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02
May
2 May 2013 Thursday
Here’s a super fun, active, & collaborative art project for toddler & preschool age kids: giant marble painting! It’s a great way for kids to improve their fine and gross motor skills as well as their coordination! |
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24
Mar
24 March 2013 Sunday
Salt painting is a fun art art project for kids of all ages! We usually structure a salt painting lesson around a famous artist or a specific drawing technique such as a continuous line contour drawing. It’s also a great way for younger children to learn about primary and secondary colors, and to experiment with color mixing. |
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21
Mar
21 March 2013 Thursday
This super fun and interactive art project for toddlers and pre-schoolers uses empty oatmeal containers! It’s very sensory (loud!!!) – and is great for helping little ones develop their fine and gross motor skills & coordination. It also has toy and game-like elements that really appeal to children, and the prize at the end of all this is a beautiful speckled marble painting! |
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14
Feb
14 February 2013 Thursday
Soon it will be spring, that joyful time of rebirth and renewal < insert sound of birds chirping >. Sadly, for beloved woodland animals like foxes, raccoons & hedgehogs, springtime means they will soon be abruptly cast to the wayside in favor of fuzzy little farm animals like bunnies, chicks, & piglets. |
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28
Nov
28 November 2012 Wednesday
This easy DIY red-nosed reindeer spreads holiday cheer with his festive tricked out antlers wherever he goes! We hope he inspires you to spread as little cheer as well! |
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01
Nov
1 November 2012 Thursday
Try this quick and easy two box dump truck design for your little ones! |
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04
Oct
4 October 2012 Thursday
Sure you could spend all afternoon trolling Pinterest for a super cute DIY cuff bracelet to whip up to impress your crafty fashion-forward friends, only to be left feeling like the world’s most over-scheduled & creatively stunted human being on the planet. Or you could just spend two minutes making this! |
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19
Sep
19 September 2012 Wednesday
Cooler Fall weather signals the reminder that soon kids will be spending most of their time indoors, shuffling around the house on Saturday mornings in their footie PJs and inventing sneakier, more permanent ways to stain the carpet. While the weather is still nice, this classic bubble print project is perfect to set up outside on the patio! |
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22
Jul
22 July 2012 Sunday
With this creative project, kids dream up a kookie creature, write a biography about it, design it on paper, construct it out of papier mache, and build a little home for it! |
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01
Jul
1 July 2012 Sunday
Inspired by the classic mix and match books that we all loved so much as a kid, we dreamt up this three dimensional project and I’m not sure who had more fun with it – us or the kids. In our humble opinion this project totally rocked – it has all the elements of a super fun summer DIY project for bored kids and frustrated moms! |
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17
Jun
17 June 2012 Sunday
In the studio, we often set up a really simple low-budget spiral art station with our toddlers and pre-schoolers, using a $7.99 Ikea Lazy Susan. Snudda, for those of you who speak Svenska. It’s a great activity for kids to practice their hand-eye coordination while improving fine and gross motor skills and making a really cool piece of art! |
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25
Feb
25 February 2012 Saturday
Motivated to whip up a less predictable spring craft involving something other than pastel colored eggs for a change (!), these papier mache carrot pencils seemed the obvious answer! |
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27
Jan
27 January 2012 Friday
When it comes to matters of the heart, it’s challenging to find the best way to express our heartfelt sentiments to the objects of our affection. We want to tell them. But we don’t. Yikes! This Valentine’s Day craft takes all the pressure off of you, and puts it squarely on the shoulders of your beloved! |
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06
Dec
6 December 2011 Tuesday
Make a beautiful wintery holiday display with these quick and easy glistening opalescent snowballs made out of paper and plastic wrap! |
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30
Nov
30 November 2011 Wednesday
Feeling a little guilty because you ordered more stuff for yourself on Cyber Monday than gifts for others? (“one for you, three for me….”) When the boxes start piling up on your porch, we have a cool project that can help ease both your environmental and gift-giving consciences! |
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03
Nov
3 November 2011 Thursday
Looking for the perfect accessory for your new fall outfit? Look no further! These cute baby barn owl pendants can be worn alone or worn in groups (fun fact: a group of owls is called a “parliament.” Really! Look it up!). These pendants are made entirely from recycled materials that are easily found around the house and each one takes approximately four minutes to make! |
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17
Oct
17 October 2011 Monday
