June 14, 2011

Things to do with kids

Hilke Sievers writes a (trilingual!) blog called El hada de papel, a log of crafts and activities for children. If I had any kids, I'd plan to trounce them in a round of clothespin catapulting, then craft some quirky toilet paper critters. If you and the youngsters are bored, take a look around the site.

20 comments:

  1. Denise LabordeJune 14, 2011 at 1:20 PM

    Thank you for this link! My kids are off from school every Wednesday and I'm always looking for things to do :)

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  2. beautiful square feetJune 14, 2011 at 1:56 PM

    Thanks for sharing this - loads of good ideas there! Will try some out this summer!

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  3. UnknownJune 14, 2011 at 2:22 PM

    Thanks for the post. It is a challenge to keep them busy on the off days, or when it's just too darn hot for the little ones to do outside. These are great ideas.

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  4. Grandma GJune 14, 2011 at 4:55 PM

    What a load of easy ideas!

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  5. dawnJune 14, 2011 at 8:07 PM

    usually I refuse to even read any craft post that involves toilet paper tubes... but in this case I will happily make an exception!

    Given our "summer" so far, and I use the term loosely, I will need plenty of cool/rainy day crafts to keep the children occupied. Thanks!!!

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  6. MegJune 14, 2011 at 8:42 PM

    I get the best ideas for my preschoolers art projects! Thanks!

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  7. SharonJune 15, 2011 at 12:07 AM

    Yay for crafts to do with kids! I love simple crafts like this to do with my daughter.

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  8. KristinJune 15, 2011 at 3:06 AM

    Even for my kids who are young and don't have much of an attention span I can see some fantastic Ideas. Summer might turn out to be less tedious than I thought.

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  9. JessicaJune 15, 2011 at 5:43 AM

    What cute and easy owls! Aherm, do you reckon it's sad to make them if you don't have any kids....?

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  10. AnonymousJune 15, 2011 at 9:11 AM

    love it! thanks for the share!

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  11. Jessica JonesJune 15, 2011 at 10:12 AM

    Jessica, I believe that would be perfectly acceptable. They are art objects. Not kids' crafts. :)

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  12. elhadadepapel.comJune 15, 2011 at 12:15 PM

    Thank you sooooo much! I really appreciate so many nice words!

    That really feels good!

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  13. Jessica JonesJune 15, 2011 at 12:18 PM

    Thank YOU for posting such fun ideas, Hilke!

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  14. able mabelJune 15, 2011 at 1:26 PM

    Whoa! Love the toilet paper characters!!

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  15. HenniJune 15, 2011 at 4:12 PM

    How cute little owls!

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  16. coca dearJune 15, 2011 at 8:44 PM

    What a fun site!! I found a ton of things I can't wait to try with my girls!!

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  17. petraJune 16, 2011 at 4:32 PM

    i loooovvveeeee these owls!
    Petra

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  18. AnonymousJune 18, 2011 at 5:18 PM

    Too bad this seems to be a ripoff (and there are many) of http://matsutakeblog.blogspot.com/2009/09/halloween-craft-1.html - back from '09. These were featured on some big blogs back in late 2009. Even worse that it is referred as an original work.

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  19. elhadadepapel.comJuly 5, 2011 at 1:52 PM

    Jon,
    you never made animals with toilet paper when you went to school?--- I did ...we just made cats. In 1988 (more or less)
    I love the link you put in here and I already were in contact with this people.... they have greate ideas. Thank you

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  20. PureAugust 2, 2011 at 4:48 PM

    LOVE IT ! Great Idea!!!
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