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⚔️ 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗺! Mostly Invisible Wand Wand, legendary ___ This wand is completely invisible. While holding it, you can use an action to cast the invisibility spell from it, targeting yourself only. The spell ends early if you are no longer holding the wand. For the duration, the wand becomes visible. Its appearance changes each time; roll a d12 and use the table below to determine its appearance. Alternatively, the GM can decide how the wand appears. d12 | Wand Appearance — 1 | A glowing twig with a leaf and caterpillar on the end. The stick emits dim light out to a range of 10 feet. 2 | A salami. 3 | An opulent goblet seemingly filled with a never-ending supply of wine. The wine is illusory, but somehow still stains clothing. 4 | A children's paper fan on a stick. The fan is always spinning, as if by a stiff breeze. 5 | A sparkler that never fizzles out. It sheds bright light out to a range of 5 feet and dim light for another 5 feet. 6 | A collapsed fishing pole with a still-flopping fish affixed to the hook. 7 | A polished silver trumpet that emits a loud note every minute. The sound is audible out to a range of 100 feet. 8 | A brilliant pink wooden dowel with 8-foot-long purple ribbons trailing from its tip. Glitter streams behind it whenever it moves. 9 | A long tobacco pipe that constantly emits a thin cloud of smoke behind it. 10 | A silver knitting needle tethered to a yarn string and tangled ball. 11 | A snake that is very obviously confused. Its bites are harmless, although it hisses whenever another creature comes within 10 feet of it. 12 | A quill that scribbles a line of ink through the air for the duration. The ink hangs in the air, defying gravity, as if it were scrawled on a piece of paper ___ ✨ Patrons get huge perks! Access this and hundreds of other item cards, art files, and compendium entries when you support The Griffon's Saddlebag on Patreon for less than $10 a month!

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8 Crafting Projects To Help Keep Kids Busy While Sheltering at Home

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Remote learning is the name of the game as we shelter in place because of the coronavirus pandemic. But as kids suss out the difference between scalene and isosceles triangles or dive into “The Phantom Tollbooth,” regular breaks are necessary.

When the time comes to put down the books, devices aren’t the only answer. Try unplugging and turn to crafts to keep your children occupied.

“Being creative is important right now because most of us really need an outlet,” says Julie Coraccio, a professional organizer and author of “Got Clutter? 365 Journal Prompts.”

And aside from being an activity that can fill an hour or two, art projects can be helpful for your children later in life.

“Creativity is an important skill to have as it teaches us to solve problems and gets us out of our regular thinking pattern,” Coraccio adds.

You won’t need much in the way of special supplies, especially for crafts projects for young kids. Scan your junk drawer, recycle bin, and wrapping paper station for bits that can be upcycled into something beautiful.

Check out the following ideas that go beyond rock painting and macaroni necklaces. Most crafts can be tackled by the kids alone, though adult supervision might be required.

1. Pomanders

Pomanders are a quick and easy crafts project that’ll make the house smell amazing.

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Got fruit? To create a pomander (a type of sachet), all you need is a piece of produce, like an orange, clementine, grapefruit, or apple, along with whole cloves and some string or ribbon.

Cover the rind completely or stud the fruit with the cloves in any pattern (e.g., stripes or small circles). Then attach the string, leaving a long piece for hanging it on a hook. Pomanders can be placed inside a coat or clothes closet to perfume items and banish musty odors.

2. DIY dollhouse

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Sure, the Barbie DreamHouse or an old-fashioned Victorian with working lights is a fab toy, but there’s a lot of satisfaction to be gained from a structure you build yourself.

“If you have a bunch of cardboard boxes from stuff you’ve been ordering, the kids could make a cool house for dolls or action figures,” says Coraccio. Shoeboxes also make great structures for a DIY dollhouse.

Gather the boxes, along with scissors for cutting out windows and doors, and markers, paint, or stickers to decorate.

3. Fabric kite

A fabric kite is a great craft for kids.

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You may have used up all your fabric scraps to sew face masks for friends and family, but if there’s a large piece left, making a kite is quick and easy.

