10 Craft Ideas for Kids Using Velcro Stick-On Coins & Tape
Crafting with your kids is a great way to keep everyone entertained whilst helping your little ones to develop key cognitive and motor skills. Whether it’s a one-off rainy day activity or a much loved creative passion, encouraging your children to make things with their hands can provide stimulation whilst also helping them to learn.
What’s more, you’ll also end up with an entirely unique hand crafted item at the end of the day, which can either be used time and again or displayed with pride on the family fridge.
If you’re looking for the missing piece in your crafting toolbox, then we recommend that you turn to our range of VELCRO® Brand products. In particular, our adhesive coins and tapes are perfect for kids crafts, where they can be used for an endless variety of projects.
Read on for a look at our top 10 kids craft ideas that you can complete with VELCRO® Brand pieces, providing endless creative fun for all age groups.
Using Your VELCRO® Brand Pieces
Our VELCRO® Brand Adhesive Coins are designed for easy everyday use, whatever your crafting intentions. If you purchase one of our retail packs, then you will be provided with both hook and loop parts, so you will have everything you need to get started.
Simply begin by peeling your coin from its sheet, and then stick it on to your surface of choice. Stick the corresponding part onto your second surface, then connect the two coins together to create a strong hook and loop connection.
Wait a few minutes for your coin adhesive to reach its full strength, after which you will be able to benefit from the unstoppable power of VELCRO® engineering.
Our Top 10 Craft Ideas
Once you’ve got the hang of using our VELCRO® Brand hook and loop pieces, the crafting possibilities will be endless.
We’ve outlined just 10 of our favourite crafting projects below, where each of these ideas is bound to keep your kids entertained for hours:
1. Handmade Cards
One of the top uses for our VELCRO® Brand Adhesive Coins is card making. Everyone loves to receive a handmade greetings card, especially if it’s been made with love by your children. Our small coins can be used to attach decorative elements to a blank card base, whether you’re adding specific shapes, images or 3D pieces.
For this kind of project, you may prefer to use our Low Profile range, for a seamless, undetectable connection.
2. Name Tags & Personalisation
Children of all ages love to have personalised belongings, particularly if they’re looking to stand out in a large classroom or at home with their siblings. Our VELCRO® Brand tapes and coins can be utilised for the creation of name tags and personalised elements, which can be easily added to books, bags and toys.
As the VELCRO® connection is reusable, you will be able to add, swap and remove name tags wherever necessary, helping to reduce waste and simplify the personalisation process.
3. Sorting Games
Games that focus on sorting can be a great way to entertain young children whilst also helping them to develop essential cognitive skills. In particular, you can use VELCRO® Branded products to create moveable pieces that can be positioned across homemade boards or columns.
Encourage your kids to sort these pieces according to colour, type or size to get them thinking, where these games are infinitely reusable and hard wearing.
4. Paper Chains
Creating paper chains or garlands is a timeless activity for children of all ages. Whether you’re decorating for a party or preparing for a specific festive occasion, these chains are easy to make and can be crafted out of all kinds of material.
Using VELCRO® Brand coins can allow you to modify and resize your paper chains as needed, whilst also providing a long lasting, reliable hold.
5. Throwing Games & Targets
Most kids will enjoy throwing and catching games, where these can provide hours of entertainment whilst simultaneously boosting hand-eye coordination.
You can use VELCRO® pieces to create a homemade dartboard, by adding coins to a ping pong ball and to your target. This makes an activity that can be returned to time and again, creating a safe indoors alternative to traditional ball games.
6. Costume Accessories
Your children may wish to adapt and modify their own fancy dress, whether this is in the form of a halloween costume or an outfit for a school production.
With adult supervision, they can attach wings, tails and animal ears to their costumes by using VELCRO® Brand products, where this facilitates basic clothing modifications without the need for sharp needles or fiddly threads.
7. Armbands & Bracelets
Lots of kids enjoy crafting jewellery pieces or their own wearable creations, where they may wish to make unique friendship bracelets or secret society armbands.
These can be fashioned easily with the assistance of VELCRO® Brand Adhesive Coins, which can help create long lasting, adjustable connections for all kinds of handmade pieces. In this way, your little ones can safely make bracelets that fit them comfortably, without relying on toxic glues or scissors.
8. Board Games
Another innovative way in which you can make use of your VELCRO® products is through the creation of homemade board games. These can be made more child-friendly than shop bought options, particularly if you want your game to be particularly interactive or on a larger scale.
VELCRO® Brand pieces can be attached to the board and to the movable parts, allowing these to be removed and attached as the game demands. Consider creating a jumbo sized noughts and crosses board, or a four-in-a-row set up. Whilst simple to make, these games can result in hours of fun for your little ones.
9. Seasonal Decorations
If you’re feeling particularly festive, then you may wish to use your VELCRO® Brand pieces to create holiday decorations. Craft and make as your heart desires, utilising coins and tapes to attach snowflakes, paper chains, and streamers to your interior.
You could also pioneer a VELCRO® advent calendar project, where pieces can be removed or added as the holiday season progresses.
10. Outdoor Tag Games
Why not take the VELCRO® fun into the great outdoors by setting up a game of tag. VELCRO® Brand pieces can be added to sportswear to create a fun and interactive game, all whilst ensuring that there’s minimal contact between players.
MPD Hook & Loop: All The Best Adhesives For Your Craft Projects
We supply a wide range of adhesive products that you can use for all kinds of kids crafts. Our VELCRO® Stick On Coins and Low Profile Tapes are also easy to apply, so that children of all ages can follow their creative instincts.
Get in touch with us today to find out more about our VELCRO® Brand Coins, or any of our other versatile products.
