You may not know this, but it is likely that as your kitchen table turns into a crafting mess, your children are learning some important skills and life lessons. Here are 5 Reasons Why Arts and Crafts Are Important for Your Child.

Connection
Children love to spend time with their parents doing something they enjoy. Crafting together is quality time spent with somebody you love, and quality time is something that will give them fond memories and stay with them for the rest of their lives.
As you craft together, you have an opportunity to talk to each other, and will generally hear more at this time, about their day, their hopes or their worries than you might have.

Relaxation
Both kids and parents need some relaxation and recreation! Why not do so with arts and crafts? Art and craft activities are a great relief for the tired mind. They can help you relax and unwind when you’re feeling a little fatigued or stressed.

It’s Fun and Exciting
That’s practically the number 1 reason why kids should get into arts and crafts because it’s super fun and dazzlingly exciting! The vibrant colours and the lively images are like magnets that entice them to experience the fun of creative expression.

Crafting Improves Fine Motor Skills
The activity of sticking, colouring, glueing, cutting and keeping within lines or patterns, can assist fine motor skill development, and improve hand eye co-ordination in kids.
They and you may not realise it, but a small crafting exercises can teach your kids a lot of hugely valuable skills.

Crafting Teaches Kids to Follow Instructions
Crafting teaches kids the consequences if they don’t follow the steps, and why they should do things the right way, first time. An important life lesson.