January 2010

  • Your Oscar Party: The Decorations

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    Lights, camera—taffeta! Okay, you don’t have to make your Oscar party look like a high school dance, but you can definitely add some artistic flair to jazz it up and impress your guests.

    First, you’ll need a red carpet. What would Oscar night be without one? If you’re lucky enough to already have one on hand, perfect. You’re set. If not, you can create your own by cutting a red flat sheet to size or making a large pot of red gummy goo. If nothing else, use red tablecloths around the room for a similar effect.

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  • Cool Street Art

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    Photos by BePak via FlickrPhotos by BePak via Flickr

  • Rubber Duckie Art

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    January 13 is Rubber Duckie Day. Sure, you can buy a squeaker and give it to some random kid—“Merry Belated Christmas, Stewie”—or buy your own child yet another one…but what’s the fun in that? Rubber ducks are just another one of nature’s (okay, man’s) gifts to play with, deface, and use for art projects. Don’t believe me? Try one of these ideas.

    Deface a duck. Go ahead—you know you want to do it! Cut it up with a knife and reassemble it in a funky way. Glue the parts on canvass as a trippy quacktastic collage.

    Gather up all of the rubber ducks in your house and put them in the bathtub. Now splatter them with paint, glitter, whatever you’ve got to make a really wild new creation.

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