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When the kids are out on Winter Break and it's too blustery and bleak for outdoor activities, we plan an indoor overnight festival to make the season fun.  We've had a Festival of Hearts, Fairy Festival and a Winter Wonderland Festival so this year we decided a Lucky Leprechaun Festival would be a fun theme to plan.  Invitations were made, treat bags were prepared and decorations went up.  The Dollar Store had plenty of gold coins, mini cauldrons, shamrock garlands, costume accessories and green tableware to choose from.  St. Patrick's Day was yet a few weeks away, but i t doesn't need to be March 17 to host a party for a pair of wee little Lucky Leprechaun hooligans!   To get things started, the kids spent time decorating bags to take home all their treats and prized.  You can download this FREE printable template from my home website right now and let the kids have fun embellishing their own bags with crafting supplies you have on hand.   Next, time was spent prepari

If you love Gnomes as much as I always have, here's a fun little FREE project that any "Gnome Lover" will enjoy!  Originally designed as a Leprechaun Festival activity with my granddaughters, it can easily be adapted for any occasion in any color you wish.  Best of all, the kids can use embellishments of their choosing like gemstones, glitter, stickers, ribbons, washi tape and more to make this character their own!  You can download the FREE project from Annie Lang's DIY page because Annie Things Possible with a little imagination.  So bag up your own Gnome and take him home!

Download this free "Mr. Lucky " character line art pattern and make this your lucky day!  This design was originally hand painted as a calendar art project and it's a timeless image guaranteed to make you smile.  I transferred the design onto tracing paper, placed the tracing over a sheet of graphite paper and then transferred it onto a sheet of Acrylic Paper.  The entire design was colored using acrylic craft paints that were thinned with water to create this sample project.   Here's an expanded view of the paper used to paint this sample project.  I've use this acrylic paper for years with all types of mediums including watercolor brushes, markers, inks, gouache, tempera and tube acrylics.  This paper has a smooth linen weave finish and canvas-like texture that grabs the medium and holds the vibrancy of your colors.  It's a quality heavy weight paper that doesn't bleed through to the backing and best of all, doesn't curl when wet!  I seems a bit pr