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It’s December 1st so I’m hoping you have your

It’s December 1st so I’m hoping you have your advent calendar displayed all pretty somewhere! If not, it’s okay…I never get anything together on time these days!
🎄
I love a good countdown but it can def be a lot of work to prepare. This one that I made for @countrylivingmag a few years back is super easy, but it takes some prep—getting the pegboard, painting it, making the little ornament notes, etc.
🎄
My advice? Just package up 25 pieces of their leftover Halloween candy, number them, and string on a piece of ribbon. Even if it’s just a crumbly pack is Smarties, it’s still fun to open a treat everyday! #adventcalendar #diyadventcalendar #christmascrafts

Not much gets me talking on the ‘gram, but this

Not much gets me talking on the ‘gram, but this is IMPORTANT! 💙 On this #cybermonday, help me raise some moolah for @raphaelwarnock so we can retain some dignity and keep a completely unqualified man out of the Senate.

Watch the reel, share it, and help me raise money to keep Warnock in the Senate! I want bragging rights that we raised $1000 for @raphaelwarnock-that’s only 59 shirts! We can do this!💙💙💙

A handprint turkey made from a family of hands, sm

A handprint turkey made from a family of hands, small to big! Happy Thanksgiving to everyone that celebrates! 🍁🍂🌿 #handprintturkey

Don’t you feel like Thanksgiving came early this

Don’t you feel like Thanksgiving came early this year with these midterm results? And now that I can breathe and start thinking about celebrating anything, I can also start sharing some fun, crafting ideas on how to set your table to celebrate home, warmth, family, and friends. I made these for the bright and lovely @revealmag, and sadly this was their last print issue. I so enjoyed crafting for the @ScottBrothers and @imlindork.

This craft is 100% from your local @loweshomeimprovement or @Homedepot...and if your taste changes next year, just repaint them!

One of the central raison d’etres of #ProjectKid

One of the central raison d’etres of #ProjectKid is to show kids that they have what it takes to be the designers of their world...by making decisions, starting from their point of view, using what they have and adding a little special sauce. Usually we communicate this with a craft showing how you can upcycle a yogurt tub into a cute desk accessory, but sometimes we hit pause on the home design crafts and get to speak to true action that kids can take to help make a difference.

A few weeks ago I volunteered to host a craft table at #TheBigSend, a letter writing event with @votefwd @plannedparenthood , and @northsix The mission of the event was to put 10,000 letters in the mail to voters, urging them to get to the polls in whatever way they could. I had the pleasure of crafting with kids so their parents could get busy writing letters, but I was also so impressed to see kids write letters themselves. (I made all-blue 3D glasses, based on the idea of “seeing the world through rose-colored glasses”...but in this case, just making the world more bluetiful.) Big shout-out to @lovepipsticks for sending us the best dang stickers and tape with which to decorate!

As I try to dispel the “do as I say not as I do” mantra in my own life, I want to urge parents to teach the DO AS I DO tactic. Show your kids how much voting matters, how we have to help lift up those around us that lack resources, and how we have to advocate for fairness, equity, and democracy.

So whether your kids are wearing bluetiful glasses on #electionday or sporting your I VOTED sticker, let them see you voice your choice. Loud and proud, my friends!

Oh, and buy them one of these cute shirts that we made! Proceeds go to @aclu_nationwide

✨BUY A T-SHIRT AND SUPPORT @raphaelwarnock in th

✨BUY A T-SHIRT AND SUPPORT @raphaelwarnock in the last few days of his Georgia senate run-off✨

With the #midtermelections less than a week away, it's pretty much all I can think about. Along with many of you, my husband and I proactively keep our kids informed about current social issues (that seem to be moving in a backwards direction). Based on the scouting tradition of earning badges for learning a new skill or deeper understanding, I designed this t-shirt to encourage families to talk openly together about these issues and our fundamental rights.

Please talk to your kids, watch videos, and share real stories about what is at stake. And buy a T-shirt (all proceeds support the @aclu_nationwide) so your kids can show off their earned badges!

Click right on this pic to head to ProjectKid.com to buy!

Education never ends…here are just a few resources for ways to talk to your kids about various issues…
@theconsciouskid
@akidsco
@gretathunberg
@pflag
@raicestexas
@reenabpatel
@scarleteenorg

(👚Shirts printed by the amazing @thebrooklynpress; patch illustrations designed by @hannahpeareater)

For once I was not hot-gluing, sewing, or duct tap

For once I was not hot-gluing, sewing, or duct taping my kids into their costumes as they walked out the door! Sommer, a collector of snow globes, asked to be go as one this year for #halloween.
🌺
If you’ve ever googled #snowglobecostume, you’ve likely seen the Hawaii one made by a Brooklyn dad about 10 years ago. I tried to convince Sommer to represent another location but she really latched onto the hula idea, so here we are! It was a labor of love, but she was thrilled! (And as we walked home from a friends house in the rain, it was the ideal costume!)

🧠BRAIN FREEZE🧠 This project goes out to my @

🧠BRAIN FREEZE🧠 This project goes out to my @sixflags, #horrormovie loving son (who sweetly agreed to perform in this reel). When I saw the brain ice cream cone on his #frightnight sweatshirt, #Brainfreeze the Ice Cream was born!

