It’s holiday craft time.
Did you know that crafting promotes natural conversation and curiosity.
Crafting can also promote many other things, including:
- Mental health: Crafting can improve mood, self-confidence, and reduce stress. It can also help with symptoms of anxiety, depression, insomnia, chronic pain, and PTSD.
- Physical health: Crafting can improve hand-eye coordination, spatial coordination, gross and fine motor movements.
- Cognitive skills: Crafting can help develop cognitive skills and learn new skills.
- Social skills: Crafting can help people connect with others and build positive relationships.
- Math skills: Crafting can help learn math skills like recognizing shapes, counting, and measuring.
- Risk-taking: Crafting can help people take risks and embrace failure.
- Vocational skills: Crafting can demonstrate that you are passionate and enthusiastic.
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