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Bugs and Beetles Issue 2 Magazine Release

  April 16, 2014 - 11:58 PM | ,
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children, kids, magazine, digital, craft, sewing, insects, bugs, beetles, stitching, holiday, fun, cheap, simple, pattern, tutorial, projectExcitement has been building behind the scenes for some time now, as the second issue of the Imagine. Make. Believe magazine has been coming together.  We are pleased to announce, it can now be purchased from our online shop.

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We have based Issue 2 around the theme ‘Bugs and Beetles’ and it has been a joy to see some of the projects come to life, not quite literally!

Expect to see a very insect orientated issue, that includes themed food like luscious ladybugs; witchetty grubs; dried roaches; a caterpillar cake; and more!  The food does not contain real insects though, so there is no need to get squeamish!

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We have instructions and diagrams to make spiders; ants; ladybugs; grasshoppers; caterpillars; and butterflies from supplies out of your supplies box; games to play; a crossword puzzle; a comic; finger puppets; and so much more.

If you are planning on a bug, beetle or insect party, our magazine can help you to organise a stress free party, because we give you all the ideas, recipes and games you need, to run an affordable themed party with all the fun.

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Magazine Features

  • An inexpensive, digital, downloadable activity magazine aimed at 5-11 year old children.*
  • 70 pages of fun!
  • Full of activities – recipes, games, craft, drama, stories, puzzles, sewing, party ideas and more.
  • Each issue contains a different theme… perfect if you want to use the ideas for a themed party.
  • Materials are easily obtainable, cheap or free, and often what can be found in the house.  No special shopping trips needed.
  • Children have been involved in creating the designs and projects.
  • Advertisement free.
  • Cheaper than two ice-creams!
  • Great gift idea!
  • Simple, creative, cheap fun for children.

Magazine Format?  

The magazine is digital and is a downloadable pdf file.  It contains 70 pages of diagrams, templates and instructions, and is approximately 17 mb in size.  We also have a print friendly version available for your use.  When you purchase an issue, you will be emailed a password and membership number within 48 hours of your purchase so that you can access and download the file. More information can be found on our Shop page and our Magazine page.

*Children younger than this will still enjoy the content of the magazine but will need an adult’s help with the projects and reading.  Older children can still have a lot of fun with the content of the magazine also.

Free Fun Friday – Royal Colouring Picture

  November 8, 2013 - 10:00 AM | , , , ,
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Royal Colouring Picture, children, royal magazine, colouring sheet, royal, carriage, castle, prince, princess, free This week’s Free Fun Friday is a tiny sneak peek into the first issue of our Imagine. Make. Believe digital children’s activity magazine!  In each magazine we include a colouring template, that can be used for colouring in, but it can also be used to decorate with collage, make a card, use in games, and decorate presents, gift bags and envelopes, among other things.

Also in our magazine we have some very cool themed drawings and pictures that help build the theme of each magazine, and give inspiration to the children beyond the activities that we have provided.  It helps stimulate their imagination!

We have included most of the drawings from our Royalty and Castles Issue of the Imagine. Make. Believe magazine, into our new Royalty and Castles Colouring Book that is now available in our shop.

Colouring Book Cover

JJ is our main illustrator (and yes, he is only 11), with ideas also coming from the rest of the team, but mostly from Annie and Janelle.  We decided to share with you one of the pictures from the magazine that is not included in the colouring book,  but it is such a great combination of ideas, and a combination of drawings.  Here it is in the magazine:

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All you have to do is click the button below to download the royal colouring picture as a pdf file.  Print if off, and it will be ready to colour in!

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Happy colouring!

Royalty and Castles – Issue 1 – Magazine Release

  October 6, 2013 - 7:00 AM | ,
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It’s a win for kids. We have launched our first digital, kid’s activities magazine. Subscribe today – only $5 or buy FOUR issues for just $16, and you only need to purchase one per family!
Lots of simple fun activities for kids. Designed for kids… and with no advertising. Loads of fun… cheap fun, educational fun, creative fun, healthy fun.
Welcomed by kids and parents alike, this magazine is a real treat and fills a void so common in a world of computer games and TV.


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Comic Extract from Issue 1, Royalty and Castles

Magazine Features

  • An inexpensive, digital, downloadable activity magazine aimed at 5-11 year old children.*
  • 70 pages of fun!
  • Full of activities – recipes, games, craft, drama, stories, puzzles, sewing, party ideas and more.
  • Each issue contains a different theme… perfect if you want to use the ideas for a themed party.
  • Materials are easily obtainable, cheap or free, and often what can be found in the house.  No special shopping trips needed.
  • Children have been involved in creating the designs and projects.
  • Advertisement free.
  • Cheaper than two ice-creams!
  • Great gift idea!
  • Simple, creative, cheap fun for children.
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Recipe Extract – Issue 1 – Royalty and Castles

Magazine Format?  The magazine is digital and is a downloadable pdf file.  We also have a print friendly version available for your use.  When you purchase an issue, you will be emailed a password and membership number within 48 hours of your purchase so that you can access the file. More information can be found on our Shop page and our Magazine page.
*Children younger than this will still enjoy the content of the magazine but will need an adult’s help with the projects and reading.  Older children can still have a lot of fun with the content of the magazine also.

