Tag: art with kids

  • Roller skates and a mic (a birthday list update)

    Roller skates and a mic (a birthday list update)

    Vivian’s 11th birthday is coming up and the birthday list(s) have been rolling in. Here are the most recent drafts.

  • Bacon & Strawberry

    Bacon & Strawberry

    My drawing challenge today was to take the logo my kids created as part of their YouTube brand and digitize it. Yes, my kids aspire to be YouTube celebrities. No, I don’t think this is proof of my failure as a parent (yet).

  • Robux and a dirt bike (a birthday list update)

    Robux and a dirt bike (a birthday list update)

    Sam’s seventh birthday is coming up next week, so, time for another birthday list update!

  • Two cakes and a YouTube channel (birthday list update)

    Two cakes and a YouTube channel (birthday list update)

    My daughter’s birthday is coming up, and her birthday list, similar to last year’s, is pretty great.

  • A phone, a kitten, and happiness for everyone, a birthday list update

    A phone, a kitten, and happiness for everyone, a birthday list update

    My previous update on birthday lists was from my son who’s birthday is still six months away. This one is for my daughter who is writing her list a mere month out. Much more sensible right? Let’s see what we got.

  • Marvel and hammers (a birthday list update)

    Marvel and hammers (a birthday list update)

    My son (now age 5) asks Alexa “how many days until October 12th” at least four times a week. Today Alexa answered with her typically calm and exasperation-free voice: “October the 12th 2022 is in 187 days.” So soon! He made sure to write out his latest birthday list. Similar to asking Alexa how many…

  • Trapped full: our two words for 2021

    Trapped full: our two words for 2021

    As part of a community “postal art project” that started recently, my daughter and I were tasked to come up with a word that describes how we feel about a space in our home or garden after spending so much time in our homes over the past year. Once we chose the word and the…

  • This week’s little fires

    This week’s little fires

    This week’s little fires (aka art projects)