14 Fantastic Ideas To Help Your Children Learn To Draw
All children love drawing and painting, but many of them struggle to make progress in this area which is so crucial for their development. It’s very important to help your children as much as you can in realising their ideas and fantasies on paper.
But there’s no reason to think you can’t help them here if you don’t know how to draw. It’s actually a lot easier than you think — you just have to know what basic shapes to employ and build it up from there. To get you started, we prepared a set of pictures which show you step-by-step how to draw various animals. Draw them with a pencil, and then rub out the lines as you go along. Have a go, and perhaps by the end it won’t be just your child that has a new enthusiasm for drawing.
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Some Of Hollywood’s Most Beautiful Women Have Been Given A Shocking Bloody Make-Over To Highlight Domestic Violence
Stars including Kim Kardashian, Kendall Jenner, Angelina Jolie, Miley Cyrus, Madonna, Gwyneth Paltrow and Emma Watson were made up to look like bruised and battered victims of domestic violence by artist and activist aleXsandro Palombo, for the No Women is Immune from Domestic Violence project. Continue reading »
This Creative Hairdo Is All The Rage On The Farm
We’ve seen several interesting developments over the last year in the realm of human beard and hair grooming. Mostly it’s been a lot of hair dye and glitter. But enough of human hair fashion, it’s time for the animal world to shine! Continue reading »
15 Babies Who Are Already Really Into Star Wars
Some parents know you have to teach your kids when they’re a youngling, so they can go on to be strong Jedi Knights. Or at least teach them to become really big Star Wars fans, by dressing them up before they can walk and talk. Continue reading »
People In Montreal Are Playing On Light-Filled Seesaws This Winter
In Montreal, Canada, the sixth annual edition of Luminothérapie is happening between December 10th, 2015 to January 31st, 2016. Continue reading »
Earth, Then And Now: Dramatic Changes In Our Planet Revealed By Incredible NASA Images
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If you compare some of the photographs which can be found on NASA’s website, you can really see how human beings have changed the appearance of our world over the years. The time difference between these images ranges from five to 100 years. Incredible stuff. Continue reading »
Dad Transforms His Adorable 4-Month-Old Son Into A Real-Life Elf On The Shelf
Photographer Alan Lawrence is now creatively celebrating the holidays with his 4-month-old son Rockwell. Instead of buying his kids an Elf on the Shelf, the dad instead went in a different direction: he made Rockwell the elf. Continue reading »
The EDC Prepper: Paracord Bracelet Survival Kit Equipped With LED Light, Fire Starter, Compass, Knife
When the worst happens you need to be ready. This Every Day Carry (EDC) bracelet is a wearable survival and tool kit that is always on you. Inside this paracord strap you will find useful gear such as; a fire starter, cutting blade, LED light, compass, fishing kit, handcuff key and more. Continue reading »
This Ingenious Couple Built The House Of Their Dreams — And It’s Amazingly Small!
Andrew and Gabriela Morrison had long dreamed of having their own home. But as we all know, a large house requires large investments. The Morrisons decided against taking out loans and purchasing a large house — they realised that even a small place to call their own would suit them as well. And so they built a house which is just 20 square meters — but it’s very, very cosy. But how exactly do they live in such a confined space? We’ll tell you. Continue reading »
80-Year-Old Man Builds A Dog Train To Take Rescued Stray Dogs On Adventures
Eugene Bostick, an 80-year-old retiree in Fort Worth, Texas, spends his days operating what just might be the coolest train in the world. His homemade dog train takes rescued strays out for fun rides around the neighborhood and in the surrounding woods. Continue reading »
This Is How Movies Are Delivered To Your Local Theater
“When opening the case do you ever pretend like you’re in a spy movie?” Continue reading »
16 Mouth-Watering Meat Recipes Even Beginners Can Cook
Galina and Stanislav Khabarov, who are both talented illustrators and more generally, just good people, came up with a great idea for presenting recipes in the form of annotated postcards on their website, Chef-daw. Continue reading »
A Photographer Has Created A Series Of Paw-Traits Of Hungry Dogs Pulling Hilarious Faces As They Try And Catch Treats
