• Crafts for children in Kindergarten should be activities which help them learn, use their motor skills and reinforce positive self esteem. Most crafts for children this age should revolve around simple concepts, with easy to follow instructions so that kids don't get discouraged.
  
  

Amistad Friendship Chain

• Start by explaining to your child that "Amistad" is the Spanish word for friendship. Ask him what friendship means to him. Ask who his good friend are and why. Ask what good friends do or don't do. Cut pieces of construction paper so that you have 8 strips that are 6 to 8 inches long and one inch thick. Help your child write down one word or phrase on each strip that relates to his idea of friendship. Loop one strip into a circle and secure it with a piece of tape. Loop the next strip through that circle and secure it with a piece of tape. Repeat until you use all the strips. Let your child hang the chain in their room where they can see it and remember what friendship means.
  
  

Jumbo "Cupcake" Crayons

• You can teach your child an important lesson in creative recycling as well as help them solidify their knowledge of colors by making large crayon cupcakes. Heat the oven to 250 degrees. Place paper cupcake liners in a cupcake tray. Let your child gather all their broken bits of crayon and place some in each lined tin. While crayon bits of the same color work best, allow your child to experiment with different color combinations. Allow the crayon cupcakes to bake for 20 minutes or until they've just melted. Let them cool until they aren't hot to touch. Now your child has giant crayons to draw with or to give away as gifts to friends.
  
  

Paper Clock

• Making a paper clock isn't just an obvious lesson in helping your child tell time, but provides an opportunity for your child to decorate and personalize the clock creatively, something she can proudly display in her room. Using cardstock or cardboard, trace a perfect circle, trace around a coffee can if necessary. Help your child cut out the circle. Show your child a real clock and ask your child to recreate the numbers from a real clock onto the face of their clock. Have your child cut out two hands from construction paper. Make sure one is smaller than the other. Attach the hands to the middle of the clock using a brass fastener. Let your child decorate the clock with glitter, stickers, pom-poms, magazine pictures, whatever they like. Practice telling time with your child by asking them what time it is, and having her manipulate the hands.