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decorative arts
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12.19.10That’s No Pinata…It’s a Space Station!
Battle Gear, Crafts, decorative arts, Explosions (1)Ok all you Red Leader dorks listen up! If you want to earn some serious speeder cred with your Jedi offspring this is the project for you. 1. Buy an over sized balloon, this should run you 25 cents. 2. Tie parachute cord or the like around the balloon. Alternatively you can set the balloon on a big bowl and start with the first layer of paper mache. The actual hanging cord is applied later. 3. Cut up *a lot* of news paper strips, but any paper will do. 4. Mix 1 part flour with 2 parts water and blend. 5. Slather the strips of ...
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11.03.09Girl Therapy for Mothers of Wild Things
Crafts, decorative arts, mom (6)Do you have crazy wild testosterone maniacs living under your roof? Do you spend your days "battling for justice", modifying "alien ships", and keeping an eye out for dead stuff to poke with a stick? Sometimes our boys look thoughtful and innocent like in the photo to the left below. However, more often than not they look like the photos of spidey there on the right...I rest my case. As much as we try to fully embrace our little boys they sometimes drive us crazy. This is why Stephanie and I get together and go on "fairy benders". We self medicate ...
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03.29.09chickens! but first: paint!
Crafts, decorative arts, Little Brothers, Spring, xo (48)The decorative arts (ornamental and functional works in ceramic, wood, glass, metal, textile) are explored briefly in The American Boy's Handy Book in the chapter Every Boy a Decorative Artist. I think that's where my bookmark fell out. Shadow paintings were a big hit about a month ago with the boys and we had a big agenda to fill in the following weeks with urban graffiti and mural painting that flew out the proverbial window with the arrival of the migrating birds and Spring. Spring does not mess around where we live (does it anywhere?!). From the first almond blossoms to ...
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