Using a unique technique, the shots are captured at the exact moment the adorable pooches attempt to catch an airborne piece of food. The dogs appear surprised, happy, sad, confused – and sometimes even so blasé they miss the treat entirely. The images were taken by Christian Vieler, a photographer from Waltrop, Germany. Continue reading »
The Catshmallows – Japan’s Felissimo Are Selling Marshmallows That Look Like Cats
If you love cats so much, you wish everything you ate looked like them, you’re in luck (and also, maybe calm down a bit?). Continue reading »
17 Hilarious Parenting Comics That Are Your Life
Well, cartoonist and father of two Brian Gordon — who has an incredible ability to take the mundane and sometimes madding moments of parenthood and turn them into duck illustrations that leave you saying, “YES! This is my life!” and then laughing hysterically about it — shared another 17 of his Fowl Language Comics gems with us. Continue reading »
Adorable Mother-Daughter Tattoos That Show Their Unbreakable Bond
A mother’s love is eternal, just like a tattoo is (most of the time), so what nicer way to celebrate this close bond than with matching tattoos? Continue reading »
Dad Uses the Force to Make Healthy “Star Wars” Lunchboxes for His Kids
Beau Coffron (aka Lunchbox Dad) shows his fatherly love by preparing fun, artsy, and healthy bento box lunches for his kids. Since they’re all Star Wars fans and are excited to see the new Star Wars: The Force Awakens movie, Coffron’s been incorporating several iconic characters into his lunchbox designs. Continue reading »
100-Year-Old Negatives Discovered In Block Of Ice In Antarctica
For the past 100 years, a box of never-before-seen negatives has been preserved in a block of ice in Antarctica. Recently, Conservators of the New Zealand Antarctic Heritage Trust came across the 22 exposed, but unprocessed, cellulose nitrate negatives during an attempt to restore an old exploration hut.
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Invasion of the Vine that Ate the South
No really, that’s its nickname, “the vine that ate the South“; Alabama, Mississippi, North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee and Florida most notably swallowed by the invader so far. Continue reading »
This is What Photographers Look Like When You Take Away the Camera
Ever wonder what you look like while you’re taking pictures? Orlando, Florida-based photographer Rich Johnson wants to show you. For his latest project “Behind the Mask,” Johnson had photographers pose for two pictures, one with their camera, and one without. Continue reading »
Why is Your Millenial Crying? A Guide for Parents.
Illustrator Gemma Correll created this tongue-in-cheek guide to help parents identify why their millenials might be crying. Continue reading »
Individuals Photographed With Their Most Treasured Items
Rather than simply taking portraits of his models, photographer Jason Travis has decided to pair them alongside with their worldly possessions and the everyday items they simply cannot live without.
Meet Brazilian ‘Human Barbie’ Andressa Damiani
A Brazilian woman who has been likened to a ‘human Barbie’ claims her appearance is natural and she hasn’t had plastic surgery or starved herself to be thin. Andressa Damiani, from Blumenau, who has a 20-inch waist and wears a 32F bra size, boasts the same facial features as a doll – including huge eyes and long legs. The 23-year-old has found fame in her native country with passers-by on the street calling her ‘Elsa’ because of her resemblance to the character in Disney’s Frozen. Continue reading »
Artist Humorously Illustrates the Events of His Flight That Every Traveler Can Relate To
Renowned New York Times illustrator Christoph Niemann recently took a transatlantic flight from New York City to Berlin (with a layover in London), and documented the journey in his sketchbook. The trek itself was typical for your average flight of this distance, but this is precisely what makes his work so enjoyable and humorous to read. Niemann perfectly captures the frustration, boredom, and routine that comes from sitting on a plane for over 12 hours. Continue reading »
The Ice Hotel Opens Its Doors To Reveal This Year’s Breathtaking Hand-Carved Suites
The Ice Hotel is now back – and what better way to stand out than to place a giant elephant in the room. The first images of Ice Hotel 26 in Sweden have been released offering a sneak peek of the incredible suites that are now available for guests of the famous accommodation. Aside from the 9.8 foot African animal, creations this year include a 1970’s inspired Love Capsule, a room taking it’s design aesthetic from a Russian imperial theatre and there is even an icicle cave. Continue reading »
