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DIY Candle making: A beginner’s guide to get started!
Hi everyone Hope you all had a relaxing spring break. At my place, we had a fun time together and tried some new creative activities to make the spring break a fun filled learning experience. I had given two options to my little one. first is tie dye and second is DIY candle making and she has picked DIY candle making. We made beautiful DIY candles after a few trials and errors and we both are so glad about the end results. How can you make beautiful DIY candles at home? What supplies do you need and what is the step-by-step process? Read on to know more! DIY Candle making:…
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5 Amazing ways to keep your kids engaged during spring break!
Spring break is just around the corner. And I am sure just like me, you all must be having a mixed set of emotions. One side, it feels good to have a relaxed morning routine, after a long tiring school session of many months. On the other side, it gives little stress about how to keep kids engaged during this time? Here in Pleasanton, we have been facing adverse weather conditions since last 2-3 months. And this thing has restricted our outdoor activities. There is a high possibility that the same thing will continue during spring break too. Considering this factor, I am planning some creative activities to keep my…
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Punch needle embroidery: A beginner’s guide to get started!
Hi everyone, I hope you all had a happy festive season and had a good time with friends and family. Here in Pleasanton, we had a long weekend due to Halloween. Long weekends are relaxing, and they give us a perfect opportunity to spend some quality time together as a family. Just like other holidays, when I have asked my girls what we can do together during this long weekend, my little one replied, she wants to learn “Punch needle embroidery craft”. I had heard about punch needle craft before, but I did not know much details. So, we watched some YouTube tutorials for punch needle craft and read some…
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Enrich your child’s learning experience with puzzles, quests and much more!
Do you know, according to a recent educational report, innovative teaching strategies help in enhancing student engagement. Education experts suggest, using Innovative and creative teaching methods is best way to enhance creativity and imagination power in kids. These things are key to involved students in active learning and create a positive learning atmosphere for them. Since the time of pandemic (from year 2020), there is drastic change in teaching methodology. Although Digital tools and technology have become an integral part of educational system. However, the innovative teaching methodology does not mean only using technology and digital tools while teaching. Innovative teaching methods are much more than that. It starts from…
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5 Effective tips to involve kids in creative activities!
There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all. Without creativity, there would be no progress, and we would be forever repeating the same patterns.” —Edward D bono Absolutely Creativity is an essential 21 st century life skill that helps in all areas of life. It is an important tool that helps in creating a solid foundation for success in future. By definition, “Creativity is a phenomenon whereby something new and valuable is formed. The created item may be intangible or a physical object. Scholarly interest in creativity is found in a number of disciplines, primarily psychology, business studies, and cognitive science.” Creative people have a better…
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5 Basic embroidery stitches for beginners- A quick recap with easy video tutorials!
Hi everyone, Excited to share a quick recap of our latest creative series, “Embroidery for beginners”. I am not sure how many of you have watched our “YouTube video tutorials” for “Embroidery for beginners’ series”, so with this post, I am sharing a quick recap of “5 Basic embroidery stitches” with video tutorial links. Read the post to know more! 5 Basic embroidery stitches for beginners These are: Running stitch Back stitch Fly stitch Cross stitch Satin stitch First, let’s get started with “Running Stitch” Running stitch Running stitch is one of the easiest and basic stitch. It is used in both sewing and embroidery as a basic stitch to learn. It…
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Hand Embroidery for kids : Origin, History & Amazing Benefits for kids!
Hi everyone! Super excited to share this week’s post. the post is really special and close to my heart. after a gap of almost 1 year, my girls are back on blog and we three are excited to share this year’s summer special creative learning journey with you all. Though this year’s summer vacation was not much exciting due to pandemic stress but we had tried our best to learn something new and spend some quality time together as a family. Just like every year, when I had asked girls, “What they want to learn from me, during this summer vacation”? they had made me pleasantly surprised by their choice. they said, “They want to learn hand embroidery and crochet”. …
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#BlogchatterA2Z “Z”- Z theme activities for kids and Zeal of completing first A2Z challenge.
Finally we reach at the end of #BlogchatterA2Z and I am so happy that I did it. It is the last post and as Z, I am sharing two things. Two easy Z theme activities that kids will love it. And secondly will share the “Zeal of completing first #Blogchattera2Z” Z theme activity for kids Zoo visit I am sure we all have done this awesome family activity as a child and as a parent too. And we all have loads of fun with it. Here I am sharing some easy tips to make this activity more fun. Pre pan your trip properly and give an idea to kids about…
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#BlogchatterA2Z, “X”- X-mas Crafts for kids!
#BlogchatterA2Z journey has come to an end and yes! We had reached to alphabet “X”. Though it is summer time but when I had thought to create, write and share something that starts with letter “X”, the first thing that came in mind was “X-Mas Crafts”. I felt that X-mas crafts would be the best activity to share with this alphabet and I am sure kids will love it. Why we had selected this theme? Christmas is one of the most favourite festivals of my girls. Especially when we moved to USA, we had seen such a vibrant and awesome celebration of this festival. It is the time when native…
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#BlogchatterA2Z, “W” Wood art- An Easy Recycling Project for kids!
It is the third last post of #BlogchatterA2Z, as “W” I am sharing an exciting and easy wood art project for kids. it is a recycling project and we had lots of fun while doing it. hoping you would like it. How this project started? It was the time when we moved from california to connecticut. and while moving we had some leftover wood ply. so, I had thought to recycle them in a creative way. And decided to make a recycle wood art from these leftover wood ply. Recycled wood Art Theme– First we had selected a theme, “The essential factors of a loving family“ Love, trust, care and…