Creative Challenge 8: Paper Bags {+ Pinterest Contest!}
A few weeks ago I put out a call for entrees in our 8th Creative Challenge: Paper Bags, and I’m excited that today is finally here and we get to see what everyone has been working on! The rules of the game are simple: projects should be child-directed, but grown-ups are welcome to join in the fun if the mood strikes. And at least one paper bag (of whatever variety) has to be used.
I sometimes share what my kids and I have been working on, and today I’ll just give you a taste and turn the spotlight over to all the great ideas that are coming in from around the world. But come on back tomorrow and the rest of this week for more paper bag inspiration and highlights from the today’s Challenge.
Pinterest Contest
I’m a huge Pinterest fan (find me here: pinterest.com/tinkerlab), and I thought it would be fun to interact with this challenge through a Pinterest Contest. Simply share a link to your project and we’ll upload it onto a Pinterest Board for everyone to see. The project with the most repins by February 29, 2012 at 9 pm PST will win a $100 VISA gift card and 3-month subscription to Kiwi Crate (Kiwi Crate subscription is only open to U.S. residents).
Following are some of the blogs that have joined this challenge, and more can be found in the Link Party below.
Paint Cut Paste, Imagination Soup, Hands On: As We Grow, Child Central Station, Putti Prapancha, Irresistible Ideas for Play-Based Learning, Teach Preschool, The Chocolate Muffin Tree, Nurture Store, Small Types, The Imagination Tree, Toddler Approved, Red Ted Art, Sun Hats and Wellie Boots, Come Together Kids, Mommy Labs, Kids in the Studio, Rainy Day Mum, Glittering Muffins, Sense of Wonder, Mom To 2 Posh Lil Divas, Come Together Kids, Kitchen Counter Chronicles, A Mom With A Lesson Plan, Angelique Felix, The Golden Gleam, Share and Remember, Clarion Wren, Living at the Whitehead’s Zoo, Let Kids Create, De tout et de rien, PlayDrMom, Rainbows Within Reach, No Time for Flash Cards, Creativity My Passion, Messy Kids, The Outlaw Mom,Glitter, Mud, and Duct Tape A Childhood List Kiwi Crate, Tinkerlab
If you have a paper bag post to share, you’re invited to add your inspiration to the Link Party at the bottom of this post. Everyone who links a paper bag project to this post will be added to the Paper Bag Pinboard on Pinterest.
And feel free to grab our cute lil’ button for your own blog:
Rules
- Contest ends February 29, 2012 at 9 pm PST
- The pin with the most repins will be selected as the winner
- Projects should be child-directed, although adults are welcome to join in if the mood strikes. Projects must include at least one paper bag.
- Kiwi Crate subscription is open to U.S. residents only. $100 VISA gift card is open to all entrees.
- Participants are welcome to share their pin widely to encourage repinning
- Tinkerlab and Kiwi Crate reserve the right to edit descriptions or select post images at our discretion.
- You do not need to have a Pinterest account to join
- One entry per person, please
Upcoming Challenges – Mark your Calendar!
April 2 – Egg Cartons {NEXT CHALLENGE}
June 4 – Flowers
August 6 – Milk Jugs or Cartons
October 1 – Dried Beans or Seeds
Thank you to our lovely sponsor, Kiwi Crate, for their support and generous giveaway.
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woohoo! I linked up! we had so much fun with this – lil diva style! I had paper bag princesses twirling & playing about all day thanks to your challenge – it was funny!
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Paper Bag Princesses! How fun is that?! You just reminded me that I made a prom dress out of newspaper in the first fashion design class I ever took. It was spectacular. Look forward to seeing what the divas have been up to.
And, we’re LIVE too! The pinterest contest sounds so much fun! What a party!
Here’s our image that you can pin to your pinterest board…!
www.mommy-labs.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/paper-bag3.jpg
And the post URL:
www.mommy-labs.com/creative-kids/art_craft_projects_kids/paper-bag-puppets-fandango-art-literacy-puppetry/
We’re live as well now rainydaymum.co.uk/paper-bag-challenge and have attached our image this was so much fun thank you for organising the challenge
And here is our image rainydaymum.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Paperbag-Knights-Helmet.gif
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Woohoo! Another fun challenge Rachelle! Here’s our “Hunt for Love”
www.handsonaswegrow.com/2012/02/valentines-activity-for-kids-hunt-for.html
Another fun challenge Rachelle !! Love browsing through everone’s posts. Here is ours
www.puttiprapancha.com/2012/02/valentine-animals-on-bag.html and here is the link to the image to be pinned
1.bp.blogspot.com/-A5jID5jZk0E/Ty8JD7fAfLI/AAAAAAAAAxw/zn9oIo309wM/s1600/valentine+animals+on+bag+(5).jpg
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Thanks for a great challenge. We had lots of fun with the process. Here’s our post
clarionwren.com/2012/02/paper-bag-creative-challenge/ and link to the image clarionwren.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/paper-bag-art5.jpg
Wonderful challenge! Excited to see all of the great ideas here. Can’t wait for the next one!
Your blog is amazing! Have you considered getting a button? I’ve put your address on my Linky page. kindergartenbasics.blogspot.com/ . I’d like to include your blog address in a book I’m co-writing for moms of preschoolers in our Resource chapter.
We had fun Rachelle! Your challenges are always so motivating to get creative! I could see doing these challenges at all age levels… We had more ideas for paper bags, but I always have more ideas than time! i love being encouraged to think outside the box, bag, egg carton, or whatever. A cereal box would be a good challenge (I was thinking this morning)!
I found you from No Time for Flashcards, and I’m so happy I did! We have a paper bag project ready to go, and I have an egg carton activity in my head that’s been waiting for an empty egg carton. Yeah! I’d love to be on your lust for the next challenge, too.
Hey There, not sure why, but when I try to copy and paste your cute lil button to my blog post, it doesn’t work. I’m still trying and it’s probably on my end.
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Hi! What a cool contest! I would love to participate in the future creative challenges that you offer. Also if you’d like to follow me on Pinterest my URL is pinterest.com/mamaslittlemuse/
Thank you!
Carolyn
FYI - your button is not working!
pinterest.com/abcsofjess/
i love to join the next one also add me to the list !!
Hi Jena, I think I fixed it. Code is not my specialty!!
Let me know if you still have trouble.
Thanks, Carolyn. I’ll add you, and look forward to having you join us next time too!
Hi Tara,
I’m so glad you found me too! Adding you to the list and look forward to seeing what you’ve come up with!
Rachelle
I think it’s now fixed. Sorry for the trouble!
Okie-doke!
Oops – left my project twice without meaning to! Feel free to remove the extra one!
So many great ideas, I love the huge variety. Here is my Pinterest address if you want to follow me. pinterest.com/architectmommy/
One of my friends wants to repin me on Pinterest, but can’t find our project on the pin board – glittermudandducttape.blogspot.com/2012/02/paper-bag-fairy-dresses.html
(I hope it’s fair to have our friends repin our entries, I’m sure they will pin a ton of the other great ideas too)
I’m not sure if you’re following my Pins or not… pinterest.com/ShareRemember/
I plan to participate in the next challenge as well. : )
Now following you, Karenda! I was only able to pin the first 40 before my kids woke up this morning, and I think they’re all pinned now. Thanks for your patience, and yes — encourage your friends and family to repin you!! Good luck
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I still don’t see our project on the pinterest board, but I’m not too worried. There are so many great ideas I don’t think our fairy dresses stand a chance of winning.