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A perfect craft for you little cat lover. Spend an afternoon having loads of fun with this adorable cat paper doll printable. She comes with 7 ensembles that can be mixed and matched to make even more fun wardrobe options. We have a new favorite every day. Find her here in mermagshop.com under the printables menu: …
It’s the end of a (very odd) school year and we’re trying to celebrate both our students and teachers – with social distancing in mind. We decided to make cards for friends and teachers – and send a little social distance hug along with them. Adding a little gift card for teachers or even a …
Every morning I wake up to this poster just right across from my bed. Reading ‘We’ve Got This’ has really helped me in these past few weeks especially. Yes I feel all the feelings – sadness, fear, loss, uncertainty, overwhelm – but I also see so much hope in humanity as we join together (even …
In between remote schooling today we took a break to craft and play – a small effort to try and reduce the stress that we all feel building up. We had fun making this ballerina paper doll chain. Printing these on watercolor paper allowed us to explore coloring with watercolors, alongside colored pencils. We then …
Miss Milla and I had some creative fun today decorating faces with scraps of fabric, yarn, buttons and other trimmings. (We used old ripped clothing – so no going to the store ☺️). We already have ideas for using other decorating items such as flowers, leaves and even pasta noodles! So simple but endlessly entertaining. …
We pulled out our printable mermaid paper dolls today and decorated them with things we collected from nature. It was so lovely and fun to see what we could put together from what we found around the yard. I especially love the sprigs climbing up looking like seaweed. These are a perfect summer past time …
I did a little illustration for the best papa bear – the calm in all our our wild. All the kids love and look up to Jon so much. He’s definitely the favorite one around and I’m totally great with that. Happy Fathers day!
WHAT TO WEAR when traveling in Amsterdam (in the Spring) I wanted to share what I loved wearing in Amsterdam (in early May) – and also what I wish I wore. Like spring in most places- think in layers. First off you’ll need a good rain jacket – weather in Amsterdam in the spring …
I always need an illustration warm up to start the creative day so I decided to start illustrating a series of kids in the costumes I’ve created in the past. Starting with our favorite card board llama costume. You can find instux on how to make your own Llama costume here. Can’t wait …