A veces we have to find ways to entertain our children, because the weather outside is bad and because it is necessary to spend entertaining time with them. When we do things they especially like, we nurture parent-child bonding.
There are many ways to spend time with children, and one of them is making crafts. When we let children develop their creativity, we allow them to express the world as they see it. If they also do it with the complicity of their parents, for them it is even more valuable.
On the other hand, it is necessary foster a love of reading In the kids. Through a story we can live impossible adventures, meet magical worlds and beings from other worlds. For a child, a story full of adventures and colors will be a life experience.
From a book you learn, you develop your imagination and your creativity is activated. So if we combine the fun of crafts and the fantasy of stories, we can find a magnificent activity to do as a family.
How to make a story with children
Carrying out it is simple, you only need paper, colored pencils, a card of a striking color and a piece of string.
The first is think about the charactersThis is all the children's work, you will help them put everything in order. But it really is an activity for them to develop their imagination.
Write on a sheet the names of the characters that come to mind. To each character, assign an age, an image and a specific personality. Ask the children to award you an individual quality to each.
Once you have the list made, start thinking about the story. For a boy or a girl, inventing a story is very simple. So don't worry because they sure have a lot of ideas.
Once you've figured out what you want your story to be about, take several sheets and fold in half. On each page, there should be a piece of text and an illustration that corresponds to the part of the story being told.
If the children are old enough and they know how to write they can do it themselves. If they still do not know, write your with a pencil without being too marked, so that the children can review it with a color. So they will also feel older because they are writing.
A part of the story must appear on each side of the sheet, using the characters that you already had prepared. Help them with the union between characters, to make it easier for them to intertwine the stories.
You can have as many pages as your imagination allows. But that does not have too many leaves so that it does not remain too open in the center.
If the story line is very long, you can do it in chapters, so you will have plans for other days. Take the opportunity and teach them what a trilogy or saga means. It will be a perfect way for them to learn some literature.
Once you have several full pages, it is time to create the cover of the story
You need a card, place on it a sheet of the same size as the one you used to write the story. Draw on the cardboard leaving 2 centimeters on all sides. Cut out the cardboard and fold it in half.
On the front face you have to put the title of the story and draw a picture that describes it. On the inside, write the name of the authors and the date.
Now, take the pages of the story, on the inside, point out two points where you will make two holes. You do not have to measure them but try to make them as symmetrical as possible. With scissors or if you have an awl, punch a hole in all the leaves.
The hole should not be too big, just enough for the rope to go through. To join it you can use a colored bow, braided wool or colored rope, whichever you like the most.
Insert the yarn through the holes, from the inside out, so that the ends are on the outside. Tie with a bow or with a knot, or whatever you like.
And ready, you have your first original story. Surely the children will teach it to all their friends, and do not doubt that they will ask you to repeat, continue with the story or write a new one.