Grasshopper, a lovely toy store in Portand, Oregon, and an online retail shop, is offering today's giveaway:

This beautiful "workshop" offers materials, ideas, and instructions for creating patterns and motifs for fashion. Artist Rebecca Dautremer has broken her work down into stages to explain how she produces her fashion designs and how others can as well.

Included in the kit are:

Set of 9 felt brush pens
32 worksheets
2 stencils
16 sheets of ideas for patterns
Instruction booklet

The age suggestion on this art kit is 9+, but I know a few 6 and 7 year olds who would probably LOVE exploring these materials. Heck, I know some adults who probably would, too.

You can see the giveaway entry details at the end of this post.

Grasshopper Store Toys and Products

If you're interested in doing some shopping at Grasshopper (one of my blog sponsors), they have a pretty great selection for kiddos of all ages. Here are some of my faves: their picture books about music including one about the founders of rock and roll, some mix and match crazy animal magnets, a make-your-own snowglobe kit, 365 Penguins (a book that we've read and really like!), the gorgeous French knitting spool doll (ordering for Maia!), and the Fairytale spinner game (one of our favorite games!). Just fyi, orders need to be placed by the 12th to guarantee arrival by Christmas.

DJECO ART KIT GIVEAWAY

To enter the giveaway for Grasshopper's Fashion Workshop Djeco Art Kit, valued at $32, leave a comment to this post by Saturday, December 8th at 11:59pm EST. Winner will be chosen by random number generator and announced here on Sunday (I will also e-mail the winner). Giveaway open to US readers.