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Attention all funny book fans: put this gem on your library list, STAT! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Fractured fairy tales are VERY popular at our house and It’s Not Hansel and Gretel is the very best kind. It’s flipping hilarious (snort laughs guaranteed!), super witty and beautifully illustrated...plus there’s even a mustachioed unicorn. Yes, you read that correctly. Mustachioed. Unicorn. 🦄🌈😂 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I can’t believe I haven’t shared this one with you guys yet! I actually won this copy in a giveaway from the author himself, Josh Funk, who just happens to be one of our ultimate all-time faves (do you know him from the Lady Pancake & Sir French Toast saga?) and he signed it for Kin which of course basically made her entire life, but even if it wasn’t signed I am positive we would still read it at least once a week 🤩📖🤓 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Kinley always has the funniest things to say about her favorite books so I thought instead of my regular mom reviews, we would start teaming up for these book love posts. Here are her thoughts about It’s Not Hansel and Gretel: ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ K: “It’s funny and there’s a unicorn and they twisted it so it’s so silly! Gretel is my favorite because she’s funny and she makes the author say her name first before Hansel — GIRL POWER! Also Hansel is a crybaby...but like a funny one.” ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ It’s Not Hansel and Gretel written by Josh Funk | @joshfunkbooks illustrated by Edwardian Taylor | @edwardiantaylor published by Two Lions | @amazonpublishing ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #bookswelove #booksforkids #kidsbookswelove #kidsbookstagram #picturebooks #readingisfundamental #readingiscool #readingislit #twolionsbooks #homeschoolmom #mustread #raisingkinley #kidlit
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Art you can play with is the best kind! Especially when it’s made on a beach towel under an umbrella 😁💕🏖☀️ (Slide over one and make sure your sound is on for happy kids and beach noises 😍😁) ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ One of my fave ladies, Siân from @teach.investigate.play, is hosting @getcreativewith this week and these little cork boats were the first thing I thought of when I saw her theme — Familiar Materials 🤓⛵️✨ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Last time we hit Lake Michigan, I packed a rainbow of craft foam and scissors for everyone in a big ziplock baggie as well as individual craft packs that included: ▫️a small bamboo skewer ▫️three same sized corks ▫️two rubberbands ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ All you have to do is to make your own mini-sailboat is: ▫️Line up your corks and hook them together with the two rubber bands. ▫️Cut your sails out of craft foam (we learned through trial and error that big sails make boats tip, so skinnier is better 👊🏼💕) and poke the skewer through. ▫️Poke the skewer + sail into the middle cork of your cork raft to turn it into a perfect tiny sailboat! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Have you ever brought an art project on vacation? I know I can’t be the ONLY crazy who packs scissors and glue sticks! 🤓😂 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #getcreativewith #everydayplayhacks #beachykeen #summerfeels #creativeideas #keepthembusy #raisingkinley #homeschooliscool #steameducation #steamkidschallenge
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Nothing says summer like watermelon 💕🍉😎 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Kin was in the mood for some REAL paint (acrylic) art yesterday so I filled the trusty muffin tin with summery watermelonish colors and we gave the gorgeous @spotofteadesigns watermelon paintings a try 😍😍 This one had been on our list since last summer and I’m sorry we waited so long to make it happen! That texture and those creamy dreamy colors....just 😍😍😍😍 Tara did hers on canvas, but we didn’t have any spares laying around so we just used card stock and it worked great too! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The link to Tara’s instructions are in my stories for ya if you wanna make some painty watermelons of your own 😁👊🏼 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I’m off to Ikea for a frame to put Kinley’s in...yep, you read that right. I’m braving Ikea on a Saturday, THAT’s how much I love it 😍😍🤓😂 Wish me luck! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #makearteveryday #makeamess #artforkids #raisingkinley #watermelon🍉 #getcreativewith #kidart #creativekid #homeschoolmom #homeschoolfun #summer19
