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1 Turn Your Favorite Photos Into Coloring Pages For Kids
recycling
2 Lil Tip: Recycle Broken Crayons
Toy Box
3 Toy Box: Crayola Carrier
Elementary
5 Kidoodle: Cookie Cutters for Crayons
arts and crafts
6 Colorful Way For Kids to Stash Crayons
Shopping
7 Unique Crayon Shapes Get the Creative Juices Flowing
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8 Celebrate Cultures With Complexion Crayons and Pencils
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9 OnSugar Blog: Kids Fall Window Decoration
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10 Crayons and Markers Your Kids Can Actually Eat!
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11 Wax Works: 5 Creative and Easy Projects With Crayons
Think outside the crayon box the next time you want to get creative! Crayons are mostly used for coloring, but there's so much more moms and kids can do with them! Add some paper, glue, and other household items to the mix and opportunities are endless. We found 5 cool crafts with crayons you don't want to miss. Grab the kids, and some crayons, and get crafty. Read more
Kids and messes go hand in hand, especially when there's markers involved. . . how can one purple marker end up in so places?! I love the artistic creations kids whip up when they are armed with markers or crayons, but I can't help get worried when they get all over their hands, their clothes, and especially when they wind up in their mouths. Rather than circle like a helicopter when your kids Read more
Lot of moms like to think out loud and Crafty McCrafterson is one of them. In her latest post, the busy mama shows us how to make some great window decorations that celebrate the season. This is a great craft to do with a bunch of people for a playdate or in a classroom. All you need to make them are: Iron Wax Paper Crayons Outline of leaves To see how to make the colorful leaves, read more Read more
Coloring books are fun, but it's hard to form a connection with a page full of generic characters. Give lil ones a stack of coloring pages they'll recognize by converting mama's digital photo files into black and white sketches that they can doodle on. The professional-looking conversion only requires Adobe Photoshop and five minutes of mom's time. Read more
Crayola renamed its "Flesh" crayon "Peach" in 1962, as it was seen by some as racist and politically incorrect. Today, children can choose a variety of art supplies, from the waxed coloring sticks to pencils, to accurately shade in their skin in self-portraits. Celebrate the diverse beauty of the world's peoples by checking out some of these products. Crayola's Multicultural Crayons ($2.50). Read more
Empty out your craft box and start fresh with some crayons fit for lil hands. The custom made wax creations like these adorable handmade egg-kittens ($17) will inspire plenty of easel time. The creator melts down non-toxic crayons and molds them into the perfect egg-like shape before hand-carving the faces and ears. For mamas looking to teach their children a thing or two about recycling, many Read more
My daughter could do art for hours. She's just got one problem when it comes to keeping all her crayons on the table — a 21-month-old pair of sticky fingers attached to her lil brother. My son swipes whatever he can get his hands on as he loves the ensuing chase even more than making his own creation. We've tried boxes and bins, Zip-loc baggies, and tins and nothing has worked that well. So Read more
At the end of the school year, teachers are left with bins full of broken crayons and a dilemma — to trash or not to trash. Some may recycle them into crayola muffins, but there's another creative way to melt those broken wax sticks into something fun. Line a cookie sheet with foil. Take whimsical cookie cutters like hearts, butterflies, cars or dogs and fill them with pieces of peeled broken Read more
Last night's Oscars look like they'll have record-low viewing numbers based on the preliminary ratings, Reuters reports. Stay tuned for the final numbers later today. Though its showrunners were recently fired, Women's Murder Club will still produce three more episodes this season, writes the Hollywood Reporter. Zap2It reports that the Tina Fey-hosted Saturday Night Live — the first Read more
Children love crayons and eventually they seem to find their artistic ways on the walls of your house. Instead of panicking, relax and use a common household product to clean off the scribbles. You know that citrus scented stuff, Goo Gone? Use a washcloth and scrub the spot with the solution. After you have magically erased the marks from the wall, use soap and water to wipe it clean. Once it Read more
