A Blanket Out Of The Imagination Of Your Child

A Blanket Out Of The Imagination Of Your Child

Your little boy always draws dragons? Your little girl only pencils princesses with long hair? And if you give a third dimension to these characters!

dragon

Check out Child’s Own Studio ( www.childsown.com ), the website of a Canadian designer who brings to life the characters your children draw. The concept is very simple: you send her a drawing made by your offspring and she creates from this material a fabric duvet faithful to the character out of the imagination of your child. Initially, this mom began by creating toys for her own child at home. Seduced, her friends also ordered stuffed toys … In the face of the success of her creations, she has become professional …

How To Introduce Children To Comics?

How To Introduce Children To Comics?

Festivals, workshops, internships … Initiatives are not lacking to make discover the universe of the comic book to our dear blond heads.

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Children generally appreciate comics. Illustrated and containing short texts, they represent a good way to discover reading. In France, many festivals are held throughout the year for a life-size approach! Among the next, there is the European Comic Strip Exhibition to be held on the forecourt of the Nimes Arena on 27 and 28 April 2013. Sixty authors will be present for signing sessions. The children will be able to participate in six drawing workshops, in partnership with Canal J and Milan Presse, and benefit from the advice of recognized authors. From May 24th to 26th, it’s …

Spring Cleaning: I Swap The Clothes of My Children!

Spring Cleaning: I Swap The Clothes of My Children!

Because children grow up quickly and cabinets are not extensible, some smart sites offer parents to swap their toddlers’ clothes.

clothing

Eco-friendly, practical, economical! The bartering of children’s clothes is on the rise. www.kiditroc.com , www.larmoiredespetits.com , www.too-short.com … These various websites offer parents to exchange a lot of clothes too small for their toddler against another adapted to its new size. A simple solution to put in place.

The principle remains pretty much the same from one site to another:
1- We register.
2- One or more lots of clothing meeting the selection criteria of the site (no stain, tear, a certain number of clothes to respect …). These must be grouped by age group. We …

Gardening: Our Selection of Children’s Books

Gardening: Our Selection of Children’s Books

With spring, children will be able to learn the joys of gardening. To teach them the basic rules, why not offer them a book on the subject? Discover the 5 books that particularly caught our attention.

 

The garden
Here is a nice way to introduce toddlers to the world of gardening. Through double pages illustrated with large and beautiful drawings and short texts, children discover the care to bring plants to grow, the various work to be done on his land, what the different forms of gardens look like ( French, Japanese …), the wildlife that hides there …
Age: From 3 years

The garden, Stéphanie Ledu, Amandine Laprun, Milan Youth Edition

The vegetable garden
Playful, this book …

Make A Herbarium

Make A Herbarium

Not always easy to convince your children to come for a walk in the fresh air? How about motivating them by offering to make their own herbarium after this walk? This will allow them at the same time to develop their sense of observation, to discover the plant world, and finally to offer them a manual and creative activity, very often related to their school program.

Material List

Herbarium– Leaves and flowers of many varieties
– Glue
– Newsprint
– A big book
– White canson leaves
– A perforator
– A ribbon
– Felt pens

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