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Drawing Exercise For Kids: A Monster In A Recyled Box!
Here's a fun drawing craft that's fun and creative with very personal results — I'll call it monster in a box, though it could certainly be an animal or creature of any kind. We used a recycled box, drew the monster's head on the top portion and then used the bottom portion as the monster's…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, where contributors from around the world come here to share, places like The United Kingdom, Portugal, Macedonia, Muldavia, Turkey, Israel, Italy, Australia, The United States, Denmark, The Netherlands, and Guatemala. And of course we very often have contributors from Jakarta, Hungary, France, Germany, South Africa, Sweden and Greece, I guess…
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Summer Blooms In My Container Garden
Climbing pink tea rose in bloom One of the great joys of container gardening is enjoying plants in bloom. While my garden in mostly in maintenance mode this year on account of a busy schedule, I do fortunately have quite a few plants that with regular watering and some minimal attention do produce lovely blooms!…
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Drawing Exercise For Kids: Drawing Faces
Summertime is a great time to work on drawing, and I have quite a few fun exercises to share with you coming up! For starters, work on drawing faces by tracing a round object on paper and then filling it in. So much fun and with great results, don't you think? You could then cut…
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Fun With Air Drying Clay
Air drying clay is a wonderful way to experiment with clay, without having to worry about firing or baking. We haven't taken our project to the next step yet, namely painting them, but I thought I'd share this with you anyway, since summer is a great time to sit outdoors and sculpt something! My daughter…
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Cut Paper Collage For Tisha B’Av
Tonight is the solemn Jewish holiday of Tisha B'Av, (which commemorates the destruction of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem) and as with all holidays we try to get in the mood, whether it be joyful or the extreme opposite in this case, by doing a little crafting. Yesterday I had four boys hanging around and…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday! Last week’s party was packed with summer crafting goodness, thanks to contributors from The United States, Portugal, Germany, The Netherlands, Denmark, Muldavia, Turkey, Italy, Israel, Australia, Jakarta and South Africa! Here are some of my favorites from last week’s party: Rosi Jo is just amazing, and her egg carton fish…
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Baking With Kids: Classic Cinnamon Rolls
The other day my daughter came home with this gorgeous concontion, well actually this is what it looked like after we baked it in our oven, what she came home with actually looked like this: So of course I just had to share this idea with you, as mini sized cinnamon rolls is a fun…
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Super Quick Birthday Cake Decor: An Underwater Castle
Need a super quick birthday cake idea, you're in the right place! Those who read my blog already know that investing huge chunks of time in birthday cake decoration is neither my forte nor my desire, nor at all realistic. Quick and cute, that's my thing! And maybe I should add spontaneous, though not recommended…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday! First of all, my apologies to those who didn't get a comment from me, just pushing the limits of fitting this into my schedule. Last week's party was just busting full of amazing projects to get us all inspired for some creativity this summer! There were as always contributors from…
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Kid’s Drawing Project: A Drawing A Day….Or Even A Few A Week
We are still working at developing drawing skills and the patience that one must foster to produce studied drawings. I mentioned previously the month long drawing-a-day program that Se7en introduced us to, and while we aren't drawing every day, we are drawing a few times a week, and keeping at it, which is really the…
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Baking With Kids: Modern Art Marble Cake
Yesterday my daughter came home with this modern art marble cake, and of course I just had to share it with you as maybe crafting with some batter might be a fun project to do with your kids, or even yourself during a quiet moment in the kitchen! I love the dramatic swirls in this…
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A Simple LIttle Plant For A Teacher Appreciation Gift
School is out for my daughter, and of course we couldn't end the year without giving a little gift to a beloved teacher. I would have loved to make something as I have in past years, but some new work has drastically reduced my creative time at the moment, so we decided to be like…
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Container Gardening: Vinca In Bloom
This summer on account of a busy schedule I am mostly in maintenance mode with my large container garden, though I couldn't resist a few small pots of flowers in our shady courtyard to enjoy some summer color. The plant here is called Vinca, and is a shade loving annual (for most of us) with…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Last week’s party was full of fabulous inspiration from South Africa, India, Jakarta, Israel, Hungary, Switzerland, Denmark, The Netherlands, Portugal, The United States, The United Kingdom, and maybe more places around the world that I didn’t catch. Thanks so much to everyone for joining me here, and these were just some of the projects that…
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Cooking Beets, Beans And Brown Rice In A Pressure Cooker!
As a child I remember my mother cooking artichokes in a pressure cooker, oh and maybe corned beef, but that was about it as far as my knowledge of pressure cookers. Fast forward to today…..I am a busy mother who often cooks for a crowd, and I often ask other women for cooking tips as…
