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These monogram signs are the perfect outdoor painting project for little and big artists. Take a walk outside before painting to collect flowers, pinecones, sticks and rocks that would make interresting stamps for your artwork. Material: Canvas, wood canvas or wood sign (I used a wood canvas and a wood sign I found at the Dollar Store) Acrylic paint  Sponge brushes (or sponges) Masking tape Pine cones, flowers, sticks, grass etc. Marker (I used a silver sharpee) Step 1: Paint the canvas with a neutral back color and let dry Write a letter in masking tape (the first letter of your family name or your children's name) tape a border around the canvas. Step 2: Using sponge brushes or sponges paint the canvas. Sponge paint around the masking tape letter. Step 3: Using the pine cone, flower, stick and other nature made paintbrushes to stamp and make patterns on the canvas. Step 4: Let the canvases dry in the sun. Step 5:

This is a fresh, light dessert with just a little bit of chocolate and lots of summer fruit. It's a great  recipe to get the kids in the kitchen. Ingredients: Cherries (pitted and halved) Blueberries Cantaloupe (cut in chunks) Mini marshmallows Melted chocolate  (about 1/4c of chocolate chips melted in the microwave or in a double boiler) You will also need muffin papers Step 1: Fill the muffin papers with the fruit starting with the larger pieces. Any fruit combination works for this dessert. Step 2: Top the fruit with a couple of marshmallows and drizzle with the melted chocolate  Tip: prepare this dessert in a muffin tin and refrigerate until dessert time. Bon appétit!