Arts & Crafts

Kmart Children's Crafts Offer Hands-on Entertainment

Crafts projects are some of the most interactive activities for children, letting them take the lead role in creating visual art. Whether youâre raising the next Picasso, an expert knitter or a trendy jewelry maker, at Kmart, youâll find all the craft supplies you need for kid-friendly art projects.

Arts and crafts provide a roadmap for your child's physical and mental development. Toddlers start off with basic easels and doodle boards that offer minimal cleanup and require limited coordination. These early learning toys have toddler-friendly surfaces, such as liquid or magnetic canvas, that make it easier for your little one to create fun images. As kids become comfortable with their artistic skills, they can graduate to advanced toys like tracing projectors, spirographs and scratch art.

Crafts toys boost the three major brain functions: logic, creativity and motor skills. Activities like putting together jigsaw puzzles and placing sticker animals in the right habitats are more than just a hobby. With these toys, children analyze the little details that help them move logically from one step to the next while having a great time!

Crafting a unique product encourages kids to think creatively. Your children can use their imagination to mold make-believe creatures with clay, blend yarn colors to come up with exciting knit patterns or experiment with paint to make their own new colors. No matter what they choose to create, crafts toys teach kids to broaden their perspective by expressing themselves through shapes, colors, patterns and other artistic means.

Kids are sure to develop strong motor skills when they work with their hands. A task as simple as drawing lines with crayons and markers requires physical coordination. Watch mini artists develop from using early skills like finger painting, cutting, tracing and coloring to complex tasks that get their hands, eyes and brain working together all at once. For example, when kids play with building sets, they're learning to design and precisely lay out a structure that won't come toppling down.

Versatility is one of the best qualities of arts and crafts toys. Many crafts kits are compact or come with convenient carrying cases that are ideal for travel or outdoor play. The unlimited varieties of drawing and coloring tools, such as window markers, paint-dispensing brushes and sidewalk chalk, also ensure that kids can create pictures wherever they go.

From sand art to stamp kits, there are crafts projects for every child. Shop Kmart for affordable art toys that let kids create their own fun and get their creative juices stirring.