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Do bubblewrap prints EVER get old?! 😍🤓 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Kinley and I originally made bubblewrap unicorns when we were studying Roy Lichtenstein and his comic-book-dot-style art, but since then we’ve made dozens and dozens of different kinds of unicorns and even made a free printable template and a whole guest blog post full of unicorn making ideas -- including these collage + print ones -- over on creatingcreatives.com. (I’ll leave a link in my bio for ya just in case you need it! 👊🏼💕🦄) ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ We’ve been trying to make some brand new unicorn art all week for @a.pop.of.culture Unicorn Week with @createlaughlearn but thought I’d share these bad boys again in case you wanted to join in too, but aren’t much for doodling. Magical pony heads are challenging, man! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Happy almost weekend! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #apopofculture #unicornart #unicornsofinstagram #🦄 #kidart #artforkids #creativekids #createyourhappy #raisingkinley #mixedmediaart #recycledart #collage_art #kidscrafts #kidscrafts101
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The other day @bekindandmakeart tagged me in her washable marker print photo paper art inspired by @mrsallainart and I instantly got amped cause YAY FOR NEW TOTALLY FAB PHOTO PAPER IDEAS!! 🥳🥳🤓😂 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I went over to check out Katie’s stories highlights about the tie-dye paper process and saw that in her original version the kiddos did @sharpie doodles on their papers first and then added the washable marker rainbows, so that’s what we decided to try! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Kin & I each made two before bed but I went back in the schoolroom after she went to sleep and doodled and rainbowed for a whole nother hour! 🤫🤓😂 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Gotta love this vibrant circle of inspo — thanks for the fun, ladies!! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Ooh one tip: if you try this on photo paper too, you’ll need to blot the photo paper on the doodled side after you apply the rainbow to get the extra moisture off or the Sharpie will bleed a little — you can see what I mean if you scroll all the way to the last picture 👊🏼💕 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #artwithkids #artteacher #vibrantcolors #abstractdoodles #kidart #processart #kidsactivities #createyourhappy #raisingkinley #homeschoolmom #creativekids #raisingcreativekids
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sand + paint = 🤩🤩🤩 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ @fabercastellusa sent us this amazing sand art kit to try months ago but the last time I “organized” 🤪😂 I tucked it up on a shelf and completely forgot about it! 🤦🏻♀️ Kin saw it on the table last night and was too amped about it to wait until today, so it was our bedtime project last night and we totally LOVED it!! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ It comes with: ▫️ 5 cardboard canvases — two have resist pictures on them and the rest are blank ▫️ 5 colors of sand paint in squirty bottles ▫️ two little sealable container to mix your own sand paint colors ▫️ a cool multi-sided scrape tool ▫️ a mini palette of super bright vibrant watercolors ▫️ a paintbrush ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ If you’ve got a bored little summer breaker laying around your house, this one is perfect for you. We spent an hour painting and scraping and could’ve done wayyy more — the paint bottles are still half full! 🥳😁 Four painty sticky gritty thumbs waaaaaaay up from us 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼😁💕 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #fabercastell #raisingkinley #artkid #artkit #creativekids #kidsactivities #craftymom #sandart
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It’s TREATS WEEK with Hazel @hidden_egg who just happens to be one of my ultimate faves (her Scottish garden stories and happy doodles get me swooning every time 😍😍) so Kinley and I got our bedtime dream cake doodle on to join in and hopefully make her smile last night before bed 😁 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ We just used Sharpies and @blickartmaterials liquid watercolors. Kin’s been getting in to drawing in pencil and tracing in permanent marker thanks to her art class, so she had a good old time with this one! Plus, who DOESN’T wanna design their own dream cake?! 😁😁🦄🌈💕🎂 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Have you ever tried adding art in your jammies to your bedtime routine? I put on some calm music and get out some supplies and we chat and crack up about our day — it’s the best! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #getcreativewith #raisingkinley #makearteveryday #makeart #kidart #dreamcake #vibrantcolors #homeschoolmom #invitationtocreate #createyourhappy #blickartmaterials #imaginationarts #artforkids
