Kwik Stix 12 pk from The Pencil Grip, Inc.: A TOS Crew Review

Kwik Stix 12 pk from The Pencil Grip, Inc. 

 I used to be a "let's paint" kinda mom...now - not so much!  Painting used to mean a mess to clean up...not anymore!  Kwik Stix 12 pk from The Pencil Grip, Inc. are solid tempera paints the size of a glue stick.  They go on easy and dry in only 90 seconds.  You can use them on many surfaces including paper, cardboard, wood and canvas.   They come in many vibrant colors, our 12 pack came with green, pink, white, red dark blue, royal blue, grey, black, purple, dark green, yellow, orange, and brown.  It was perfect for our Co-op projects.

My testers were my elementary age Co-op literature class.  We read a book and do a craft or activity each week.  Since we meet in a friend's home...I haven't wanted to do a lot of mess making (I want to keep my friends!)  So, we haven't painted this year.  Until now.  I brought out the Kwik Stix and they were immediately hooked.  
These little gems look and feel like a glue stick, perfect for little hands to control.  The paint goes on super smooth.  They used them to make dots, lines, and even paint in sections of their project. We read Rainbow Fish and painted our own fish...

I LOVE Kwik Stix - you can be the "let's-paint-mom" and the "I-don't-want-to-make-a-mess-mom" at the same time!  

Kwik Stix are a must have art supply.  I think these would even be a great addition to our "car trip" activity box.  WOW - painting in the van?  These must be good!

The Pencil Grip Inc. also sent us one of their pencil grips.   Be sure to check out the different grips they offer on their Pencil Grip Page.  We have used these with every child to teach proper pencil grip.  They are the best way to teach, and my testers all love using them.  Be sure to check them out as well.

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You can also purchuse Kwik Stix from Amazon.
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Have a Fiesta of Fun!

I absolutely LOVE La Clase Divertida - the Fun Class Spanish!

We have been using this program over and over, since the beginning.  This is not a sponsored product review - I actually purchased this one way back in the early years of homeschooling... and we're still big fans! I just can't not tell you about it!

One of the best parts of this video based program, is the crafts and cooking.  Since, this wasn't our first rodeo with Level one,  we decided to save the crafts for a "Fiesta of Fun" and have a craft day...instead of messes all semester long (here's where you can see I've been homeschooling awhile...messes can make me crazy!)

My sweet little hijas had a blast creating - and I only had to clean up once :-)  Senior Gamache, the teacher - makes it all very easy for you.  Everything you need to complete the crafts comes in each student kit.

There are 3 levels available.  My children have learned a ton of spanish, and had fun too!

 When you get yours...tell Senior Gamache I sent you!  (I'm his top selling, volunteer salesperson at homeschool conventions :-)

Apples!!

For my primary literature class this week, we read "Apples to Oregon" by Deborah Hopkinson

It's a fun tall-tale adventure as "Delicious" treks cross country with her apple-tree crazed Papa.  My kiddos loved the book!

Our project was making apple-shaped suncatchers.

I cut out a simple apple shape out of red paper, with the center open.


Then, I took clear contact paper and covered the apple.  We flipped it to the sticky side and used colored scraps of tissue paper to fill it in.

I covered this side with contact paper too, to make it more durable.

We punched a hole and hung them in our sunny window.

Another free activity!  (I had all the supplies already)