David Row of Make Moments Matter Music Education Teachers About a year or ago I stumbled across David Row and his Make Moments Matter Blog. I reached out to him and sent him some connect-a-stretchy bands to play and experiment with. I love getting connected […]
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Our Blog on Creative Music and Movement Products
Since 2000, Bear Paw Creek has been designing and manufacturing creative movement props, bags and totes for instruments. We hope our blog will inspire teachers, therapists, and parents as they seek to enrich the live of others through music and movement.
Magical Moments with Music Props in Church Choir Rehearsal Part 3
Magical Moments with Music Props in Church Choir Rehearsal Part 3 Welcome back from the sometimes lazy days of summer, to an always exciting fall, filled with opportunities to try new activities with your props from Bear Paw Creek! In this installment of “Magical Moments” […]
Music Therapy and Movement Props
Music Therapy and Movement Props For our long time customers you know that Bear Paw Creek got started all because of Music Therapy. You can read about it on our About Us page, but here is a synopsis. With a passion to create an income […]
Back to School Sale and Giveaway 2018
Movement Props Back to School Sale and Giveaway 2018 It’s that time a year again! Everyone is gearing up, prepping, and planning for the school year. We are excited to offer our annual back to school sale again this year with our biggest giveaway to […]
15 Stretchy Band Music and Movement Favorites from Bear Paw Creek Customers
15 Stretchy Band Music and Movement Favorites from Bear Paw Creek Customers Back in December I had fun in our Bear Paw Creek Facebook Group showing gratitude to our customer with a month long giveaway! In one of the giveaways I gave away our newest […]
Magical Moments with Music Props in Church Choir Rehearsal Part 2
Magical Moments – Music Props in Church Choir Rehearsal Part 2 In this second installment of Magical Moments I wanted to build upon the activities and resources I shared with you in the first blog post on stretchy bands. As I mentioned earlier, I noticed […]
5 Reasons to Play Bean Bag Games and Giveaway
5 Reasons to Play Bean Bag Games and Giveaway All month long Sandra from Sing, Play, Create is posting movement activities for the following movement props: stretchy bands, parachutes, bean bags, and scarves/streamers. I also have some new bean bags I created for a custom […]
How To Use The Connect-a-Stretchy Band and Stretchy Band in Creative Movement Activities
How To Use The Connect-a-Stretchy Band and Stretchy Band in Creative Movement Activities I am so excited to have gotten connected with Sandra from Sing, Play, Create a year ago. I stumbled across her site from her blog post on the stretchy band. She puts […]
Movement Props and Sensory Integration
Movement Props and Sensory Integration With Winter lingering on for seemingly forever, tis the season for sensory dysregulation and cabin fever. Many of my clients get extra wiggly in sessions and groups this time of year. With the cold keeping us trapped inside, it can […]
Magical Moments With Music Props in Church Choir Rehearsal
In this first of several blogs on magical moments with music props in church choir rehearsal, Leah Murthy will provide you with activities using the stretchy band that will be just right for the church setting. There will be suggested church-appropriate activities for adults and children, recommendations on how to acquire a stretchy band for your rehearsal space on any budget and two ways to make your own stretchy band.