This DIY zipper board is an easy-to-make life skill activity for toddlers. It's such a fun way for kids to learn how to zip up and down!
Ed R made this IKEA murphy desk hack because his wife needed a workspace with dual monitors for her work from home setup. Awesome built!
Building resilience in kids helps them to navigate through the difficulties. These resilience strategies will help them to cope with challenges & loss.
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This caterpillar craft is SO FUN! Use our free leaf templates (see the link below!) to make this super cute caterpillar craft that really moves! Move a straw with your hands to watch the caterpillar wriggle up and down the leaf. This craft, made with construction paper and other dollar store supplies, is so easy to make! It's such a fun interactive craft, perfect for a story time prop or an insect lesson at school. This post contains affiliate links. If you use these links to buy something we may earn a small commission which helps us run this website.
Right and Left Maze Printout.
This dancing popcorn experiment is SO FUN! Kids can learn about density and acid-base reactions in this simple science experiment that's perfect for fall, Thanksgiving, or anytime. Use simple pantry ingredients for this STEM activity that's quick and easy to set up, whether at home or in the classroom. Kids (and adults!) will be amazed to watch the popcorn kernels dance up and down in the jar. It's magical and mesmerizing to see, and it's soooo easy to do! This post contains affiliate links. If you use these links to buy something we may earn a small commission which helps
John and I had a fun day in the studio recently. We both wanted to do a bit of experimental mark-making, to explore new ideas. John is looking for inspiration for his printmaking and I thought it would be interesting to play with marks and compositions which could be the starting points of new drawings or which might possible translate into textiles. We gathered lots of tools and then made a few new ones, looking for anything which would make an unusual mark if dipped in paint: We decided to stick to black and white, so we could concentrate on marks and tone. I mixed up a tub of black acrylic and got out some Platignum Calligraphers Black Ink too (a good non-waterproof ink, as it separates into pretty colours when wet, rather than just going grey). I found an oil bar and some liquin too, which is great for smearing not just oil bars but also oil pastels. Plus a Derwent Inktense block and grater (tiny gratings can be scattered onto wet paper or sprayed with water for speckled effects). We both put on latex gloves and set-to on a big piece of cartridge paper each. It was such fun - no pressure to make something which 'works', just pure experimentation. This was my first sheet: I am particularly interested in randomness, so many of the new tools we made were designed to make the marks more hard to control. To add to the random element, we both cut up our sheets into equal pieces, using pre-decided measurements, not aesthetic judgement to create the sections: I like the way it changes things when you isolate a section. The emphasis on the various elements changes, because of the enforced edges, and you start to get interesting things happening with composition. On my 2nd sheet, I started with some large marks in a grey emulsion, to create a new element of contrast. I made a new tool too - a piece of corrugated card to print with. You can see the marks top right: I cut this one into squares. As the paper's dimensions didn't divide exactly into squares, this allowed me a slight element of judgement, as I could move the composition of any square a centimetre or two to the left or right. I then selected the best 6 squares from the 9 created. These are my favourites. It's surprising how well they work just as they are, but you can also see how they could be taken into print or textiles. It would be fun trying to find ways to reinterpret the marks and tones in the different medium. I can highly recommend this as a very enjoyable way of exploring new techniques and getting new inspiration. The randomness is important though, as a way of forcing you not to be too controlling and letting unexpected things happen. John did some experiments using blotting paper, which he tore into strips. Even the offcuts were interesting, which I saved as we were clearing up. The beautiful blue is the Platignum ink: Even my offcuts were quite interesting: Have a go. Even before we got drawing, it was good fun making the tools from odds and ends we found around the studio, taping them to bits of stick and then finding out what marks they made.
Have you fallen in love with a pattern, only to find that it doesn’t come in your size? A few ladies told me that Itch to Stitch’s patterns don’t come in their sizes – some are smaller and some are larger than the measurements. Perhaps you have a tween who is not quite big enough to […]
We all encountered opposite words when we were kids. Knowing opposites improves our children's vocabulary, which ultimately improves the...
We're so obsessed with our Monthly Selection Boxes we wanted to pull together some patterns you could make with them. Sometimes you'll have yarn left over and
Learn how to make a lava lamp in the simple tutorial below. These DIY lava lamps are SO COOL and completely mesmerizing to watch! The bubbles float up and fall back down in this simple science experiment that's fun for both kids and adults. DIY Lava Lamp Lava lamps were created in the 1960's and have amazed generations of people. The original, store bought lava lamps typically contain water and wax. A light bulb creates heat which melts the wax and causes it to rise. Then when it cools the wax falls down again. But did you know that you
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Den Isländerpullover Riddari von oben nach unten / top-down stricken ist ganz leicht. Aus Alpaka und Wolle wird er leicht und kratzt nicht.
I think keeping your kids busy and having fun is important....and reallllly easy. AND CHEAP! All you need is some plastic cups!!!! (seriously! Funky colors are optional!) MOVIN ON UP You need a pile of
GEORGIA HAIR 🪐 Straight half up half down hairstyle tied into a bun with spikey ends! Comes in two styling versions, with front strands an...
You will receive this perfect get to know your students activity to give them a brain break and get them to move a bit. It is the perfect activity during these times of social distancing due to Covid because, students do not need to move from their desk in the classroom & it can also be used dur...
This chunky crochet raglan sweater is a cozy winter wardrobe staple! It is worked from the top down using #5/bulky yarn so it works up really quickly, and you can try it on as you go.
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One of the things I miss most about long hair is being able to easily throw it all up in a big messy bun on top of my head. It was my go-to for dirty
I'm a literacy lover...getting my Masters of Education in Reading makes that pretty evident. So, when it comes to teaching math in the classroom I often felt like I was doing a terrible job. My brain does not go the math route. And trying to convince my learners that math was amazing got a little
San Francisco is a mecca for families, with a laundry list of kid-friendly attractions that go way beyond the cliched tourist destinations (we're looking at you, Alcatraz). Here are the 30 best.