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You guys know by now that I’m a total sucker for nonfiction picture books but this one is next level. Out of this world, even!! 🤓🚀🌔✨ . I wanted to read Moonshot on Sunday — you know, the 50th anniversary of the moon landing 🤪 — but it’s been a crazy week, so we finally snuggled up and made it happen last night. Less than five pages in, Kinley was asking a million space and moon and astronaut questions and all “hurry up and turn the page, Momma!! 🤩🤩” level into it. The illustrations are amazing and the way it’s written just makes it so dang exciting! . Despite the stories my mom has been telling me about the moon landing since I was little, I don’t think I ever really understood how intense and nerve-racking and AMAZING it all was until Moonshot. I had goosebumps. More than once, y’all. For REAL. From a picture book. 🤓😍👨🏻🚀👨🏻🚀👨🏻🚀 It somehow feels like you are really actually there! Magical! . And bonus, it just so happens that @kidartlit this month is all about Moonshot, too! Kinley decided she would like to make the scrape paint night sky project (with extra glitter 😉) while listening to their killer moon-themed playlist — perfect way to settle down for bed. She’s got big plans for making all of the other projects from the digital pack this weekend and the moon page from the book (5th pic) has inspired her to make her own moon drawing. We have gone completely loony for the moon-y! 😂 . If you haven’t checked out the #kidartlit digital subscription before, we couldn’t recommend it harder. If you have a great library and a fully stocked art supply closet, it would be perfect for you, too! There’s a link in my bio if you wanna check out what’s included 😁👊🏼 Can’t wait to see what next month brings to my inbox! . . Moonshot by Brian Floca | @brian_floca published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers | @simonkids . . . #kidsbookswelove #kidsbookstagram #homeschoolmom #homeschoolersofinstagram #iteachfirst #picturebooks #nonfiction #raisingkinley #favebookfriday #moonlanding #moonwalk #simonkids #brianfloca #booksforkids #picturebook
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INTRODUCING...Pengy Sue, Kinley’s first REAL clay creation! 🐧💕 . That girl of mine had her first real actual no-momma-involved legit art classes this week and she LOVED every minute of it! She made a sparkly rainbow paper mache birdie, a painting of a unicorn who dropped her ice cream cone and hollered “FIVE SECOND RULE!”, and this cute little penguin with the good hair special treasures jar 😍😍😍😂 . Next week she starts a new session — SCULPTURE CAMP! I’ll let ya know how that one goes 😉🤓 Think she’ll notice if I sneak in there in a disguise? I wanna use the clay squisher! #nofair 😏😂 . . #claysculpture #clayart #artforkids #raisingkinley #creativekids #makearteveryday
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I went over to @barleyandbirch’s website o’ treasure yesterday looking for a printable art calendar and ended up spending an hour and a half clicking from one project to another with stars in my eyes 🤩🤩 and then when Kinley came to see what the heck was taking me so long, she spotted Amanda’s butter crayons + muslin rainbow sewing project and instantly got her own set of star eyeballs 🤩😂🤓 . We didn’t have time to get our actual sew on today ‘cause Grammie + Grampy are coming over for dinner, so we thought fast and made our own quick and easy paper grocery bag + staples version! . If you wanna give either rainbow project a try, you are gonna need to head over to barleyandbirch.com and check out Amanda’s instructions + grab her free rainbow template — I’ll leave the link in my bio for ya 👊🏼💕 We used a combo of ▫️ @crayola neon oil pastels ▫️ neon @kwikstixpaint ▫️ black liquid watercolors to decorate ours and stuffed them with shredded newspaper — SUPER easy! 😁👊🏼 . If you aren’t already following @barleyandbirch, you are missing out, friend. This is just a teensy-tiny taste of the freebies and goodness she’s got going on — go check it out! Star eyes for everybody! 🤩🤩🤩🤩😂👊🏼 . . #instabuddies #barleyandbirch #raisingkinley #recycleandplay #recycledart #artforkids #kidart #kidsactivities #everydayplayhacks #vibrantcolors #craftsforkids #craftymom #createyourhappy #creativekids
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Don’t you just love when instabuddies become real life ACTUAL buddies? 😁💕 . Recognize that cute little happy face? Yep! It’s the one and only Amelia from @bookbloom 😍😁 Miranda & Co made a stop in good old O-H-I-O yesterday to end a leg of their epic road trip adventure and we were lucky enough to get to meet up with them at our favorite dinosaur splash pad for a couple of hours of splashing + giggling + sweating (it’s H O T out there, man!) 😁💕🦖💦 We’ve been penpals for awhile now and we’ve FaceTimed before, but everything is better in real life, isn’t it? The girls ran around and played like they’d been dreaming of doing together for months and we got to chat and laugh together like WE’d been dreaming of doing for months 😁😁 And the hugs. The real life actual hugs! 💕😁 . We got to hang out with @toddler_tornado for a day last fall and we’ve got a meet-up with @2little_lims planned for this fall 🤩🤩 It’s so exciting and fun and then so sad when leaving time comes. . Have YOU met up with any of your instafriends before? Anyone else down for opening a kindred spirit instabuddies commune? 🤓😁 . . #amomentwithfriends #instabuddies #bookbloom #kindredspirits #raisingkinley #letthembewild #summer19 #playoutside #columbusoh #columbusmoms #ohioexplored #columbusblogger
