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urban ore
just writing to share with you about an inspiring trip my family took over to berkeley about a week ago to check out a place called urban ore. it’s one of those amazing salvage yards where any and...
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magazine creative challenge: confetti ornaments
we are delighted to have been invited to be a part of tinkerlab’s creative challenge this month! our tinkerfriend has asked us to upcycle magazines to create a project that is child-directed. given all...
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paper bag creative challenge: weaving
we are delighted to take part in tinkerlab’s february creative challenge: make art out of paper bags! acquiring the art materials for this challenge so brought me back to the first week i lived in...
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revisiting heART crayons
just wanted to check in to wish all of you a happy valentine’s day! yep, we made heARTful crayons again this year… per N’s request, we brought them back from this post two years ago. (last year N gave...
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egg carton creative challenge: teeny baskets
we’re one of several wonderful blogs taking part in the tinkerlab creative challenge: create something using egg cartons! we made cute and tiny egg carton baskets. what a timely challenge this was,...
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yesterday i made egg salad with all of our hardboiled easter eggs, and as i was peeling these colorful little orbs, i thought that the pretty shells must have yet another life in them. then it hit me –...
View Articlecountdown chain
this idea is not a new one… it’s age-old, in fact. but i feel like it is a great way to make something as nebulous as passing time quite concrete and visual for little ones. a paper chain! we visited...
View Articlepaper roll pumpkin garland
you probably already know we like to make art out of toilet paper rolls around my house…. the recycling bin is a great place to find art materials! when i saw this project on the a glimpse inside blog,...
View Articlepaper roll airplanes
all the credit for this one goes to N’s amazing preschool teacher! the kids made these at school, and you know i’m a fan of art made from recycled materials, with a particular penchant for toilet paper...
View Articlesnow globe
i knew it was only a matter of time before we made one of these. we’re big fans of snowglobes over here. this is a new one my sister gave us this year as a gift. lovely, huh? i’ve sort of been...
View Articlegarden mosaic stepping stone
mosaics have been near and dear to my heart since my first semester of graduate school when i created a lifesize one as part of a semester-long self-exploratory “container project.” we created a small...
View Articlecork boats ahoy!
a few months ago i inherited a huge box of wine corks from a friend who was moving. because i’m not going to decorate my home with someone else’s wine choices (though there are some great wreaths,...
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