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Do you have all your homeschool curriculum chosen? I hope you didn't forget Art!
Art gives kids a break from math and English and other more strenuous subjects, relaxes them, exercises their creativity, and makes everyone happier. How to keep it fun? Use my "Rules for Art".
Rules for Art
1. Relax and have fun.
2. No one is allowed to make any negative comment whatsoever about anyone else's work.
(Negative comments about your own work are not that fun either.)
3. Art is not perfect or absolutely symmetrical. Don't get perfectionistic.
4. Try new things—be daring!
5. Clean up your mess
Here's what I love using for Art in our homeschool:
*The Big Yellow Drawing Book
Cartoon while learning perspective, shading, overlapping and more! One fun book!
*Prismacolor Scholar Colored Pencils
Quality colored pencils make it a pleasure to draw!
*Scribble Art
Dumb title, fabulous basic art book that every homeschool needs!
*Discovering Great Artists
110 unique art projects following the methods and styles of the great masters!
*My First Book of Cutting, My First Book of Pasting
Wonderful art skills for little ones!
*Easy to Make Pop-Ups
Our favorite way to make birthday cards!
Don't keep these great resources a secret—tell your friends and homeschool groups!
To creativity!
Diane
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view | The Big Yellow Drawing Book Here's a fun and easy workbook to urge any reluctant artist into the joyful world of drawing. Basic principles such as perspective, shading, overlapping, foreshortening, etc., are taught through large, simple cartoon illustrations with room to work right in the book. Based on the same principles as the Drawing Textbook and Draw Squad this is a briefer version, a workbook for beginners who can read. Paperback workbook has 59 pages for ages 8 years and up.
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view | Scribble Art This excellent collection of over 200 creative art experiences for children is my first choice for my homeschool and will keep you going on art projects in every medium for at least a whole year. Chapters include: Paper & Collage, Crayon & Chalk, Paint & Dye, Printing, Sculpting & Modeling, and Craft & Construction with more than 20 different projects in each chapter. I've found this book to be the one best source of all kinds of interesting creative projects such as: veggie prints, newspaper sculpture, bead clay, marbling, wire sculpture, puppetry, treasure box, branch weaving, goop, bubble print, puff paint and much more. You'll find enough imaginative help to easily take you through a year of creative art instruction. I personally prefer this approach to art, rather than the "cut-and-color-from-a-copy" approach. Paperback, black and white pleasing illustrations, 158 pages. Highly recommended for all ages.
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view | Discovering Great Artists I can't imagine a better way to really learn about the great artists than to try out their styles and methods! This ingenious book introduces 110 unique art activities to lead your child into experiencing the techniques of the great masters, from the Renaissance to the present. A brief biography of each artist is followed by a fully illustrated encounter with sculpting, drawing, architecture and more. What could be more memorable after learning about Michelangelo than to try painting while lying on your back, Sistine-chapel-style? These art appreciation lessons will not be soon forgotten! Geared for children ages 4-12. Paperback, 160 pages, black-and-white illustrations.
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view | Great American Artists New!Fun and easy art-appreciation activities abound in this resource that features 75 American artists from colonial times to the present. A brief biography for each artist tells why his or her work is important, and a kid-tested art activity tries out the artist's approach. For Georgia O'Keeffe, the activity is a desert painting; for Frederic Remington, a face cast; for Leroy Nieman, a sketch of athletes; and for James Whistler, a clay engraving. Projects stress the creative process and encourage kids to try unusual techniques such as block printing, soak-stain, and stone carving as they learn about architecture, drawing, painting, photography, and sculpture. A resource guide provides a glossary of art terms, a list that groups the artists by style, a list of the artists' birthdays, an index of art supplies, and websites for viewing art online. 144 pgs Ages 9-12
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view | 20 Art Lessons Twenty art lessons—just enough to teach the basic principles of art. All your student will need is a pencil, crayons, and hands-on pages of this handy draw-in book to self-teach important concepts in art. I like to teach the concept before passing out the books so the children understand well before attempting the artwork. Covers these concepts: primary and secondary colors, mixing colors, warm and cool colors, line, texture, shape, form, space, values, proportions, balance, faces, grids, crosshatching, shading, and overlapping. Buy a book for each student. Spiralbound, for grades 4-7.
