Make Creative Sparks Fly!
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“So use…your imagination,” wrote Cole Porter. This remains excellent advice today! Imagination, that glorious key ingredient to a happy childhood, builds a strong foundation in the architecture of a fertile, young mind. Children who nurture creativity find unique solutions to life’s challenges as they grow into adulthood. The Giggle Guide® celebrates the creative sparks that ignite children’s imaginations with a look at crafts and activities from Supereditions, Aliquantum-International, Peter Pauper Press, Faber Castell’s Creativity for Kids and Bead Bazaar.
French Stories Foster Artistic Expression
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Supereditions has a creative solution! Superlivres, (translation: great books) encourage creativity and come with blank 100% cotton paper pages, allowing readers to create their own colorful interpretations. Created and written by Sandra Lanilis, these books are a perfect outlet for a budding artist. The stories themselves are short, quirky, and originally in French.
Supereditions offers four different books, all reasonably priced at less than $8 each. The titles in translation are What Do Aliens Do When They Are on Vacation?, Where Do Spiders and Monsters Hide When They are Afraid?, My Grandfather’s Extraordinary Ears, and The Angry Fairy.
These books are simple, elegant, and a literal blank slate for readers old and young. Each book can be read, decorated, and collected; a new kind of snapshot for those memento boxes!
Be part of the story at www.livreaillustrer.com
New U.S. Distributor Crafts Good Deals on Activity Sets
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Aliquantum (meaning “a good deal”) represents six companies and two of these, Clayzee and Art Smarts, offer a variety of quality products particularly geared toward kids with an artistic temperament.
Art Smarts lives up to its name. Amongst a crafty goldmine of gel pens, glitter pens, and paint brushes, there are also a few unique products stand out. For example, the Doodle-It Desk Set and the Giant Foam Beading Kit are perfect boredom busters! For larger groups of children, the Mega Craft 8-In-1 Project Box is a must-have for teachers and childcare professionals. This kit includes animal masks and finger puppets.
Clayzee, or “crazy clay,” is a real treat for kids who love to get their hands dirty! Clayzee’s Woodworks, Pottery Pals, Memories in Stone, Fossils Rock! and Cork Board make-it-yourself products are shape-able, paintable, non-cracking, non-baking, air-drying, water based, and durable!
You’re guaranteed a good deal no matter which products you choose at www.aliquantum-international.com
Peter Pauper Produces a Plethora of Perfect Products
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Meet Peter Pauper Press, one of America’s topnotch publishers of gift books (such as journals, travel guides, cards, and stationery) and activity books for children. Peter Pauper Press was founded in 1928, and the company’s long-term success remains a testament to the link between age and wisdom.
A big seller for Peter Pauper Press is its Scratch and Sketch™ series. On every page of a Scratch and Sketch book, beneath a seemingly thick black coating are bright colors, funky patterns and even holographic images! Simply scratch the black coating, and out the hidden colors pop. Each Scratch and Sketch is $12.99 retail, comes with a wooden tracing tool and is bound with a wire-o hardcover.
The Scratch and Sketch™ series includes several themes including Ancient Egypt, Dragons & Mythical Creatures, Knights, Garden Fairies, Wild Safari, Ballet, and Under the Sea. Specialty designs such as Batman, Justice League, Naruto, and Spongebob are also available for $14.99 each.
Peter Pauper Press also offers such goodies as Magnetic Play Sets; Shadow Books; Ready, Set, Draw…Books; Placemat Activity Sets; Paper Dolls; Sand Art; Quiz Books; and Camp Journals. A plethora of perfect products!
Peek at the plentiful possibilities at www.peterpauper.com
Creativity for Kids Offers a Rainbow of Art Supplies
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Creativity for Kids may have distribution in over 35 countries across the globe, but all of its products are American made and are 100% non-toxic and entirely safe for children.
With Creativity for Kids, children can create their own pop-up books, regular books, sock puppets, flower press and nature cards, crayon rubbings, bobble heads, enchanted storybooks, tote bags, wind up robots, clay gingerbread houses, wood crafts, jewelry boxes, monster trucks and the list goes on!
At the top of wish lists is Creativity for Kid’s Young Artist Essentials Gift Set, priced at $62.50 retail. Worth every penny and a knockout present for any child who no longer finds crayons inspiring, this luxurious wooden case opens to reveal Oil Pastels, Washable Duo-tip Markers, Colored EcoPencils, GRIP Graphite EcoPencils, Watercolor EcoPencils, a Paint Brush, a Pencil Sharpener, Artist Paper, and an Illustration booklet.
Get started on your own beautiful profit picture at www.creativityforkids.com
Get a Bead on DIY Jewelry
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Bead Bazaar doesn’t limit its line to jewelry, as one might expect. Knitting projects, bead bouquets, bedecked treasure chests, and barrels of beads are just a few of the remarkably unique DIY projects Bead Bazaar has to offer.
Bead Bazaar believes children’s toys should be educational and aid in development, not simply act as a distraction or entertainment. The environmentally-friendly products completely reflect this belief. Each Bead Bazaar kit encourages children to challenge themselves and take pride in their work.
Be part of the bead brigade in your town. Enlist at www.beadkit.com
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