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If you think of your printer as something you only use for home business and other “should-do” tasks, these ideas will help you see that an HP color printer can be your greatest ally on a rainy day at home with the kids. |
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Discover free activities from HP |
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| With Quick Forms, you can instantly print a variety of useful papers and amusing games, including Sudoku puzzles. |
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Between fun features offered by your HP printer and hundreds of free, printable projects and games on HP Creative Studio, you’ll find enough activities to keep you busy for a week of rain!
Play games
- Many HP Photosmart printers, including the HP Photosmart Plus All-in-One, feature a one-touch Quick Forms button, which allows you to print Sudoku puzzles, mazes, and more, directly from your printer—no PC needed.
- Older kids can enjoy more complex activities from the HP Creative Studio, such as putting together a 3-D racecar or creating and dressing the irresistible Fashion fun dolls.
Create a memory to keep forever
- Visit the HP Creative Studio Album collection to find the charming All About Me Baby Book and Superhero Book. You and your kids will have a blast creating and filling out these fun, printable time capsules of what they’re doing and thinking at this exact moment.
Turn lunch into a party
Make old clothes new with iron-ons
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Organize photos and get creative with them |
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| Scrapbooking lets you organize your photos while also spending time together as a family. |
| The Kids monkey calendar lets you choose a photo to upload for each month and customize dates such as birthdays and school holidays. |
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Most kids love looking at pictures (especially of themselves!) Take your little one on your lap and tell them the stories of their favorite shots as you use HP Tips for organizing your digital photos.
Once your photos are labeled and ordered, you’ll have an easy time using them for creative projects: Refresh an album, start a new scrapbook page, or create unique photo projects the whole family will cherish.
Update your photo album
Many HP Photosmart printers, such as the HP Photosmart Premium All-in-One, allow you to print your photos on album pages using in-printer templates—no PC required! Just use your memory card or flash drive to upload photos directly to your printer and create a new page of memories.
Create a photo treasure
Pick six favorite pictures, and create a 3-D Photo Cube to keep on display.
Create a single month or an entire year of this funny Kids monkey calendar to keep them swinging from the trees. |
Stock up on supplies for a rainy day |
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| HP has a wide selection of photo papers, specialty papers, inks— everything you need for a fun day full of printing and creating. |
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Have materials on hand so that you can stay inside doing fun projects should the weather take a turn for the worse. Here are some crucial supplies that will give you the flexibility to have fun with your printer and your family:
Other supplies that may prove useful for certain projects include:
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Get a printer that's ready for fun |
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- Prints, scans, and copies
- Speeds of up to 30 pages per minute black, 28 color*
- 2.39" color touchscreen
- Red-eye removal and additional in-printer photo editing
- One-button wireless setup
Features for a rainy day
- Quick Forms for puzzles, games and more.
- Print high-quality photos directly from memory cards for fun photo projects and crafts.
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- Prints, scans, and copies
- Speeds of up to 33 pages per minute black, 32 color*
- 3.45" color touchscreen
- Bluetooth-enabled to print photos directly from cell phones, PDAs and other Bluetooth-enabled devices
- One-button wireless setup
Features for a rainy day
- Quick Forms for puzzles, games and more.
- Access Snapfish photo-sharing site directly from printer and upload photos to view, share, and print—all without a PC!
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- Prints, scans, and copies, plus sends and receives color faxes
- Speeds of up to 33 pages per minute black, 32 color*
- 4.33" inch color touchscreen
- Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and Ethernet networking built-in
- Automatic two-sided printing
- One-button wireless setup
Features for a rainy day
- Quick Forms for puzzles, games and more.
- Access Snapfish photo-sharing site directly from printer
- Print Web content like movie tickets, coupons, maps, and recipes—no PC required!
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Learn more |
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- Whether it’s in preparation for the holidays, or you just want to write a letter to update a group of friends or family far away, follow these Eight steps for the perfect holiday newsletter, and let people know they’re on your mind.
- Once you’ve experienced the fun and ease of using your printer as a creative tool, you may want to learn how to Print on all types of paper to keep expanding on your new discoveries!
- Get more Home printing ideas to help you get organized and creative.
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