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view | The Incredible Clay Book 10% OffEasy-to-shape, non toxic, un-messy polymer clay can be baked at 275* in your kitchen oven to produce bright colorful permanent creations! This stuff doesn't dry out like play dough and it doesn't shrink when it is baked. 8 bricks of clay in bright colors come along with the book (no painting necessary). 168 projects are detailed in full-color photographs and range from the practical (beads, buttons, picture frames, jewelry and barrettes) to the absurd (critters, spills and splats, cars and trucks, miniature food, etc.). This is one fun book—loads of creative enjoyment! Wire bound cardstock, 80 pages, plus 8 colors of Sculpey clay (1 oz. each).
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view | Create Anything with Clay 10% OffThis sequel book to The Incredible Clay Book has ever so many great sculpting ideas. Basic technique instructions are clearly outlined, so your children know how to create the basic shapes, use sculpting tools and molds (made from things found around your house), and mix colors. We were intrigued with the lineup of 5 blanketed newborns made of clay, all with different realistic skin tones in the Color Mixing section! You'll find hundreds of very original, unique projects to try, from tiny animals to realistic clay candies and sweets, frogs, vehicles that really roll, dollhouse furniture, frames, jewelry, and much more. Big, easy instructions for making each clay figure are shown in large detailed "Step 1, Step 2" photographed format, so you can easily follow them. Comes with eight blocks of colorful polymer clay that won't dry out, but bakes to permanence in your oven. Wire-bound book with full-color photographs, on 64 glossy cardstock pages, will provide hours of artistic fun for ages 5 to adult.
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view | Big Bulk Pack of Sculpey Clay 22% Off1.75 lb of white Sculpey clay.
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view | Sculpey Clay, Bright Colors 10 bright colors of Sculpey III clay, 2 oz. of each. Easily bakes to permanence in a low oven (275 degrees for 10 minutes).
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view | Non-drying Modeling Clay This soft clay never dries out and can be used over and over again. One pound package includes red, yellow, green, blue and white clay—best quality from the makers of Sculpey. 1 lb.
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view | Kumon Workbooks Here are the ideal activity pages on excellent quality paper with colorful graphics. Developed by an Asian company to give kids the cutting edge with an early start in education and skills. These thick workbooks are a preschooler's or kindergartner's mother's dream-come-true! One page is enough to keep your preschooler busily working and happy for 15-20 minutes—a bargain indeed! Kids love them, and you'll be amazed at the fine motor skill development you will see!
My First Book of Drawing
Developing strong motor control and pencil control skills is an important foundation for writing letters and numbers. My First Book of Drawing helps children refine these skills by bringing them through all the steps from tracing simple lines and shapes to creating pictures of objects they are familiar with, such as an apple or a cat. Ages 3-5. Follow with Amazing Mazes.
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view | My First Book of Cutting
I was thrilled to discover this book, because it is exactly what I had been hand-drawing in my homeschool for my preschoolers to help them practice manual dexterity through using scissors. Little ones will gradually learn how to control scissors through step-by-step projects that advance from easy shapes to more complex cutting patterns. Excellent prep for handwriting, plus wonderful fun for preschoolers! Ages 3-5. 80 pages, 8 1/2" x 11" on high quality paper.
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view | My Book of Pasting Ooh, good stuff for young ones! Projects start with cutting out parts and pasting them on their places on each page to complete a picture. Excellent practice for manipulating scissors, plus the joy of creating things with their hands. A wonderful book! Ages 4-6. 80 pages, 8 1/2" x 11" on high quality paper.
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view | My Book of Pasting: Jigsaw Puzzle This unique book is genius! Each page is a puzzle to be cut apart with scissors on the lines and pasted into order to make a colorful photo! A fabulous method for developing the fine motor skills needed for good handwriting. A fun book that your kids will beg to do (use it as a reward for getting their math done!). Ages 4-6. 80 pages, 8 1/2" x 11" on high quality paper.
