Travel Scavenger Hunt

When we go on road trips my kids like it when I give them things to search for on the road – sometimes I draw them a scavenger hunt which they like even better. In advance of our trip, I drew a few sheets…

Preschool Car Bingo

Recently we came up with a fun game to play with the kids in the car: Find a car for each color of the rainbow, with the optional difficulty of doing it in rainbow order. We played it by just saying the color of…

I’ve got an idea for a travel game for the kids, and I need to draw cars for it. I messed around with a vector graphics program tonight for a bit, but I’ve still got a lot of work to do – think of…

Canvas Tote Bag – Finishing It Up

Tonight the final touches on the canvas tote bag. It looked unfinished to me with the unadorned handles so I doodled on those and also added a frame around each side of the bag. Side one Side two

Bienvenidos Tita

The kids’ abuela (grandma) is arriving Tuesday morning, so we’ve been getting the house ready to welcome her. The chalk sign says “Bienvenidos Tita” which means “Welcome Tita”. Tita is their pet name for her – its a diminutive of a diminutive – it…

Canvas Tote Bag – The Other Side

The other night I doodled on one side of a canvas tote bag, so tonight I filled up the other side.

Doodled Cotton Canvas Tote Bag

I was at a complete loss as to what to do tonight when I spotted this extra canvas cotton tote bag (left over from a long-ago project) and some fabric markers laying among my crafting supplies. An hour of doodling while watching the Daily…

Kids Route Map

As part of my kids road trip prep, I made a route map they can color in as we go. What I envision is that I’ll mark the map at each stop we make and they can color up to that point – that…

Little Cottage Sketch

Here’s a little ink pen on paper sketch I did tonight.

Happy Easter!