Spider webs are sticky and so is this quick and easy Halloween-inspired craft for toddlers! |
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13
Oct
13 October 2011 Thursday
The kids in the studio do not believe us when we tell them this is a real telephone! I regale them with nostalgic stories about how in the old days, before computers or video games, you could fill hours every afternoon crank calling boys from school or random strangers to ask if their refrigerator was running. |
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06
Oct
6 October 2011 Thursday
“Junk-o-Lanterns”, or “Stuff-on-a-Pumpkin” as we affectionately like to refer to this craft, is one of the few projects where the name, in and of itself, tells you pretty much everything you need to know in order to make one! But let’s walk through it anyway: |
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04
Oct
4 October 2011 Tuesday
Part art, part science, & part saving the environment, this project has something for everyone! With a little imagination, a soup can, and a pile of do-dads, you can create a creature with special powers and clean out the kitchen junk drawer at the same time! |
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09
Sep
9 September 2011 Friday
This project was inspired by a trip to Asheville last week, where we bought some really beautiful paper beads made in Africa at this cool shop Garage34. Make beautiful bracelets, necklaces, and ankle bracelets from your piles of junk mail and catalogs! |
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05
Aug
5 August 2011 Friday
This is guaranteed to be the cleanest, best smelling art project you’ll ever do – shaving cream paper marbling! |
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06
Jul
6 July 2011 Wednesday
Once upon a time in a land far away, before cable TV and video games, when kids had to chase the ice cream man with their Big Wheels – not their parent’s SUVs – doting moms were concerned that their children would overheat from too much freeze tag, so they had to pull some amazing stuff out of their apron pockets to entice kids to come inside for a few minutes each day. |
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26
May
26 May 2011 Thursday
School is out and if you’re going to stand a chance of having frozen yogurt for breakfast, lunch & dinner all summer, it’s time to start buttering up the ol’ M-O-M! She’ll be putty in your hands when you present her with this adorable decoupage box vase and handcrafted paper blossom stems! |
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04
May
4 May 2011 Wednesday
Wouldn’t it be fun to have a downy little pet peep perched on your wrist all day, cheering you on during soccer practice and helping you with your homework? These cuddly little springtime companions double as a colorful fashion accessory that you’ll want to show off to all your friends |
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18
Apr
18 April 2011 Monday
Statistics show that the daily number of web searches for emoticons is increasing at a staggering rate, causing us to wonder how kids are able to express themselves during the fifteen or twenty minutes a day when they are offline. |
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12
Apr
12 April 2011 Tuesday
If the thought of tackling all of your spring home improvement projects is a little too daunting, try scaling down and working in miniature! Recapture the magic of childhood by handcrafting an enchanted fairy house with your child! |
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02
Mar
2 March 2011 Wednesday
Get a jump on your spring flower garden this year with this classic and colorful craft! These funky flowers have a cool retro look, and don’t require a green thumb to make! Crafted from aluminum soda cans, these environmentally conscious perennials are fun and easy to make at home. |
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07
Feb
7 February 2011 Monday
Bug your Valentine in a good way this year! Nothing says “I think I sorta might possibly like you” quite like an irresistible cuddly little bug, made from the heart with gobs of glue & glitter! |
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05
Feb
5 February 2011 Saturday
Love in the 21st century calls for a healthy dose of unconventional creativity! This Valentine’s Day, when everyone else in the class is mindlessly passing out paper heart doilies and candy hearts, grab your sweetie’s attention with a lovable little piglet made out of recycled crayon chunks and glitter! |
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08
Dec
8 December 2010 Wednesday
Back in the day, it used to be a complete mystery exactly how Santa found out whether you had been naughty or nice. Electronic surveillance? Mandatory parental quarterly reporting? |
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15
Nov
15 November 2010 Monday
Owls have captivated children for decades. In the 70′s, Mr. Rogers’ cheerful X the Owl loved the color blue and taught us how to tolerate cranky neighbors like Lady Elaine Fairchilde. Then there was the wise professor Owl who, before the American Dental Association could intervene, encouraged kids across the country to find out how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll Pop (one?). |
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07
Oct
7 October 2010 Thursday
Savvy and environmentally conscious trick-or-treaters can take their creativity to the next level by designing a ghoulish trick-or-treat bag customized to accessorize his or her costume! A great outfit means nothing without the right bag, and Halloween is no different! |