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view | My Book of Easy Crafts Use this colorful book to help your child turn a flat piece of paper into a 3-D toy. Great practice cutting with scissors, folding, and gluing to improve fine motor skills! High quality paper and graphics make it wonderful to work with. Highly recommended for ages 4-6 years. 80 pages, 8 1/2" x 11" on high quality paper.
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view | My Book of Amazing Crafts
This sequel to My Book of Easy Crafts gives children the opportunity to cut, paste, and assemble their own 3-D paper toys. Each of these toys can move, and are fun to play with! A great craft book for ages 5 to 7 years. 80 pages, 8 1/2" x 11" on high quality paper.
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view | Easy to Make Pop-Ups Add pizazz to your art class!
Make your own fun greeting cards! With this book, art projects don't just hang on the fridge for a month and then get tossed, but they are actually given to others and fully enjoyed! Everyone who receives them "oohs" and "aahs" at your cleverness! The easy step-by-step drawings show you how to make really creative pop-up cards, cards with turning parts, and every other 3-D card you can imagine. Paperback, 93 pages, black-and-white drawings.
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view | Beeswax Crayons, 8 colors I always have a tub of useless, broken crayon stubs hanging around. Do you? After years of homeschooling, I have learned something (thank goodness!)—it is worth every penny to buy quality art supplies. Years ago, I purchased an expensive quality set of German beeswax crayons in a tin. After throwing away tubs of broken crayons, I noticed that my "German crayons" were still the children's favorite because of their brilliant colors that apply to paper so smoothly and beautifully. None of them were broken, as they are thick and solid, and easy to hold. And their sturdy little tin had outlasted oodles of paper crayon boxes. After doing a little math, I realized that I actually saved money by buying these excellent crayons. Art projects are more fun too, because the final product is remarkably more vivid in color and texture. These are the top quality crayons used in Waldorf and Montessori schools. Try these—you'll be glad you made the investment.
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view | Beeswax Crayons, 16 colors 16% Off |
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view | Do-A-Dot Art Markers Kids love these fantastic paints! Just dot and dab and a controlled amount of color flows onto the paper—no brush needed! Paints won't even dry out if the cap is left off. Six bright washable colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple in a carrying case.
Preschoolers can dot their way through the ABC's, numbers, and shapes with our Play and Learn Coloring Book.
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view | Play and Learn Coloring Book: Do A Dot Art Preschoolers can dot their way through the ABC's, numbers, and shapes with this fun book. A very fun way to reinforce letters for beginning phonics using the Do-a-Dot Markers. Paperback, quality art paper, 28 pages.
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view | Create Your Own Pictures Coloring Book Great art fun and drawing practice! 45 fun-to-finish illustrations are just waiting for your creative child to put the action into each setting! Captions at the bottom of each page jump-start the imagination preventing the "what-shall-I-draw?" blank. Quality thick white paper does not bleed though—great for markers, crayons or colored pencils. Paperback, 48 pages, 8 x 11" format, for ages 5-14 years.
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view | Potholders & Other Loopy Projects Weaving is an ancient art that is very satisfying. I like to include weaving projects when we study ancient history, but my kids are eager to weave all the time! Klutz is known for its fabulous instruction books, and this is no exception, with its bright photos and drawings that show you step-by-step just what to do. Kit includes everything you need to weave wonderful projects: sturdy plastic loom, big crochet hook, oodles of easy-to-work-with smooth cotton-blend loops, rainbow-colored yarn, and a blunt yarn needle. This is a very meaningful project that children love!
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view | Extra Loops for Potholder Loom Cotton loops make the best potholders, (plus doll-sleeping bags, little purses and more!) Bag of bulky multi-color terry cloth cotton loops will make 2 potholders.
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view | Spiral Draw Book 10% OffAmmon loves this book! Kit includes 4 sturdy design wheels that snap into a frame to create zillions of fascinating spiral designs! The book stimulates your imagination with lots of creative activities to work right on the pages, from "Scratch-a-Doodle" to "Spiral Soak Art." Includes 3 special gel pens too. A very fun art book!
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view | Quick Draw Flip Books Now you can turn your own doodles into amazing motion pictures. To make this classic kid activity easier than ever, Quick Draw Flip Books features several sets of perforated pages, each with a sequence of partially finished pictures illustrating a funny story. Complete the drawings in your own inimitable style. Tear out the pages, bind them with one of your custom clips, and flip them to see your art in action. The book comes with four sturdy clips, a set of colorful mini-markers, and enough tear-em-out pages to make eight unique flip books. For ages 8 and up.
