Black Friday is this week! Shopping craziness!
Well...how about getting a little done right now?...
We're giving away one of the season's hottest gifts from Crayola, the Color Explosion Glow Dome !
Well...how about getting a little done right now?...
We're giving away one of the season's hottest gifts from Crayola, the Color Explosion Glow Dome !
We were sent a fabulous box from Crayola through MyBlogSpark with a Crayola Color Explosion Glow Dome, the Crayola Glow Station, and Crayola Color Me a Song. I let my girls pick one of the toys to keep and we decided to give the other two toys away to families who need them. The Color Explosion Glow Dome is the one they picked and we have ALL had so much fun playing with this! We take turns picking a "theme". Then, one person colors the middle of the dome and another person colors the outside. We put them together, choose a lights setting and watch it come to life. So much fun!To Enter:
(you can do any or all of these things, up to 5 entries)
1) Leave a comment here telling me something you do to inspire creativity with your children/grandchildren/neices/nephews, etc.
(you can do any or all of these things, up to 5 entries)
1) Leave a comment here telling me something you do to inspire creativity with your children/grandchildren/neices/nephews, etc.
2) Enter the Crayola Give the Gift of Creativity Sweepstakes (details below, leave a comment here telling me that you did it)
3) Follow this blog (you can join on the right sidebar)
4) Tweet this giveaway (leave a comment letting me know)
5) Facebook this giveaway (leave a comment)
3) Follow this blog (you can join on the right sidebar)
4) Tweet this giveaway (leave a comment letting me know)
5) Facebook this giveaway (leave a comment)
We'll pick one random winner on 11/29 to receive the Crayola Color Explosion Glow Dome. Now, that's my kind of shopping!;) Open to US Residents.
Crayola's Give the Gift of Creativity Sweepstakes
You can enter to win a 7-night Caribbean cruise for a family of 4 on Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the Seas. All you have to do is go here and create a Crayola wish list for your child. We did it together and the kids had fun!
You can enter to win a 7-night Caribbean cruise for a family of 4 on Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the Seas. All you have to do is go here and create a Crayola wish list for your child. We did it together and the kids had fun!
Crayola Glow Station illuminates children´s imaginations through the magic of drawing with light on a large-size glow-in-the-dark canvas. Using a light wand, children can either draw freehand or use stencils and texture sheets to create more realistic drawings. A diamond-shaped tip can be snapped on the end of the light wand for stamping unique starburst designs on the canvas. Drawings magically disappear over time, or can be "erased" by turning on the lights, so kids can create again and again for limitless fun.
Crayola Beginnings Color Me A Song lets little ones draw to the beat of their own drum, trumpet, piano or guitar. This portable drawing and music creation station features a pressure-sensitive board that matches a melody to the artist´s pace. Draw fast, and the tempo picks up. Slow down, and so does the music. Four instrument buttons let kids pick their favorite sound. Color Me a Song was named a "Toy of the Year" by FamilyFun magazine and one of American Baby magazine´s picks for "Best Toys of the Year."
Special thanks to MyBlogSpark for sponsoring this giveaway.We have a winner!
Laura who said... When my 3 year old niece asks me to read to her sometimes I ask her to "tell me a story" and since she can't really read yet, she looks at the pictures and makes up some of the most amazing things.
Laura who said... When my 3 year old niece asks me to read to her sometimes I ask her to "tell me a story" and since she can't really read yet, she looks at the pictures and makes up some of the most amazing things.
242 comments:
We provide lots of materials for crafting and lots of examples.
We are always making something. We have taught them that there is no right or wrong when you create art.
We also talk to them about finding things to create from nature.
souldolphindream@aol.com
What an awesome giveaway. Thanks for the hello and welcome :)
I like to doodle with my niece and nephew. Sometimes on the sidewalk. He's a little young, but my niece is actually pretty good.
I limit the amount of TV watching to 2 hours a day max and do projects with my kids, go to museums, theaters, travel, and run around outside.
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I entered the Crayola contest and boy do I hope I win. It includes a cruise for the family and toys! What could be better.
arobimom(at)gmail(dot)com
Told my friends on facebook (the ones with kids) about this giveaway.
