Creativity
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The Chuck Jones Center for Creativity Review and Giveaway
The Chuck Jones Center for Creativity: Brings out Creativity in the Young and Young-at-Heart: Most of us grew up watching Bugs Bunny, The Roadrunner and Coyote and many more of the characters that Chuck Jones created in his lifetime. I had a chance to speak to his grandson, Craig Kausen, who spoke about how his cartoons are timeless and children today enjoy them just as much as we did as kids. I completely agree and just love that one man created such wonderful characters! My daughter and I found The Chuck Jones Center for Creativity a few months ago at the new SoCo shopping center in Orange County. We…
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10 Books You Mustn’t Leave Childhood Without Reading
Oh, the joy and pleasure of a great children’s book! There is something so special about the books you read as a child. They often have a far greater impact on us than the books we read at any other stage of life. From enchanting picture books to cherished novels, from long ago to recent times, here is my pick of the time honored tales that have captured children’s hearts decade after decade. Charlie and The Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl What can be more exciting for a child than a tour of a chocolate factory? But imagine a chocolate factory that is staffed by Oompa Loompas, has rivers of…
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Instagram of the Week: The Getty Museum Garden
The Getty Museum Garden: It might seem hard to believe, but yesterday our family took it’s first trip to The Getty Museum up in Los Angeles. Hard to believe in that it is one of the more well-known and revered museums in our area – but as busy parents (you know how it is) we didn’t make time for this cultural trip. But am I glad we made the effort yesterday! The museum itself is quite amazing and they are currently featuring paintings from The Renaissance Era and the photography of Ray K. Metzer who is considered one of the most original photographers of the last half-century. If you are local or…
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The Chuck Jones Center for Creativity
A few months ago my daughter and I were checking out a new shopping center called the SoCo as a friend told me there was a shop there that had the best coffee in town. Now that’s a pretty big statement so I figured I would check it out. The center has some really fantastic and trendy shops and the design of the shopping area is very cool. I felt a bit like a hipster for the day which doesn’t happen too often these days. We came across The Chuck Jones Center for Creativity that had a large statue of the Road Runner and Bugs Bunny out front. Inside the walls of the center…
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Cute “Key To My Heart” Craft
While searching for fun craft projects to pass the time, I came across this adorable Key to my Heart idea! It is super easy and fun to make. This will be my very first tutorial blog post so bare with me. I always see tutorials where I wish they had given more details so I took a TON of pictures of the way I made this. Here is a list of supplies: Fabric of your own color choice Red and another color choice of felt (the second color will be for the smallest heart in the picture below) Velcro Hot glue gun (optional) Needle and thread Measuring tape (optional) Ink…
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Inspirational Mom: Florence Wetterwald of blabla kids
The mom I am featuring this week is one of my absolute favorite people! She lives her life like every day is an adventure and never takes things too seriously – yet has built a very successful company called blabla kids. You have probably seen these dolls in top children’s boutiques and trendy children’s catalogues. The designs are so simple yet so colorful. You can’t help but smile when you see a bla bla doll! I met Florence about 15 years ago as her sister and I are good friends and neighbors. She is just one of those people who makes you feel heard and enjoyed. She looks at each day…
