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New Halloween Journal and Activity Book for Kids!!

Melissa Bastow

Tags books, coloring page, educational fun, halloween, planners, printables

New Halloween Journal and Activity Book for Kids!!

Our new Halloween Journal and Activity Book for kids is so much fun!!!  My seven year old could barely wait for me to take pictures before he claimed a journal and started writing and drawing! Here are some of the fun pages that will keep your child engaged and creating. The daily journal pages track emotions, focus on positive parts of a child's day, and grounds them by writing down observations.   Other activities include: coloring pages, writing a story, designing a haunted house, a monster debate, puzzles, and more! You can buy this journal in THREE different formats!  Get the...


Silly Rhyming Kids Books That Are Fun to Read!

Melissa Bastow

Tags back to school, early learning, educational fun, news, school

Silly Rhyming Kids Books That Are Fun to Read!

I wrote and illustrated TWO books!  They're about food - because food is life!   They're also silly, and rhyming, and fun, and they don't take very long to read.  So if you have one of those kids that's always like "Read it again!!!"  You can do that and it won't take very long at all! My first book "Potato Potato Potato" was one of those middle of the night inspirations.  I couldn't sleep.  It was 2:00 AM.  I started thinking about potatoes.  All the thoughts rhymed.  And viola, A BOOK WAS BORN!!! My most recently published book "I Like to...


Cute Christmas Coloring Page

Melissa Bastow

Tags Christmas, coloring page

Cute Christmas Coloring Page

This cute Christmas coloring page is full of doodley fun!  It's great for kids or adults.  You can print as many as you'd like too, so the whole family can color together! This free coloring page can be printed as a full sheet of paper, or if your printer requires margins just size it down a little.  To get your copy right click on the image below and select print or save from the menu that pops up! Make sure to share the link with your friends so they can get their own coloring pages!  And if you want more...


The Easiest Christmas Tags that Will Impress Your Friends and Family - A Tutorial

Melissa Bastow

Tags Christmas, tutorials

The Easiest Christmas Tags that Will Impress Your Friends and Family - A Tutorial

Want to make your friends and family think you spent forever making them a custom gift tag?  Even though you really don't want to spend forever making anything for them?  Boy do I have a tutorial for you!!   Here's what I did, step by step: 1- Throw a bunch of cute Dorky Doodle Christmas clipart on a page (size them according to the tags they'll be going on - mine are around 2x3"). 2- Print the page on white cardstock. 3- Cut around images.  No need to get too detailed, no one is going to care about the white...


Make 3-D Christmas Tags Using Clipart - A Tutorial

Melissa Bastow

Tags Christmas, tutorials, winter

Make 3-D Christmas Tags Using Clipart - A Tutorial

Making custom gift tags isn't something I'd do for EVERY gift.  But for a special few, it's totally worth it!  And it really isn't that hard, it just takes some cute Dorky Doodle clipart and a little bit of time!   Here are the step by step instructions on how I made this tag (including links to products I used): 1- Print some of our super cute Christmas clipart on white cardstock.  Print the same image at the same size 2-3 times (depending on how many layers you want to have).  Also make sure you're printing at the right size...