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Following by email
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What a great giveaway!
I'm a follower:)
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My kids love having "free reign" of the kitchen. My 8 year old will make up recipes and my job is simply to do the oven/stove work. Some have been tasty, some, well...you know. :)
I also follow your blog. Thanks for all the great ideas!
I entered the sweepstakes. Why didn't they have those when we were growing up?? :)
My kids and I try to creat something each day. In the summer we make fairy houses outside, in the fall we press leaves and create fall 'hand' trees, in winter we paint the snow and make crafts to give away at the holidays and in spring we set up the easel outside and paint he new colors. WE would LOVE this.
Love & follow your blog!
fingers crossed!!
I keep a box full of general craft items for them to use whenever and however they want. And believe me my kids are in it all the time.
I'm a follower.
We do a lot of crafts with the kids...and we also have them paint on their easel. Just today we played play-doh and created all kinds of fun things!
THANKS!
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We actually decorated gingerbread people this weekend. It was fun to see how differently each cookie was decorated.
I love to just let my boy color and draw me a picture of whatever he is thinking about. Play doh is great also!
lauranielsen626@gmail.com
I'm a follower
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I entered the Crayola Contest
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I try to leave paper, pens, and other craft stuff out so that they are seen and easily for the kids to use them.
Wow I entered the contest. I never win anything, could you even imagine? Thanks!
My kids love when we have Family Art Night, we clean off the dining room table and fill it with mosaics, clay, paper mache' and many other things.
I entered the crayola contest, follow you on twitter & tweeted the contest and fan'ed you on FB.
I love to paint with my kids.I love art and I love to share that gift of expression with my children.
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I entered the Crayola contest.
honeybeez80@yahoo.com
I have tons of supplies for art projects that I let my kids play with- and they know that I don't mind the mess, so they are free to create!
Following your blog now.
Thanks for stopping by mine earlier!
I save everything in my house, from toilet paper rolls, to cans of soup then we take one or two days a week and we all sit down and see what we can come up with.
This would be the perfect gift for my little grandson. He loves to create and can spend hours playing with it. I have been following your blog for sometime and enjoy it very much...thanks for this opportunity!
I'm from happy heads, just coming by to thank you for your sweet comment!
I love your blog, I can see it will be a very helpful one.
One of my favorite things to do with my kids and I guess it's kind of creative, is we make a paper turkey and write all our blessings on a paper feather and then stick it to the turkey. They love doing this and choosing all the different colors, but it is also a good way to have kids think of what they're thankful for.
Wow, that was a novel!
Thanks again!
I like to make craft projects with my kids, we recently made a fall wreath out of stuff we collected from outside.
I make sure we have lots of different art supplies in the house for them to be able to use and experiment with. We love creating.
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I also follow your blog
We have huge buckets of legos that we sat and build with them. We also do lots of crafts and are in the process of building a puppet theatre together.
I am facebooking it right now :-)
I also entered on the crayola site!
I just became a follower.
I have taught my kids early how to get around in the kitchen and now my son is 16 and can cook for the whole family
My daughter get's a craft budget for the month $10.00 and she get's to pick out all the craft item's she need at any store of her choice and she makes all kinds of crafts. She say the commercial for this crayola item and it's on her Christmas list! Count me in!
Carla
cpullum(at)yahoo(dot)com
We make something all the time....my nephews and niece and I just made turkey lurkey handprints fot thanksgiving.
cassie214star@yahoo.com
I tweeted it. Here is the link: http://twitter.com/Zaankali/statuses/5963179861
We have an afternoon art project every day. Some days we draw, paint, or cut and paste, and some days I find really neat art lessons and projects to do with my kids. (:
kloutz@gmail.com
I follow!!
kloutz@gmail.com
To inspire creativity we take walks and create stories using objects we see in nature
tvollowitz at aol dot com
Entered the Crayola sweepstakes
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I love doing art projects with my kids, its fun for Mom and for them. My youngest loves painting and cutting shapes out with scissors. My daughter loves to scrapbook.
I entered the Crayola giveaway
I am a subscriber.
scpalmer6@hotmail.com
They love coloring and drawing
We have oodles of supplies in our house to create art with! Our favorite times are when we make projects from "unconventional" things! :)
thank you for offering such an awesome giveaway!
