Fibre-Craft® Holiday Warehouse Sale Draws Quite a Crowd
November 30, 2011Kids, parents and teachers stocked on their favorite Creative Hands® arts and crafts Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011. The...
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Halloween Luncheon Party 2011
October 31, 2011Halloween got off to a spooky start at the Fibre-Craft® headquarters, with most of the employees dressed to thrill. During...
Creative Hands 2011 Teacher of the Year Awards
September 23, 2011For years Creative Hands® by Fibre-Craft Materials Corp.® has served as...
Winners of 2011 School Tool Box Giveaway Announced!
September 2, 2011We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2011 School Tool Box Giveaway, sponsored by Creative...
Arts and Crafts Sale in Fibre-Craft® Warehouse Still a Community Hit!
August 16, 2011Kids, parents and teachers stocked up on their favorite Creative Hands® arts and crafts Saturday, Aug. 13,...
8/10/11: Summer Fun Luncheon and Art Project
August 12, 2011It was a beautiful day for a Summer Fun Luncheon and Art Project! On Wednesday, Aug. 10, we gathered in the...
Saturday, 8/13/11: HUGE Arts and Crafts Sale in Fibre-Craft® Warehouse!
August 11, 2011Kids, parents and teachers can stock up on their favorite Creative Hands® arts and crafts. From 8 a.m. to...
Staff Profile: How Designer Natalie Rozansky Gets Inspired
August 10, 2011Kids Day with McNair Academic Center 6/2/11
June 3, 2011Kids Day with North Elementary School 4/28/11
April 28, 2011
Kristine Kiesel's second-grade class spent the morning with us at our Fibre-Craft Materials Corp.® headquarters, making fun projects using our
Want to Win Lots of Creative Hands® Arts & Crafts?
April 11, 2011Win ONE YEAR's worth of Creative Hands® arts and crafts through the annual drawing we hold with...
Fibre-Craft® Mardi Gras Office Luncheon – 3/8/11
April 5, 2011The supply chain and data administration departments at our Fibre-Craft Materials Corp.® Niles headquarters planned this fun officewide event, where everyone...
Saturday, 4/2/11: HUGE Arts and Crafts Sale in Fibre-Craft® Warehouse!
March 21, 2011Kids, parents and teachers can stock up on their favorite Creative Hands® arts and crafts. From 8 a.m. to...
Kids Day with Walt Whitman School 3/17/11
March 17, 2011A class of 23 second-graders from Walt Whitman Elementary School spent the morning at our Fibre-Craft® headquarters learning about art...
Girl Scouts Celebrate Frosty Festival by Crafting
February 15, 2011A group of Girl Scouts Vista 14 gathered Dec. 11 at the Round Lake Sports Center during the Frosty Festival to...
All That Glitters is Gold to Fibre-Craft® Product Designer
January 19, 2011Part artist, part industrial designer, Kiva Connor finds inspiration by paying attention to colors and materials, looking at Etsy.com and fashion...
A Fibre-Craft® Kind of Christmas
January 5, 2011We celebrated Christmas with a Holiday Office Party in our corporate headquarters showroom on Dec. 22. After enjoying a fabulous lunch...
Special Ed Students Learn Joy of Crafting with Creative Hands®
December 17, 2010
Kids in Patricia Kaynaroglu's special education class are ecstatic to get some hands-on learning with arts and crafts materials from
Kids Day with Edgebrook School 12/17/10
December 14, 2010Inspired perhaps by our fun presentation on art this morning, the 32 first-graders from Chicago's Edgebrook Elementary School attacked their arts...
Girl Scouts Show Crafty Side During Fundraiser
December 7, 2010Over 240 members from Girl Scout Troops 41450 and 41560, from the Lake Villa/Lindenhurst area, held a SWAP for Food Drive...
Fibre-Craft Makes Thanksgiving Donation to A Safe Haven
November 22, 2010After our own potluck celebration for the Thanksgiving holiday on Friday, November 19, Fibre-Craft® employees gathered in the warehouse to help...
