P’Kolino is known as “Playfully Smart” – creating fun, functional, and stylish products for little ones. A new line of art supplies unveiled not very long ago fits in the company’s very same concept.

The crayons and color pencils are specifically designed with non-round shapes so they are easy for little ones to hold, that don’t roll off the table, and that lasts longer (no need to sharpen the wood-less color pencils!).

The vividly colorful, low odor, long lasting pack of P’Kolino Markers have depression resistant tips. A fancy way of saying the marker tips won’t go in and hide – rendering the marker pretty much useless – when your child bangs it on the paper during coloring. And which child doesn’t do that!

You can get the sets individually, or as a combination pack.

We drew this coloring sheet in honor of Valentine’s Day. Click on the image to download and print the PDF. Spend a cozy morning and color it together with your kid(s).

Gather ample art supplies to color as many pages as the heart desires. Have fun!

Happy Valentine’s Day!

We had our very first story time yesterday. A big thank you to everyone who came! Children listened to the story and learned about weather and the importance of water cycles, colored, and played. We had a lot of fun too!

In fact, we had such a good time that we decided to have Story Time every Wednesday at 10a.m. We shall call it Wee Wednesdays!

Updated on April 8th, 2010: We are changing our Story Time to every Fridays instead. Join us every week at 10a.m. on Fridays for Stories + Crafts.

Story time tomorrow, Wednesday, February 10th at 10 AM.

We will be reading about the weather. Answering questions like why does the wind blow?

For the last couple of years our kids have been making their own Valentine’s Day swap cards. This year we decided to do a google search for some cool ideas. And this what we decided to create:

Heart elephants and butterflies.

We found the idea for this one at Disney’s Family Fun. Be sure to check out this Valentine craft and more! Then there’s the box…

The Little Kitty Valentine Box

We found this craft also at Family Fun. The kids were excited and we all had a lot of fun making it!

Here are more ideas for homemade Valentine swap cards and boxes:

• Wild Hearts
• How To Make a Robot Valentines Box
• Lots, and lots of hearts from Preschool Playbook

A few events going on at Valley Junction today. In the morning, Craft Art Market at the Living Room Coffee House featuring handmade goods from local artists:

And starting at 11 am. Valentine Shop Hop, an afternoon of special savings and sweet treats! Valentine Shop Hop is presented by Paris Flea Market, Porch Light Antiques, Squiggles Too and The Quilt Block: