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"Undersea Tawashi Collection"

6 patterns, $4.50

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"3 Flower Tawashi"

3 patterns, $3.50

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Make children's play furniture from milk cartons

For this week’s Saturday Quickie, I’d like to share a tip about how to make kids play furniture from nothing more than milk cartons, newspaper, and parcel tape. You can make comfy child-size armchairs, tables, couches, beds – all lightweight yet sturdy and strong enough to take even an adult’s weight.

You need:

Milk or [...]

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Papercut Dinosaurs

Saturday quickie time! Papercutting is fun and requires no sophisticated supplies – just paper and scissors. I made these dinosaurs (and many many like them) to entertain the kids at the kindergarten I work at on rainy afternoons.

Grab some scissors and a couple of squares of paper, and have fun!

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Making memories - a parent-child butterfly painting

For this week”s Saturday quickie, I thought I’d share this cute idea from my sister for parents and young children to do together.

She used a prepared canvas – you can pick them up at Ikea, art supply stores, or DIY stores – and acrylic paint. She and her daughter painted their hands with acrylic [...]

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