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Treat Your Kids to a Family Craft Night
May 14, 2010 – 7:21 am | No Comment

In today’s technological world, families are finding it more difficult to find ways of spending quality time together.  A family craft night is a perfect, fun and inexpensive way to bond and get back to …

Be Crafty…. and make a tadpole pond
February 12, 2010 – 7:00 am | One Comment
Be Crafty…. and make a tadpole pond

For under $10 you can buy a learning experience about nature and science and a little summer entertainment.

Crafty Kids: Valentine Craft
February 10, 2010 – 8:00 am | No Comment

Make this simple and elegant paper plate Valentine spiral to decorate your home with a little love this Valentine’s Day.

Crafty Kids: Gautemalan Day of the Dead Kite
October 19, 2009 – 8:00 am | No Comment
Crafty Kids: Gautemalan Day of the Dead Kite

Create a mini Guatemalan Day of The Dead kite.

The tiny town of Santiago Sacatepequez in Guatemala is famous for its annual gigantic kites festival on el Dia de Todos los Santos, Day of the Dead or All Saints’ Day. The gigantic kites, barriletes gigantes, were originally flown as a way to remember and connect to ancestors.

No Sew Felt Wallet
August 12, 2009 – 8:00 am | One Comment

Felt boards are a great tactile and quiet activity for toddlers. Create a simple no sew mini felt board to add to your arsenal of on-the-go quiet activities. Great for restaurants & waiting rooms!

100 Good Wishes Quilt
July 30, 2009 – 8:00 am | 7 Comments
100 Good Wishes Quilt

Many families adopting internationally from China create 100 Good Wishes Quilts, or Bai Jia Bei, for their children. In Mandarin, it’s 百家被, which literally means 100 Family Quilt, or a quilt united by 100 families. The tradition originated in the northern part of China in Tianjin, which sits within China’s Hebei Province, just south of Beijing. This provincial custom involves asking friends and family to contribute a patch of cloth with a wish for the baby. It’s unclear as to whether the wish itself is symbolic or an actual physical note in China; however, the wishes are always written down within the China adoption community.

Culture Camp eBook Launch
July 12, 2009 – 7:09 am | No Comment
Culture Camp eBook Launch

We have just the solution for you. Introducing a new resource for adoptive parents: a Culture Camp for Kids; What to do when they can’t do (or they don’t want to)

This e-Book features countless activities suitable for young children from around the world.

Be crafty and.. have fun with fabulous “firework” eggs this fourth of July.
June 29, 2009 – 6:58 pm | No Comment
Be crafty and.. have fun with fabulous “firework” eggs this fourth of July.

By using the technique of tea dying eyes and updating it a little, you can have fun making firework eggs!