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Giveaway #1: Oak Meadow Big Kid Craft Kit

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I am so excited to be partnering with one of my favourite companies, Oak Meadow, to bring you this wonderful holiday giveaway!

Are you in the holiday spirit yet my friend? If not, I can completely understand. This holiday is certainly going to look much different then previous years. However I have something that I hope might just bring a Holly Jolly smile to your face …

A BIG 3 DAYS of GIVEAWAY!!!!!

Oak Meadow and I are working together to bring you 3 wonderful giveaway. All you need to do to enter is leave a comment below. Easy Peasy!! Winners will be announced on SUNDAY DECEMBER 6th.

Today is the very first of the three giveaways … and it is a ….

(Cheesy drumroll please … for those of you who didn’t read the title of this post anyways …)

A Grade 5 Craft Kit!

Oak Meadow curates these amazing craft kits using their immense knowledge on child development. This craft kit is ideal for children who love to do handwork – or who might not have had the opportunity to try out handwork just yet.

This craft kit is valued at $110!

Inside this craft kit you will find …

  • Prismacolor colored pencils

These pencil crayons are perfect for your young artist. Beautiful colours and a soft line make them perfect for drawing and shading.

  • Construction paper (assorted pack)

Which artist doesn’t need coloured paper? This pack of coloured paper will be put to good use!

  • Embroidery needles (1 pkg, size 1-5)

Your child can try his or her hand at some embroidery and sewing using these embroidery needles.

  • 36 skeins of embroidery thread

Loads of embroidery thread perfect for beginning embroiderers (I don’t think that is an actual word). This thread is also perfect for making friendship bracelets.

  • Quill pens (2)

Calligraphy anyone? Let your child try his or her hand at this amazing lost art!

  • Candle wax mix (1 lb of premium soy wax flakes)

Do you know what makes a wonderful homemade Christmas gift? Candles! Your child can make his or her very own candles using this candle wax.

  • Candle wicking (3 feet)

Do you know what makes a wonderful homemade Christmas gift? Candles with WICKS! Ha!

  • Indian seed bead loom kit (includes loom, beads, thread, needles)

If your child has never used a bead loom, this will be a game changer. I used to spend hours and hours creating amazing bead loom bracelets. I even learned how to do letters so I could spell names. So much learning involved with this one!

  • Assorted round paintbrush set

Wonderful quality paintbrushes so your little artist can really hone his or her skills.

  • Drawing pad (9×12, 40 sheets)

Specialty paper perfect for drawing, shading, and sketching.

  • 8 sheets of tagboard

Made from wood pulp, tagboard is slightly thinner than poster board and a durable paper for project making.

  • India ink (2 oz)

Ink to go along with your child’s brand new quill pens for calligraphy.

There you have it my friend! A big, huge, craft kit perfect for older children. 

Now, to be entered to win … easy peasy ….

Please simply leave a comment below to enter this giveaway!

For an extra entry, please follow both Oak Meadow and How Wee Learn on Instagram (Please comment that you followed on Instagram below!)

Winner selected Sunday December 6th, 2020

Congratulations to our winner – Beth!

I want to thank Oak Meadow for partnering with me and sharing giveaways for this holiday season! If you are new to Oak Meadow, please pop on over to see what they are all about. They have craft kits for every age! You can see them all right here

Thank you so much for reading and GOOD LUCK!!

xo

Sarah

Love this idea? My store has even more amazing resources! Visit the store at shop.howweelearn.com

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  2. My son would absolutely love this! He is just learning he does have the ability to do art and he’s good at it. He’s slowly getting his creativity out of him

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    • My 6 grandchildren a I would love the pleasure of creating cool preschooler and Elementary craft’s!!

