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Welcoming Spring

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Tomorrow is the first day of spring! I think we’ll be celebrating with rain boots and umbrellas. Maybe we’ll get lucky and see a rainbow… Here are a few spring favorites from our archives: Green Collage Pretend Play Flower Shop Rainbow Poem Coloring Sheet Spring Audio Books for Kids Spring Felt Board And, more spring [...]

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Color Diffusing Flowers

We have a beautiful new decoration hanging in our playroom: Natalie and I made this using Color Diffusing Flower Shapes, watercolors, pastels, and plain water in droppers and spray bottles. The color diffusing paper is similar to working with coffee filters, but a bit thicker and sturdier. For some of the flowers we did a [...]

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Rubbing Plates + Clay

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My sister teaches a variety of pottery classes for preschool and school-age kids. One of her classes made these neat tiles using flower and bird rubbing plates. The kids pressed the rubbing plates into a clay tile and then painted them before firing. I think they turned out so beautiful! I would like to also [...]

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Flower Planting Kit

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We are always looking for simple, creative gifts to put together for the many birthday party invitations that arrive in the mail. Natalie and I put this flower planting kit together for two of her friends, and we just love it! Inside an inexpensive terracotta pot (6″) we put: organic potting mix, a packet of [...]

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