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Quick Kids' Craftz: Tips for Springtime Fun!

Free up some time for yourself by getting the kids busy with some fun of their own! Spring fever got the kids bouncing off the walls? Give 'em something to do FAST with these easy crafts designed to keep the hands busy and the minds engaged!

- Draw colors and patterns on a paper plate. Attach a straw to the bottom center of plate and 'roll' straw in hands for a crazy kaleidescope.

- Roll a pinecone in peanut butter and birdseed and hang with a piece of yarn for a bird feeder.

- Fold several layers of 6-8 inches long, colorful tissue paper accordion style, cut the ends at an angle or curve, wrap a chenille stem around the center for a stem, and gently pull the ends apart for a beautiful flower!

- Get some magnet sheets (from an office store) for your computer printer and let the kids make new fridge magnets.

- Decorate some clay pots with acrylic paint (make sure it's waterproof), then plant some seeds and give TLC.

- Draw or cut out pictures of butterflies, ladybugs, etc., color and attach with plasti-tak or stickers (old address labels work fine) to sturdy floral wire. (Adult help needed with floral wire.) Insert into 'pretend' garden made from decorated shoe box and lined with clay or playdoh.

- Buy some old hats at your local thrift shop and embellish with feathers, fabric paint, old scarves, etc. Great for 'dress-up' and 'performing'!

- Make paper plate flower faces. Cut out most of center of paper plate; attach flower petals cut from colorful construction paper. Add a popsicle (continued...)

Are you searching for an anniversary gift idea for that special man in your life?

Are you searching for an anniversary gift idea for that special man in your life? Lets take a look at the traditional gifts associated with various anniversaries to help you decide on a great gift idea for the man of your dreams.

Anniversaries do not only have a gift idea for each one but most also have a flower and gemstone to mark the years of wedded bliss.

The traditional gift for the first anniversary is paper. The gemstone is fresh water pearls and the flowers are pansies. So now you may be wondering what type of paper gift a man would enjoy.

There are many, a subscription to their favorite magazine, any book they would enjoy reading or even a note pad for their desk. All of these would be good gift ideas for a first anniversary gift. You could even tie some pansies around the gift with ribbon to give it an added romantic touch.

Cotton or straw is the traditional gift for the second anniversary. The flowers are cosmos and the gemstone is either rose quartz or garnet. What would be great for this anniversary?

A personalized towel made of cotton would be good. What about a watch with garnet stones that would be something any man would love to receive. Use your imagination. Plan a romantic hayride, this includes straw. After the hayride have a picnic on a cotton blanket. Using traditional gift ideas can be fun and enjoyable when you use some imagination to bring it all together.

A leather recliner would be the perfect anniversary gift for the third anniversary. Leather is the traditional gift given for (continued...)

Home Decor Accessories - How to Create a New Look in a Room

Apart from complimenting your newly painted walls with soft furnishings and effective flooring, home decor accessories in a room are just as equally important. Accessories ranging from flowers in a contemporary vase to art pictures hanging on your walls, all add the finishing touches to any room. Above all, accessories add personality to a room, they inject your own personal touch making your home unique to you and comfortable and inviting for you and your family.

Decorating with Art Pictures

You will be surprised at the important role that art pictures play in home decor accessories. Not only do pictures add your own personality into the room, they absorb noise and can actually help change the illusion of a rooms' shape if placed in the right places. For example:

* horizontal landscape pictures help widen a room; * Portrait floral pictures help give the illusion of height; and * one large picture reflected through a mirror gives the sensation of additional broader space.

Creating Art Arrangements:-

For a maximum effect and to make interesting wall arrangements that can become a dynamic focal point of the room, try to hang smaller pictures in a cluster.

If you hang an even number of smaller prints tightly together in a cluster, this will help balance out a large space and give a window effect in a small space. Remember to hang the prints together tightly to create one unit and one focal point.

For larger pictures, place them in proportion to the furniture. For example, hang a large picture approximately (continued...)

Handicrafts of Kerala

Handicrafts of Kerala

Kerala, the Gods own country Situated in India has a rich tradition of Handicrafts. Kerala's traditional handicrafts are a class of its own. The artisans of kerala have traditional expertise in carving in wood, jewellery design, both gold and silver and also in other mediums. Making idos and figures in metaletc. The gifted artisans makes beautiful idols of Lord Krishna, Ganesh, Goddess Saraswathi, Lakshmi etc. in sandal wood ,elephants in rose wood and other art works in varieties of other woods.These items are showcased in http://www.aayurmart.com

Life size models of Kathakali, and models depiciting snake boat race of kerala are exclusive masterpieces of kerala aritisans. The idols of Lord Nataraja in dancing posture and the various lamps (vilakku) which are essential for every ceremonies of keralities are also created by artisans.

Industrial arts and handicrafts form an invaluable part of the Cultural heritage of Kerala. Metal crafts have the pride of place among the traditional arts. Bell-metal casting is an old time industrial art. It has involved mainly two kinds of activities. Images or idols of deities made out of copper, bronze and brass are used for consecration in temples and other religious purposes. Huge Varpus (shallow basins of hemispherical shape), multi-layered lamps and household utensils are all made of these metals. These products are noted for their high degree of perfection.

Lamps of the most artistic beauty are also made by Kerala craftsmen. The Greek lamp (Changalavatta), the Archana (continued...)

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