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    • Our two little girls are missing family back home, were living in Italy and can’t get back to ireland to family this year. Their being kept busy with art and crafts, I would imagine they will love this as a surprise. Their sending lots of homemade artwork home to ireland this Christmas

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    • I would love to give this set of craft supplies to my Granddaughter she loves to come over and do crafts with me. She loves to draw paint she makes candles and makes jerelely she just loves to do all the different kinds of crafts . My husband and I bought her a sewing machine last year for Christmas. This year I think I’m going to get her a bunch.of yarn not sure yet . but this would be perfect for her. Thank you very much have a Great Day.

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  11. I would love to win this give away as I’ve come to love crafting with my students and these items would help make some wonderful stuff for the Christmas season

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  13. I had never heard of Oak Meadow, I am super excited about diving into their Instagram to see/learn more! What a fabulous prize, I love finding resources for incorporating art lessons into our homeschool!

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  14. Beautiful prize – thanks to you and Oak Meadows for the opportunity to win. Love handcrafts and implementing them into our days!
    Following both on Instagram!

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  18. This is an amazing giveaway!! Thank you for sharing such wonderful resources with all of us. We are so blessed!! 🙂

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  19. I would absolutely love this craft kit! I do crafts with my 2 girls 4 & 7 all the time! We love your emails!

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  26. What a lovely way to make the holidays a little brighter! And it’s perfect for being in lockdown or quarantine! Thank you!
    I did follow both How Wee Learn and Oak Meadow on Instagram as requested. I really do love your content. Happy holidays ?

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  27. I have been receiving your emails for some time now. As an occupational therapist in a school district and now, a new grandmother, I find your ideas and posts fabulously valuable. I have shared your emails with my preschool teachers as well. I work with students that span the age spectrum (3 years to nearly 22 years) You can imagine that I use all that you offer and adapt it for the various levels of needs that my students experience. Keep going!! Your work is much appreciated.

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    • What an encouragement you are Laurel! Thank you so very much. And thank you for entering this giveaway. Good luck!

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  30. I followed both Insta accounts. I love your emails and blog for my preschooler and look forward to seeing what’s on your Instagram account too 🙂

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  34. Love this collection of crating tools! My son loves the kindergarten at home program and would be so excited to receive this! I’m a huge fan of the program @howweelearn and started following the Instagram account for further ideas and also @oakmeadowschool.
    So inspired by the projects I see. Thank you!

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  39. Wow! What a wonderful art set. I have a granddaughter that lives with me and she loves to create and share things with other people. She would be thrilled to get such a nice art set. We follow all your posts and craft ideas!!
    Thank you for making us smile!

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  40. As a stay at home mom of a 2 year old and ex kindergarten teacher, I’m in love with the dollar tree quiet bins!

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  42. I love doing crafts with my kids! I look up crafts that go along with what we’re learning in homeschool. So more materials and ideas for school would be helpful! The kids love crafts too! So opening a craft kit on Christmas would be a delight to my 3 kids!

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  44. My kids would love to win this set, they have been enjoying drawing and painting so much the last couple months!!

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  54. I am now teaching my grandchildren at home due to distance learning and these supplies would be much appreciated. Thank you.

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  57. Oh my goodness my 5th grader would absolutely LOVE this kit! He is so creative and always drawing and wanting more paints. He has never attempted weaving on a loom and would love that challenge.

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  63. This would be an amazing gift to receive for my aspiring artist. Love that there is so much variety of art supplies so that she can experiment if she were to receive the prize.

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  72. This is so neat! I’m a single momma of a 4, 5 and 6 year olds and crafts are our jam! If it wasn’t for arts and crafts, I would have zero sanity left lol Thank you for my chance to win and good luck to everyone <3

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  77. What a great gift this would be!! I am following both Oak Meadows and How Wee Learn on Instagram.❤️ Thanks for the chance to win!

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  78. Hello! So excited to enter to win the craft kit for my daughter. Wasn’t aware of this company..love the craft kit concept!

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  80. What a package!! I followed both you and oak meadows on Instagram, and you guys offer so many wonderful ideas! It has definitely helped me with planning activities for many various ages and abilities!
    Thanks for putting this opportunity together!

