my kids love it and they are 5 and 3. Also they love for me to color and draw with them or help me bake some cookies or brownies or something. board games..you could even make our own board games!!! make everything exciting!
make a kazoo out of a paper towel roll. just put some waxed paper over the end and attach it with a rubber band. add a hole in the roll near the wax paper end and humm into it! Make your own little parade! let your three year old paint your toe nails get a big bowl and fill it with uncooked rice. scoop it and pour it and scoop it and pour it. trust me, this is amazingly fun for a three year old and rice is easier to clean than sand or play dough. put a thin layer of flour on a cookie sheet and let them draw on it with their finger while you cook just once, take a load of laundry to a laundrymat. Really fun if you are three and get to help with the machines find a construction site and watch them work for a while, my kids even had fun watching mechanics work on cars. It can be really fun to introduce them to the world. Ride a bus for a short trip, catch a taxi cab back. my kids loved that. Cook something with them, homemde lemonade is fun. A three year old can squeeze the bejeezers out of a lemon. plant a soup garden, everything you need for a soup, make a big soup and then take it to freinds and family in a (insert child's name)'s amazing soup delivery day. have fun, they are learning so fast at this age!
All these other people's answers should answer your question but I can endorse the playdough thing. It keeps them quiet and brings out their creative side. You can also invest in some colouring activities....big sketch pads and markers, glue and glitter very simply or else very large (big piece) puzzles rewarding them while they solve it. Dancing is fun too for my three year old and it tires him out. I do these things when we can't go outside. When we can I encourage him to help me in the dirt, planting vegetables and trees and then every other day have him go out with me to water HIS plants. He LOVES the dirt more than the pool and it is educational as he gets to marvel at his trees and plants grow. If you want to enhance their minds and keep your house clean and perhaps trick them into letting you sit a bit you can have story times with them. There are tonnes of things to do. Mr. Maker has lots of great ideas using household items.
Volcano from paper glued in a cone, wax drippings from red candle for lava, glue a milk bottle cap at the top for the baking soda and vinegar. Rocket ships from toilet paper rolls and construction paper. Construction paper chain is a classic. - Dad.
painting (big fat paint brushes, crayola --don't see---paint,<awesome stuff, water paints, and oodles of paper cuz once you start painting, your 3 yr old isn't gonna want to stop...:):) play dough (i have homemade recipe if you're interested) :):)
Make goop. 1/2 cup cornstarch to 1 cup of water. Add food colouring. It's moldable when you pick it up, but gooey in the bowl. Great for fine motor development, provides a sensory experience. Volcano. This is 1/2 cup vinegar and some food colouring to about a tablespoon of bicarb soda. Dig a hole in the ground, and watch it froth up like a volcano. Make paper tiaras/ties from cardboard. Add sequins, jewels, pom poms etc from the craft shop. Get creative with painting. Try string painting, dip the string in the paint, and drag along the paper. You can stick it there afterwards. Also, try foot painting, and allow your child to walk over the paper afterwards. Potato stamping is also a good one. Spray painting. Hang an old sheet on the clothesline. Fill a spray bottle with diluted paint, allow her to spray the sheet. Fabric painting, buy some old scraps of fabric and some fabric paint. She can make ... bed covers for her dolls? Hopscotch and sidewalk chalk. Also white chalk on black paper. A bird feeder, made from a pinecone covered in peanut butter with bird seeds stuck on it. She can watch the birds eat the seeds. Go feed the ducks at the park. Window painting. Spray some shaving cream onto a window, and let her make patterns in it. When she's done, just hose it off. A few songs; Five Little Monkeys Jumping On The Bed, Hokey Pokey, Little Peter Rabbit, Mamma Mia :P Print out a picture of a bird. Allow her to stick feathers on to the bird. Make a wave bottle. Add oil, food colouring, sequins, glitter etc. Balloons - Hang balloons from the clothes line. Make bats out of a clothes hander and stocking. Bash away at the balloons. Try a container full of rice. Provide measuring containers, cups, funnels, bowls etc. A worm farm can teach about nature and recycling. Buy a big sheet of butchers paper. Trace your childs body on to it. Allow them to colour it in.
blow up a packet of balloons fun to run through.make a cubby house.get magazines and cut out pictures to make another one on card board.make sand pictures.origami.dress ups.bubbles get a bubble machine.put on a play.face painting.do some cooking together(pizza).puzzles.pasta pictures.i gave my daughter a box of custard powder and some water and she made a paste with it kept her bizzy for a couple of hours in the back yard.puppet show.chalk drawings out side.