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Magic Marker Monday

Fall Leaves by Ben, age 6

Magic Marker Monday is a creation through 5 Minutes for Special Needs, a website full of information, blogs and discussion groups. One way to celebrate life is to see it through art, and this site helps us share our children's creative masterpieces. Please check out the site.

Ben used Crayola Twistables Slick Stix - super smooth to create this art work. It is hard for Ben to put pressure on paper, but these crayons are magical. All Ben has to do is touch the paper with the crayon and a large mark is made. I bought them at Target for a reasonable price! I cannot take credit for finding them, Ben's teacher discovered them and I got some for use at home. And as long as I am confessing, he did this artwork at school too.

Enjoy!


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  1. Child LifeNovember 22, 2009 at 2:58 PM

    Ben did a wonderful job! I love fall leaf projects and this one turned out so colorful! I haven't seen the Crayola Slick-Sticks yet -- they sound like fun though, so I'll have to keep an eye out for them ;) So glad you joined in with MMM!

    ~Michelle -- 5MFSN
    http://inthelifeofachild.com

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