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view | The Only Activity Book You'll Ever Need This is the one and only keep-me-busy book that I have ever needed for my kids whenever we travel or have to sit in a waiting room. It is amazing that so many fun activities can be packed into one book! You'll find dot-to-dots, puzzles, hidden pictures, unfinished drawings, mazes, fold-ups, crayon-and-paper play, games, giggles and goofy stuff that keeps high interest. Comes packaged with five brightly-colored twist-up colors, extra-long, soft wax pencils housed in plastic tubes, making them nearly indestructible and unbreakable. Very entertaining! Spiral bound, 118 pages, for ages 4 and up.
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view | Illustory: Make Your Own Story Kit Make your own book!
Give your child the thrill of being a published author! Budding authors simply write and illustrate their story using the markers and special book pages included in the kit. We even include our own unique Story Web to help author's plan the essential elements of a story. The completed story pages are mailed to us in the postage paid envelope provided, or the book can be made entirely online using our Internet drawing and writing tools. In just a few short weeks you'll receive back a professionally typeset, hardbound book your author will want to show everyone! Finished books include a title, dedication and "About the Author" biography page to give it a truly professional touch.
IlluStory is a multi-award winning children's activity kit and perennial best seller because few products, if any, can build as much self esteem and excitement for reading and writing. The quality of our finished personalized books are a tremendous value and reward any level of effort. Consequently, an ever growing number of families have made publishing with IlluStory an annual tradition. Extra books can be ordered and are the ultimate gift for family and friends, especially since each extra copy can be separately dedicated to the recipient. Ages 5 to adult.
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view | Watercolor for the Artistically Undiscovered 10% OffThat's what we are, isn't it?. . . just "undiscovered artists" waiting for the talent to burst forth. This clever book has the effect of teaching those of us who feel untalented that it is fun and easy to paint! This is a complete learn-to-watercolor kit that includes high quality artist paints and brush; watercolor paper bound right into the book; lessons with plenty of samples to learn from; plus hints; techniques; goofy, inspirational instructions; and encouragement from an expert (children's book illustrator, Thacher Hurd). Very educational, yet thrilling to work through. My son Nathan and I both enjoyed it immensely and couldn't wait to get our chores done so we could paint. Foolproof and highly recommended! Wirebound, 72 cardstock pages, artist quality paint set included.
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view | How to Use Child-Size Masterpieces for Art Appreciation This teacher/parent guidebook will help you teach hands-on art appreciation at every level, using inexpensive color postcards (sold below). The program is unique in that you can know absolutely nothing about art and learn right along with your children. Being able to handle the masterpieces is a far cry from the hands-off feeling of museums. This book will take you through the basic steps of developing art appreciation, beginning with preschoolers and advancing through high school skills:
Step 1-Match identical paintings (purchase 2 identical volumes of postcards below).
Step 2-Pair two similar paintings by the same artist.
Step 3-Be able to recognize and group four paintings by several artists.
Step 4-Learn the names of famous artists.
Step 5-Learn the names of famous paintings.
Step 6-Learn the movements or "schools" of art: Impressionism, Modern, etc.
Step 7-Learn to sort paintings by schools of art.
Step 8-Place paintings on a time line.
Paperback, 95 pages, black-and-white illustrations.
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Child-size Masterpieces Superb, color postcards can be used to teach your children to recognize and love the world's masterpieces. These high-quality reproductions are a fraction of the normal price you'll find in museum stores. Back side of each postcard contains information such as artist's name, title, art medium, size, and which museum it is located in. I like using these with children because they are touchable and sturdy! (Note: you will encounter some nudity—I just dump those few cards.) 24 postcards in each volume.
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view | I Can Draw Books Young children will feel great accomplishment using these fun art books! Vivid color pictures and step-by-step instructions build each figure clearly so even the most hesitant young artist can succeed.
I Can Draw Animals
Includes simple horses, frogs, dolphins, and more.
