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Conference moira::parenting_v3

Title:Parenting
Notice:READ 1.27 BEFORE WRITING
Moderator:CSC32::DUBOIS
Created:Wed May 30 1990
Last Modified:Tue May 27 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1364
Total number of notes:23848

719.0. "Craft supplies for kids (paint)" by CGHUB::JANEB (See it happen => Make it happen) Wed Feb 20 1991 15:48

I'm looking for good tempera-type paint for kids to use, as in WASHABLE!

I've only seen it in mail order catalogs so far.  Nothing I've seen in the
stores claims to wash out of clothes.   The paint at the preschool doesn't
always wash out (seems that some colors don't).  

I live in southern New Hampshire, so I'm interested in stores around here
and mail-order recommendations.

So far I've checked Early Learning Center, Learning Express, and Ben 
Franklin (that one was a while ago), among others.

Thanks for any info,

Jane
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719.1Hammetts in Framingham Ma.HDLITE::FLEURYThu Feb 21 1991 14:4310
    Jane,
    
    I don't recall anyplace other than the Early Learning Center in
    southern NH, but down here in Framingbam there is a school supply store
    called Hammetts which carries it.  How much do you need?  My wife
    frequents this place since we have daycare in our home.  I would be
    glad to get some for you.  Travel up to MKO occasionally.  Send me
    mail.
    
    Dan
719.2NOTIME::SACKSGerald Sacks ZKO2-3/N30 DTN:381-2085Thu Feb 21 1991 15:111
FWIW, Hammett's also has stores in Boston and Braintree.
719.3Two suggestionsNETMAN::BASTIONIn between chapters...Fri Feb 22 1991 16:457
    Try Ben Franklin's (K-Mart Plaza on 101 in Nashua) or Lee Ward's
    (Burlington).  They're large craft stores and would probably have
    something in stock or be able to point you in the right direction.
    
    
    Judi
    
719.4Bathtub soap-crayons??NRADM::TRIPPLMon Feb 25 1991 17:018
    This may sound way off base, but there's a kind of soap that is
    designed for kids to write on the bathtub walls, if you can write on
    the walls with this wouldn't it work on paper or clothes and then wash
    out?  It sounded logical to me, but then again it is the end of the
    day!!
    
    Lyn
    
719.5Teaching supply stores in Manchester and NashuaHDLITE::FLEURYTue Feb 26 1991 07:289
    
    I checked with my wife and she said...
    
    There is a teacher's store in Manchester NH whic h carries all types of
    supplies.  She found it by looking in the yellow pages under Teaching
    supplies (makes sense no?)  She also thinks that there is one in Nashua
    as well.
    
    Dan
719.6The Teach & Learn ShopLILAC::STHILAIRETue Feb 26 1991 10:166
    The place you're referring to in Manchester could be the Teach and
    Learn Shop which is located at 474 South Main Street.  We live close
    by and have been there a number of times, however I've never
    specifically looked for paint.  Their number is (603) 627-3697.
    
    Tricia                               
719.7Teach and Learn has it!FROSTY::JANEBSee it happen => Make it happenWed Feb 27 1991 12:0710
Thanks for the info and offers!  I called Teach and Learn in Manchester
and they have Crayola Washable paint for $3.95 for 16 oz.

They said that only Crayola labels their paint "washable", which matches
what I've seen (outside of catalogs).  I'm surprised that more paints
aren't made that way!

Thanks again,

Jane
719.8correction of location, in case somebody lookedCSSE32::RANDALLwaiting for springThu Mar 07 1991 09:177
    re: .2, I think it was -- the Ben Franklin crafts store is on
    101a, but it's in the Lorden Plaza in Milford, not the K-Mart
    Plaza in Nashua.  That's about 5 miles farther away from the
    Everett Turnpike.  K-Mart itself might be a good place to check
    for art supplies, as well.
    
    --bonnie
719.9LeeJay in Vernon CT.NRADM::TRIPPLMon Mar 11 1991 10:0820
    While out shopping yesterday, call it bargain hunting,my mission was to
    go to JC Penny's Catalog outlet in Manchester CT (that's about a half
    hour south of Sturbridge Villiage).  Penny's is in itself a fabulous
    place for anything imaginable, I picked up a gown for $20. the current
    season dresses averaged $12-24., but that's another story.  On the way
    down I84 there's a chain of craft/papergoods stores called LeeJay, if
    there's a craft, party, candy or cakemaking supply in the world I swear
    this place just has to have it! 
    
    Somewhere in the back of my fuzzy brain I seem to remember seeing a
    catalog for these people.  It may be worth a phone call to see if one
    is in fact published.  I found the prices quite reasonable, and
    seasonal things are stocked year round.
    
    Again it's LeeJay and the one I stopped in was at Vernon, CT.  It's at
    the Vernon Center exit off I-84.
    
    Lyn
    
    Lyn