November 2010

Vote for TinkerLab!!

Hooray…TinkerLab was nominated for Babble’s Top 50 Mom Blogs. One of my favorite blogs, The Artful Parent, is near the top. Yay, Jean…you got my vote! But we’re not soooo far behind. And it turns out you can vote for more than one blog. So, if you’re a TinkerLab fan, cast your vote and watch [...]

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Stringing Beads

“I learned that you should feel when writing, not like Lord Byron on a mountain top, but like child stringing beads in kindergarten, – happy, absorbed and quietly putting one bead on after another.”~Brenda Ueland This is a handy little fine motor project to keep around for a rainy day. I’ve also been know to stash a [...]

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Salt and Flour Paint

After experimenting with our new squeeze bottles and using an inordinate amount of paint in the process, I made up a batch of salt and flour paint for more economical squeeze painting. The recipe is simple, non-toxic, and it costs next to nothing to make. Not to mention it’s pretty rewarding to make your own [...]

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Squeezing Paint

I set N up with some paint pots and a large sheet of paper — our favorite way to paint big as of late. After smearing some paint around and taking a few stabs at mixing colors, she asked me for more purple paint. The paint pot wasn’t empty, and the real story ended up [...]

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