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view | I Can Draw People
Children will learn to draw simple people of all kinds: a queen, king, ballerina, cowboy, horse and rider, pirate, skier, ice skater, astronaut, scuba diver, soccer player, and more.
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view | Draw Squad Start step-by-step by sketching introductory tables, chairs, boxes, cakes, fishbowls, and then progress to more difficult objects such as sawhorses, houses, and characters. Simple, friendly, funny, and very instructive—your child can easily self-teach with this imaginative write-in workbook that my children think is pure fun! I use it as a basic art course. Sound art principles in a fun-to-use workbook format. Paperback, 251 pages, ages 9 through adult.
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view | Imagination Station
Learn to Draw in 3D! 12% OffFinished Draw Squad and want more? Learn how to draw in 3-D! Draw right in this illustrated workbook through 36 very fun drawing adventures! Start step-by-step by sketching introductory objects and progress to more difficult drawing projects. Simple, friendly, funny, and very instructive your child can easily self-teach with this imaginative write-in workbook that my children think is pure fun! I use it as a basic art course. Based on the enduring principles of art, such as foreshortening, perspective, and more. Paperback, 282 pages, for ages 9 through adult
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view | Fun with Easy Origami 10% OffFrom time to time, we go on origami binges in our family. There is something wonderfully creative about forming a 3-dimensional object from a flat piece of paper! 32 simple origami projects are clearly illustrated in this fun project book. Includes 24 sheets of high-quality, colorful Japanese origami paper, specially made to resist tears and produce sharp folds. Each sheet is colored on one side only to more easily distinguish the folding pattern. Delightful art project.
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view | Origami Paper Includes 51 sheets of high-quality, colorful Japanese 6 x 6" origami paper specially made to resist tears and produce sharp folds. Delightful art project. Resealable box with 17 colors, including metallics and fluorescents!
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view | Aquacolors, 12 assorted colors Oooh! What a creative, fun medium! Color with these artist quality wax crayons and then apply water with a paintbrush, and the color strokes you made will dissolve into a fabulous watercolor effect, blending into an unlimited range of shades. When we do art projects, this is what all the children choose first! 12 European quality art crayons in a metal tin.
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view | Gel Crayons, set of 12 These unique gel crayons apply creamily smooth in extra-brilliant colors that blend for a myriad of shades. They are water soluble, as well, so you can use a wet paintbrush over your drawing to create a water color effect also. 12 colors in wind-up "chapstick tubes" come in a snap-in case. Very creative, exciting and delicious to use!
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view | Prismacolor Scholar Colored Pencils 15% OffSpecially formulated for students and aspiring artists, Prismacolor scholar quality art pencils have a smooth, creamy texture and strong thick cores. The round wooden pencils are packaged unsharpened.
These pencils are recommended by professional artists and art educators for their unmatched blendability and richly pigmented color. Colors can be blended to open up brilliant new possibilities for visual learning and creative expression.
Scholar is a quality line of student pencils from the makers of Prismacolor Colored Pencils, the best selling artist colored pencil. Includes 12 colors in a neat case.
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view | Pipecleaners Gone Crazy Bend, curl, twist and loop! Transform fuzzy pipe cleaners into bears, penguins, bees, daisies, lions, tigers, and more. Kit includes 75 premium pipe cleaners in vivid colors and a step-by-step photo- illustrated how-to book. I knew pipe cleaners were fun, but really didn't know how to show my kids how to play with them until I found this clever book. Really entertaining, creative stuff for ages 4 years and up.
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view | Make a Plate I have some dear drawings my boys made when they were very small tucked away in a folder, but they are yellowing by the year. Here is a practical way to cherish those sweet scrawled drawings—on an unbreakable, scratch-resistant, dishwasher-safe plate. Each kit includes all you will need to permanently "frame" your children's drawings. To make a plate, your child draws on special art paper (7 sheets included) with the enclosed 10 markers, or use your own washable felt- tip watercolor markers. The price of the kit includes the processing, but you will pay a $1.00 handling fee for return postage, as well as paying for the stamp for sending in the drawing. Mail in your drawing in the provided envelope and you will receive your child's artwork molded onto a 10" melamine dinner plate within ten working days. A unique gift for grandparents.