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  87. I would love this kit the paper I have used it and it is phenomenal it’s the only paper for painting I buy. Thank you so much oak meadows for curating them for this giveaway your amazing.

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  89. LOVE,lOvE, love this awesome kit! My little girl, Fawny and I would have hours of learning and fun making candles, Christmas decorations and gifts! Thank you for this opportunity to win and we both enjoy the emails!

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  91. My son would LOVE LOVE LOVE this giveaway gift! He is very creative and it would be so much fun to work with him on different art pieces that he has created and to build the fun crafts that come with it!!!! This is such an awesome idea. I teach English Language Learners in my district and visual images and art are some of the best ways to learn! Love it!

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  95. My daughter absolutely LOVES doing any type of craft! This would make the perfect Christmas gift! Thank you for doing this giveaway. By the way, I’m following both of you on Instagram 🙂

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  96. This is a wonderful kit for open ended art activities and fun creativity. It would be a great addition to any home since we are all spending so much time there.

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    • The spirits i have for holodays is not so well happy. Had my daughter and FUTIRE SIN N LAW WITH COVID. NOW HIS FATHER IS IN HOPSITAL WITH PNEUMONIA. IF I WERE TO WIN ID GIVE IT TO ONE OF MY NEEDY STIDENT IN CLASS. THA K YOU FOR POSTING SUCH A WONDERFUÑ GOVE AWAY

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  104. My initial thought was how perfect this would be for my daughter but as I kept scrolling, there are so many things that my son would find interesting too! And who doesn’t love the tons of education that comes along with these activities?!

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  105. Our library is in need of craft supplies. We distributed over 1700 take home craft kits from March 26 (when school transitioned into virtual home classes) through September when in person school started again. Our craft supply shelves are bare. Thank you for this opportunity to enter the contest.

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  106. We always enjoy your content! Thank you for your willingness to share. I have always wanted to try my hand at calligraphy, this would be a great project for us to try together as a family! The candle wax is a nice touch as we are always looking to show our little ones how to be “creators”! We are now following How Wee learn and Oak meadow on IG!

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    • I am so happy to hear you enjoy my blog DeShawn! Thank you for your encouragement. Good luck with the giveaway! xo

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  107. What a great crafting kit and such a wonderful idea to share something creative for the holiday! Thank you for everything you share.

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  110. I just started following your page and am loving it so far, we’ve done a few projects so far and just started the advent calendar too!

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  111. Both my children would love to use these materials! I am trying to find more hands on activities to foster their creativity as they spend so much time looking at a screen these days.

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  117. This is absolutely wonderful! I am always looking for ways to get crafty for my 5 and 3 year olds. Would love to win this! Thanks for the opportunity! ?

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  118. This looks like a lot of fun! As a school based Occupational Therapist I use a lot of craft supplies. These would be great to work on fine motor skills and more.

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  120. What a wonderful prize. As a Homebased educator we are always looking for new craft ideas , especially with school holidays coming and grand children adding to the mix.

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  121. So cool! I have kids in my family who would go nuts over this! I think I would enjoy trying my hand at calligraphy… 🙂

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  123. I love this giveaway, I also love all the emails I get. I think this would be great addition to the art supplies room.

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  125. I am an OT for special needs children and have 3 boys myself. Either my students or my children, someone would definitely get much use out of this giveaway! Thank you so much for the emails and the chance to win! 🙂

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  127. What a a wonderful kit We would love to have it. My son loves paintings and he spends time distracting himself drawing and coloring and it will be educational for my 3 kids. And it will work perfect during this time when we can’t do much out their. What a perfect gift with so muy fun and learning with it.

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  136. Looks so fun! I have followed both accounts. I love How Wee Learn. I just bought a kit from them this week. Thanks so much for the chance!