I think I'm always doing something creative (or crazy), so they naturally want to experiment themselves. I think the key is having some random supplies that they can have access to that they can use to make whatever they want.
I follow your blog!
I am always encouraging coloring painting and drawing...My kids love it all and would really like this!
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I am a follower!
jennette6963@msn.com
I encourage the boys by looking for ideas online (your blog is great and I've made many things here!). My 6 year old would love this crayon dome!
I am already a follower of your blog.
Great give away. I'm always looking for great products like this to use with the kids. We have a wall for the kids that is their own brag wall with all thier artistic creations. They love to create and proudly display their projects.
Thank you for the giveaway. I let them display their artwork all over my fridge! We also love to take sidewalk chalk outside and when they are finished, I take photos with my cell phone.
I buy them lots of painting supplies as they all seem to love to paint. I encourage them to mix the colors on a palette to come up with a color the like !
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I like to go for short walks with the kids, paper and chalk (or crayons, etc.) to make rubbings of our surrounding textures--leaves, grates, manhole covers, there is a world of cook textures to make rubbings of! :)
I am now your follower.
Entered the Crayola sweepstakes. :D
Posting this giveaway to facebook. Thanks! ;)
I'll sit with them often and we do lots of arts & crafts. This toy looks like so much fun. Thanks so much.
I'm a follower
my kids and i make a book once a month.
I use the internet to look for craft ideas using things I already have around the house. Making crafts is a great rainy da activity for Liz and Tristan.
traymona[at]aol.com
I turn on the music, give my kids some paper, markers, and crayons and let them express on paper what they feel through the music!
I enterd the crayola contest
I follow your blog
My kids always like to make "jewelry". I buy shoestring licorice and Fruit Loops and Cheerios, and they spend hours crafting necklaces and bracelets.
cdziuba@aol.com My email is easily seen in my profile
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Facebooked your giveaway Carol P Dziuba
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I inspire creativity in my children by encouraging them to make home made cards for special occasions or when someone in the family is sick.
jennielee226(at)gmail(dot)com
I entered the give a gift sweepstakes.
jennielee226(at)gmail(dot)com
My daughter loves all crafts. She loves to color all the time.
I follow this blog
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I homeschool our two young children. We love to do crafts and activities all year long. We would love to give this a try!
My son points this out every time we go to Target! ;)
Legos really bring out his creativity, too.
I just let the kids "have at it" and think about the mess later. I love seeing their creations. :)
divarez@comcast.net
I also follow.
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I craft along with them and we love many craft blogs. This looks like a fun Crayola "toy"!
love all the new things crayola has come out with !!
We do lots of art drawings based on their favorite tv shows and movies. We just had the Addams Family sketches up on the fridge.
firstrosegrrl@yahoo.com
We save so many things that at first might look like trash. We have boxes and drawers full of ribbons, tags, paper...you name it. Many times I just let my kids make anything they want and other times we'll do a craft together that we saw in a book or online.
I also entered the contest at their site.
my sons would love it
I have a huge box full of magazines, pretty rocks, buttons, etc., and I add to it all the time. There is always something in there to inspire creativity in my grandkids (or me)!
smchester at gmail dot com
I am following your blog.
smchester at gmail dot com
We like to make bird houses from Peanut Butter and Milk Cartons. Thanks for the chance.
mogrill@comcast.net
We play Play-Doh and color and draw... A LOT!
We like to make up stories to tell each other. Sometimes we just sit together and make them up as we go. The stories get pretty silly, too, and the kids have a blast!
I love incoorporating nature and art with my kids, especially in the fall! Most everything they create we can leave outside and don't have to worry about having room on the fridge and then make it again when we go outside next!
Just doing something creative myself lights the fire for them.
...and I happily entered the contest!
One of the best ways to inspire creativity is showing kids that anything can be art. You shouldn't limit it to crayons and paper. Show kids how to collect leaves or scrap paper and make collages.
k2e2t2@hotmail.com
The kids love to make their own cards, such as birthday, holiday and just to say HI cards.
lgrieser(at)sbcglobal(dot)net
When the kids ask me to draw them a picture, I ask them what they think something should look like and get them to draw, too. It's fun to see what characteristics are important to them. ;)
I've entered the Crayola contest, too.
