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The Artful Parent: The Intersection of Art and Parenting
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I’ve moved to Typepad!

  Hello my friends. I have moved my blog to Typepad. Come on over and take a look! I’m posting a fun interview there today (with Ginger Huebner, the founder of a children’s art schoo...

02 nov 09

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween, everyone! This is a photo of Maia putting the finishing touches on her pinata. Can you see the jack-o-lantern face on the right? She really got into painting this! And she’s oh...

31 oct 09

And the winner is…

Congratulations to Nikki for winning Sarah’s Autumn felt crown and hand-painted leaves! (The random number generator picked #44) I feel so inspired by this interview and looking forward to some...

31 oct 09

An offer from MaryAnn Kohl

Hey everyone, I don’t know how many of you noticed, but MaryAnn Kohl stopped by on Wednesday and left a couple of comments. One was a great offer for a discounted copy of her book, Great Americ...

30 oct 09

I’ve organized my art projects — take a look

I’ve been doing some organizing here in my little corner of the blog world. I wanted to be able to find posts about our past art projects easily, and thought you all might like to be able to do...

29 oct 09

Tissue paper stained glass inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright

Maia made this tissue paper stained glass yesterday. It’s a fun, easy project from MaryAnn Kohl’s latest book, Great American Artists for Kids: Hands-On Art Experiences in the Styles of G...

28 oct 09

Making time for art

Maia and I started working on our paper maché pumpkin pinata yesterday. I feel lucky that we’ve been able to make some time for art just about every day lately. And I’ve been able to post...

27 oct 09

Meet the artful mama behind Quince and Quire

I interviewed Sarah, a poet crafter whose blog, Quince and Quire, is a lovely oasis of beauty, nature, and the handcrafted. Grab a cup of your favorite morning beverage and join me in learning more a...

26 oct 09

Stained glass leaves and jack-o-lanterns

We had a couple friends over yesterday to make stained glass leaves with us. We used crayon shavings and waxed paper and made them much the way we made our valentine hearts. These are just taped to t...

24 oct 09

Check out my interview at Ohdeedoh

I had the pleasure of being interviewed this week by Julia over at Apartment Therapy’s ohdeedoh as part of their new “Big Blog Family” series. You can read it here. Happy Friday!

23 oct 09

Art inspired by the Yellow Umbrella

Take a look at this art project inspired by Yellow Umbrella (the book I posted about on Monday)! Julie Liddle of Art in Hand shared these photos with me and I thought you all might like to see them, ...

22 oct 09

Watercolors, leaves, and saran wrap = a new way to make leaf prints!

I’m not even sure what made me think about trying this. Maia and I had just finished a nature walk and she had a basket full of leaves, pinecones, and acorns. I wanted to do a fun art project w...

21 oct 09

My happy list

Here’s what’s making me happy right now: The dogwood outside my window changing with the season. My superhero dancing to classical music (The Yellow Umbrella!) while wearing the beautiful...

20 oct 09

Yellow Umbrella: A book with a soundtrack

This book is amazing! It’s called the Yellow Umbrella and is illustrated by Jae Soo Liu with music (yes, music!) by Dong Il Sheen. No words. Just music. It’s beautiful. It’s wonderf...

19 oct 09

Baby love

17 oct 09

An artful fall day: drawing pumpkins and baking cookies

I finally feel like we’ve had something of an artful day. Woohoo! They’ve been scarce around here. But we’ve been slowly adding things back into our life since Daphne’s birth ...

16 oct 09

Need recommendations! Any good children’s books on peer relations?

I received the following e-mail today from a mom named Summer requesting advice for books that will help her three-year-old daughter deal with difficult peer situations. I don’t know of any off...

14 oct 09

Thank you, Mom

My mom left this past weekend. She was here for almost a month, helping out with everything. She took Maia on adventures, folded laundry and washed dishes, helped keep me sane, and, of course, rocked...

13 oct 09

Rosemary Wells — one of our favorite author illustrators

This Mother Goose book was a baby gift from our neighbor, a children’s librarian. We’re already in love with it. Rosemary Wells is one of our favorite author illustrators, although I have...

12 oct 09

Thankfulness

A friend and I were talking yesterday about happiness in motherhood and wanting to “have it all.” Everyone’s description of having it all is different of course, but for me, right n...

08 oct 09

Artful ideas around the web

We’ve probably all printed with leaves and made collages with leaves at some point, but who has painted ON leaves? Take a look at Quince & Quire’s beautiful post on decorating leaves....

07 oct 09

Goldsworthy art with third graders

My friend Tif, who I interviewed last year here, has been doing more Andy Goldsworthy-inspired art with her daughter’s class. In her words: The entire 3rd grade [Isaac Dickson Elementary School...

05 oct 09

Hole Me! Meet my awesome new coat rack

My friend Doug makes the coolest coat racks. He crafts them out of salvaged barn wood and vintage knobs then gives them fun names like “The Weathered Wedge” and “Black Eyed Susan...

02 oct 09

Baby pics

I’m still feeling short on words, but wanted to post a few photos. These were taken by my mom who, besides snapping pictures left and right, has been incredibly helpful these past couple of wee...

01 oct 09

A heart for Maia

Hello there. It’s been a while. Two weeks of nursing, changing diapers, postpartum mood swings, gazing nonstop at my sweet baby’s face, and just beginning to figure out how to balance the...

28 sep 09

Introducing Daphne

We have a new member of the family! Daphne surprised us by coming on Monday, two weeks early. I don’t have much to say now, but thought I’d share the news and a few photos. As you can ima...

18 sep 09

The muffins are yummy

I baked some of our freezer muffins this morning for breakfast and since you asked for a follow up, here’s a pic. They were delicious! I’ll save the rest for after baby but wanted to test...

05 sep 09

Preparations

Yesterday was Maia’s first day at a new preschool. Other parents were taking pictures of their kids. Being the stellar mom that I am, I didn’t even think to bring my camera. I take pictur...

02 sep 09

Decorate-your-own party hats

We had a casual playground party for Maia this weekend and, being who I am, I couldn’t help but include an art activity. I decided on decorate-your-own party hats which turned out to be surpris...

31 aug 09

Happy Birthday Maia!

Maia’s 4! Hard to believe (does every parent feel this way?). She’s such a big kid now. Here are a few photos from her birthday yesterday. I’d say that by far the highlight of the d...

28 aug 09

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