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You, dear readers, know us and know very well that children's crafts are one of our strengths... Especially the EASY crafts for children, those that we can organize at a time with materials that are easy to find, and that are also perfect for children of all ages, from childhood to the next. Not to throw away the cork plugs because they are a fantastic material for crafts... Children's crafts with corks: horses Source: Errant Dreams Via: Family Holiday These cork horses are just missing the noble knight... maybe Don Quixote! They are made by joining several corks and then decorating them with a frame made with some nice fabric retal, wool for the tail and the crines and some moving eyes. They are very simple and the little ones can have fun making different animals with the same technique. Children's crafts with corks: boat Tutorial: Handmade Charlotte A cork feature that makes it very interesting for children's crafts is that it floats, making it perfect for making sma...

  During the COVID-19 pandemic, we're being forced into quarantine to keep us all safe—and we're also being forced into handling our beauty needs all on our own. In our How To series, we're chatting with beauty industry experts for their advice on all your grooming woes. Here, an eyebrow pro shares tricks for shaping your brows yourself and reveals what to never do. How to shape your brows at home Those of us who grew up in the nineties know first-hand what can happen when people are left alone, at-home, with their tweezers for too long: a total eyebrow tragedy. And for that reason, many of us are fearful that this required break from our aesthetician will have us walking out of quarantine with one of two looks: brows à la Gwen Stefani circa ’96 or Sandy Cohen circa ’03.   Veronica Tran, eyebrow guru and founder of Toronto’s Pretty in the City, for tips on how to keep brows in shape at-home. Here, what to do and not to do. 1. Concentrate on the strays only “If your brows ar...