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  • Baby making toys: Guatemalan Worry Dolls tutorial

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    Art Around the World- Guatemalan Worry Dolls Baby making toys: Guatemalan Worry Dolls tutorial Art Around the World- Guatemalan Worry Dolls The legend of the Worry Doll from Guatemala is simple- have the worried child create a doll that represents him or her self. At night, when they go to sleep, have the child tell his or her doll their worries and place it under their pillow. While the child sleeps the worry doll will take the worries away. I have young children at

  • Kid crafts: Preschool & Kindergarten Name Recognition Activities

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    This week we were working on our "All About Me" theme. We started with the Lil Divas names: Tactile Name Fun Kid crafts: Preschool & Kindergarten Name Recognition Activities The Lil divas really enjoyed this activity. The had fun finding just the right objects to form the letters of their names and really took their time decorating. I think they did a fantastic job! Tactile Name Recognition/Decorating Craft What We Used  (from my stash of goodies!): small shape stickers small pom pom balls sequins beads pipe cleaners jewels small buttons string I wrote each Lil Divas

  • Halloween crafts: Upcycled Fabric + Paper Owls tutorial

    Green crafts, Hallooween's day, Holiday & seasonal crafts, Making toys, Recycle   |  0 Comment halloween crafts: upcycled fabric + paper owls tutorial

    Halloween crafts: Upcycled Fabric + Paper Owls tutorial It’s been rainy in Oakland of late; I forgot how cool and crisp it can get here during the fall and winter rainy season. I’ve been breaking out the extra layers and lighting candles the past few days, and I’ve been wanting to find a fun and cozy project I could work on indoors while listening to the rain. Anne Weil of Flax & Twine created these fabric and cardboard owls as invitations

  • Twist Tie Horse tutorial

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      Twist Tie Horse tutorial Hello! Today I’ll be sharing with you a very interesting craft I learnt during my short vacation to Sapa, Vietnam a couple of months ago. The folks over in Sapa are really beautiful, and very friendly too! Anyway, one of the natives of the Sapa villages gave me a stick horse crafted from bamboo twigs as a friendship gift. I really liked it, but didn’t get the chance to ask her to teach me the steps to


  • Kids crafts: Letter A – What’s on the Tray

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    I am so excited that we are officially starting our new school year this week.  I will be intentionally working with Super Tot this year to introduce him to the alphabet. I know there are many theories on order of introduction, but this year we will be starting with A and going straight through to Z.  Once we start working more with phonograms and writing, I do expect to change the order, but not this year. That being said, this week, we

  • Baby favor: whenever you see a Rainbow…

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    make a Rainbow so we did! Baby favor: whenever you see a Rainbow… Well clearly some of the singing/teaching we’ve been doing has piad offf becausre this led to a full rendition (by the one of us who didn’t have a sore throat and earache) of Mr Noah built an Ark! Hurrah! So then of course we built an ark! By this point of course Oscar really had the idea…. so….. “Mummy you need to make Thomas next with Annie and Clarabel!” Er

  • Paper crafts for kids: Animal Alphabet Art- D is for Duck

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    Animal Alphabet Art- D is for Duck Paper crafts for kids: Animal Alphabet Art- D is for Duck Making a Duck out of all D's! What you need: Green, orange, brown and grey paper Letter D Stencils The letter Dd from the Animal Alphabet Book Glue Scissors Markers What to do: 1. Prep- Cut a large D out of brown paper;  a medium D out of grey paper; and a small D out of green paper. (See photo) Make a beak and feet tracers to be traced and cut out with

  • Funny crafts for kids: Super Cute Hands & Feet Lobsters

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    Funny crafts for kids: Super Cute Hands & Feet Lobsters How cute is he, right?! We did this craft to go along with our O is for Ocean week.  The kids had so much fun & I have a precious keepsake from these treasured early years! Here is how you make it: 1) Paint their feet (and later hands) red. This was a fun activity for the kids; great sensory activity. They loved the feeling of the cool paint & the paint

  • Funny game for kids: Shadow Puppet Theatre

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    Funny game for kids: Shadow Puppet Theatre It's not really the right time of year for shadow puppets but I was inspired to make one by Z who has been commenting on our shadows when we've been walking up to school. I made the theatre when they were asleep using the box that my fab new oilcloth tablecloth came in (goodbye Cath Kidston). It was perfect as it has one flat side with no folds in it - a bit like

  • Paper crafts: rolled paper chess set

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    Paper crafts: rolled paper chess set     I am happy to give the specs if you are interested in undertaking this project.  The pieces range from 3/4″ to 2″ in height.  The board squares are 3/4″.  The box is a portable 6-3/4″ square.  I began each piece with the strip for the shaft, and moved outwards at the base and at the top.  I generously applied glue to each strip using a glue stick before tightly rolling.  I used very light cardstock

  • Gifts for boys: CraftsFootball?

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    Gifts for boys: CraftsFootball? Are you ready for some football?  Football crafts that is!  This football craft project requires very little in the way of materials and can be completed by almost any age group.  This would be the perfect project for a group of kids that are attending a football party.  Keeps little hands busy and the result is a fun-tastic football!  Make the footballs in your team colors for some added fun. Materials Needed: Brown Paper Newspaper, shredded White yarn Scissors Glue Hole Punch Football Template (printable) Directions:  First

  • Soot Sprites DIY for kids

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    Soot Sprites DIY for kids Susuwatari (ススワタリ lit. meaning “travelling soot”) are the “dust bunnies” or “soot sprites” that appear in two Studio Ghibli anime movies, My Neighbour Totoro (1988) and Spirited Away (2001). They are shy, slightly frightful creatures that live in abandoned buildings such as old houses 1. Cut 4 small lengths of black cording and tie off ends. Don’t worry so much about them being perfectly even, it’s more fun if your susuwatari isn’t perfect! 2. Cut two matching circles