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Simple T-Shirt Revamp Graffiti Style

Posted by Maria

We have printed T-shirts before as a fun activity, but none of our previous efforts resulted in anything you may wish to wear. This time we have been more organized with the design. Inspired by the graffiti style Alternative ABCs book, which I reviewed not so long ago, we picked a graphic that was cool [...]

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3D Art - the pop art clown

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When my son was younger he would be very enthusiastic at anything I suggested. Now that he is seven he wants to be the one to come up with the ideas, which makes me proud that he has become so creative but at the same time it requires a lot of tact to introduce new [...]

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Monday Crafts: A Map of Europe with Recycled Packaging Boxes

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I was so inspired by the map of the United States made entirely from empty cereal boxes that I saw on Inhabitots recently that I embarked on the nice project of making one of Europe with my son.
What seemed initially a quick and easy project to complete was in actual facts a little more elaborate [...]

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Etsy find: beautiful children art, a mix of print and original artwork

Posted by Maria

These are only a few of the beautiful prints and original artwork for children available from Etsy shop Pescerosso.  The illustrations are by a talented young Italian born and Stockholm based artist, Laura Di Francesco who specializes in children illustrations. Her ability to capture animals on the move and other natural creatures mixing elements of [...]

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Child’s artwork display

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I have so much artwork lying around the house everywhere that I no longer know what to do with it. You can only have so many boxes full of drawings stored away. The fridge – our first point of display - is constantly covered with sweet drawings; when new ones come along the oldest ones [...]

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Personalised gifts, party invites and more…

Posted by Maria

I discovered mooo last year when I was looking for eco-friendly Christmas tree options and I was really impressed with their wall stickers. Since then I have been keeping an eye on their products and I found they have a great range of personalised goods across the board.
Their party invites with matching envelope seals, gift [...]

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Monday Crafts: how to decorate a shelf with comics’ cuttings

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If your child is an avid comics’ reader, then you are probably wondering what to do with all that precious paper piling up on the bookshelves. Well, I know one thing for sure comics or not we keep running out of room on the bookshelves so we need to add more shelves to cope with [...]

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