“Scrounge around in the garage or the backyard for wood or sticks to make the frame,” suggests Coraccio.

Gather wire or twine and glue, and then cut one piece slightly shorter than the other. Lay the shorter one on top in a cross shape, and secure the sticks in the middle with twine or wire. Use twine to create an outline of the kite’s frame, knotting it at each point of the sticks. Lay the fabric over the frame, and glue it securely. Fashion a tail from colorful pieces of leftover Christmas ribbon or yarn.

4. Fishbowl terrarium

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Fish don’t live very long, but their accessories linger (seemingly) forever in the basement. Unearth an old glass bowl, and line it with pebbles and a layer of dirt. Pieces of moss can be added next, along with leaves and twigs. And if you have a succulent to donate, transplant it here.

5. Tape raceway

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Tape is a crafts lover’s dream, whether it’s masking, packing, or gaffer’s. Any color and width will do to create a racetrack for your kids’ toy trucks and cars.

Or, have your tot lay out a set of tape tracks for a train set. A whole town can be made from small boxes; cover them in wrapping paper and arrange them around the track’s edges.

6. Homemade version of Skee-Ball

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We may not be able to go to the arcade right now, but you can still get your Skee-Ball fix with an at-home version of the classic game.

Line up laundry baskets—either on shelves, in a closet, or on the ground—with each container worth a certain amount. The farther away it is, the higher the earned score.

7. Paper bag puppets

Paper bag puppets are fun crafts for any child.

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You’re not packing lunches for school right now, so dig out some small paper sacks along with crayons, glue, yarn, and pieces of felt. Center the puppet’s face with the bottom flap as its mouth, and then add eyes, a nose, and teeth. Glue on pieces of yarn for hair and felt shapes for a bow tie or collar.

8. Decorated pencil cups

A recycled aluminum can is decorated and used as a fashionable pencil holder.

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Home schooling and remote work mean you’re probably running out of pencil cups at each work station. Solve it by making colorful holders out of aluminum cans, yarn or fabric, and glue. Wash the can to remove any label, and then measure and cut pieces of yarn to match the can’s circumference. Squeeze a thin line of glue around the can and add a piece of yarn or fabric over it, continuing until the can is covered.

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37 Activities Under $10 That Will Keep Your Kids Busy On A Snow Day

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37 Activities Under $10 That Will Keep Your Kids Busy On A Snow Day

Make being cooped up inside unforgettable.

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1. Roll out butcher paper for epic drawing sessions.

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2. Play the Frozen Fortune Teller game.

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Find the game instructions and free printable here.

3. Put a bar of soap in the microwave to make soap clouds.

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4. Fill a sensory bin with snow and let your kids paint it with colored water.

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Learn more here.

5. Painter’s tape and some balled-up newspaper are all you need for this “sticky spiderweb” activity.

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6. Put shapes on the floor to play indoor hopscotch.

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This is a fun way to work on gross motor skills and shape recognition.

7. Burlap (from a gardening center) can be used to make a preschooler-appropriate sewing station.

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This one is great for developing motor skills too. Find the how-to here.

8. Hang a target for paper airplanes.

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9. You can also use tape to make a paper airplane landing strip.

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10. Experiment with water marbles.

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Buy a 2-ounce pack for $7.95 here.

11. Felt and pipe cleaners can be made into a surprisingly addictive Holiday Hat Ring Toss game.

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12. Cut a pool noodle in half to make a marble track race.

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Find the tutorial here.

13. Turn a milk jug into a storm trooper helmet from Star Wars.

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You can also try your hand at easier milk jug crafts like this snowman.

14. Put colored tape on the carpet to make roads for your kid’s toy cars.

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The tape comes up easily when you’re done.

15. Freeze water to play mini ice hockey.

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Find a tutorial, plus a number of game ideas, here.

16. Make alien bubbles with this cool science experiment.

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Dry ice and bubble solution (along with some stuff you likely have around the house) are all you need.

17. Another very cool science experiment lets kids extract DNA from strawberries.

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18. Super-fun balloon rockets also teach an important science lesson.

