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Happy International Sculpture Day! Today’s rain might make the Picasso slide a little slippery
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Opening day yesterday! The Cubs won 5-4 over the Brewers. You can see them on the field if you look VERY closely
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50 years ago today, construction crews completed the highest point of the Transamerica Pyramid at 853 feet, making it the world’s 8th-tallest building
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A gathering of little presidents at the White House to celebrate the long history of American democracy, and strengthen its future. Happy Presidents Day!
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A mini Martin Luther King in honor of all those who continue his work to dismantle systemic racism in our country
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Good news for the endangered Thompson Center with a sale to a preservation-minded buyer. I vote for keeping the unique window pattern when they replace the glass: https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2021/12/15/22836653/thompson-center-sale-pritzker-illinois-chicago-loop
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Did St. Nicholas leave a present in your shoe this morning? Happy feast day to the original Santa Claus, seen here in a tiny portrait on the wall of the Cut and Assemble Santa’s Workshop
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Trick or treaters are all eaten, and the band is just getting going in the basement of the Cut and Assemble Haunted House. Happy Halloween!
Download this free mini book of Halloween games and cutouts as an extra to our Haunted House paper model kit
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The last rivet on the Statue of Liberty was placed 135 years ago today as President Grover Cleveland dedicated the monument
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Artist Pablo Picasso was born 140 years ago today in Málaga, Spain. His gift to Chicago of a monumental untitled sculpture was dedicated in 1967
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New freebie pdf model just added to https://ipmc-info.org for the upcoming International Paper Modelers Convention in Sterling Virginia
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For Indigenous Peoples Day, remembering several reclamations of abandoned Alcatraz Island by Native American activists in 1964 and 1969, leading to the 1969-1972 occupation of the island, which served as an inspiration for many and helped reform government Indian policies
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Mission San Francisco de Asís was officially founded 245 years ago today, though construction on the current Mission Dolores chapel did not start until six years later. The church was built by indigenous Ohlone laborers and has survived earthquakes and fires as the oldest building in San Francisco
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Today is the 150th anniversary of the Great Chicago Fire, which destroyed much of downtown and the north side of Chicago, leaving 100,000 people without homes. The Water Tower was only two years old, survived the fire sweeping around it, and in later years became a symbol of the city’s recovery from the calamity
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Twenty years seems a century ago. A papercraft memorial to the Twin Towers and the many who were tragically lost that day and in the events that followed it https://www.buildyourownnewyork.com/WTC2002.pdf
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Everyday is Pride day.
Make your own Pride parade at home, join this gang, spread the love Link to the cutout model HERE, where you can find the old papercraft too. Download it for free (or for whatever you feel like, I’ll appreciate that). This one is a little bit rough, consider it a beta version. HERE’s a video tutorial if you need it, or if you need some arts and craft asmr company.
Thanks to everyone who supported me through the project phase, you really hyped me up!
