When my daughter was young and my grandchildren younger, I constantly looked for crafts that would keep them busy and expand their creativity.  I tried to teach them to use their talents so they wouldn’t be bored and later become bored and boring adults.
Utlizing various “found” items around the home kept our arts and crafts activities relatively inexpensive, yet lots of fun.  Some of these involved using the wrapping paper I saved.
I’ve written about these activities in my Blisstree Arts and Crafts posts and one of my readers also has offered suggestions.  You may want to check them out for …read more

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 Once the excitement of the first days of summer vacation from school are over, youngsters often bombard you with the comments, “I’m bored. I don’t know what to do.”  
Check out the post, Activities for Your Youngsters This Summer – Reading & Others, over at my new blog One Book Two Book. There you’ll also find links to Karen’s post at our blog and Char’s at Weary Parent, with many, many ideas.
These may be activities you can enter into with your youngsters as you take a break from quilting and fabric art work.  Also, you’ll find some you can set them playing …read more