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view | Scratch Magic Deluxe Kit Add pizazz to your art projects with this unique paper. Just draw with the wooden stylus and your strokes will transform into dazzling multicolor! The paper appears blank, but a underlayer of color is revealed as the stylus scratches off the top surface. The more you scratch, the more brilliant color is exposed. Deluxe kit includes 16 assorted scratch magic sheets (glittering holographic, rainbow, and stained glass translucent), stencil with 30 shapes, fine-point and medium-point wooden stylus, 3 easel frames and more. Ages 5 and up. A "Best Toy" award winner!
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view | Scratch Magic Stickers 33% OffScratch! Reveal! Dazzle!
Just draw your masterpiece with the wooden stylus and watch spectacular colors appear as the coated surface is etched off. The more you scratch, the more brilliant color is exposed.
Super Sticker Pack contains 48 cool scratch magic stickers to draw on, 1 stencil with more than 30 shapes, and a wooden drawing stylus. Ages 5 and up.
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view | Window Art What fun! What delight! What creativity! My children enjoyed this kit immensely. Just lay a rigid plastic sheet over an image and then squeeze out a paint outline. Fill in the spaces with the colorful tubes of special paint. Let your creation dry and "voila!" peel off a stained-glass vivid vinyl cling to decorate your mirrors and windows! Emily made us a big smiling sun that graced our basement window all through a dark winter and is still glowing bright. Six fade-proof colors plus black outline and all needed supplies are included, along with a Klutz book full of creative ideas! We love it!
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view | Making Candles Candlemaking is something that often resurfaces in my kids' hobby desires. This is the best simple guidebook I've found for beginners. Make more than 20 beautiful candle projects such as a cupcake candle with whipped "icing", dipped candles, floating candles, and more. Photos, diagrams and step-by-step easy instructions for ages 5-14 years. Paperback, 40 pages.
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view | Farm Puppets Lacing Craft Kit My children and I sure enjoyed this creative, fun project for ages 5-9 years old. First you get to sew/lace the colorful felt puppet shapes together—a useful and fun skill in itself. Then the imaginative creativity begins as you cut felt shapes and glue them on to give each puppet a unique personality! Kit includes pre-cut felt shapes for six puppets with lacing holes punched out, colorful yarn for lacing; safe, easy-to-thread plastic ball-tipped needles; felt for decorating, plus lots of examples to follow-to create farm animals. Slip your hand through the back and let the puppet show begin!
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view | Melty Beads Take some colorful plastic beads, put them in a creative design on a pegboard, get your Mom to iron across them with your help, of course, and presto! —off pops a permanent piece of art (and very fun standup toy)! We love this classic activity, but the tiny frustration-sized beads you'll find on the market made this project less than kid-friendly-until Melty Beads arrived! Just set the clear pegboard on top each page and place the colorful jumbo beads in place to make animal creations and pretty designs. Kit includes color pattern book, 600 colorful big beads, a sturdy plastic pegboard, and an ironing sheet. This is one addictively fun hobby for creative kids 4 years and up!
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view | Kaleidoscope Making Kit Make a 10" long kaleidoscope with a removable cover so trinkets can be changed, completely changing the scene you will view. In addition, you can make a color changing kaleidoscope, or a mystic glow kaleidoscope, a sparkling holographic kaleidoscope, or a snowflake kaleidoscope. A very fun kit!
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view | Let's Make Cards Follow these step-by-step picture and photo instructions to make over 30 fabulous cards! It's easy with the cardstock templates to trace for each cards special design. Decorate your finished cards with the included stickers. An excellent how-to card book for ages 7 to 12 years.
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view | Handmade Cards Making handmade cards has given us so much joy! It is an art project that serves more purpose than just being "cute." This fabulous book/kit includes everything you need to make the most creative collection of cards I've ever come across, including pop-ups, 3-D cards, origami, caterpillar fold, petal fold, purse card, and more! 20 quality sheets of colored paper, measuring grid, folding tool, and reusable card templates are enclosed in a lovely writing box. All you have to provide is your creativity and the sweet, heartfelt messages to go inside.
