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Today is Hairstyle Appreciation Day! How do you like to wear your hair? Up? Down? Straight? Curly? Of course it’s always great to go au natural, but sometimes it’s fun to dress up your hair with a few accessories!

Did you see our DIY Headband Tutorial last week?

We made a fun an easy headband with a few scraps left over from other projects. Have you ever made your own hair accessory? Are you working on some DIY hair accessories now?

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Today, April 27th is National Tell a Story Day! Today is a great day to tell a story- any kind of story- any way you can. You can write a story of your childhood, write your own fairy tale or mystery, or tell the story of you in scrap book!

To craft your own story, here are a few supplies that may help!

Create your own story! Have you ever wanted to write your own mystery, fairytale, fiction or non-fiction story? Get writing! Sometimes simply carrying around a notebook to jot down sparks of inspiration (this can happen on a bus, in a coffee shop, in line at a store, at work-anywhere!) can really get the momentum going to start writing a really great story!

Have you always wanted to tell your family story? Are your little ones growing fast and you want to find a way to cherish the memories of when they were young? Make your own scrapbook!

Both of these projects can be jazzed up with simple to ritzy embellishments. Have fun!

Hi Scribblers,

Today is National Pretzel Day!

How do you like your pretzels? Crunchy? Doughy? Thin? Thick? Salty? This year try pretzel with a “twist”! Make chocolate covered pretzels to share with the family!

This craft is a yummy treat and fun to make with your little ones!

To make this craft you will need:

- Pretzel Sticks

- Wilton Pretzel Mold Kit

Melt the candy melts in microwave safe dish in the microwave at  15 second intervals until soft. Pour the candy melts into the mold. Layering the colors to create a design.  When you have filled just the base, place the pretzel into the mold and continue to fill the rest of the mold with the candy melts.

Once all the molds are filled, place into the refrigerator. Remove molds once the chocolate is solid (approx. 30 minutes). Gently pop the pretzels out of the mold.

Place in pretzel party favor bags or plate to serve. Enjoy!

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Big News! With the warm weather back to greet us, Scribble Town will be out working with the community again! You can find us this week at the Street Games event in East Harlem, NYC! Our table will be located at East 114th and Pleasant Avenue. Join us to make fun retro crafts! We’ll be making Hippie Scribble Puppets and a Retro Mobile!

Every year, we go out in the community at local festivals and events to encourage and inspire creativity! Do you and your kids love to craft? Join us this Saturday, April 28th. We’ll be participating at the event from 10am-4pm. Hope to see you there!

Get ready Scribblers! Cinco de Mayo is just around the corner! Best recognized as a day to celebrate Mexican heritage and ancestry, this year celebrate Cinco de Mayo with these fun coasters!

With a little paint and creativity, you can make decorative and stylish coasters in no time!

Click here for easy shopping and get the supplies now!

Begin by painting the coasters a solid color.

Draw a fun Cinco de Mayo design onto each of the coasters. You can make all the coasters match, or spice it up with coordinating colors and designs!

Paint the coasters with varying colors (Try Orange, Blue, Yellow, Red and Black)

Add a little greeting. i.e, “Happy Cinco de Mayo!” and let dry. For a little extra pzazz, paint the entire top of the coaster with gold glitter paint.

Seal with clear gloss spray. Let dry and serve with your favorite Cinco de Mayo cocktails!

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Today, April 23rd, is World Book Day! The date, April 23rd, was settled on to pay tribute to two great authors- William Shakespeare, author of many great plays, such as Romeo and Juliet, and Miguel de Cervantes, author of Don Quixote. Both of the renowned authors died on April 23rd and so the day is now celebrated as a day to encourage reading! Today, sit down with your little ones and engage in a family reading time. Take turns reading portions of a book together. If your family is really adventurous, assign each person a part to act out as they read their part of the book! Doing this is a great way to make reading fun and bond as a family.

Happy reading!

You can find some fun early learning book on Scribble Shop.com!

And of course, fun books for Mom and Dad too!

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Tomorrow, April 21st is Kindergarten Day! In 1837, Friedrich Froebel started the first Kindergarten in Germany. Froebel built the school on the principles of the innate interests and curiosities of children and formatted to the way children learn best; through song and play, arts & crafts and close interaction with nature!

I’m sure you can look back with joy on your early days as a kindergartener! This year, play with the principles Froebel based Kindergarten on- encourage and inspire creativity in your kids through arts & crafts! Once a week, make time to sit down with the family to do an after-dinner-scribble. With one piece of paper, have everyone take turns drawing/coloring/scribbling and add to the picture. Create a story, a scene or try encouraging the family to show something they observed in nature. Have everyone participate and share in giggles as you sit back to look at your  finished art!

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Earth Day is just around the corner! Earth Day is celebrated on April 22nd and it is a great time to think about all the wonderful things the Earth provides for us! Precipitation (rain), air to breathe, etc. The earth’s atmosphere makes it so we have air to breathe and creates and atmosphere in which we can have rain and the water cycle. The rain from the water cycle provides water for us drink, keeps the Earth cool, and waters plants and gardens!

To celebrate Earth Day, create your own terrarium! A terrarium is a small indoor garden.

Clean out the clear container and lay sideways. Fill with soil so that it reaches just the bottom rim of the opening of the jar.

Sprinkle seeds and lightly press into the soil.

Pour a small amount of water onto the soil to lightly coat the top layer.

Keeping the container on it’s side, close the lid and place your terrarium on a window sill. It needs to be in sunlight to work!

Now here, patience is a virtue! You will not need to re-water or re-open your garden. The warmth of the sun will cause condensation (drops of water) to form inside the container. Then, those drops of water will fall and will re-water the soil. After a week of so, you should start to see your garden grow! This is a great learning activity to do with your kids to teach them about the water cycle! Your kids will be sure to buzz with excitement as the plants begin to grow!

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Are you a pet owner? Well, guess what? Today is National Pet Owner’s Day! I guess that means it’s a day for us to celebrate being the proud owners (or parents) or our little furballs.  I know I’m happy to have my little Knowme. I always say, “to know me, is to love me” and that is how I came to name my little pup,  “Knowme!” She is such a loveable little dachshund!

Now while some people go to the extremes…

I decided to tone it down a bit (not that that isn’t hilarious), and make a cute petmat for my little pup!

Simply use your creativity and make a fun petmat for your pets! Share picture of your finished mats with us on our page!

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Do you love to make your own accessories? Try this fun headband that has just the right colors for Spring!

 

To start, wrap a piece of tulle around your head to determine the appropriate length. Cut three strips, one of each color (Pink, Green, Purple). Tie one end of the three pieces of tulle to the hair elastic.

A small bit of the end of the tulle may remain; that’s okay. Begin braiding the colors and simply braid the left over end into it.

Continue with your braid until you make it to the end.

Tie the end to the same hair elastic. Trim any left over pieces.

Style your hair and rock your creativity with  your new stylish headband!