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I’ve been meaning to make a big piece of art for the frame that goes over our fireplace (up until today it still had snowflakes in it 🤭😂) and when I saw this @deepspacesparkle project over on Facebook last night, I sprung into action with my permanent marker and white oil pastel! #netflixandmomcraft 🤓👊🏼 . When Kinley woke up today that baby was stretched across the table with her @kidmademodernxtarget watercolor palette (not sponsored, just love it! Comes with an awesome pad of assorted weight watercolor paper too 😍😍) and her top three fave paintbrushes in a jar of water and she sat down & amped up the awesome just like I knew she would! . We hadn’t done a Deep Space Sparkle project before but I have a feeling this is the first of MANY!! That Patty has a truckload of brilliant ideas 🤩💕 . Happy Weekend!! . . #kidart #teamwork💪 #makearteveryday #makeart #kidmademodern #makestuff #artwithkids #deepspacesparkle #kidart #vibrantcolors #watercoloring #craftymom #creativekids
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I was taking a spin around my buddy @julialinsteadt’s insta page yesterday and saw something I HAD to try — mason jar lid frames! . We had just painted some more tissue paper before bed (we are officially addicted, thanks @ohcreativeday 🤓👊🏼) and Kinley’s was so pretty this go round that I didn’t wanna tear it up. Julia’s genius idea was just the thing to make it fancy enough for hanging on the wall 🤩🥳😁 I just cut our favorite bits into squares and popped them right in — easy peasy! . Julia’s got a whole bunch of other fab/smart ideas for displaying kiddo art in video form over on her @kidartlit Facebook page if you have a stack you are looking to fancify that won’t fit in these cute little lid circles 😁😁 and she’s got about 400 bazillion fabulous ideas for making special art over on her Insta 🤩 Go check it out if you aren’t already following her! . Julia’s the ultimate sweetest and I just know you’ll love her and her thoughtful creativity as much as I do 💕🖌 . . #kidart #displayart #recycleandplay #artforkids #craftymom #raisingkinley #creativekids #getcreativewith #masonjars #smockson #homeschoolmom
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My best friend came over yesterday and we all sat down together and finally made the @100daysofartbar wood + watercolors + oil pastels art happen and it was every bit as fun as the cardboard version we posted a couple of weeks ago...maybe even better because painting on wood = 😍😍😍😍 . Another big giant @artbarblog win! . We got these thin wooden plaques (they are about as thick as popsicle sticks) at Hobby Lobby for super cheap a while ago and I think we are gonna have to go back and get some more ‘cause they make awesome little canvases! . . #artbarinspired #100daysofartbar #createyourhappy #craftymom #processart #artforkids #artteacher #raisingkinley #vibrantcolors #makearteveryday #makeart
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What up, homies?! Happy Monday! It’s officially our day to share the newest #sewasoftie July pattern: Harold the Hedgehog! . Despite my best efforts to steer K in a summery rainbowish stuffed friend direction, she had her heart set on a hedgie. And not a pink or aqua or indigo hedgie, a regular realistic brown one...and turns out she couldn’t have made a better choice, as usual 😂👊🏼 I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, kiddo’s have T H E best brains 😍😍 . Isn’t he the sweetest?! Finally a hedgehog we can actually snuggle! 🦔💕 . Hop on over to the ol blog (link in bio) and grab yourself a free printable pattern and check out the suuuuuper easy instructions if you need them. . Trixi @colouredbuttons put this whole amazing thing together to get kids everywhere interested in sewing and it’s certainly worked for us. It’s so exciting for Kin to be able to turn her idea into an actual toy almost all by herself, plus there’s something so relaxing about the stitching and the opportunity for chatting and giggling — SEW fun 🤓🤓 . Want some more stuffie ideas? Head over to: ▫️ @artcampla and take a peek at her gorgeous dropcloth moths 😍😍 ▫️ #sewasoftie / @sewasoftie are LOADED with amazing ideas — feel free to add your own DIY softie to the hashtag too! ▫️ @ohcreativeday is sharing hers tomorrow — stay tuned 😍✂️🧵 . . #sewingtutorial #sewingforgirls #sewingforkids #craftsforkids #kidscrafts #kidscrafts101 #hedgehogsofinstagram #stuffedanimals #craftymom #creativemornings #homeschoolers #mombloggers
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We mixed up a double batch of @hihomemadeblog’s chalk paint yesterday and after 10 minutes, this is all that was left 😂 . We shared our tried and true chalk paint recipe to use up all those little nubs of chalk at the bottom of your bucket earlier this week, but if you don’t have any nubs, this recipe is for you! . You only need three things to make it: ▫️water ▫️corn starch ▫️food coloring . The link to Heidi’s recipe is in my stories for ya! You are gonna wanna save this one 😍😁 We ended up painting pictures with some and splattering the rest everywhere. Our mailman, Jim, said it was the prettiest sidewalk he’d ever seen 😁🙌🏼 . (Oh, BTW, those chunky heavy duty paintbrushes are from @discountschoolsupply. They worked perfectly on the sidewalk and I just got an email that they have free shipping on any order going on right now 👊🏼📦 We are stocking up on liquid watercolors as soon as I finish writing this 🤩💸🤫🤓) . . #everydayplayhacks #raisingkinley #playoutside #letthemplay #makeamess #homeschoolers #homeschoolmom #preschoollife #artwithkids #letthembekids #kidfun #kidsactivities
