Craft Ideas for Kids

Searching for new craft ideas? Try your flatbed photo scanner. Yes, the same scanner you use to copy documents and photos can also be educational and fun tool for kids!

Here's an easy-to-do kids' craft idea:

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Compose This Little Scene:

One piece of trimmed black craft paper to make the hill.
Cut-out shapes from blank white index cards as the clouds.
The small toy trucks were all three purchased for $1. at the local 'one dollar store'.
Lightly place a blue file folder or other blue paper over everything, as the sky.

Arrange them on the scanner glass (leave the top up!) and SCAN.

See more about arranging things at Photo Scanner Composition.

If your kids love dinosaur crafts don't miss the dinosaur art here.

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Sisters Zoe and Emi have fun with Scanner Magic.

Here they share their scanography handprints with us! Simple scans such as handprints are exciting and can easily be included in many craft ideas!

Any place you use photography, you can use scanography.

Make a scan of two or three handprints.

A tiny handprint is a wonderful memory and a perfect gift for far-away relatives.

If you missed the how-to section see: Ten Easy Steps

Craft Ideas for Parties

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Here's a no mess party idea! Get a box of alphabet pasta and have fun!

Let the kids write their names ... a message to a friend ... test their spelling. Try mirror writing!

Print out results as Party Favors!

Pasta writing is only the beginning of what you can do with pasta!

See more on the Fun Crafts with Pasta page.

Parties for Tween Girls and Tween Boys

If your children are getting a little older, here's a Scanner Magic page for tweens. A great tween party idea is there!

Tell them about scanography for tweens.

Need more party ideas?

There's nothing worse than a group of bored kids! Every Mom knows how important planning is. My friend Jill's party site has party ideas for every occasion ... showers, Christmas, weddings, Halloween and the list goes on!

She has at least 30 birthday party ideas!

Make Your Scanner Magic a Puzzle!

Wow! Would scanner images make great puzzles? Yes!

Create a puzzle from an image the kids created. Email it to family and friends! See how on the Jig Saw Puzzle page.

Girl Scout and Boy Scout Projects

Do you know a scout looking for a great merit badge idea? Even if you don't know a scout, take a peek at the nifty scanner images on their page.

There's a Scanner Magic look at meeting the requirements at Scout Crafts.

Great Teaching Tool!

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Scanner art is technology, art and thinking all rolled into one!

Teach the basics of computer technology; demonstrate art with the positioning of items on the glass; and mirror writing requires thinking for sure!

Even without a printer, Scanner Magic craft ideas will work. Once the images have been created, any copy center can reproduce them for you.

Special Note to Grownups

Protect the scanner glass with a sheet of acetate ... (especially when working with children).

Acetate protects the glass from fingerprints, smudges and any possible scratches from toys and other items we scan.

Get important details on acetate sheets.

Unique Gift!

Some photo scanners cost less than many electronic games.

They are unique and creative gifts for kids of all ages!

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