from using the inspiration included in the packaging of the Make a Mask set! The Make A Mask set is recommended for children 6yrs and up because of the actual casting of the mask process, this is not recommended for younger children. The Make A Mask kit was designed and developed by the Los Angeles Mask Theatre and was the winner of the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Award!

You can pick up your Make A Mask kit for under $15 from Amazon.com! You will also find other merchants selling it for similar prices at Amazon too!

is also a wonderful activity to bring home around easter time so you can create tie dye shirts as well as tie dye eggs! The great part about tie dye is that even adolescents who really hate family activities come together to see what kind of artsy color combinations they can put together. Tie dying is also a wonderful way to teach your younger family members about the creation of colors from primary colors!

The Jacquard Tie Dye Kit is available from multiple online stores, you can price match a few of these online retailers at Amazon.com !

fingers inside a cardboard box and fish out the color they want and it also prevents crayons being tipped all over the floor which saves you a floor full of crayon wax shavings! Another great aspect of Crayola products - you can always refill them and you can find them ANYWHERE!

You can find the Crayola 150-count telescoping crayon tower just about anywhere that Crayola crayons are sold! As always, if you can’t find your product at a local store take a look at Amazon.com!

gross motor and sensory development as well as independant play! Djeco also carries other stencil sets as well including the princesses stencils, the horses stencils, the world stencils and farm animal stencils although my favorite is the comic stencil set because it’s much goofier than the other sets!

The Little Comics Stencils set is available from Amazon.com for just under $7, a great deal if you ask me! All of the stencil sets from Djeco can be found over at Amazon.com so if you’re looking for more than one set you’ll be able to combine your shipping costs.

colors that can be used to knot together to make one huge quilt! The final quilt comes to a great 36" x 48" and is really colorful. The greatest part of knotted quilting is that children get to create something they can show off and be proud of with very little chance of "doing it wrong". Another GREAT thing about this set is that once you’ve got ahold of how to create a quilt you can run to your local Michaels or Walmart and pick up a fabric your child loves and have them start over giving you a great and cheap summer activity…come to think of it, it’s a great year round activity!

The Alex Knot A Quilt set from FAO Schwarz is carried by and sold through Amazon.com for just under $25. Another option for this set is to find instructions online for knotted quilting and run to your local Walmart or Michaels and find some material that you like and get started that way!