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Kids learn the concept of “action and reaction” while having a blast.

19. Play a mitten matching game with your toddlers.

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This game is a lot of fun and terrific for developing fine motor dexterity and recognition skills.

20. Turn an old box into an indoor slide.

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This one needs lots of parental supervision, obviously.

21. Make fireworks in a jar using water, oil, and food coloring.

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22. Have a campout indoors.

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Learn how to make the campfire here.

23. Use a clothes hanger and string to make an indoor zip wire for your kid’s favorite toy.

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24. Well-placed yarn is all you need to let your kids get their Mission Impossible on.

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25. Build a tower out of cut-up sponges.

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26. Pencil erasers and a marble make a surprisingly addictive bowling game.

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Find the how-to here.

27. Box fishing is addictive and terrific for improving the coordination of younger children.

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Find the how-to plus other fun indoor ideas here.

28. Tape a paper towel roll to the wall to keep toddlers busy.

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Toddlers will drop the pom-poms into the bowl over and over, and develop their fine motor skills in the process.

29. Combine shaving cream and corn starch to make foam dough.

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This one can get a little messy, but kids absolutely love it.

30. You can also use snow to make snow ice cream.

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31. Paint on wet glue with food coloring.

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Save lids to cottage cheese, butter, or Cool Whip for “canvases.” Learn more here.

32. Use leftover bubble wrap to make Stomp Paintings.

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Kids will get a good laugh while exploring their artistic side.

33. Preschoolers can also continue to learn how to draw letters with this easy-to-make sugar-writing tray.

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34. Play Straw Javelin Throw with bowls and a store-bought box of straws.

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35. Make a bowl of popcorn and challenge your kids to play the Popcorn Olympics.

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Find a list of popcorn games, like “straw blow” and “distance throw,” here.

36. Paper plates, Popsicle sticks, and a balloon are all you need to play Balloon Ping-Pong.

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The best part is that this fun indoor activity can be enjoyed without breaking anything in your house. I should say, “Probably without breaking anything.”

37. Use a cardboard box to DIY a light tunnel.

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Find the tutorial here.

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30 Things you can do for your Human Kitten (kitty play)

1) Run your fingers through their hair 2) Pet her from the top of her head, down the spine then grab her ass (we like this. I promise you) 3) Present her with a collar that has bling on it, but only when she has been a good girl 4) Offer sushi when she is sad 5) Collect all the pillows in the house and put them in a sunbeam on the floor for her to lay in 6) a bowl of Swedish fish (or her favorite candy) makes less grumps catgirls 7) Angry kittens have one default "reset" button. Brush her hair. Just pin her down and get to it. Call her princess cause she likes to be reminded she's royalty 8) Whenever you pass by her, stop and pat her bum before moving on 9) Chocolate milk in her water bowl 10) Let her drink/eat out of pretty bowls 11) Massage often. Inside or outside (of the house/apartment silly. Not her body. Lol) 12) Get her big bows in her favorite color to wear on her tail 13) Attach bells on her collar 14) Don't play fetch. But DO fetch her 15) Take ordinary things and wrap them up in paper with a bow, cause kittens like to unwrap things 16) Bring home a giant box and fill it with pillows, stuffies, lights (Xmas ones) and leave her be in it. She will never forget how happy you made her 17) Back scratches always win 18) When you see her yawn, offer her your lap 19) Get a roll of yarn. Kittens love to play with yarn 20) A bowl of "kitten chow" (like human puppy chow but since we are kittens, I have named it Kitten chow) 21) Let her scratch and bite you (during sex) as it's her way of marking her territory 22) Give your kitten a blanket cave to nest in 23) Kiss her lots 24) Take her to a busy place, but with a comfy spot to sit in just so she can people watch 25) Rile her up and wrestle with her. Let her win sometimes. 26) let her scratch and bite (outside or sex) believe it or not, it's how she's showing you affection 27) Paint her claws 28) Buy her kitten toys. Laser pointers. Tiny mice. Those balls with feathers on a stick toys. 29) Let her talk to you in kitten ways (like purring, mews, meows) if she chooses to. Not all kittens talk like that. 30) Cuddles!! Cuddles are mandatory!!