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  137. Both my youngest would absolutely love anything to do with arts & crafts. Arts & crafts seem to be one activity that will keep my very very ADHD 5y/o seated and interested in what is being done. I am following both Oak Meadow and How wee learn on Instagram

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  138. Wow! What a fantastic kit! I know both my kiddos would be very appreciative of these awesome craft supplies. Crafting is our happy time!! Yeah glitter!
    Good luck everyone! Thanks Oak Meadow and How Wee Learn! ❤️

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  140. Merry Christmas! I checked out the Oak Meadows site and was surprised by their selection of homeschool curriculums and resources. Love the variety of crafts, games, and books they offer!

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    • Thank you for checking them out Paige! They do offer a very wide variety of resources to support homeschooling families. Good luck with the giveaway! xo

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  143. I am blessed with 10 grandchildren, ranging in age from 13 years to 1 year old. Having this kit would be a great way for me to help each of these grandchildren enhance their creativity in a fun and engaging manner when they come to visit!

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  147. This sounds like an awesome opportunity. My daughter loves creating and art this is so awesome of you to be doing this for the family’s

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  150. My two oldest grands are learning to embroider, and both love crafts of all types. They would revel in this richness! (Also trying to comment on Instagram).

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  151. Wow what a great idea! I love all of options that are available to explore a new hidden talent. ??I hope this is in my future it looks like the best gift for all of my homeschooling nephews. ?

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  152. My daughter has been such a help at home. I had her second brother (third child) in February, so between that and the pandemic, she has been a true champ. I’d give her the world if I could, but this would suffice. ? she loves art and making things.

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  154. This is so awesome! My kids would enjoy this! We have a very creative household.
    Followed both accounts on instagram!

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  157. What an awesome kit, my older grandkids would love, they are very creative and artistic. Grams is always running out of supplies!!

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  163. This is an amazing kit! I would not have thought to use calligraphy as a way to get an artistic child to write! Thank you

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  164. Very nicely put together. Great invitation to play!

    I have been following howweelearn on IG and receive the newsletters!

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  169. Wow… This bundle would let my childs mind be busy for awhile! I love your emails and glad I was able to subscribe to them…
    Thank you & Goodluck to all

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  173. I retired from the NHS 2 years ago and I have just started to volunteer 2 days a week to help my grandsons old Childminder to do crafts with the children she looks after. This gift would be fantastic to get us off to a good start and create fantastic crafts for the kids to take home.

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  180. Thank you for investing so much effort to help parents with teaching their kids at home. You are tremendously appreciated!

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  183. Thanks for giving the opportunity of winning this wonderful kit from Oak Meadow.
    At my home my baby has so much creativity that could be express through all of the materials included in the kit.

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  184. I’m so glad I found your site because you offer fantastic resources! I followed How Wee Learn and Oak Meadow on IG, too!

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  186. Not only am I a preschool teacher, I am a Grandma and an avid crafter. This kit would give me so many opportunities to share the love of crafting.

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  187. My kids would love this! What a great variety of items too! Followed on Instagram and already excited about all of the new ideas posted!

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  190. I love the idea of using a quill and ink – I remember doing this when I was a kid and how it brought history to life. I thought about the forefathers using a quill and ink to pen the Declaration of Independence and how long it must have taken.

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  191. This is such a fun and interesting kit. I have foster children and art is a great way for them to express them self. Thank you for doing this. OH YEAH I already have How We Learn liked on Instagram and now Oak Meadows!!

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  192. I am a grandmother of 3 ages 5,3, and 1. We love doing crafts together. They would love using these items to make Christmas gifts for family and friends. Thanks for your ideas.

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  195. Thank you for all of the great ideas and resources you offer! It is very helpful especially when we are all cooped up at home all the time❤❤❤

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  197. I love this blog and the emails! The craft ideas and short videos are so inspiring, I frequently use the ideas in my classroom! I also love that the crafts are child friendly and use materials on hand!

    Great site and always fun and inspirational!

    Thank you for posting your ideas and creating amazing giveaways!

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  203. My girls would love this craft kit, and if I’m honest, I would too! What great activities to do together!

