SPRING CRAFTS
Dandelion printing, a simple and sweet spring craft project
The first dandelions have turned into seed buds so walks in the park have become even more fun. Blowing those fluffy pompons is so fulfilling -- even I can't resist the contentment of baring a nice, fat and full blowball! Yesterday we decided to try and create our own dandelions, using simple kitchen utensils like ...
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TEAM FAVOURITES
Team Favourites: 25 of the Best Colouring Materials
We spent everyday of our Christmas holiday colouring and painting. Two weeks! Experimenting with mark making, drawing our favourite memories, making imaginary worlds, and just having fun... creating art is wonderful for all ages. And beautiful materials create beautiful art. Our twenty five art and colouring materials will provide you with a lot to choose ...
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FUN
Scrape painting
When we moved to California, we down-sized SIGNIFICANTLY. But, what we lost in square footage, we made up for in weather. I was absolutely gutted not to have room for my super-amazing-ikea-hack-of-a-craft-table in our house here, but have started to look on the bright side, now that it's warming up and we can take ourselves ...
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CRAFTS AND DIY
Painting sand dollars
We've been spending our final days of summer holiday at our little beach house on Bainbridge Island. The weather has cooled down in the past week and the days have become noticeably shorter. Autumn is definitely in the air! A couple days ago when the weather was cloudy and the kids were feeling a bit stir ...
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CRAFTS AND DIY
Summer Paints
My daughter's first request when she walks in from her days at pre-school are invariably "May I have a popsicle?" or "May I paint in the backyard?" I can easily distract her first request with a plum or some other lovely summer fruit, but I can rarely stave off her desire to paint (some days ...
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CRAFTS AND DIY
Cardboard painting
This cute craft project is super easy and perfect for a weekend morning spent in pyjamas! The only things you need are some coloured paper, little pieces of thin cardboard (just cut an empty food box in pieces -- make sure you have one straight edge!) and paint. For the crazy flies we used our ...
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HOME AND DÉCOR
My name is...
When we moved back to the US, one of the most important things for our 3½-year-old was her new room -- what would it look like? In order to keep some consistency (the poor thing had to deal with an international move AND a new baby sister at the same time), I made sure to ...
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