Daily Activities — arts and crafts

Learn More about Color Schemes with a Fun Art Project (Intellectual Skill)

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Learn More about Color Schemes with a Fun Art Project (Intellectual Skill)

Intellectual-development activity: Help your family explore color schemes and learn about complementary, split-complementary, analogous, monochromatic, tetrad, triad, and square color schemes! Then invite them to make a simple art project inspired by the popular stained-glass sidewalk chalk displays that were so popular earlier this year.

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Customized Pencil Cups and Desk Storage from the Dollar Tree for a Fun Virtual Learning Space

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Customized Pencil Cups and Desk Storage from the Dollar Tree for a Fun Virtual Learning Space

Add a personal touch to your family’s virtual learning space with an easy and fun Dollar Tree art project. Just pick up some dollar-store pencil cup holders or desk storage along with some pipe cleaners and embroidery floss. Then spend an art evening adding a name, a fun shape, or a colorful pattern.

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Dry-Erase Paper Dolls—Easy Party Idea, Car Activity, or Rainy-Day Play with Dollar Tree DIY

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Dry-Erase Paper Dolls—Easy Party Idea, Car Activity, or Rainy-Day Play with Dollar Tree DIY

Take your paper-doll activities to a completely new level with DRY-ERASE paper dolls! This is an activity I wish I’d had growing up. Can you imagine how much more fun car rides would have been? Or how easy it would have been to have a fashion or art activity for a birthday party or get-together with friends (and for only a few bucks since the supplies are from the Dollar Tree)?

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Fruit Loops Arts and Crafts—a Creativity Exercise with Fun and Food

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Fruit Loops Arts and Crafts—a Creativity Exercise with Fun and Food

You know I love finding unexpected items for arts and crafts, and today’s surprise palette creation is . . . Fruit Loops cereal! I love how the unexpected items inspire imagination and play.

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Talking to Your Family about Friendship: A Creative Video Challenge with Apples to Apples Cards!

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Talking to Your Family about Friendship: A Creative Video Challenge with Apples to Apples Cards!

Back-to-school time can create worry about finding good friends at school. And this year may be especially tough without close friends nearby as the school year starts. It’s a great time to talk with your children about #friendship—not just on how to find a good friend but also about how to BE a good friend. Make the discussion extra fun by creating mini video clips using Apples to Apples cards.

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