Blueberry Hand Pies and Flower Crowns
Bake blueberry hand pies with kids for an easy and fun kids’ cooking experience.
MaryAnn Kohl on Art with Anything
MaryAnn Kohl qualifies as a national treasure in my mind. For the past 25 years she has been writing books (23 of them!) to share children's arts and crafts ideas and encourage parents and teachers to value art and creativity. Here she talks about her new book, Art with Anything, as well as how art […]
Texture Painting With Yarn
Maia and I painted with yarn dipped in liquid watercolors yesterday, which was so much fun! Yarn painting is one of the projects from MaryAnn Kohl’s book, Art with Anything: 52 Weeks of Fun Using Everyday Stuff. Each two-page spread in the book has five different activities using one everyday material such as salt, sand, egg […]
Ask Me :: A Kids Book for Conversations
We are loving this Ask Me book by Antje Damm! It’s small but thick—200 plus pages—with one provocative question and one interesting image on each double page spread. Maia’s been requesting it every day lately and we’ve gone off on some interesting tangents based on the questions and her answers. Here are a few of […]
Meet Ariella from Childhood Magic
Ariella is the soulful mama of two behind the beautiful blog, Childhood Magic. Here she shares her parenting inspiration, her favorite projects, and a few photography tips. ***Note: Readers will have a chance to win two of her beautiful handcrafted star lanterns at the end of this interview.*** JEAN: I’d love to hear a bit […]
Why is art important?
Why do you think art is important for children? And why is it important to encourage their creativity? Just asking you to help me think through the answers to these questions and to consider viewpoints that might not occur to me. So, please share your thoughts on the subject — short and concise or long […]
The Monster Princess: a new book
We have a new favorite book in the house. The Monster Princess arrived last week and was read three times the first day, two the next, and continues to be read at least a couple of times a day. This book isn’t even out yet, not until early August. Someone at Simon and Schuster has […]
