All children love crafts. During breaks from school, lazy weekends, or just for an afternoon project, children s paper crafts are one of the easiest ways to entertain your little ones.

Perhaps one of the simplest ideas is to put out a bunch of construction paper, glue, glitter, scissors, wiggly eyes, etc and let your children s imaginations run wild. For younger children, pre-cut various shapes out of the paper. For older children, let them do so on their own. For a more creative project, use three boxes. In one box, put a bunch of different paper shapes. In the second box, put scraps of fabric, ribbons, or bows. In the last box, put small objects like seashells from

a beach trip, buttons, or photos of family members or pets. Have the child pick (without looking) one item from each box, and then try to incorporate the items into a story on their paper.

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Do you have an unusual sized picture to frame? Can’t find matting in a colour or shape you like? Then it might just be time to make your own. Here are several ideas on how to make your own matting to use when framing pictures or hand crafted pieces.

Create Your Own

For unusual sizes, buy archival board and cut to size using a cutting mat, ruler and a heavy-duty cutter. Archival board is acid free so that it won’t damage your precious pictures or hand crafted pieces. Be certain to measure twice because if the archival board is cut wrong, you might not be able to fix it.

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Quilting has long been an art with the earliest American women creating beautiful quilts to adorn their homes. For hundreds of years, women all over this planet have been sewing quilts to keep their family members warm. In fact a lot of women would hand down their quilts from one generation to another or make some memory blocks to stitch lovingly all the wonderful milestones in their lives.

Many families use quilts also to celebrate different events of our life like weddings, birth of a baby, Christmas and other festivals and events. When it comes to warmth, there is little that can outmatch a quilt, and when you want something that is aesthetically pleasing, quilts deliver in spades. There

is no particular technique for making quilts nor are there rigid rules barring safety and hygiene. People are attracted to quilts by the variety of designs and the many different colors. Quilts can be seen as a reflection of people, places, life and times. One of the joys of quilting is being able to spend your craft time doing various styles or types of quilts. Quilts, what a wonderful way to add that country touch to your d cor.

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Free Face Painting Ideas

Here are some excellent free face painting ideas that will make you a smash hit at your next party or event!

When face painting, don’t stop with the face, include body painting also. This is always a hit. Kids go crazy for body painting. This is great to do because it makes the kids feel like they are wearing a costume and they really have fun with the character that they have been painted as. Whether it be a king or a witch, this idea is a “no fail” when it comes to pleasing youngsters. And don’t worry about the time this may take. Just keep it simple, short, and

sweet and it’s a snap!

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Flowers are known to be provocative to many beneficial effects on the body. There is a certain therapy called flower therapy, and it is medically asserted as a stimulating and relaxing way to free your body. Flower therapy has been used for many centuries. To start with the ancient Chinese physicians, who believed in the flower powerfulness, which was considered as the only true means of gaining good health. Flower therapy is nowadays used in many experiments. Flower therapy patients are known to have many weaknesses healed by the floral influence. Flower therapy is not just the influence of flowers over the human body, it also comprises the overpowering influence of color. Colors contain different light waves, which can

be stimulating for different body parts. Colors provoke the work of human glands. Glands are those organs responsible for the hormones.

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