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handmade holidays

November 5, 2010 By: amyswandering1 Comment

Don’t miss the 4th annual Handmade Holidays over at Sew, Mama, Sew!

free thanksgiving e-books

November 2, 2010 By: amyswanderingcomment

Click on the pic for the link:

(only free until Nov. 5th!)

autumn stained glass

September 9, 2010 By: amyswanderingcomment

We do nature study on Fridays – our favorite day of the week! We take a walk around the neighborhood pond if the weather is nice, and the kiddos have to add at least one page to their nature notebooks.

I try to do some fun seasonal crafts on Friday as well. Tomorrow we will be making these colorful stained glass windows.

Here’s what you need:

scissors
glue
pencil
construction paper
cardstock
tissue paper in Autumn colors

Print your outlines onto cardstock and cut out to create patterns. (Hang onto these – they might come in handy for all kinds of crafts.)
Choose a pattern and trace around it on a piece of construction paper.
Cut out your shape outline – make a small hole in the middle of your paper with your scissors to get started. Little ones will need help with this.
Turn your paper over to the back and put a line of glue around the outline.
Tear the tissue paper into strips and fill in your outline with the different colors. You might need to add glue as you go.
Let dry & hang in a window.

Autumn Outlines

Apple

Maple Leaf

Owl

Owl – detailed

Barn owl – very detailed

Squirrel

Squirrel – very detailed

Chipmunk – very detailed

Acorn

christmas in july

July 20, 2010 By: amyswanderingcomment

I had good intentions of doing a Christmas in July round-up, but have just been too busy. (You can see my previous one here.)

Lucky for us, Tip Junkie has put together a party much more amazing than anything I could cook up. Just look at these fantastic gift ideas for neighbors.

She is giving away fabulous prizes every day, so run on over & check it out!

wfmw- printable gifts for kids

December 2, 2009 By: amyswanderingcomment

Today’s WFMW theme is Best Gift Tips. I posted these links last year, but they are sooo good that I want to share them again. There are two categories – Coloring Books and Paper Toys. I will be updating the list with more links as I have time, so bookmark this post & check back!

New links are marked with *

Have I got a treat for you!! I know many of us are having to get creative this year when it comes to Christmas presents, so how about letting your computer help you out. I’m making big fancy-pants coloring books for our girls. Our son will be on cloud nine with the paper airplane patterns. You could print out several of the models, add a glue stick or two and top it with a bow – you’re done! Below, I’ve linked to some very unique coloring pages and lots of paper toys to make. There’s something for everyone!!

COLORING BOOKS

Mary Engelbreit

Animals of the World really beautiful

Garden Fairy

Beautiful Fairies

More Beautiful Fairies

Santa Clause Parade vintage

Popular Characters Disney, superheroes, cartoons

A White Horse for the horse lover

More Horses

Art Museum

Fine Art

Natural History Notebooks beautiful

Wildflowers

Camouflage Animals really cool

Imagination Coloring

Silly Monsters

National Geographic

Stained Glass

Jan Brett

Quilt Blocks

Amazing Alphabet very detailed for older kids

Animal Alphabet you could make an ABC book, or a cute craft by spelling the child’s name

Abstract *

Patterns for Colouring *

Fancy Block Alphabet *

Funky Trees *

Beautiful Bible Verses *

Snowflakes *

Runt Farm Pals * so cute!

Runt Farm Posters *

The Space Race *

Bob Ostrom Cartoons *

Butterflies & Moths * check out the links at the bottom for birds, lizards, frogs & more

PAPER TOYS

Innovative Paper Planes we had so much fun with the samples at the bottom of the page – we are going to buy the rest of the patterns & make a book for our son, only $3.oo!

3-D Manger

Build A Paper Rocket

Papercraft a huge list of paper toy sites

Vintage Paper Dolls

Amazing Paper Airplanes

Spacestation 42 big list

Tangrams

Business Card Size Airplane Models

Cuckoo Whistle

Canon’s Creative Park wow!

PaperPino very complex

Paper Microscope