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DIY Upcycled Comic Book Clementine Crate

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I love an upcycled, repurposed project, but as I was contemplating what in the world I was going to do with a clementine crate, I realized that most of my craft projects are for my daughters or my girlfriends. The son and hubby are usually left out. That’s when it clicked. I’d make an upcycled comic book clementine crate for my son. Then I scored even more mom points by making the craft with my son. This was an easy and quick project. You can do this one with children from ages 4 (with supervision) and up. See the full tutorial here.

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6 Free Celestial Coloring Pages

6 Free Celestial Coloring Pages

Celestial designs have been popular for awhile, you’ll find this trendy imagery on everything from clothing to tattoos and of course crafting products and projects as well. If you’re into suns, stars, moons, constellations and Zodiac signs then you’re going to love the coloring pages inside the Celestial Mandalas Coloring Book by Dover Publications. To give you a taste they are offering 6 FREE pages that you can download, print and color. These beautiful and calming designs are full of intertwined teardrops and circles, swirling planets, bright fiery suns, crescent moons, shooting stars and more. You can even adjust the sizes and use these images for handmade greeting cards, journaling cards for scrapbooking or include them on your planner pages.

Visit Dover Publications for the downloads.

-Heather

Coloring in sheets are a great way to calm the busy mind, as you focus on the coloring techniques your brain is actually able to calm itself and focus on less. Coloring is used to help relax and calm anxiety and stress. Coloring keeps our  mental health in check and allows us to develop parts of the creative brain. We highly recommend Faber castell coloring pencils .