Whether you are a family of mini makers, an educator, a fellow children’s site or someone who wants to try something new, we are grateful.

Last week, we were sent this activity from Erin Y. and her 3 young boys (D. who is 4.5 and her twins K. & T. who are 14 months).  They made this October keepsake gift together for their family and with small children ourselves, we know this is quite the feat (and in this case feet!) to get all the kids involved.  As you know, we are beginners in the sewing department and I am always so impressed by Erin’s sewing projects.

We wanted to thank her family with this book: Art Lab for Kids by Susan Schwake

Have you tried something on our site or made something fun for yourself or with your children or students?  We would sincerely love to see it!

Thanks again Erin!  You made our week!

(All the give-aways are provided by: Us!)

1) A big thank you to M. (Age 6),  A. (Age 4) and their little brother S. (Age 1, taking a nap) for sending in a photograph of themselves creating their very own bird nest baskets.  We thought you might need a bird to fill your nest so we are sending you this bird puppet!

2) Our next reader, H. (Age 4) sent us his feather card birds.  We love the tuft of feathers on the top!  We are sending him this feather pencil case to store his art supplies.  Thank you H.!

3) Our next reader, Angelique (a teacher from Toronto, Ontario, Canada) sent us a description about what she did with filler eggs in her classroom.  Her students sit in groups that are colour coded.  She made each group a map that they had to use cooperatively to search for eggs that corresponded with their group’s colour throughout the classroom.  When they found the eggs, they were filled with capsules that when you put them in water they dissolved and a small sponge expanded.  What a fun twist on an egg hunt!  We are sending her class a set of play vegetables to add to a class store or house centre (we heard that they just finished having a hair salon!).   We hope that they have fun with it!

Thank you to all the readers who sent us their creations and ideas!  We appreciate your participation!