Craft Gossip

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We have two positions available for CraftGossip.com Editors.

We receive 100s of applications and to be sure you are applying correctly please read everything  below. We want to be sure we’re  not being inundated with incomplete applicants. To help make applying run smoother we are asking you to please read and make sure your initial application contains all the details below.

If we are interested in taking the interview further we will contact you by the 15th of February.

We are looking for someone who can start blogging by the 1st of March.

 

1: Indie Crafts Editor

This position is most suited to someone obsessed with Indie Craft Artists and the movement associated with it. You will be required to seek out up to date information about events, crafting trends and online craft stores.

You will need to find an average of 10+ hours a week to fulfill a 5 post minimum (weekly).

This position is a revenue share based income. Based on the blogs current traffic this position is paid around $175 per month with plenty of room for traffic improvement which will increase the income.

The applicant must be confident with blogging (specifically wordpress).

We prefer that the applicant be located in the USA and have access to postal services.

 

2: Candle Making Editor

This position is most suited to someone who loves candlemaking.  You will be required to seek out up to date information about candle making trends, techniques and supplies.

You will need to find an average of 10+ hours a week to fulfill a 5 post minimum (weekly).

This position is a revenue share based income. Based on the blogs current traffic this position is paid around $100 per month with plenty of room for traffic improvement which will increase the income.

The applicant must be confident with blogging (specifically wordpress).

We prefer that the applicant be located in the USA and have access to postal services.

 

How to Apply – (Remember you must meet the requirements above also)

E-mail the following to [email protected]

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Comments

  1. I was a little disappointed that you’re only interested in US editors. I feel there is great room to improve this blog with UK-specific and Australian-specific editors.

  2. I’m equally disappointed, it would be great to increase readership from the southern hemisphere, not to mention of course, Europe. Surely this is logical if revenue is based upon traffic?

  4. I fully agree with the comments made about a non-USA based editor. There are so many amazing crafters around the world that there should be an outlet for more news and views from elsewhere. Also, it appears that more and more of your giveaways are for US-based commentators only which is a great shame. I love this site and it has provided me with huge amounts of inspiration in all the crafts that I do. However, I am UK-based and would like to see more traffic, comments and posts coming from Europe and beyond.

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Five Senses Crafts and Activities for Preschool

One of the subjects that’s often covered in preschool is learning about the five senses. Understanding our senses helps us describe the world around us and our experience in it, and it’s fun to explore the senses in different ways. 

Rock Your Homeschool has a great free printables pack having to do with the five senses. I love the foldable activity shown above because it emphasizes that the way we really experience our senses is through our brains. They also have a sensory scavenger hunt printable, which doesn’t include taste but has the rest of the senses included. 

Of course we don’t really want kids tasting things they find outside (unless you happen to have fruit or vegetables growing nearby) but I like the way Hands on Teaching Ideas handled it by including “something an animal would eat” on their five senses scavenger hunt. 

Sea of Knowledge has lots of ideas for things to do with preschoolers to learn about the five senses, as well as this free with email signup template for making a five senses craft (you could also trace the child’s hands instead of using the hands in the template if you like). 

Use a potato head toy you probably already have to play a five senses game with the download from A Little Pinch of Perfect. You could do the same thing on paper with a potato (or human body) shape and color on the different sense organs. 

Simple Everyday Mom has a cute set of senses puppets you can print and play with, or use for different projects and crafts. 

Preschool Packets has a whole set of posts dealing with teaching the five senses (the one linked here is for hearing but the rest are linked within that post), which includes a great idea for making shakers with kids to explore the sense of hearing. 

Tim’s Printables has some cute five senses printables where kids can match the image to the sense you’d use to explore it. There’s also a body to label but I think there’s only a male version.