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Helping Japan Auction- Lot of 4 Books! LAST CHANCE!

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If you are new to our Helping Japan Auction, you can read the announcement post here. You can also find all of the Auction Posts here. As lesson plans editor, I have had the opportunity to review some great books. Now, I would like to put them all together in a nice little package for you to bid on and help out Japan while receiving some amazing reads! Here is a list of the books along with my reviews.

Live More, Want Less ; 52 Ways to Find Order In Your Life by Mary Carolomagno-  Read Review Here

The Cleaner Plate Club; More than 100 Recipes for Real Food Your Kids Will Love by Beth Bader &Ali Benjamin- Read Review Here

The Nature Connection; An Outdoor Workbook by Clare Walker Leslie – Read Review Here

Handmade Home by Amanda Blake Soule- I did not review this book, its one out of my personal stash, but I absolutely LOVE it,  and would love  to pass it on to a good home!

All of the books are in great condition, and I will mail them out to the highest bidder together as soon as the bid is received through paypal.  Here is a little bit more information about the bidding process and how it will work:

ALL PROCEEDS will go to The Salvation Army specifically for the relief effort in Japan due to the devastating earthquake and tsunami.

If you live in the United States Craft Gossip will pay your shipping so that every penny out of your pocket goes directly to Japan. If you live outside of the United States you may bid, however you will be responsible for the shipping cost as well.  At the conclusion of the auction, the highest bid will be the winner and Paypal payment will be due at that time.  If the winning bidder doesn’t make the payment within 3 days, we will select the next highest bidder. The highest bidder will send the payment to [email protected] via PayPal. (If you are overseas, postage will be added to your winning bid.)

BIDDING STARTS at $15 which is not even the cost of just one of these books, but hopefully your generosity will allow for a higher ending bid and we’ll be able to make a difference. The total value of this lot of books is over $65! To place a bid, leave your amount in the comments along with a valid email address so we can get in touch with you.  Bidding ends on April 7, 2011.

Thank you again for being the best, loyal and most GIVING readers! Happy Bidding !



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Easy Pen and Paper Games for Road Trips and Beyond

When my daughter was younger I would spend a lot of time trying to come up with activities she could do in the car on long road trips and things to entertain her when we were waiting at restaurants and things that didn’t involve screens. 

But it turns out there are a lot of great activities you can do with just a piece of paper and a pen. 

What Do We Do All Day has a great collection of pen and paper games, including some that can be done with just one person, though they’re all more fun if you have at least two. 

There are some classics on here like hangman and dots and boxes, but there are also quite a few I hadn’t heard of before. 

I don’t want to spoil the whole list for you because you should definitely click over there and look around, but I will share about the one that you see pictured above. 

This game is called Bridges, and you start by making the big random shape and the dividing it into a bunch of sections (the post says 30-50 sections is ideal but I think this one is smaller than that). 

Each player gets their own color marker and you take turns drawing bridges from one space to another, crossing a third. Once there’s a bridge, no other bridges can start, end or cross in those spaces. Keep going until no more bridges can be built, and the person who makes the last bridge wins. 

Check out the post over at What We Do All Day for more great ideas for no or almost-no prep games you can play with your kids or that kids can play together. I’d love to know if you have a favorite paper and pen game, whether it’s on this list or a different one. 

[Photo: What We Do All Day]