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| Love Bedroom For Girls |
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| Fall in Love Bedrooms for Girls |
Sunday, 24 March 2013
Play Room for Kids
I have been wanting to convert one of our extra bedrooms into a simple play room for some time now. I have only put it off because one of our extra rooms is a cozy guest room which gets used mostly in the Summer time or around holidays and the other has been our office which gets used occasionally but, not quite enough to justify it tying up the entire bedroom. I decided to move the office (which is basically just a desk and a computer) and combine it with the guest room. Now that room will be used regularly between guests and my hubby's weekend work etc. Problem solved!
The next challenge that I have run into is that converting a room usually requires time, elbow grease and $$ and $$ is by far the biggest obstacle. So, I have been scheming about how to makeover our home office into a play room as cheaply as possible. I have been saving images of play rooms that I love in a file for some time now. All of these images were found on Google images. I immediately noticed a few patterns in the rooms that I liked the most: they were all full of lots of generally bright and cheerful colors which I love, had a table and chairs in the center, cute art on the walls, had ample shelves for storage and usually a rug to define the center table area.
Currently, the room that we will be making over is a rather serious dark blue. Definitely a tad boring for a child's play room (in my opinion). I would like to brighten the room by painting it with a couple cheerful colors. Paint is such an inexpensive way to bring an immediate transformation to a room. I will also begin hunting for a kid-friendly rug on Craigslist to save $$ and hopefully with the furniture that I am getting rid of on Craigslist I will be able to get a couple of little things like a table set and a large cubicle shelf at IKEA
I am hoping that I can convince my hubby to build a very simple little bench to place between a couple of shelves and thus create a charming little reading nook or just another place for kids to sit in the play room. I'm tempted to break out the power tools myself but, let's just say that math and precise measurements are not a skill or interest of mine. I'm sure I could saw up a piece of wood real nice but, I doubt it would fit where it is supposed to. Shameful I know...but, that is what awesome husbands are for!
I definitely want inexpensive and colorful decor for the walls. I'm thinking about buying a used animal print alphabet or numbers book online (or something like that) and cutting out the pages (gasp!!) and framing and hanging each of them on the walls around the room . Just an idea. I'd love if the room could serve as an educational space as well as a play area.
My dreams and the reality for our future play room room might end up being quite different but, regardless I look forward to eventually having a space that my little girl and her friends can explore and destroy. A place where I can relax and know that she will be safe and a place where I can stick all of her treasures which are currently spilling all over my entire house.
Kids Playing Room
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| Kids Playing Room |
In order to make art, kids have to have a space to do it, even if it's at the kitchen table. A dedicated art space is even better, because it's a place they can turn to any time they feel the urge to create, a place stocked with art supplies, a place they can start a drawing of outer space and come back to finish it the next day.
Do your children have an art space like this? Here are some ideas for setting up or updating an art space for kids:
Note: This post was originally published when I first started blogging. I thought I'd update it a bit and share it with you again.
6 Simple Ways to Make an Art Space for Kids:
An art table or desk: Equip it with paper and drawing materials, adding other materials and tools as appropriate. Perhaps use a marker holder (made with plaster of paris) to keep the markers handy and make it easy to keep the caps on. You can also buy a ready-made marker stand. A nearby shelf or drawer can hold more art supplies.
An easel: Leave an easel set up with paper and drawing or painting materials (this Melissa and Doug easel is the one we have and love). If the reverse has a chalkboard, equip it with chalk and an eraser. Remember to change it up so it doesn't just become a piece of furniture (and ignored). You can read my post, here, about keeping it interesting.
A painting space: Having a dedicated space for painting is ideal. You can use a space that you don't mind getting messy such as a room with a cement floor, the kitchen, the porch, outdoors, the garage, or the basement. Spread a drop cloth or newspapers to catch the paint drips if you like (I don't, and just enjoy the paint splattered studio floor). You can leave out paper, paint, and brushes or, if your child is very young, leave the painting space set up and just bring out the paint itself when your child is ready to paint. If a dedicated painting space is out of the question, then be open to setting up to paint periodically whether in the kitchen, outside, or in the bathtub. Here's a post about finding a space for messy art.
