Egg-Traordinary Traditions
Easter is this Sunday and families are enjoying the tradition of decorating eggs to celebrate spring and new life.
Get in the spirit with Dudley’s Egg Coloring and Decorating Kits, which offer a variety of egg dyeing techniques for all ages. The “Speckle Eggs” kit gives the look of sponge painting. “Spin An Egg” is great for the very young decorator, turning the egg into a work of art using a spinner machine. “Sparkle Eggs” creates brilliant designs of swirls and sparkles.
Dudley’s kits are available at mass merchandising stores such as Target, Kmart and Fred Meyer, ranging in price from $2-$5.
Purple Peeps
Kids have loved Peeps in white, yellow and pink for more than 40 years. Just Born Inc., makers of the confectionery treat, has introduced its newest color, lavender, in shapes of chicks and bunnies to brightly decorate your Easter basket.
Peeps are available in grocery, drug and discount stores throughout the Inland Northwest.
Creative writing
The Corbin Art Center is offering four-week writer’s workshops for first- through eighthgraders, teaching writing and speech skills, story development, dynamic vocabulary and more.
The creative writing program, taught by Shirley Erlandsen, begins April 22. For class dates, times and fees, call (509) 625-6677. Pre-registration is required.
Strong-willed children
A free workshop will be held Thursday from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. to educate adults to better manage the strong-willed child.
Author Cindy Ulrich Tobias will lead the workshop sponsored by Community Colleges of Spokane and Spokane County Head Start/ ECEAP. It will be held in rooms 101 and 102 at the Institute for Extended Learning Hillyard Center, 4410 N. Market.
For more information, call Claudia Pobst at (509) 533-3776.
Wanted, good parents
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month and the Spokane Council is focusing on the positive things parents are doing with their children in the Inland Northwest.
Tell us your memories of a time you made your child feel like No. 1 or the very best time you had with your child. Please call Cityline at 458-8800 in Washington or 765-8811 in Idaho on a touch-tone phone. Press 9869 to leave a message including your name and daytime phone number. Your story may be incorporated into a future article.
For information on the Spokane Child Abuse and Prevention Center (SCAN) and other programs in the Spokane Council, call Dora-Faye Hendricks at (509) 458-7445.
Stories for youngsters< Throughout April, the Children’s Corner Bookshop in Spokane offers heart-warming storytelling during its “Saturday Morning at Ten” series.
This Saturday, Carol Feeney, a visiting storyteller from California, will present traditional folk and fairy tales, emphasizing creative movement and listener participation.
April 22 brings Linda Jones to the bookstore to read and autograph her recently released picture book, “Sarah’s Secret Plan.”
Idaho author and creator Laurie Carlson will appear on April 29, with gardening activities for children from her newest book, “Green Thumbs.”
All events begin at 10 a.m. at the bookstore in River Park Square.