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Part art, part science, & part saving the environment, this project has something for everyone! With a little imagination, a soup can, and a pile of do-dads, you can create a creature with [...]

We make up a lot of games around here - mostly for our own entertainment & sanity. If the kids like them too, well then even better! One of our favorites is called "Me or Miss Hannah", and it [...]

On a windy early Fall day recently, Hannah & I enjoyed a little excursion to view the open air exhibit of Niki de Saint Phalle's sculptures on display at The Green (the whimsical little park [...]

this is how most kids react to papier mache.

Springtime in Paris with my {then} seven year old niece. Begging to try escargot ("Aunt Jer, it tastes like dirt!"). Climbing to the top of the Arc de Triomphe. The Eiffel Tower on a blustery [...]

This project was inspired by a trip to Asheville last week, where we bought some really beautiful paper beads made in Africa at this cool shop Garage34. Make beautiful bracelets, necklaces, and [...]

This is guaranteed to be the cleanest, best smelling art project you'll ever do - shaving cream paper marbling!

Amazing mural inspired by Vincent Van Gogh's Starry Night.

Once upon a time in a land far away, before cable TV and video games, when kids had to chase the ice cream man with their Big Wheels - not their parent's SUVs - doting moms were concerned that [...]

School is out and if you're going to stand a chance of having frozen yogurt for breakfast, lunch & dinner all summer, it's time to start buttering up the ol' M-O-M! She'll be putty in your [...]