Dear Moms, Dads and Kids,

Today, I am going to share some of my secret stash of websites with you šŸ˜‰

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It might have been a year or two when IĀ got introduced to this world of printables. I just LOVED them.

I couldn’t believe that there was collectively just so much information out there. So much that, was madeĀ easier for me as a parent. So, as I painted, learned, crafted, greeted and partied with my daughter, I used some of these printables.

I want to share these with you and I am positive that they will also help you, as you do all the above with your child. If you visit these websites and their blogs, you will find one thing in common. There is so much passion,Ā individuality and generosity in these awesome women. All they want is to share more and more of their treasures. Be sure to do that, if you love some of them too.

Party Printables

Catchmyparty

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Jilian writes, “I started Catch My Party in 2009 as a place to find party ideas and inspiration from real people. It is a place to discover incredible ideas, share party photos, and connect with people who love entertaining.” This is absolutely true and the best part is you can also add your awesome parties here to share your ideas with the world. I am also going to add our Mickey Minnie party here.

Printabelle

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Michelle writes, “I hope you enjoy the printables that I design on Printabelle. I sure enjoyed making them!” Michelle has some amazing stuff and she can even personalize them for you for a small fee. So imagine, you choose a theme, you choose a creative, lovely party printable and you can even get your child’s name printed on it.

JilianĀ and Michelle areĀ creative individuals I really admire. Their websites have awesome party printables all neatly sorted into themes.

Educational Printables

Homeschoolcreations

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JolantheĀ writes, “I am a homeschooling mom to four great kids and have been homeschooling since 2006. I began creating different printablesĀ to go along with our studies ~ geography worksheets, planning sheets, preschool printables and more. The home school creationsĀ site contains the different resources that I have created to share.” When most of us find it tough to even use the available material to teach our kids, I find it remarkable that Jolanthe has homeschooled and actively participated in her children’s education by creating so much material. She also urges you to share and use these.

1+1+1=1

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Carisa writes, “1+1+1=1Ā is a blog that began in 2007 and has grown beyond my wildest dreams!” Carisa, with such lovely content, it had to grow and we pray it will grow more and more. If you go to her about page, she has very nicely outlined how to proceed through her blog, in case you get overwhelmed and that’s exactly how I felt šŸ™‚

Art, craft and fun Printables

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Leanne writes, “DLTK’sĀ Crafts for Kids features a variety of printable children’s crafts, coloring pages and activities including projects for holidays, educational themes and some of our children’s favorite cartoon characters.” DLTKĀ has lovely printablesĀ and many of them are also for teaching in a fun way. Once you are here, you will also find some more educational and craft sites which belong to her daughters, Tasha and Kaitlyn. And they are great too. Looks like Leanne, passed on her zest for creativity and learning to her daughters. Way to go Leanne.

Redtedart

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Maggy writes, ” My aim forĀ RedtedartĀ is: Inspire you to go and get crafty, Inspire you to try out something new, Help you to explore great artists with your kids, Give me andmyĀ children a creative outlet for all our activities.” Maggy, you have not only succeeded but your blog is outstanding for it’s simplicity and it’s reach into our hearts & life. I guess, you have something to do with that! šŸ™‚

Firstpalette

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First Palette is the creation of Sue, a teacher and craft enthusiast who is passionate about sharing her ideas with educators and parents. Firstpalette’sĀ about page writes, “Our goal is to nurture creativity and a passion for learning in children.” Sue, I love your crafts, templates and printables and have used quite a few of them.

Wow, even writing about them, made me feel so good.

“Let your imagination talk”

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Now, that you have the printables, you will need a good printerĀ to use them wisely šŸ™‚ Good news is HP is having a contest on twitter, see here. One lucky winner will win A HP Ink Advantage printer.

The contest works as follows:

Step 1: View theĀ above image and write your kidā€™s interpretation as a tweet/tweets. Participants are allowedĀ to write consecutive tweets in parts using Hashtag #HPImaginate if the entry is not finished in one Tweet.

Step 2: For your entry to beĀ considered valid, each tweet must have the hash-tag #HPImaginate

You can know more about the terms of this contest here.

The HP contest is open only till 30th January and for Indian Residents only. So hurry.

Wait, wait, the good news is not over as yet. We have to tell you about this giveaway.

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What you can win.

Two lucky winnersĀ would win Flipkart vouchers of Rupees 1000 each.

What you need to do? (Guess what? Nothing you don’t want to do yourself!)

1. We would love itĀ if you participate in the #HPImaginate contest. You could win a HP printer and I would love to know that a reader of this blog has won it šŸ™‚ Remember, to win this, you need to tweetĀ NOW as the contest closes 30th Jan 2014.

2. We would love it if you would share this giveaway with your friends, family and readers and help spread the word about our blog.

Don’t forget to leave a comment below to help us choose the lucky winners of this giveaway. This Giveaway is open only for Indian residents tillĀ  3rd February 2014.

We hope you enjoyed the incredibles, oops!!! I meant Printables.

Giveaway or no giveaway. Comment or no comment. Just wanted to say a big thank you for all your support.

Love,

Poornima

Image courtesy:Ā The images have been taken from the respective sites and in case you want to use them, kindly get in touch with the lovely women directly.