School winter crafting supplies

School winter crafting supplies

Winter is the perfect time for children to do some crafting within their lessons. As winter is a gloomy time of year where the day is dull and dark as well as temperatures drop. With this, children’s moods can get low which crafting can help improve amongst other key areas and skills.

SBMs must ensure that they have all the crafting supplies that teachers will need for their art and design lessons. To help you, we have created a list of the best school winter crafting supplies that you must stock up on to help aid children’s development and improve their moods during this time. We also delve into some benefits of crafting in winter and skills art and design develops.

Glue sticks

Glue sticks are essential for winter crafting as many winter themed crafts involve sticking materials down. Find top quality glue sticks that work best for your school as well as ensuring that children can handle them easily. Such as our Gloy glue sticks that are solvent free and have a child-safe formula so children can safely use them.

Glue sticks are ideal for sticking paper, card and for art and craft projects of all kinds. Crafting in winter, particularly gluing, helps to relax children and develops hand-eye co-ordination skills as well as motor skills. Children explore the sensory concept of stickiness whilst having fun creating wintery art, developing their imaginations.

Felt pens

For winter crafting, schools need felt pens to enable children to freely draw and colour on their winter creations. Felt pens allow students to be more precise with their drawings whilst being easy to use. Berol colourfine pens are a classroom favourite that help children confidently express their creative side for endless colouring, drawing and writing fun.

Using felt pens during winter crafting allows students to freely express themselves and explore their imaginations which boosts their moods. Plus, their motor skills can improve through grasping the pen and creating fine lines.

Colouring pencils

One of the most important school winter crafting supplies and a staple in every school, colouring pencils bring all art and crafts to life. Colouring pencils not only improve coordination skills and motor skills, but they help improve concentration as they allow more precise colouring and drawing. Children can create fine lines whilst drawing, especially with the triangular shape of Staedtler colouring pencils.

Card

Card is one of the best supplies to use for winter crafting due to its versatility. Plus, card is perfect to use as a background for art and craft. The perfect base for any winter craft in schools is white card as it’s plain meaning that students can be as imaginative as they like. Also, white fits in with all winter themes too and can be used to represent snow. 

Crafting with card allows students to learn how to express themselves as well as learning symmetry when folding and cutting to make shapes. Self-expression helps children to get rid of negative emotions as they can use art to channel their feelings and use it as an outlet to reach out to others in a fun way. This is imperative for the winter months as children can experience poor mental health at this time of year due to the weather and darker days.

Border rolls

Border rolls are usually a must have for SBMs and teachers to finish off their school displays. However, border rolls can be used within winter crafts to finish pieces off. Whether that’s to border the craft or art pieces to put on display or to cut up and create shapes with.

Our borderette rolls are perfect to frame any art and craft piece that teachers want to display. Having plenty of these in for the school not only benefits you and your staff but can also make students feel proud of what they make during art lessons. Having a border around their creations gives them a sense of achievement and shows it off as they come in different bright colours. Plus, they will stand out within winter crafts when cut up and used as a material.

Wintery accessories 

As extras, ensure that you stock up on all the wintery accessories needed to support winter crafting. These can be items such as pom poms, various coloured glitter, shaped sequins such as snowflakes and cotton wool or balls to create snowy landscapes. Purchase all sorts of different winter accessories that can be used across the school no matter what students create and let them use their creativity with these fun extras. 

Stock up on these school winter crafting supplies to encourage crafting and art throughout the winter period. Crafting can really boost children’s moods and allows them to communicate their feelings through creativity. This is essential in winter as the time of year can be hard and children can often feel down.

For more essentials to stock up on, read our top Christmas products SBMs need blog.