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  204. This would make a great gift for the older girl I babysit for, it can be challenging to find gifts for older kids, so this is a wonderful idea!

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  206. I would love to share this kit with a teen who just moved to a rural and her friends from school all live several miles away.

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  207. This will be an awesome kit to win with all these great items in this kit. Also all my grandchildren and students will be able to benefit from this kit to explore their creativity.

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  209. I let my students come in every other Saturday for Saturday school to receive extra support and or enrichment. They would love to use all of those resources!

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  214. I am always on the lookout for projects to do with my 9 grandchildren. They love it when I will take time to craft with them. Thank you for all you share with us. It has been so helpful.

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  218. Love all you do and all your products! Fun giveaway! Thank you!

    I also started following y’all on Instagram

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  219. What a great kit! My kids would have so much fun together with this. Especially my Harry Potter obsessed 8 year old… She’d go crazy for those quills!

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  222. Your ideas have been a life-saver for families that are now dealing with learning at home. Thank you for all you are doing to keep us informed and inspired.

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  224. Thank you so much for offering such an amazing giveaway! It looks like so much fun! I enjoy your blog so much and have gotten so many great ideas.

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  225. This would be amazing! We are a learning, crafter family and enjoy spending the time together each Sunday for creative sundays! I followed you both on Instagram

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  227. AWESOME Giveaway,thank you for all your help we childcare workers need all we can get. My granddaughter would love this!!!!!

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  230. Oh wow! This kit is AMAZING! I nanny 2 almost 3 year olds and we do crafts all the time! Their older brother that is 10 has an artistic side but ever think of things to do. So I give him ideas and he goes to town! His parents don’t buy him art supplies, I furnish the supplies for all 3 kids. He would LOVE a kit like this!

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  231. Hi! Thank you for this great opportunity. My son and I are thrilled for more crafting stuff. I followed both your Instagram accounts. ?

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  232. Hi everyone,
    I’m new here, mother of five ages 13,12,8,7,2. Covid helped push me to homeschooling all four of my children and so far everything looks great, looking forward to exploring more and obtaining needed material to an successful transition.
    Now for the art package entry, this would be a great way to tap into my children’s artistic and creative sides: a little of everything, will excite them all to and be a great first video for blog. Looking forward to a great adventure.
    Happy Holidays to everyone?I also Instagram, FB.

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  234. My oldest son has really been enjoying art over this past year, and I think he would have a lot of fun with this!

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  235. This would be wonderful for my grandson and great granddaughter and me. To be able to experience and teach them new things.

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  236. Wow, this is quite an assortment of creative craft material. I’m sure kids would be occupied for hours making things!

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  238. I’m so thankful for the emails and links in how we learn site. It’s been incredibly helpful this year. Thank you!

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  242. This looks so great- so many possibilities with these materials. Thanks for offering this give away, and thanks for all you put into How Wee Learn- it’s great!

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  248. How fun! Thanks for sharing! Something fun to do with all 9 kids during Christmas vacation. We would enjoy this right along with everyone else ❤️?

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  249. WOW! A free giveaway. What will you come up with next….. I love all your resources, advice and my son really enjoys them too. Keep up the great work.
    Thank you

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  250. We’ve been using art as our outlet while trapped ar home this year. I can see all the kids finding things to do with this kit!

    Already following on my Instagram ♡cameracrazymomma

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  259. This is such a wonderful kit and the giveaway chance is amazing! This would be so loved at our house. Thank you for the chance to win.

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  260. I would absolutely love to win this kit. How generous of you. Thanks! I’m loving the ideas on your site and use many with my kindergarten students.

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  264. This would be the most spectacular gift for my students!!! I love your creative projects and look forward to your emails!

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  272. I am from Myanmar and my 3 year old princess would surely love to receive this giveaway! Very Thank for this opportunity.

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  273. I’m amazed by all of the wonderful materials that are included within this set. The materials would be so fun to use for creative projects with my students!