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I have been vegetarian for as long as I can remember. I was pretty young when I decided that meat was just not something I wanted to eat. The story goes that my mum who is a fantastic cook, made roast pork one day and the texture made me feel so sick, from that moment on meat was off my menu.

Vegetarian options when I was a kid were not great – particularly for a kid who was not just a vegetarian but a fussy one.  Give me a plate of sprouts, swede and cabbage and I was in heaven, but onions, peppers, mushrooms, eggs, meat substitutes and fish – not a chance!

My mum would make me tasty vegetarian versions of the meals she was preparing for the rest of the family, Faux shepherds pie with baked beans, sweetcorn and mash with melted cheese on top. Chicken a la king without the chicken, vegetable stews and pasta primavera. A particular favourite of mine was a bean dish my Uncle Will made me (I sadly haven’t got the recipe hint hint!)

A good veggie burger alluded me – due entirely to my fussiness, so you can imagine my delight at 38 discovering a burger that was not only vegetarian but also had none of those pesky meat substitutes or vegetables I don’t like in it.

I was taken out for a meal by Mr Anonymouses family to my local American style diner, Route 66 in Axminster (if you are ever passing through I highly recommend popping in if only for the milkshakes!). I was feeling a little adventurous which is unusual for me and ordered their butternut squash, beetroot and goats cheese burger – it was amazing!

One cannot eat out every night of the week so I searched for a recipe I could make at home and found this one from CookingisMessy and if I say so myself the resulting burger was yummy!

They freeze beautifully and taste divine.

  With my new found appreciation for burgers I embarked on a bit of a crocheted burger frenzy. Given the relatively less known aesthetic of the beetroot and squash burger I went with the iconic Cheeseburger.

My first foray into crocheted cheeseburgers was with a pair of fingerless gloves.

  This was only a few months into my crochet odyssey so looking back they could most definitely do with some refining.

    A hat, tissue box cover and cushion cover swiftly followed. ( I am particularly proud of the cushion cover as it was the first time I had added a zip to my crochet work)

I had just finished my gold crocodile stitch bag and was sorting out some more of my yarn stash when I came across a ball of mariners dk in ‘taupe’. – the colour reminded me of a toasted burger bun. With previous burger based projects in mind and bags being where I am at crochet wise right now, a cheeseburger bag was the only way to go.

To make it you will need:

Yarn – I used mariners dk in taupe, stylecraft special dk in dark brown, meadow, sunshine, lipstick, parchment and cream. Feel free to use whatever dk yarns you have in similar colours.

3mm hook,

stitch marker

Yarn needle, scissors

Abbreviations: (american terms are used)

hdc = half double crochet

sc = single crochet

dc = double crochet

ss = slip stitch

ch = chain

blo = back loops only

flo = front loops only

sctog = single crochet together (you can find video tutorial on this stitch here)

Pattern.

Base of bag

With taupe colour ch 43

hdc into the third chain from hook (counts as two hdc) hdc in each chain across, place 3 hdc into the last stitch, place a stitch marker in the second of your three hdc. (do not turn) working along the other side of the chain hdc in each stitch across including the last stitch. You should end up with a piece that has 3 hdc at one end and 2 hdc and a ch2 at the other. ss into the top of the ch2 to close.

Ch1 (does not count as stitch) then hdc 3 times into the top of the ch2, hdc and place 3 hdc into the stitch you marked in the previous round then hdc in each remaining stitch around, ss into the top of your first hdc to close the round.

Body of bag.

r1 – 10 – ch1 (does not count as stitch) hdc around, ss to close

change to red yarn

r11 – ch1 (does not count as stitch) hdc around, ss to close

change to brown yarn

r12 – 20 – ch 1 (does not count as stitch) hdc around, ss to close

change to yellow yarn

r21 –  ch1 (does not count as stitch) hdc around, ss to close

change to green yarn

r22 ch1 (does not count as stitch) hdc around ss to close

r 23a – in the round you will be crocheting into the back loops only. (picture for illustration)

  ch1 (does not count as stitch) sc 2 in each of the back loops only of each stitch around – ss into first sc to close, ch 1

working in both loops of the green – sc twice in each stitch around and ss to close – you should now have a frilly green bit that sticks out from the body of the bag.