Consider an outdoor art space, especially in the warm weather months. You can set up an easel outside or bring out a table and chair. The bonus with being outside is that you'll probably be less concerned about the mess factor.
Portable art: equip a box, basket, or bag with a pad of paper, some drawing materials, stickers, etc. Keep the basket within reach so your child can grab it and work whenever and wherever she likes-whether at the kitchen table, the floor, or in the car.
An art studio: Okay, so I know that I'm lucky to have a room dedicated to art, but it's not like our house is huge (1,300 square feet). I've just made art a priority in our house. If you do have an extra room, consider making it a space for art, crafts, creativity, learning, and exploring. It's wonderful to be able to leave out an art project that is in progress, to have a space that is A-Okay for getting messy, to be surrounded by art materials, and to have a place for drying (and displaying) art.
The art materials you choose to equip your child's art space with will depend on age, developmental stage, personality, preferences, and your own comfort level.
For example, for a one or two year old you might place out paper, crayons, markers, stickers, and chalk for them to use whenever they like. For toddlers, you might place glue, paints, and some collage materials (especially potential choking hazards) high up to be used only under closer supervision. As your child gets older, you'll place more and more within reach to be used freely and he will become more involved in choosing his own preferred art materials.
Equip the Space with Art Supplies:
- Crayons
- Washable markers
- Colored pencils
- Paper of various colors and kinds
- Glue stick and squeezable glue bottle
- Stickers
- Stamps and ink pad
- Glitter
- Playdough and playdough tools (rolling pin, cookie cutters, popsicle sticks, etc)
- Clay
- Tempera paint
- Finger paint
- Watercolor paint
- Glitter glue
- Scissors
- Oil pastels
- Nature materials such as pinecones, leaves, seedpods, twigs, rocks
- Pipe cleaners
- Feathers
- String, fabric, felt
- Colored tissue paper
Remember that a dedicated art space doesn't mean a static art space. Change out the materials occasionally, add new materials, move things around, set out an interesting project, etc to encourage continued interest in the art materials and the art space. Any other ideas?
Afternoon Sitting Place
Afternoon Sitting Place: A place where you can sit in afternoon and have a cup of tea with your beloved one or with your family. Its cool and nice place because it is very much close to nature. So you will relax lot while sitting at such place.
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| afternoon sitting place |
Wednesday, 13 March 2013
Amazing Fingerprint Building in Thailand
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| Amazing Fingerprint Building in Thailand |
Unbelievable Fingerprint building in Thailand is constructed as a commercial in 2006 for Shera. One more interesting thing about this Building is, It's just a idea.
It Works is a manufacturer of fingerprint security systems. To promote these three print advertisements were created by advertising agency SpicyH, Thailand.
The shape of the buildings look like fingerprints which makes it look like a maze.
Laser Scissors
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| Laser Scissors |
Laser helps you get straight cuts in paper and fabric
Okay, so we're not quite at the point in the future where everyone has their own flying car and, possibly more disappointing, we don't have personal laser cutting instruments. But judging by the way people drive while still on the ground, we're probably not ready for flying cars or laser cutting instruments for that matter. Still, a geek has to dream about such things, right?
For now we will go with these Laser Guided Scissors, that will at least help you make some straight cuts. The built-in Laser helps you get straight cuts in paper and fabric, whether gift wrapping or working on a project at home or in the office.
For making accurate straight cuts in paper and fabric
Ideal for gift wrapping, craftwork, assembly, scrapbooking, photos
Push button will turn red laser on/off
Length: 8.25" (21 cm)
Blade length: 3.5" (9 cm)
Takes 2 LR44 button cell batteries (included)
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