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No-mess crafts skip liquid paint, glitter dumps, and soaking glue. They are the right choice for a small kitchen table, a waiting room, or a day when you cannot wash a sink full of brushes. Stickers, crayons, and a glue stick still count as real making.<\/p>\n

Sticker scene<\/h2>\n

Ages:<\/strong> 3+. Time:<\/strong> 10 minutes.<\/p>\n

You need:<\/strong> paper, stickers, crayon.<\/p>\n

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  1. Draw a simple ground line.<\/li>\n
  2. Add stickers as people, animals, or cars.<\/li>\n
  3. Draw a sun or a road if they want more.<\/li>\n
  4. Stop while the paper still has some empty space.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    A ground line keeps stickers from floating with nowhere to belong.<\/p>\n

    Colouring-page border<\/h2>\n

    Ages:<\/strong> 4+. Time:<\/strong> 15 minutes.<\/p>\n

    You need:<\/strong> printer paper, crayon, a cup to trace.<\/p>\n

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    1. Trace the cup four times to make circles.<\/li>\n
    2. Colour each circle a different way: stripes, dots, solid, checks.<\/li>\n
    3. Leave the middle blank or draw one object.<\/li>\n
    4. This is a finished pattern, not a warm-up.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Tracing a cup is easier than drawing a freehand circle.<\/p>\n

      Torn-paper mosaic<\/h2>\n

      Ages:<\/strong> 4+. Time:<\/strong> 20 minutes.<\/p>\n

      You need:<\/strong> a drawn shape, coloured scraps, glue stick.<\/p>\n

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      1. Draw a large simple shape, such as a heart or fish.<\/li>\n
      2. Tear scraps into small bits.<\/li>\n
      3. Glue them inside the shape only.<\/li>\n
      4. Leave the outline showing.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Tearing makes soft edges and needs no scissors.<\/p>\n

        Paper weaving with no cut loom<\/h2>\n

        Ages:<\/strong> 7+. Time:<\/strong> 20 minutes.<\/p>\n

        You need:<\/strong> two papers, scissors.<\/p>\n

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        1. An adult cuts the slits.<\/li>\n
        2. The child only weaves the strips.<\/li>\n
        3. Tuck the ends under.<\/li>\n
        4. A glue stick dab at each end stops unraveling.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Splitting the jobs keeps the table dry and the project finished.<\/p>\n

          The Imagination Hive is a children’s art and STEM studio in Milton, Ontario. These projects use ordinary paper and scraps so you can start today.<\/p>\n

          Keep making<\/h2>\n