Change to taupe yarn

rd 23b – ch1 (does not count as stitch) in the unworked loops of round 23, hdc around and ss to close

rd 24 – 38 – ch1 (does not count as stitch and hdc around ss to close.

turn work right side out

Cheese: Make 2

Leaving a long tail for attaching to bag (about 30 cm) with yellow yarn ch 15,

r1 – sc in second chain from hook and in in each chain across, ch1 and turn (14 stitches)

r2 – sctog the next two stitches, sc in next 10 stitches and sctog the remaining two stitches ch1 and turn (12 stitches)

r3 – sc in each stitch across, ch1 and turn (12 stitches)

r4 – sctog next two stitches, sc in next 8 stitches, sctog remaining two stitches, ch1 and turn (10 stitches)

r5 – sc in each stitch across, ch1 and turn (10 stitches)

r6 – sctog next two stitches, sc in next 6 stitches, sctog remaining two stitches, ch1 and turn (8 stitches)

r7 – sc in each stitch across, ch1 and turn (8 stitches)

r8 – sctog next two stitches, sc in next 4 stitches, sctog remaining two stitches, ch1 and turn (6 stitches)

r9 – sc in each stitch across, ch1 and turn (6 stitches)

r10 – sctog next two stitches, sc in next 2 stitches, sctog remaining two stitches, ch1 and turn (4 stitches)

r11 – sc in each stitch across, ch1 and turn (4 stitches)

r12 – sctog first two stitches,  sctog remaining two stitches, ch1 and turn (2 stitches)

r13 – sc in each stitch across, ch1 and turn (2 stitches)

r14 – sctog the two stitches, ch 1 turn (1 stitch)

r15 – sc into stitch then sc evenly around the piece, placing  two sc at each corner, ss to close.

Sew your ‘cheese’ triangles to your bag using the tail under the ‘lettuce’

Tomato slice: make 2

With red yarn

into a magic ring place 6 sc (do not pull closed)

ch 5 (counts as dc and ch2) dc into next stitch, ch2, dc into next stitch, ch2, dc into next stitch, ch2, dc into next stitch, ch2 dc into next stitch, ch2 and dc into last stitch,

ch1 and sc into each ch space and stitch around, in the top of the chain 5 place two sc, continue to sc evenly across the top of you piece, sc over the top of the tail left from the magic ring, ss to close leaving a tail long enough to use to attach to the bag. Gently pull the tail of your magic ring to tighten into a semi circle shape if needed and weave in the end.

Sew to bag under the ‘lettuce’

Onion slice: make 2

With cream yarn ch9, sc into second chain from hook and in each chain across (8 stitches)

ch12 and slip stitch into the last stitch. ch1 and turn. working over the chains place 2sc, 2hdc, 4dc, 2hdc, 2sc and ss to close. leave a tail to attach to bag.

Sew to bag under the ‘lettuce’

Strap:

With taupe ch7,

r1 – sc into second chain from hook and in each stitch across, ch1 turn, (6 stitches)

r2 – sc in each stitch across, ch1 turn (6 stitches)

repeat round 2 until strap reaches the length you require.

sc around the strap piece evenly placing 2 sc in each of the corners.

ss to close

Sew strap to bag.

Take a long piece of your parchment coloured yarn and embroider on ‘sesame seeds’ to the top part of your bag. It doesn’t matter too much about the inside of the bag as it will be covered by the lining. Make sure your stitches are not too tight.

Weave in any ends

Line your bag with fabric of your choice – a fantastic tutorial from craftsy on how to line a crochet bag can be found here

You should end up with something that looks like this :)

  anonymouse x

          Cheeseburger Bag Pattern I have been vegetarian for as long as I can remember. I was pretty young when I decided that meat was just not something I wanted to eat.