Keeping Kids Busy With Crafts

Keeping Kids Busy with Crafts

Parenting has never been harder. One study says that the modern child between the ages of eight and eighteen spends an average of more than 44 hours a week in front of either a television, computer, or gaming screen. Most parents do not want their children sitting in front of the television all day. They feel guilty about raising couch potato children. While many parents have attempted to limit the number of hours that their children spend rotting their brains, they have little to no ideas on how to entertain their children in other ways! Folks want their children to spend their time doing more creative and educational things but simply do not have the time or resources to point their children in the right direction. After failing to find other ways for their children to spend their time, they often resort right back to allowing them to sit in front of a television or computer and waste away the hours. This is where you come in!

Create and sell kits to help parents keep their children entertained without a television! Many crafts are safe and relatively easy for a child to work with. You can create them with many different themes and design them for a host of age ranges. They can be easy for beginners or more difficult for older children or kids who are more interested in a challenge. Make sure to design kits that would appeal to very young children with limited dexterity and attention spans, as well as for older children, and teenagers that are more perceptive.
Create and sell kits to help parents keep their children entertained without a television! Many crafts are safe and relatively easy for a child to work with. You can create them with many different themes and design them for a host of age ranges. They can be easy for beginners or more difficult for older children or kids who are more interested in a challenge. Make sure to design kits that would appeal to very young children with limited dexterity and attention spans, as well as for older children, and teenagers that are more perceptive.

To get your business started, you should first list your kits online on a website of your own. Along with the pricing, appropriate age ranges, and list of each kit's contents, provide your customers with detailed descriptions on the kit's educational value too. Be sure and include information explaining the average number of hours that each kit will take to be completed. Group the kits into various genres and age ranges and provide your customers the option of searching with keywords for the kit they think will most appeal to their child, or children. You can also make them searchable by 'girl' or 'boy' orientation. Be sure and include photos of children of all ages having great times learning and playing with your kits!

Here are a few ideas for kits you can create:

- Create your own color book
- Magic tricks
- Science experiments (like a working volcano)
- Create your own costumes
- Create your own board game
- Create your own personalized puzzle
- Write a family newsletter or newspaper
- Math experiments
- Create things with knots (like lanyards and plant hangers)
- Make your own place mats, play mats, or floor coverings
- Build a mobile
- Create your own puppet or marionette
- Build your own wind chimes
- Create party decorations
- Make a personalized set of paper dolls
- Plant and grow your own seeds
- Create your own compost worm garden
- Sew personalized doll clothes
- Teach yourself old time dances (like the jitterbug or foxtrot)
- Create 'modern art' paintings
- Create your own deck of playing cards
- Teach yourself to make balloon animals
- Create your own picture frame
- Make a cigar box purse
- Design your own sports cards featuring people you know
- Create your own puppet theater
- Create your own go-cart
- Build your own skateboard
- Create beaded jewelry
- Tie-dye your own T-shirt
- Build your own kite
- Create your own crown or tiara
- Sew an apron

To help people locate your web based kids craft kit store, you will likely want to register your website with various search engines. You could also market your kits to toy stores, boutiques, and local fairs. Be sure to create a memorable, fun, and descriptive name for your business too.

Until your business is well established, you would likely also benefit by promoting your kits with a series of printed flyers letting parents know where they can find your kits. Post them in places where people with children would be likely to frequent. Be sure to include popular lunch places and coffee shops! Most post offices and grocery stores also have bulletin boards that they will allow you to place an advertisement on. Be sure to take advantage of any public bulletin boards in your immediate area to find the people who are looking for you and your services. Don't neglect places like medical service buildings, health food stores, libraries, community centers and any other place that your potential clients may frequent. In no time at all, you will have built up a large clientele base, many by word of mouth as they witness the fun their children have spending time creating with your kits!

Resources:

http://www.achildswork.com

http://www.craftsitedirectory.com

http://www.orientaltrading.com

http://www.flying-pig.org/

http://amazingmoms.com