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Earth Day Crafts (Part 2): Paper Beads and Tubes

This round of Earth Day craft ideas features paper beads and tubes. We first made these last spring and were impressed at how pretty they and versatile they are. You can create an extraordinary array of styles and shapes simply by varying the paper color, quality or width and by using cylinders of different thicknesses.

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Earth Day Crafts (Part 1): Canvas Bags

In honor of Earth Day, which is fast approaching, I’m sharing pictures of some of the planet-friendly projects our children have worked on. Many were adapted from activities described in Family Fun Magazine or on FamilyFun.com, but this one is more original.

This installment features canvas bags decorated earlier this year. In addition to opting [click headline to read more…]

Painting Sundays (Part 2)

As mentioned in Part 1, these paintings are the result of a new tradition in our house: Painting Sundays. Our children do the majority of the sketches themselves, and Matt coaches them on friskets, brush techniques, washes and other paint applications.

Cow Fish by Timmy (5 years)

Toucanette by Timmy (5 years)

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Painting Sundays (Part 1)

Below are the results of a new tradition in our house: Painting Sundays. Matt has been setting aside a couple of hours every Sunday to help the kids learn watercolor techniques. They do the majority of the sketches themselves (on Drawing Saturdays, of course), and he coaches them on friskets, brush techniques, washes and other [click headline to read more…]