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Optical Illusions
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Table Top Time
<img class=”alignnone size-full wp-image-5928″ src=”https://hafuboti.wpcomstaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/table-top-time-feature.jpg” alt=”Using simple kraft paper to cover the kids’ activity tables at our library. It saves space while encouraging creativity | hafuboti.com” width=”1224″ height=”835″> Another one of my “projects I’ve been waiting to do” was putting butcher paper down on our kids’ tables. After reading about <a href=”http://mowillemsdoodles.blogspot.com/2013/07/dining-room-dinner-doodles-news.html” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>how…