Recently Audrey and I have been sharing a new digital, quarterly magazine: Crafting Connections. It’s beautifully constructed with colorful photographs of little ones busy exploring and crafting. Audrey has loved looking through the magazine over and over. I’ve really enjoyed its emphasis on using the natural world and seasonal shifts to inspire creative projects, often borrowing bits and pieces of the outdoors to incorporate into those projects. Oh, and the projects themselves are simple enough for little ones to fully participate, yet geared towards encouraging parental participation as well.
Audrey on her first read-through, stopped at every project and looked at all the photos intently and told me, “I want to do that one, Mommy!” By the time she got to the end, she’d decided she wanted to do every one of them. A sign of a good craft magazine, right?
I asked her to pick one activity to start with and she choose the leaf mobile, where you make fall leaves out of tissue paper. She painted the tissue paper with her watercolors and we let them dry. Then we tore them into smaller pieces (Gray loved helping with this part). We put it all between contact paper and then she cut them into leaf shapes. After punching a hole in each one we hung them from branches Audrey had picked out. We both think it looks lovely hanging in the window in her room.
Some of my fondest memories are those spent making seasonal nature crafts, especially during the autumn months, with my mom when I was little. Reading through this magazine with Audrey reminded me of just how special it is to connect together as a family through crafts, seasonal shifts, and the beauty of the natural world.
Do you and your family want to enjoy a copy of the Crafting Connections Autumn issue for yourselves? Leave a comment for your chance to win. I’ll close comments in two weeks and announce the winner.
Comments closed. The winner is:
“Great craft idea, would love to have an issue of Crafting Connections. Thanks for the giveaway.”
Posted by: Kim
You don’t have to include me in the drawing, I think my boys have aged out :) I just had to say how lovely Audrey’s mobile turned out! Have a wonderful weekend!
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That’s fun! The colors are spectacular – I love that about kid’s creations. I’ve not heard of the magazine so thanks for the intro.
yes, thanks, we’d love a chance to win. that’s a lovely mobile-thanks for the inspiration!
Great craft idea, would love to have an issue of Crafting Connections. Thanks for the giveaway.
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Love A’s artwork, and this mag sounds great!
happy weekend to you all!
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Hi,
This looks very interesting, I would love to try it. Thx for this opportunity.
The mobile is gorgeous!! I love the contact paper craft stuff…leaves stuck between two sheets are pretty too. But tissue paper is one of my faves…
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love the mobile. audrey must be so proud of it. i haven’t heard of this magazine before so thanks for introducing it. would love to see an issue. x
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what a pretty project! i’ve been seeing so many fabulous kid’s projects that use contact paper, i really need to pick some up for our craft stash. thanks for sharing about the magazine and for the great giveaway!
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