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  274. Thank you for the chance to win this wonderful art and crafts kit! My daughter loves to and paint but basically anything craftsy is just right up her alley. She would love this!

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  275. Following you from Mexico City!! Thank you for sharing all your activities and knowledge. I’m an English teacher and mother of two!! This will be a great help for my daily activities with my students and daughters.

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  282. Sooo… I don’t actually have an age-appropriate child for this craft kit, but I wanted to leave a comment to say thanks for all the times I’ve received “freebies” through your emails and website. My two and four year olds love doing simple, fun crafts and you always have such wonderful resources and ideas for us to use. I just wanted to give you a shout-out and say thanks! If we were selected for this giveaway, it would be donated. There are definitely so many deserving and creative children that could benefit from such an awesome gift. Thanks for all that you do to support parents, teachers, and caregivers!

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    • What a lovely comment Theresa! Thank you so much for your kind encouragement. I really appreciate it! Be sure to check out Giveaway #2 which is live now, as that is for little ones! Good luck! xo

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  283. Thanks ao much Sarah for all your advice and ideas for the kids. We are in South Africa, but I still follow your blogs, emails, recipes, ect to get busy with the kids and they love getting baking and crafty so would absolutely love this.

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  287. My son love art work always he’ll be drawing something or the other he would be very happy if I gift him.

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  299. Hi Sarah. I haven’t seen a kit quite like this one. There’s a lot of tactile things like the beading and embroidery thread, but then it adds traditional (and probably not commonly used – even by me) things like the calligraphy quills and beeswax. What a great idea! Thank you for sharing. I know some cousins would dive into this stuff.

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  301. Love your site and materials…they have been so helpful this first year of homeschool! Now following you and Oak Meadow on Instagram!!

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  306. (I commented,but it disappeared,so I’m going to try one more time.)
    This kit looks amazing! My kids and I sure would love to have fun with it!
    I also followed you on Instagram. ?

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  311. What a beautiful craft kit! I have a 5th grade student on my caseload with high functioning autism who would love this!

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  313. I would love to have this for my PreK families! As a first year PreK teacher and teaching virtually, having supplies to send to parents would be AWESOME!

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  320. I am an elementary art teacher and my 13 year old is really getting into the different art forms. This would be an amazing surprise for her.

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  326. Thank you so much, our school age children would love for something great like this. Happy Holidays and thank you for this oppertunity.

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  331. Awesome giveaway ! Thanks for the chance to win! My son and I could do so many fun things with this GIVEAWAY!
    I am a follower, Thanks for all you do

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  337. Thank you for sharing such wonderful resources with all of us. ❤️ This is an amazing giveaway! Following you both on IG

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  339. This is an amazing giveaway you’re doing! Thank you. I can do so many activities with children using this kit.

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  340. Wow! What an awesome giveaway! My twin boys (4 5 years old) and I would absolutely love this! Thanks for all your freebies and emails. Makes homeschooling a bit easier! 🙂

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  348. I’m following both accounts on Instagram and loving this giveaway for my very crafty and creative girls! We homeschool and this would such a fun set of materials to dive into for art and free time!!! Thanks for putting it together and sharing the fun.

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  350. My kiddos would love this. Heck, I’d love this! We love crafting. I’m always running out of supplies. For my birthday and Christmas, I always ask for crafting supplies.
    What a way to make this holiday season and this crazy, hot mess year brighter, bless you!

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  356. I have two younger school age boys who would love this set. Some of the supplies could help with our character lessons (turn taking, hard work, determination, self correcting, etc).

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  359. My older son’s school isn’t offering art right now because of covid. We would love this for at home! Thanks for the chance!

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  363. This would be brilliant to have! It’s all the things I’ve been saving up for that my kids would put it to serious use!!! I am now following both accounts on Instagram from my account (waldoressori) and I absolutely love all the great ideas on both!

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  364. This is a very generous giveaway, nice way to wrap up 2020! I have been really enjoying the ideas from this blog and using them with my children!

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