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Getting ready for the Pennsylvania Farm Show are Rachel Day, New Hol
land, and Travis Donough, Manhelm. Rachel shows the champion non-sale
lamb and Travis the reserve at the Ephrata Fair. The Farm Show opens
Saturday for visitors and Is open through Jan. 15. Check Farm Show sche
dules Included in this section for fun things for kids.
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Donna Grover sent In this picture of her daughters, Regina and Rebecca,
riding in style.
Find some paper large enough for you to lie down on. A wide roll of shelf paper or ■,
brown craft paper works well. Ask a parent or older brother or sister to trace your outline
with a heavy black marker or crayon.
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Help Kid
(NAPS) —Despite the plea
sures of holiday festivities,
family get-togethers and cold
weather fun, many children
experience the indoor win
tertime blues. Often brought
on by time-consuming school
projects, increased indoor
activity and gray, cloudy
days, these glum moods call
for a creative outlet to un
leash kids’ imaginations dur
ing the winter season.
With a little help from par
ents, kids will realize that
school and holiday projects
can be a fun and easy part
of at-home activity.
“Many kids don’t realize
that their home computer,
favorite printing software
and inkjet printer can serve
as their own personal print
shop and as a source for at
home fun,” said Joe Nezwek,
director of marketing for the
Avery Kids" group at Avery
Dennison. Research con
ducted by Avery Dennison
indicates that kids like to
watch their designs come to
life, from the computer screen
through the printer and onto
tangible stickers and cards
they can play with for hours
Whether adding flair to
school assignments with per
sonalized stickers or creat
ing customized holiday cards
and invitations, kids can use
their imagination, along with
the help of Avery Kids’" prod
ucts, to battle the boredom.
Kids can also access a vari
ety of different kid-friendly
web sites such as Avery Kids
web site at www.avery.com/
kids where they can down
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Draw Yourself
Battle Winter
load clip art “stamps” and
exchange project ideas with
other kids.
Kids can experience “print
er magic” both on and off the
computer by incorporating
their printing projects into
the world of their imagina
tions. Playing teacher with
A+ stickers and imaginary
lessons, creating business
cards for the “new club on
the block” or designing lam
inated ID cards for soccer
games and backpack name
tags is easy and fun in the
kids’ print shop. Parents can
also feel reassured that com
puter time often leads to
interactive and imaginative
playtime with friends.
Using products such as the
Avery Kids Printertainment’"
Software Kit and Supplies
Packs or Mickey’s Stickers
& Stuff Printing Fun Kit,
kids can use their personal
ized stickers and cards for a
variety of projects for school
and home.
Here are a few examples
of printer fun. Kids can:
* Use customized stickers
to highlight and illustrate the
Creativity Blues
important facts of science pro
jects, geography reports or
president’s biographies—from
T. Rex’s toes, to Colorado’s
capital, to President Ken
nedy’s Camelot.
• Create eye-catching re
ports by designing person
alized covers.
• Import photos to create
personalized cards and invi
tations for teachers and
classmates.
• Stake your turf by deco
rating bedroom doors and
school lockers with atten
tion-grabbing signs.
• Add magic to sporting
events by printing each team
member their own laminated
ID card.
When shopping for the
best materials for their chil
dren’s print shop, parents
should look for:
• high quality printer sup
plies that best highlight their
children’s work;
• products that won’t dam
age the family printer,
• easy-to-use importing
and photo capabilities; and
• added features such as
re-stickable stickers that can
continually be removed and
“re-stuck” without damage
to the sticker or to the objects
on which they are stuck.
So next time the kids com
plain about the winter blues,
unleash their imagination
and let them create fun hol
iday and school projects
Their personalized stickers
and cards will be sure to
entertain them for hours and
their extra creativity just
might boost their grades