A printable Star Wars coloring book made free: Kindness that gives the world a new hope.
Bless the big-hearted Star Wars fans of this world, for on May the Fourth Be With You Day, they are always an extra-giving bunch. Like Jason Yang, the designer and illustrator behind Invisible Element, who just offered up this wonderful free printable Star Wars...
Printable papercraft photo frames that make us go, wow.
No sooner did we round up some cool Mother’s Day gifts for photographers, that I stumble upon this very cool idea: printable papercraft camera frames. As in, printables that you cut and fold and when you’re through, they look like cool vintage cameras. All...
Pixelate this.
With 8 bit making a comeback (thanks, Minecraft) and pixels starting to appear everywhere as a “new” art technique, it’s not surprising to see them make their way from our desktops to our countertops and beyond. I’m seeing them on all sorts of...
9 of the best printable Valentines cards for lovers of Minecraft, tech, and all things geeky.
My kids love to give and receive Valentine’s Day cards from their friends and classmates, but they’d prefer to skip the mushy-gushy sentimental cards and stick with printable Minecraft Valentines cards, or others that reflect their love of gaming, tech,...
Take me (way way) beyond the moon with NASA’s vintage space posters
While regular people are dreaming of walking on Mars’ red surface, you can be dreaming about strolling on Kepler-186f’s red grass or pretending you’re Luke Skywalker on the real-life version of Tatooine with one of three printable vintage...
This free printable Minecraft Santa sees you when you’re creeping
Elf on the Shelf does nothing for my kids at all, but top the little fellow with this free printable Minecraft head, and now we’re talking. I assume that a Minecraft Santa Elf on the Shelf would monitor their screentime and would make sure they’re behaving...
12 printables you’ll want to have printer ink on hand for over the holidays
If you’re like me, you’ll be printing your fair share of printables and more over the holiday season, which as we all know, often means those dreaded last-minute trips to the office store for more printer ink. Always at the most inconvenient time, right?...
Back to school lunch box notes meet cool science lesson
While looking around for cool printable lunch box notes for our back to school guide, I stumbled across these wildly awesome optical illusion flash cards at Mr. Printables. As a kid, I couldn’t get enough of optical illusions and now my own girls feel the same...
Cool printable WiFi password signs. DIY alternatives to answering the question, What’s your password again?
When friends or family (or babysitters or playdate parents) visit, it’s not long before someone asks what your Wi-Fi password is. These cool printable WiFi password signs an an easier alternative to having to remember a password like mine–a super long...Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz
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