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How to Choose the Right Paints for Your Kids

Kids love painting and getting messy – it’s a proven fact! But as parents, just the mere sight of a tray of paints is usually enough to bring us out in a cold sweat. If we think back to when we were kids, we might remember the lasting stains on our clothes if we...

Create Artful Drawings with Graph Paper

The younger boys have been enjoying their birthday gifts of Etch-a-Sketch. It quickly turned into a pretty fun (and easy) art project last week. Read all about it in my weekly post at GNMParents (now ForeverParenting.com) titled Graph Paper Pictures. Here’s an...

Canvas People

Have you ever seen a really great photo or painting rendered on canvas? The fact that it’s on canvas just makes it seem nicer. Richer, somehow. We were able to get a family picture 3 or 4 years ago that I really love, and it was mounted on a sturdy backing and...