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Book Review – Once Upon A Piece Of Paper

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Once Upon A Piece Of Paper by Andrea D’Aquino RRP $24.99

Have you ever wanted to tear up piece of paper then turn them in to something interesting? Then this is the book for you. My daughter actually prefers to Tear paper than use scissors so you can imagine how excited she was with this book. This book is a great gift for any creative or out of the box kinda teenager or adult.

Check out the video we made on Instagram.

*Includes a 112-page paperback book plus a 50-sheet pad of unique collage papers inside of a beautiful hardcover case.

Find out how layers of simple paper can create mysterious and beautiful worlds within worlds through the art of collage.

When the Cubists first integrated paper, fabric, and newsprint pieces into their paintings, it was considered an audacious intermingling of high and low culture. In doing so, they revolutionized modern art. Today collage remains a vital and popular art form that’s prevalent in many platforms, from fine art to fashion, from editorial and advertising illustration to children’s books, in both analog and digital forms. (Source)

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With summer coming soon in the Northern Hemisphere, it’s a fun time to incorporate activities and crafts with a sunny theme. Take some time to learn about the sun (this post from National Geographic Kids is a good one) and then do some sun activities.

Sun prints are a classic summer activity, and there are lots of ways to do them, from placing objects on construction paper (like in this craft from MomBrite) or by using sun print paper (aka cyanotype paper).

Practice threading, counting, color sorting and other skills with this easy sun threading activity from Taming Little Monsters.

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This updraft tower from Almost Unschoolers is a cool way to illustrate that the heat of the sun causes an updraft, which makes the pinwheel spin. This is a good one to do inside near a sunny window so you don’t have wind spinning the pinwheel instead.

You’ll want to get out in the sun to try this experiment form Life with Moore Babies to see what kinds of things the sun can melt. Using different kinds of sweets you can see how the sun melts things by itself and how you can concentrate the power of the sun with a magnifying glass.

Playing with shadows is fun for kids of all ages, and you can track a shadow through the day with this experiment from Science Sparks. If you’re working with multiple kids they can each choose an object to shadow (ha!) and at the end of the day you can see how different their shadows looked. 

And of course you’ll want to make a sun themed suncatcher craft, right? This one from Fox Farm Home uses all the pretty flowers you collect on your nature walk and puts them in a sun-shaped frame.