I am a Follower!
We use crafts to build motor skills
I play along with their imaginative play ideas. give them lots of opportunity to create whether it's in the kitchen, craft or outside and believe it or not we don't have a tv so i think that helps because they have to make up their own activities/fun.
My daughters does a lot of arts & crafts. We played play-doh and created all kinds of fun things!
THANKS.
jackieque@comcast.net
I provide materials, space and time and let their imaginations do the rest.
Hi:)
I do my best to provide materials for my children to construct all kinds of things because I have been blessed 4 creative children:)
right now my kids are into play-doh they love making it to look like food and playing on thier kitchen set i always have my scrapbooking around and they are free to use it when they want
My kids have been crafting since they could hold a jumbo crayon and not eat it! We have a cabinet full of craft containers, and a bin full of crayons, paper and coloring books. Every party we've done has always incorporated some kind of craft; in fact, we just had a harvest party where we made no-cook spice playdough and pumpkins from toliet paper rolls and construction paper.
I love to do projects with my kids and get lots of ideas from your blog.
I entered the contest on Crayola
I entered the contest on crayola as well.
Thank you
Mary N
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Hi, I love trying to be creative with my son and 2 neices. I try to at least do a couple crafts with them during the holidays. And I always make sure I take plenty of photos to scrap afterwards!!!!
Thanks,
Mary N
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I try to have my daughter play with lots of different mediums: beads, crayons, clay, etc.! rebolsen at gmail dot com
I encourage my baby to pound on the piano keyboard. She loves it!
I entered Crayola Give the Gift of Creativity Sweepstakes.
I am following this blog.
We try to have a family arts and craft day! The boys have so much fun creating and using their imaginations!
i am now a follower! love the blog!
Tweeted. http://twitter.com/GiveawayGal/status/6016891418
We always keep a good stash of craft supplies on hand and often times I will search the Internet and wonderful blogs, like yours, to find inspiration!
We created special notebooks that my son can write or draw in. He loves it, and that it belongs just to him. He sometimes shows me what he's done and it's always interesting.
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I follow.
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I keep all sorts of objects in a plastic storage box. Things such as popsicle sticks, empty thread spools, colored fabric scraps etc... They love creating things using these items. It's perfect for rainy days.
I entered the Crayola sweepstakes
I cut pictures from catalogs and encourage my 4yo son to make collages with them
I entered the Crayola Give the Gift of Creativity Sweepstakes (with my main email address).
I follow you (publicly) through Google Connect / Blogger
http://twitter.com/cakeblast/status/6056275944
I help my daughter write and illustrate her own books.
Jennifer, jennem22 at yahoo dot com
we make holiday crafts as a family.
Michelle
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I have my kids make Birthday cards for family members and have them create things with playdoh
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I follow your blog
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WE like to write music together.
Here's my tweet:
http://twitter.com/ky2here/status/6090784490
We have a huge box of all sorts of traditional & non-traditional crafting items & use them everyday. Thanks for the great giveaway!
I follow your blog
Tweet
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I follow
When my 3 year old niece asks me to read to her sometimes I ask her to "tell me a story" and since she can't really read yet, she looks at the pictures and makes up some of the most amazing things.
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I entered the Crayola Give the Gift of Creativity sweeps.
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We make placemats for each holiday, along with napkin holders, and place cars.
I entered the Crayola Give the Gift of Creativity sweepstakes.
bribery is good at inspiring creativity
This looks like a cool toy.
Have lots of materials available: crayons, paper, glue, scissors, pencils, pens, colored paper, etc.
I always have craft materials on hand available for the children.
tweet
http://twitter.com/zion777423/status/6132101427
I encourage my 3 nieces to make their gifts to give for birthdays and Christmas. We have several craft books and supplies on hand and I let them pick their projects and help them when needed. I love to see their look of pride when they make something on their own.
I entered the Crayola giveaway. Thanks for letting me know about it.
I follow.
