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Crafty Summer Fun for Kids

Chloe Findlay-Harder — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:04:10 +0000

I’m just getting prepared for teaching a summer’s worth of art & crafts camps for kids.

I’ve got dozens of projects planned out, my supplies are ready to go – and hopefully the kids will be as enthusiastic about it as I am

Are you still looking for more fun things for your kids to do over the summer?

Whip Up has been collecting some great ideas to keep your crafty kids happy this summer. From learning how to weave, making sun prints to creating puppet shows, there are tons of fun ideas for happy kids.

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Crafty Summer Fun for Kids

Crafty Summer Fun For Kids

Chloe Findlay-Harder — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:59:37 +0000

I recently stumbled across “The Curiosity Shoppe” and was immediately smitten!

I love online shops with unique craft supplies, and this one certainly qualifies

Their “craft room” has all sorts of nifty little goodies to keep your kids (and you!) occupied this summer.

How about a vintage flower loom? Make a stitchable key ring? Do you know your knots?

New projects for summer can keep your kids interested in more than just tv or video games – and they can also be a fun reward too.

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Crafty Summer Fun For Kids

Summer Craft-Along With Craftzine

Chloe Findlay-Harder — Sun, 31 May 2009 09:00:54 +0000

Are looking for fun ways to keep your creative kids busy and entertained this summer?

Craftzine is putting together a fantastic summer long online craft camp to help you!

I teach kids art camps all summer long and I know how much work it can be to keep kids interested and engaged with art and crafts for the whole summer Craftzine’s online camp is a source of great ideas, for little kids all the way up to teenagers.

So get crafty and have fun this summer!

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Summer Craft-Along With Craftzine

Sharing Crafts With Kids

Chloe Findlay-Harder — Tue, 12 May 2009 18:32:55 +0000

I love being able to share my skills as an artist and craftsperson with kids. I’ve taught hundreds of kids over the years (and performed for thousands as a puppeteer) and have picked up a few tips from teaching.

My number one, all time tip?

Let the kids feel like they have say in what they’re doing!

One of the first formal art classes I took as a teenager was lead by an artist who taught by having his students copy his work exactly. In fact, he had been teaching that way for many years.

Was I bored? Oh yes!

I wanted to learn techniques that would allow me to create my own vision – not reproduce his.

I’ve always remembered how frustrated I was with that and try and let my students come up with their own finish product. I demonstrate techniques – but when it comes to the final product, the kids get to be creative.

Sewing with your kids? How about letting them “shop” your stash or chose the pattern? Making crafts? Why not give your kids a little more free rein to chose their own colors or put materials together differently.

It may not turn out to be the project you had in mind – but I can almost guarantee that your kids will want to keep on crafting!

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Sharing Crafts With Kids