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Yay, Christmas! Products and stuff that I bought or received.

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Blue recycling symbol with the word "BOOKS" repeated on arrows, text "Save Money. Swap Books." and www.PaperBackSwap.com. A great way to exchange products and save money, especially around Christmas time!

Yay, I love Christmas.  I’m not someone who likes to celebrate Christmas for two months with lights, decorations and music since Thanksgiving.  But on the actual party days with families, I have a lot of fun. I’m also very excited because I have 2 weeks off of teaching to spend time with my darling baby girl and also to spend some time making art.  Daria (who is 1 year and 2 months old) has started to become interested in coloring … Read more… →

Water bottle Flowers

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Vibrant flowers crafted from painted water bottles, arranged closely together.

At the very end of last year, my third grade students cut apart plastic water bottles to make these flowers.  I started them off by cutting the bottom of the bottle off, then they continued with scissors.  You can round off the edges to make the petals look more realistic.  Then, these were painted with acrylic paint.  I hot glued these down to a large white piece of foam board.  Some kindergarten students also made little round lumps of model … Read more… →

Artsy Christmas Presents for Kids

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A collection of colorful art supplies including markers, index cards, and a sign that reads "Artsy Christmas Presents".

Are you wondering what to get a child in your family for the holidays?  As an art teacher, I see what the kids really like and what they gravitate towards to when they are given free time in art. These are some popular items for kids that I have personally used and recommend.  Most of these can be found at your local Target or Michaels (or other craft/art store).  Don’t forget to print off a coupon online if you are … Read more… →

Buried in Bricks

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People walking into a LEGO store with large yellow LEGO figures displayed on the front window.

My husband has hobbies too!  He is really into building Legos now and he even started his own lego blog.  I think the title of his blog is cute and I love the picture he put on his heading.  Let me tell you, between my art related and scrapbooking hobbies and his Lego/Magic/comic book collections, we have no shortage of STUFF around here!  Anyways… there are no official Lego stores in Madison where we live, but one JUST opened an … Read more… →

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