Kids Day with St. Haralambos School – 11/18/10
November 19, 2010Students from St. Haralambos School in Niles visited us for our Kids Day event on November 18. The kids, who ranged...
Niles Teens Build Maze for Haunted Garage with Fibre-Craft® Donation
November 4, 2010Local teens made a maze for the ninth annual Haunted Garage held this year the week before Halloween using 65 cardboard...
Sacred Heart Parish brings Creative Hands® to NPH Mexico
November 3, 2010A group of teenagers from Sacred Heart Parish in Winnetka, Ill., spent a week this summer in Mexico at...
Kids in Africa Craft Using Creative Hands® Arts & Crafts Supplies
When Heidi Haubrich knew she was traveling to Africa for a month last summer, she turned to her grandmother, Barbara Haubrich,...
Creative Hands® Drawing Winner Shares Prize With Students
October 28, 2010Ferson Creek Elementary School art teacher Dena Ferguson couldn't believe her luck this summer when she won the Creative...
Kids Day with John Middleton School – 10/14/10
October 19, 2010First-graders from Mrs. Martha Orso's class at John Middleton Elementary School in Skokie spent the morning at our Fibre-Craft® headquarters Oct....
Kids Day With Edgebrook School – 9/23/10
September 24, 2010First-graders from Stacy Perez’s class at Chicago’s Edgebrook Elementary School enjoy a morning of arts and crafts Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010,...
We’re on Facebook now!
September 20, 2010Visit our fan page at www.facebook.com/CreativeHandsCrafts and watch the segment about us that appeared on the back-to-school episode of...
9/3/10: Fibre-Craft® Employees Have Fun in the Sun
September 7, 2010Bags, bingo and bonding—we kicked off our Labor Day weekend with a luncheon and games Friday, Sept. 3. While eating yummy...
Creative Hands® Launches Jr. Designer Series!
August 24, 2010When we call our new line of Jr. Designer products kid friendly, we really mean it. Made by kids for kids,...
Reality TV Star Visits Fibre-Craft® Headquarters for Creative Hands® Kids Day™
The question "if you could make anything for kids, what would it be?" generates enthusiastic answers from the boys and girls...
Fibre-Craft® Arts and Crafts Sale Draws Hundreds of People
August 19, 2010Half an hour before the doors opened, a crowd started lining up outside the Fibre-Craft Materials Corp.® headquarters in Niles,...
Creative Hands® Foam Stickers Brighten Party at Brighton Park School
August 4, 2010The end-of-the-year block party at Brighton Park Elementary School was a hit. Fifth-grade teacher Mandy Guzman credits that success to Fibre-Craft...
Saturday, 8/14/10: HUGE Arts and Crafts Sale in the Fibre-Craft® Warehouse!
August 3, 2010Kids, parents and teachers can stock up on their favorite Creative Hands® arts and crafts. From 8 a.m. to noon Saturday,...
Toy Story: Fibre-Craft® Designer John Porubsky Talks Shop
June 15, 2010Here’s a story about one of our most energetic and accomplished designers, John Porubsky. John is a longtime designer and illustrator...
Elizabeth Meyer School students get crafty at Creative Hands® Kids Day
April 26, 2010Wearing name tags and gazing around in wonder, the kindergartners slowly file into the room along with their teacher, Persephone...
Introducing the 2010 Springfield Collection Web site
April 4, 2010Visit our newly-redesigned Web site for the 2010 Springfield Collection and meet five girls destined to...
The site provides plenty of engaging features, including a Why Springfield? section that gives details about each doll, as well as the name Springfield itself. (For instance, did you know Springfield is the most common name for cities and towns in America?) In Meet the Girls, you also can learn about the dolls’ background and interests, including their favorite color, memory and hobby. But most fun of all, the Doll House section offers a peek at the different outfits, shoes, accessories and gift sets made just for these dolls. Come see the girls and you’ll find yourself mixing and matching to come up with new, exciting ensembles!
