Six Powerful Reasons Why Your Child Will LOVE Art Journaling This Valentine’s Day

February 6, 2012 · 4 comments

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As Pari and I explore Art Journaling and delve more and more into it, I’m thoroughly convinced that it’s one of the best ways for kids to express and articulate their unique creative self.

Today, I’m going to share 6 reasons why I think Art Jornaling is the best way to encourage creativity and self-expression – for kids.

You will also get to see pictures of some beautiful Art Journal entries made by Pari and her friend recently!

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Paper Bag Puppets: Using Art to Inspire Story-writing and Puppetry

February 5, 2012 · 10 comments

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Who would have thought that something as humble, humdrum and boilerplate-like as a brown paper bag could fascinate a human brain; entertain it for days together and hold it under a spell!

Well, that’s what happened to us. When we were faced with a challenge thrown by my blogger friend – Rachelle at Tinkerlab - to create something creative from a mundane brown paper bag, it got our minds into a whirlwind!

We have brainstormed a dozen and more things since then and have created a few in the past few weeks.

I shared one of them last week – my brown paper bag heart luminaries. But other than that – Pari made quite a few stuff – paper bag journals, paper bag snowflakes, paper bag pizzas, paper bag hearts!

And today – as the Paper bag creative challenge goes live, I present to you Pari’s paper bag puppets and also share how this art project intersected and overlapped with a wonderful literacy exercise – story-writing. The two synchronized beautifully and led to yet another mode of creative learning – a puppet show and storytelling!

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The Heart Project: An Art/Craft Book Gift for YOU and a Fundraiser for the American Heart Association

February 1, 2012 · 10 comments

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The ‘Heart Project’ is LIVE!

Yes, friends – it’s the same collaborative project I mentioned yesterday. Pari and I are proud and touched to be a part of it.

Read on to know what’s the purpose behind this project. What is this Heart Book I’m talking about. And, what can YOU do to contribute to this wonderful, heart-felt project?
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DIY Paper Bag Luminaries: Inspired by the ‘Taj Mahal’ and Indo-Mughal Marble Art

January 30, 2012 · 10 comments

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These days my mind’s been possessed with ideas to upcycle and transform paper bags into something artful and radical. And, I must confess, it’s a wonderful visual world to be in – especially before drifting off to sleep at bed time. As such, it takes much tossing and turning before I can go to sleep. Hence, rather than letting the To Do lists (I always have long ones!) crowd my brain, I switch my mind and let it float in the dreamy, blissful world of art and colours.

And, must I tell you – it lightens up my mind and soul! I go to sleep much peacefully.

Check out what I made with those paper bags – inspired by the eternal beauty of the Taj Mahal!

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A Heart Book with Poetry and The Power of Kids’ Ideas

January 27, 2012 · 12 comments

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The 6-year old in my house showed me this.

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