To inspire creativity with my kids, I take your advice and let them help more in the kitchen with the cooking and creating.
I entered the contest.
I think I follow your blog now
I keep lots of craft supplies around and let the kids use them however they want!
We draw and color together.
erma.hurtt@sbcglobal.net
I have a whole box full of craft materials that they can get out and just use their imagination with.
ms0812(at)zoominternet(dot)net
We are always painting or coloring, or playing with playdoh or something along those lines. We also like to get creative in the kitchen too, and make new "inventions" lol!
Thanks!
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I entered the sweepstakes!
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I follow your blog via google friend connect as mom2anutball!
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Just let them have fun even when it's messy!!!
I let my son guide me as to what he wants to create - I just provide the tools, and hopefully spread enough old newspaper that he doesn't ruin the floors!
rsbryswrrl at gmail dot com
I always keep art supplies on hand and have a place in the house that they can experiment in. In this room you don't have to worry about cleaning up if you need to let it dry, you can leave things out, and it's just one big area to experiment in. No pressure!
We love to do crafts and bake together.
denyse_g@hotmail.com
My kids love to help me cook and make crafts. We also read together and sing!
jcristig@hotmail.com
We like to paint and color together. We spend a lot of time making pictures to hang around the house.
I entered the crayola sweepstakes!
We tag which items we want to create in the Highlights magazine. Some of our best craft ideas have come from that periodical.
Thank you.
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I follow your blog.
msurosey@yahoo.com
Thank you!
To inspire creativity, I give my kids some good art supplies and then we spend some time thinking and imagining.
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I am following you via google
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I tweeted
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I posted it on facebook!
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justine pierson
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I entered the Crayola Give the Gift of Creativity Sweepstakes!
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We make collages with my old magazines.
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It's super easy to inspire my kids. I just leave our recyclables out for the kids and they go to town creating things!
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I follow you
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I do crafts with them plus I buy them lots of craft supplies.
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I'm a follower.
nice!
I keep tons of supplies... store bought and recycled. I sometimes have an idea for a specific craft, but often we just put the stuff on the table and see who can come up with what. The kids creativity seems to feed off each others.
I entered the crayola contest
and I am a follower
My two granddaughters love to craft...I mean 24/7. I like to encourage them by purchasing gifts for their birthdays, Christmas, etc. various craft and art items from craft stores and making a special "art box" for them! It's always a big hit!
kateswen(at)gmail(dot)com
dreamcleavers@yahoo.com
i try to inspire creativity by teaching my son to play guitar
dreamcleavers@yahoo.com
i follow on google connect
dreamcleavers
No need to encourage here our daughter loves doing crafts and she is very creative.
I follow your blog
With my younger sister, we used to go to the park for a couple hours and come home to do a project. We would each create something that we thought inspired us at the park that day. We tried to do it once a week.
fefebelkin[at]live[dot]com
I follow you via google friend connect as LadybugMama.
fefebelkin[at]live[dot]com
I like growing my own herbs and teaching them how to make things like Bath Salts,Room Sprays, Dip Mixes and Herbal Seasonings;)
cyclona66(at)aol(dot)com
We love to do Scrapbooking! :)
We like to do a lot of "pretending" games and also color a lot!
I'm following your blog in Google Friend Connect!
neice like to draw ty
I provide lots of materials for them to use and show them art by many different people. Thanks for the contest!
airalynn@gmail.com
We go on walks on the walking trail. The trail goes through the woods and by a stream. We look at the water, trees, plants and occasional animal. The kids uses all their senses including creativity during these walks. They love to draw what they saw on the trail. Awesome giveaway thanks. The kids have been eyeing up the glow domes..
I just offer them all the supplies they need and let them go nuts LOL :)
My littleone loves to help me craft! We can spend an entire afternoon just painting-
My husband (the granddfather) loves to play hide-n-seek and our two grandkids also enjoy building a quilt fort in the house on winter days.
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My kids are getting older so it is not the same things that seem to inspire creativity with them... but no matter how old they get they really love cooking with mom. We try to make "clean" or "healthy" versions of their favorite foods... but first and foremost they must taste fantastic!
I keep lots of craft supplies on hand.
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