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Tackle Box Craft Kit

Jen — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 06:41:03 +0000

Miss G and I made several little portable craft kids for her friends in Kuwait, but when we got back to Canada last summer and wanted to create something similar for she and her cousin to take along on our house boating trip, we had zero luck finding carrying caddies like the ones we’d always… Read More

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Silly Embellished Photo Portraits

Jen — Thu, 19 Feb 2015 16:00:00 +0000

Oh my word… Gracen and I had such a great time making these silly embellished photo portraits this week. I can’t even tell you how into it she was. {Not to mention how into I was!} It started off with me asking if I could take a few new photos of her, and out of… Read More

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Leaf Rubbing Collages

Jen — Mon, 29 Sep 2014 12:08:06 +0000

Today before starting on our stamped leaf garland of thanks, Miss G and I did a classic kid project – leaf rubbings! Although we’ve tried rubbings once before while still in Canada, Grae was only 2 then and the process was still a little tricky for her. At 4 though? She rocked it! First… Read More

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Life-Sized Self-Portrait {a family project}

Jen — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 18:27:42 +0000

With Brad leaving the house as the sun comes up each morning and me leaving for tutoring the moment he walks in the door 4 days a week, sometimes it feels as though we don’t get enough time as a family. Luckily, this weekend we’ve done a pretty good job of making the most of… Read More

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Cupcake Liner Flower Crown

Jen — Thu, 04 Sep 2014 10:44:50 +0000

I absolutely love all of the gorgeous flower crowns I’ve seen floating around the internet lately, but thought it would be fun to come up with a kid-friendly version that Miss G could pretty much create on her own. That’s when I remembered the pretty poppy wreath we made last year for Remembrance Day. The flowers… Read More

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Frozen Paint Wands

Jen — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 18:12:14 +0000

While we’ve painted with frozen watercolour ice cubes many times, today we decided to try something a little bit different… Instead of freezing our usual concoction of water and food colouring, we simply froze children’s paint. And just for fun, we decided we’d create frozen paint wands instead of the usual cubes! {this post contains… Read More

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Our Creative Space

Jen — Tue, 11 Mar 2014 19:20:05 +0000

Some of my very favourite moments with Miss G happen when we’re sitting side-by-side creating. Whether we’re working on a collaborative project or each doing our own thing, I feel like we do some of our best bonding while creating beside one another. Sometimes we sit, hands busy, in silence, and other times we have… Read More

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Spice Painting

Jen — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 19:49:51 +0000

I had actually planned spice painting as an open-ended activity for my Crafty Kids students today, but between making senses books, creating squishy sensory balls, and exploring the magic that is slime, we didn’t get to it. Not to worry though, between Gracen and a handful of friends, the paint got plenty of use down… Read More

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Paper Roll Dolls

Jen — Thu, 06 Feb 2014 20:07:18 +0000

Miss G and I finally got around to putting some of our {bordering on out of control} toilet paper roll stash to use today. Making paper roll dolls with Grae is something I’ve been wanting to for a long while now, and I’m so glad we finally got to it because it was a lot… Read More

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iPhoneography // Turtle Day at Bright Minds

Jen — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 20:50:27 +0000

Have I mentioned how much we love visiting Bright Minds each week? It’s something both Grae and I look forward to… She gets to see her little friends and play with all sorts of fun toys, I get to see my mama friends, and we get to do a fun project {or two} together. … Read More

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