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Article Extract – Issue 1 – Royalty and Castles

Free Fun Friday – Coin Rubbings

  September 20, 2013 - 10:00 AM | , ,
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Very soon, our first digital kid’s magazine will be launched.  Here is the front cover!

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As you can see, this issue will be all about royalty and castles… and a crow!

That being the case, we thought it would be a bit of fun to do something with coins!  Have you ever done a coin rubbing?

Janelle remembers doing pencil rubbings as a little girl, and when she went to art school many years later, she learnt that pencil rubbings have a special name!  It is a French word called ‘frottage’!

Pencil rubbings are done with a pencil and paper, and an object that has an uneven and textured (not smooth) surface.  

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Pencil Rubbings of Australian Coins

Coin rubbings are the done some way, but the object is a coin.  Here’s how to do it:

Difficulty Rating:  1/5 – Easy

Supplies:

  • Paper

Tools:

  • Pencil (not sharp – a blunt one will work better) – coloured pencils can be used, but it is best to use darker colours
  • Coins – other things can be used like leaves, baskets, wood, rocks, buttons, lace, and other things that have a raised, textured (not smooth) surface

Optional:

  • Eraser

Instructions:

  • Place the coin on a hard, flat surface (like a table).
  • Place a sheet of paper over the coin.
  • Using the pencil, gently rub the paper backwards and forwards over the area where the coin is.  It is best that you don’t use the very tip of the pencil.  Instead, tilt or angle the pencil so that more of the pencil lead is touching the paper.  Be careful not to move the coin or the paper so that you get a clear image.
  • If you wish, you can rub out any pencil marks that went outside the coin, with an eraser.

Here is the diagram of what to do:

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After that, you can do what you like with the coin rubbing, but we would love to see or hear what you do.  You may have some great way of using the coin rubbing in a craft or other project, so show us by uploading a photo into our Coin Rubbing Gallery, or write a comment below of what you have done.

Even if you haven’t come up with any great ideas, we would still love to see your coin rubbings.  We think it would be pretty fun to have coin rubbings from all around the world, from every country in our gallery!  We have started it off by doing our Australian coins and labelling them so you know what they are, as most of our coins have Australian animals on them.  If you live in Australia though, don’t let that stop you.

  • If your coins are the same as someone else’s, maybe your country has special coins for special occasion years, like we do in Australia, and you could do those.
  • You could rub the side of a coin that someone else hasn’t done.
  • You could do them in a different colour.
  • You could use them as part of a picture.

Whatever the case… we would love to see them and whatever you do with them!

Imagine. Make. Believe!

  September 16, 2013 - 5:33 PM | ,
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Imagine. Make. Believe Stall Banner, stationery, marketing

It’s getting a little exciting around here at Imagine. Make. Believe…

Banners, t-shirts, business cards, promotional material, boxes for kits and other goodies have started arriving at our premises.

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Imagine… in a couple of weeks we will have our grand opening!

Make… that’s what we are busily doing behind the scenes!

Believe… we believe you will ♥ (love) our new magazine… at least we hope you do! 

Magazine Update

  July 22, 2013 - 7:32 AM | ,
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Sneak Peek of the Magazine Comic
Sneak Peek of the Magazine Comic

Magazine Comic Sneak Peek  – Drawings by JJ

Time for a little magazine update!  Some of you have been eagerly awaiting our first issue of the Imagine. Make. Believe magazine for some time. So have we! Sometimes unexpected life events get in the way of our goals and these things have unfortunately slowed us down.  We also want to deliver the very best magazine that we can, on the first go, and whilst there may be some improvements over time, we wanted to give you a great magazine to start with.  The great news is that we will be ready for a September launch, and in the mean time we have some great tips and small projects coming, and some yummy recipes, mostly gluten free. It’s getting a little exciting over here!

Free Project – Advent Calendar

  November 12, 2012 - 2:56 PM | ,
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Stay tuned for a free Advent Calendar tutorial coming soon!  It is easy enough for children to make.  Start gathering your main supplies – 24 milk bottle lids and 2 egg cartons.  Keep the disks that are inside the milk bottle lids because you will need those too.

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Advent Calendar – Main Supplies

 

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