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view | Lettering in Crazy, Cool, Quirky Style Here's is a fabulous tool kit for anyone who has ever wanted to make chunky block letters, blobby balloon letters, swirly, curly letters . . . and so forth! A bound-on pouch holds the tools, like fine-tipped markers, a mechanical pencil, eraser, and artist's pencils in 16 different shades to turn your words into distinctively colorful language. Use the included practice paper to trace unique alphabets, or copy them freehand. Includes sticker paper to make your own stickers too! Use the 5 plastic stencils—two complete alphabets plus assorted extras—to act as super-stylish training wheels. For ages 8 and up, spiral-bound.
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view | Wooden Stringing Beads 23% OffLace colorful wooden shaped beads—stars, butterflies, hearts, fish, teddy bears, rounds, and more—onto brightly colored cording to create fun necklaces and bracelets! Kit includes over 200 wooden beads and eight laces. Carefully crafted using non-toxic coatings that exceed all US toy testing standards. Stored in a durable, handy wood tray with a clear sliding top. Ages 4 and up.
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view | Dangles and Bangles 30% Off25 Funky Accessories to Make and Wear!
Make your own fantastic fashion accessories with this fun guidebook. Color photos and step-by-step instructions will help you make belts and pins to dress-up your outfits, colorful jewelry, key rings and other wow stuff such as a pop-top belt, a candy-wrapper bracelet, a junk-drawer charm bracelet, glittery hair flowers, a duct tape coin purse, and more unique and fabulous projects! Paperback, 96 pages for ages 10 to teen.
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view | Paper Fashions: Fancy! 18% OffLouisa loves this design-your-own-outfits kit! She has made a whole wardrobe of unique clothes that are truly artistic. Budding fashion designers will be able to give their creativity full range with all the unique tools for fashioning clothing! Spiral-bound idea book comes bound with ribbons, sequins, sticky gems, glittering embellishments, and glue. Just trace inside the plastic stencils onto the colorful paper "fabrics" to build your design. Combine all types of sleeves, necklines, skirts, tops, and accessories to make just the right outfit! You'll get scads of acid free patterned papers, luxurious textured papers, and plastic design stencils to turn your imagination into a reality. When your special design is finished, hand it on a tiny metal hanger or display it on a mannequin!
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view | Deluxe Wooden Handle Stamp Set With a special handle to keep your little one's fingers far from the six-color inkpad and six different stamps to choose from, stamping fun will be endless! The handy case keeps the stamps and pad organized! Washable, non-toxic kid-friendly ink. Ages: 4+ years
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view | Rainbow 6 Color Stamp Pad The 6 bright colors of this value-priced inkpad will keep kids stamping in style! Featuring primary and secondary colors! Washable, non-toxic kid-friendly ink. Ages: 4+ years
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view | Flower Power Wooden Bead Set Flowers will bloom on charming bead bracelets and necklaces. With more than 70 wooden beads in a variety of shapes and colors, it's fun to be creative. Handy wooden storage tray with compartments keeps the beads and colorful stringing cords neat and organized. A perfect activity for parties or rainy days! Ages: 4+ years
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view | Friends 4 Ever Bracelet Making Kit 24% OffIt's a new way to make friendship bracelets. Just lift each thread, hook it to the opposite side and turn. It's fast, easy and you'll never want to put it down. Make 10 different bracelets using 10 brightly colored yarns. Each kit comes with two Friendship Wheels and easy instructions. Ages: 8 yrs. and up
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  | Bags of Bubber! 35% OffEvery homeschool needs a sculpting clay. Bubber is an amazing new product imported from Sweden that is extremely lightweight and holds a clean, sharp edge and impression when imprinted. It never dries out, so you will use it over and over and over again! Cleans up easily, and won't stick or stain. Unique in every way: floats on water, feels warm in your hand, is soft and silky. . . it is just amazing. Get out the garlic press, cookie cutters, rolling pin and build a model of an Egyptian city, or roll out the letters with your beginning reader. This stuff is incredible!
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view | Spoonknife Beginning spoon/knife tool to use with Bubber.
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view | Mirette Advanced Sculpting Tool A sculpting tool that is perfect for Bubber
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view | Uppercase Letters A-Z Press and Lift Stamp (26 pieces) 40% OFFLearn your letters the tactile way with alphabet stamps! Press the letter stamp into Bubber modeling compound for a perfect impression. Spell words, trace the letters with a finger to learn to write them, write your spelling words and more!
