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My dd8 has decided she wants to start stamping, but i dont want to share my good stamps with her. Selfish I know.
What would you start with when putting together a kit for a child. I have given her some of my old stamps and a black ink pad and have some others I was given but dont use to give to her.
Its her birthday in a few weeks and I thought it would make a great present.
I've done this for my daughter a couple of times and given as gifts to her friends who like to come over and play with my stuff.
Include tons of glue sticks. I would buy a huge pack at Costco, Sams, etc. If you have border cut scissors that you're not using, include those, too. Kids don't care that those aren't in "style" anymore. lol Also, include stickers and rub-ons that you're not using. Buy a pack of Crayola skinny markers for coloring. Ribbon scraps that are long enough to tie a bow or knot or go around a card are good, too.
That's all I can think of right now. Good luck and have fun!!!
PS - Don't forget to put all of it in a good container so that she can easily access and clean up her junk. lol
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I'd suggest that you consider giving your daughter some lessons using some old stamps, making sure that she knows how to ink the stamp, clean the stamp, use some paper under her work to keep ink off the table, etc. If she shows that she can follow the rules, don't be afraid to let her use the good stuff. My girls were 5 and 7 when I started stamping. They've both been stamping alongside me since the beginning, always with me right there at first. Now they're trusted in my craft room any time, with or without me to watch them (they're 10 and 12 now). The only thing that I used to be selfish about sharing was my patterned paper. But I have so much paper, I couldn't use it all if I lived to be 150, and I keep buying more, so I relaxed on that. The girls use my stamps, Copic markers, Big Shot, pretty much anything they want. I love seeing what they come up with!
I'm doing this with my 8-year-old niece, too. One thing she was thrilled with was a bunch of scallop and regular circles and ovals and squares that I punched cardstock and patterned paper with. I also got her a package of the Rose Art colored pencils to color with. I cut up some old 12-by-12 patterned paper I don't use into 4 pieces and she's just thrilled. One other thing I got was a package of Crayola plastic table protectors that have adhesive on the edges; she knows she has to put down a "crafts mat" before stamping.
I keep everything at my parents' (her grandparents') house in a special "Arts-and-crafts drawer" of the desk in the guest room. She knows she's got to clean up and put everything away and she's pretty good at following the rules.
Have fun! It's amazing to see how creative they can be!
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My two older sons just started stamping with me (they are 5 and 8 ). They love it, partly because they know that it special to me. I let them use the wood-mounted animal stamps and limit them to either dye or chalk ink. Also, no loose glitter (we learned that one the hard way).
They basically try to squeeze as many stamped images as humanly possible onto the paper with no rhyme or reason, but it keeps them busy and NOT FIGHTING. The older one helps his brother use the spectrum pads (another lesson learned), and it warms my heart.
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Reason: It turned the 8 into a smiley face, LOL.
A Versamark pad and some chalks. Even just old broken chalk crayons, which is what I used to use with my best friend's two kids. She can scrape the chalk on with whatever sort of scissors you let her use, won't matter if they're kid-friendly ones or not.
Glitter glue - it wouldn't have to be Stickles.
Pre-punched or die-cut shapes.
Stickers!! I know we don't always like them that much, but kids do, for sure.
Another vote for a big tidy mat, no stamping allowed till it's on the table .
It's a wonderful present. I put together some *rainy day* bags for my nieces and nephews and left them in my dad's house for when they visit there. He gives out about the sparkle and glitter and odd bits they stick on, but they enjoy themselves and have fun and like making pictures for granddad, so I tell him he shouldn't complain!
My daughter has stamped with me for most of her life - since she first could anyhow. She's 8 now and has free rein in OUR craft room. I found a school desk on CL that is hers, and I have my table. This helps a ton in having our own space, while being close-by. I teach her how to use things (caps back on markers, proper use of cutting pads on the big shot, embossing powder/heat gun, settings on Circut, etc.) and she's very respectful. I have never limited her to any stamp sets that she "can't" use. I don't know how she could really harm any of them. I did until about a year ago, have separate stamp pads, but now she uses mine, too. I figure that it's all there to be enjoyed - and two of us enjoying is far better than one!
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I've given her a set of markers that I bought at KMart a few years ago to use for her stamping colouring, which is pretty much all she wants to do at the moment. She gives them back to me when she is finished colouring to put away, as I told her they were only for stamping.
I guess I'll have to sit down with her and show her how to clean stamps etc.
I told her that we will go to a craft shop on Friday after school that my cousin runs and she can choose some to buy with her pocket money. I've given her stickets etc in the past but at the moment she just wants to colour in images.
Train up a stamper in the way she should go...My 8 year old has her own desk, stamps, cleaning supplies...everything except a heat tool. She asks before using any of my stamps (and I ask before using hers) and ink pads, even though I've told her she doesn't have to. She is very adept and mature enough to do most things on her own.
If your daughter is mainly interested in coloring and you have stamps you would rather she not use, maybe she would like some of the images stamped on precut cardstock. My little stamper usually "needs" whichever stamp is in my hand, so having pre-stamped images ready might satisfy yours if she's the same.
I second the notion of teaching her the care and cleaning of her stamps.
Happy stamping with your little one!
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For a birthday gift, what about a stamp set from a store like Jo-Ann's or Michael's? They often have inexpensive stamp sets that come with a small ink pad too. My daughter is 2 and I am looking forward to when she can stamp with me. Right now, she likes to scribble with crayons in my craft area. I bought a kids' washable ink pad for my sons (ages 4 and 6), and there are some old stamp sets they can use. They're pretty good about cleaning them. I also have a container of scrap paper - that's free reign for any projects.
Julie, thats what I was thinking of. Except we dont have Jo-Ann's or Michael's here in Austrlia. I'll have to check Big W and KMart, and places like Riot and other craft stores.
I showed her how to clean her stamps on my scrubber yesterday so I'm sure its going to make a difference.
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