To celebrate the launch of our new Pocket Gallery iPhone app, which allows parents to organize and share their child’s artwork from their phones, we’re asking for submissions of your kids’ best creations.
E-mail pictures or scans of any drawings or paintings to kidsart@parents.com.
Winners will be selected by Parents.com editors and featured in a slideshow on the site!
Don’t forget to download and use the Parents Pocket Gallery app here so you’ll never be without your little Picasso’s masterpieces.
Submit your child’s artwork between September 18 and October 15.
The National Museum of the Marine Corps is holding its second annual “Art for Wounded Warriors” program, which calls upon young artists of all grade levels to submit drawings, paintings, and any original artwork to decorate recovery facilities for wounded Marines around the nation.
“The Museum’s call for artwork is a wonderful way to teach children about service to the nation as well as for children to express their gratitude and support for our Marines,” said James Hunniford, the Teacher-in-Residence at the museum. “We hope this program helps our nation’s children understand that there is something they can do to help.”
To participate, children should create a picture and write a supportive message on a 8 1/2″ x 11″ piece of paper. The child’s name, hometown, and grade level should be written on the back fo the paper. Then, the drawing must be packaged in a flat, rigid envelope and postmarked and sent by December 10, 2011 to:
The National Museum of Marine Corps Attn: Teacher-in-Residence 18900 Jefferson Davis Highway Triangle, VA 22172-1938
I love paint chips, and I especially love crafting with them. Check out this happy Easter Egg garland made by Modern Parents Messy Kids. Visit the site (or just look at these photos) for the very easy how-to. You can hang this garland on your mantle, front door, or in the trees near the egg hunt!
You want to support your little budding artists, but the amount of artwork is taking over every inch of your storage space.
A recent New York Times article noted a growing dilemma among parents–where (or how) to store all the glittery scribbles their children produce at school, at home, and just about everywhere. Some parents ruthlessly edit or surreptitiously discard less-inspired artwork, intent on keeping the home uncluttered while teaching their kids not to be sentimental pack rats.
Other parents, however, can’t bear to part with their children’s drawings and paintings (no matter how banal), preferring to find creative storage or display solutions. Still others have discovered the savvy (but time-consuming) solution of scanning all their children’s artwork onto a computer and compiling a digital scrapbook.
The contest is only open to students in the U.S. While kids from kindergarten through 12th grade can enter the contest, just one national winner will be chosen to have the winning doodle displayed on the Google homepage on May 20, 2011. Plus, the chosen winner will win a $15,000 college scholarship and a $25,000 technology grant for the school he or she attends. Three national finalists, 40 regional finalists, and 400 state finalists will also be chosen to receive various prizes.
Baker’s twine has become an irreplaceble craft supply for me. When in doubt, I say use the red and white string. I love that companies are breaking out with other colors, like these great ones from Divine Twine.
But what can you do with Divine Twine besides wrapping gift boxes? Make greeting cards! These precious designs were made by Suzonne from Urban Comfort. Check out her blog…it’s full of great crafts and yummy recipes!
Valentine’s Day is one of my very favorite excuses to craft, and if you’re looking for a non-sugary, inexpensive gift, look no further. The Long Thread posted this adorable heart crayon, made by melting crayon scraps, but she took it one step further by mounting it on this sweet card! And she’s that nice that you can dowload two different heart cards from her blog for free.
Origami is amazing—the fact that someone has figured out how to bend and fold paper into lovely delicate shapes is just incredible. Most origami that you see is 3-dimensional, and if you try to save it, it turns into a dust collector and then eventually gets crushed and tossed in the trash. So when I saw these amazing 2D numbers by Kristen on Bloesum Kids, I thought it made for a cool way to preserve an origami creations. Just mount them in an Ikea frame, and there you have it. Insta-art. And cool insta-art at that.
Directions for folding the numbers can be found here.
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