Why stop with paper when you can paint on egg cartons, fabric, and wood? I love digging around my cabinets and recycling bin for substrates other than paper, and aluminum foil became the basis of yesterday’s second painting experiment. (The first…
Many of you have commented that attention spans at your art tables run short. Shorter than short. Maybe almost nonexistent. And I want to support you in two ways: one is to say that this is so normal for toddlers…
Can you hear the giggles? Put two little girls in the same house for three days and it’s bound to be a slapstick silly ol’ time (with a few tears thrown in for good measure). I’ve wanted to trace my…
I had a fun exchange with Jean Van’t Hul on The Artful Parent today. If you haven’t seen Jean’s site before, it’s high time to check it out! She’s also a mom of two girls, and chronicles her artistic adventures with…
Hooray…TinkerLab was nominated for Babble’s Top 50 Mom Blogs. One of my favorite blogs, The Artful Parent, is near the top. Yay, Jean…you got my vote! But we’re not soooo far behind. And it turns out you can vote for…
A friend recently told me that as much as she loves my site (thanks, D!), she wasn’t having too much success getting her child on board with all of our activities. This of course saddened me, but then it occurred…