Disclosure: Thanks to Bing for sponsoring this post and encouraging me to find some exciting holiday crafts. #ThisIsBing
I really dislike spending a ton of time searching the internet for fun craft ideas. It seems like you can search sites like Pinterest or even Google and come up with ideas that are so-so or links that don’t work. Bing Smart Search is apart of the new Windows and it’s an easier way to search and find the things you’re looking for! Just searching from one device will bring information from all across your device (the cloud, apps, and the web!). You don’t even have to open up a broswer – just swipe and search! Anyone with a PC or tablet with Windows 8.1 can use Bingโs Smart Search! And the best part of all – the results are clearly shown in photos – no more blue links to click!!
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Start screen – I just searched “kids holiday crafts” in the search bar on the right hand side. |
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Then the results appear – look at all of those ideas! |
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I chose and clicked on the Wooden Christmas Crafts Snowflakes Ornament Kit. |
From there I can go to the actual website and see all of the remaining details. I can see what supplies we need and what we need to do to complete the craft. This link is for a kit – but gives us great inspiration to create snowflakes of our own at home using popsicle sticks!
LOVE Bing, their image searches are so much prettier than that “other” search engine. I’ll have to check out the smart search when I finally upgrade to 8.1.
Awesome, we have a new laptop showing up today that I think is going to have 8.1 on it so I’ll have to try this out!
You just taught me something new!
What a fun craft idea!
Smart search is so easy to use, isn’t it?