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view | Cool Spool Knitting I remember this charming knitter from my childhood. Just wrap yarn around the little pegs and lift the yarn over with the big hook. A first easy step to knitting! Your completed knitted tube will emerge from the bottom center hole of the wooden French "mushroom" knitter. Includes 5 bright yarn skeins, buttons, beads, hair clips, elastics and more to create fabulous hair accessories, bracelets and pins with your knitted yarn. For ages 5 and up.
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view | My First Sewing Kit Hand sewing is definitely a skill that every child needs to know, from the cub scout trying to sew on his own patches to the student at college sewing on his own buttons! Children so enjoy being able to learn to sew, and this kit is just the thing to start on! Bright orange suitcase is packed with everything needed—even pins, pin cushion, needle, thread, trims, buttons, fabric, measuring tape, stuffing and little scissors! Hand sew several easy projects including stuffed felt animals, a drawstring sewing pouch, and a sketchbook. Fabric is pre-cut so you can get sewing immediately! For any beginning seamstress, boy or girl, age 5 to adult.
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view | Super Embroidery Kit Painting with a needle and thread—that's what embroidery feels like to me! It is so creative, and beautifully embellishes your pillowcases, clothing, and more. Start embroidering right away with 12 fabulous colors of floss. This super kit has its own convenient felt carrying bag that you can embroider to decorate. Comes with 12 colors of floss, plastic embroidery hoop, scissors, needles, ribbon, sequins, buttons, glass beads, flowers, 3 felt butterflies, 5 colors of felt, felt shapes, practice cloth and transfer paper. Lots of great project ideas included with easy instructions. Great for ages 8 through adult.
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view | Art Ideas Do you have watercolor paints or oil pastels and don't know how to use them? Are you stuck for ideas for things to paint or draw, or art projects using all your lovely art supplies? This inspiring book will show you just how to use them. Follow the easy step-by-step instructions to create stunning paintings and drawings. Also contains valuable information on how to choose art materials, paintbrushes and paper types, color-mixing, and painting perspective and highlights. Over 200 ideas for things to do with acrylic paints, chalk pastels, inks, poster paints, tissue paper, oil pastels, crayons, and watercolors. Flexibound, 96 pages, oversized book with color photographs on every page. 8 to adult.
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view | Velvet Art 50% OffCreate fabulous fuzzy masterpieces! Each velvet page has spaces to color with ten vividly colored markers. It's goof-proof because even if your marker goes out of the lines, it doesn't show up on the black velvet—only the brilliant "stained glass" images shine through! Kit includes oodles of velvet art pages, markers, and step-by-step instruction to make loads of projects. For ages 6 and up. My kids love this kit!
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view | Gifts and Cards for Every Occasion FREE with any order of 3 items from this emailCelebrate all the special days of the year with this how-to book. Patterns and directions are given to create simple gifts and cards for your family and friends. Includes pop-up cards, kitchen utensil caddy, bookmarks, Christmas ornaments, holiday napkin rings, photo frame, windsock, and more for ages 4 to 8 years. Paperback, black line drawings, 44 pages.
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*The Patriot's Handbook
A fabulous collection of source documents read on CD. Wonderful!
*A More Perfect Union DVD
My favorite movie on the founding of our nation—inspiring!
*Take Your Hat Off When the Flag Goes By
A wonderful "short-course" in the making of our nation, set to song for kids.
*Learning the Bill of Rights in Minutes
Knowing our rights is vital to our freedom. Even kids can learn them quick!
*American History Stories You Never Read in School . . . But Should Have!
Fascinating, true, little-known stories from America's founding.
Hi!
I am Diane Hopkins, mother of 7 children (ages 12 to 32) whom I have had the privilege of homeschooling over the past 18 years. I'm a mom, just like you, and have those fabulous days and those not-so-good days like we all do. My hope in writing is to share experiences, and hopefully we can encourage one another in this wonderful, intense adventure of childraising--that is really what homeschooling is, after all.
Hoping to help, if I can!
Love, Diane
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