Extreme Crafters wanted for a new TV series!

NOW CASTING EXPERT EXTREME CRAFTERS WITH BIG PERSONALITIES!

Are you obsessed with crafting? Do you treat crafting like a sport? When it comes to skill, are you the Martha Stewart of your local town? Is crafting a huge part of your social life? Do you enter crafting contests and consider yourself the ringleader of crafting for your community, state or even the nation?

If you visit the craft store and hobby shop more than you go to the grocery store and you are the “queen of crafting” with an outrageous personality that people would enjoy watching on TV like Paula Dean or Abbey Lee Miller—then a casting company wants to hear from you!

Emmy award winning Production Company is on the hunt for THE most EXTREME CRAFTERS to star in a new show about YOU! If crafting is your life and you want to share your skills with the rest of the world, then email them now!

Tell them CraftGossip sent you!

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Please include

1. Name and phone number

2. City and State you live in

3. Links to Website, FB, etc

4. Recent pictures of you and some of your crafts

5. A short paragraph about you, your personality, your crafting and why you’d be great for the show!

*** The ideal situation is for you to make a short casting video: include a bio on you and crafting, show off your wacky or outrageous personality, why people would want to watch you on tv and maybe show some of your crafts. Be creative if you like!

Lots of Americans seem to think that May 5 is Mexican Independence Day, but that holiday actually falls on Sept. 16.

May 5 is the celebration of the Battle of Puebla, in which the Mexicans defeated the French in 1862. Independence Day marks the beginning of their fight for independence from Spain in 1810. That was the day of what’s known as El Grito de Dolores, or the cry of Dolores, for when the Catholic priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla rang the church bells at his church in Dolores and declared that Mexico should be free from Spanish rule.

They would fight for their freedom until 1821 when they finally gained independence.

Fabulous Classroom has a little of the history and ideas for celebrating the holiday for all age groups. There’s also a link to a good video in that post about the real story of Mexican Independence Day.

Twinkl also has a good tops about the history and different activities, discussion ideas, crafts and foods that can be incorporated into lessons at school or used at home.

I also found a few pins that no longer link to a website but include good information on Mexican Independence Day, including some questions for students to answer based on the reading. You can find more printables and questions for kids from TX Homeschool Mama on Etsy (also available in Spanish).

You can find a lot more paid resources about Mexican Independence Day at Teachers Pay Teachers.

Mexican flag crafts are a fun option for celebrating Mexican Independence Day (though the current iteration of their flag has only been in use since 1968). Kids Activities Blog has a free Mexican flag printable and a few different ideas for decorating it including dot markers and torn tissue paper.

You can also find some great Mexican crafts at Red Ted Art. The post includes all sorts of Mexican inspired projects including Day of the Dead crafts, Frida Kahlo pinatas and upcycled musical instruments. I love the giant paper flowers they shared from Honestly WTF.

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