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KIDS Spheres can be used to decorate your table or made smaller and hung as ornaments. Young Artists: Elizabeth Sorenson (7) and Dylan Sorenson (10) CORNER With Carol Peters CAROL PETERS is an award-winning art instructor who is highly skilled at bringing innovative, creative art alive for both young and old. 100 PAPER MACHE HOLIDAY DECORATIONS Each family uses its own inventiveness to decorate their trees and homes. Paper Mache Ornaments, Bowls and Spheres are bright and glittery and fun for all ages. Family traditions are so important and creating together makes lasting memories. Talk to your children as they make these beautiful, bright, personal works of art. Suggestions: Engage all of their senses. Sight, Sound, Smell, Taste, and Touch in the conversation. Talk about the reason for the season —Giving and sharing and caring about others. What they see: colored lights, decorated stores and trees. What they hear: holiday music, special holiday TV shows and plays at church or school. Taste and smell: Does your family make a special food? What is it? Can you smell the cookies baking, the christmas tree pine? What does the needles of the tree feel like? You are creating & imagining. You are an Artist!!! GILROY • MORGAN HILL • SAN MARTIN december 2018-january 2019