🎃🍩Pumpkin donuts 🍩🎃 for breakfast? Yes

🎃🍩Pumpkin donuts 🍩🎃 for breakfast? Yes, please!

Another project that I made for @parents

📷 @danetashima
Props @pammorris
Art direction @agnethe12

A year ago, I crafted and photo’s d some pumpkin

A year ago, I crafted and photo’s d some pumpkin projects with a total dream team… @danetashima on 📷, @pammorris on gourd style, @agnethe12 on visual storytelling, @jomuenz as the talent matchmaker, and myself as the carver, painter, assembleur de pumpkins.

These were supposed to appear on the October pages of @parents, but sadly the print magazine folded (RIP). Let’s be honest though…content never dies.

If you’ve been torn over how to decorate you buddies, here are some fun projects for the weekend!

(Props to my former assistant @cyaghjian who sketched this wacky pink, oozing brain 🧠 pumpkin about 5 years ago…and I finally got to make it!)

🍝Seriously…truly…totes simple #diycostume t

When I was in 7th grade, my bat mitzvah year, I wa

When I was in 7th grade, my bat mitzvah year, I was in chorus (a required class) at an Episcopalian private school in Atlanta. I was a timid kid, rarely advocating for myself in personal or academic scenarios. In Dec. the chorus would perform the Christmas pageant on the day before winter break began.

I decided ON MY OWN (a big thing for this bashful 12-year-old) that I didn’t feel comfortable singing about Christ our lord & whatnot, so I told my chorus teacher that I didn’t want to perform in the pageant. Her response to me was “just mouth the words.” I pushed back saying that still didn’t feel right, & she said “well, then I’m going to have to fail you.” Asking this studious kid to choose between her beliefs & an F was just too much to bear.

So I went home and told my mom—and she, a child of a general’s asst in World War II who helped to liberate concentration camps—immediately called our rabbi to ask for advice. I’m not 100% clear on what happened behind the scenes, but I didn’t have to lip sync “O Little Town of Bethlehem”, nor did I fail the class. Instead I was given the job of candle-snuffer…I was to sit in the back of the chapel and make sure that none of the pew candles caught the greenery on fire. I got to wield a poll-length candle snuffer and I did a damn good job! 🕯️

Fast forward 2 months and on the day of my bat mitzvah, the rabbi’s speech to me was centered on the courage of this story. This was 1988, only 43 years after the Holocaust. We are now 77 year post and I can’t believe we are moving in the wrong direction.

I obviously stand with the Jewish people—my friends, my family, and every single Jew that carries the ancestral trauma of the most horrifying time. I tend to live in a state of denial, or maybe it’s just a state of confusion that this type of unsound hate could actually exist and materialize into what we are seeing here in 2022.

In Hebrew, the word shalom means hello, goodbye, & peace, so when ever you greet or part from others, you are asking for, wishing for, hoping for peace. ✌🏼Sweet illustration by @suzyultman.

(Plucked from a caption on her feed, resources for education & action in 1st comment)

#optimusprime! I asked if he could just be the rob

#optimusprime! I asked if he could just be the robot or the truck, but he insisted on transforming! Michael and I studied the toys and animations to get it as right as possible. Costumes have all been downhill since then 🤪 #transformerscostume #transformerscosplay #optimusprimecostume #optimusprimecostume

📢 I'm interrupting this craft feed for this ver

If your kid can use scissors, they can craft this

If your kid can use scissors, they can craft this pumpkin!

Follow this simple how-to for a #decoupage pumpkin that’s easy as 🎃 pie!

Sometimes the best way to get creatively unstuck i

Sometimes the best way to get creatively unstuck is to simply just MAKE SOMETHING. Easier said than done, but if you take away the pressure to be perfect, you might discover something surprising in the process. These easy-to-make inkblot tote bags are the perfect project to help you create something beautiful with super low stakes. #ad

We are so excited to be at @Altsummit on Friday in NYC to make these with attendees—you can spin a color wheel to remove the decision-making completely, letting chance play a part in the doing. Many thanks to our sponsor, @joann_stores for the perfect selection of materials! 🎨

Yom Kippur is one of the most sacred days in the J

Turn your @stonyfield yogurt tub into the cutest 🍄 desk accessory! #upcycledcrafts #ad

Looking for playful 🎃pumpkin 🎃 inspo? Chec

Looking for playful 🎃pumpkin 🎃 inspo?

Check out these cute weirdos from some past @parents stories.

Which one is your fave?
🎃
(📷by @danetashima and @tedandchelsea, all styled by @pammorris)

#halloweenpumpkin #halloweenpumpkins #pumpkincarving #halloweencrafts #happyhalloween #pumpkinspice

Make an easy mermaid tail costume for Halloween! I

Make an easy mermaid tail costume for Halloween! I made this as a project for a Barbie #mermaid, but thought it could inspire a homemade version for ALL of the little mermaid hopefuls! #lilmermaid #littlemermaid #littlemermaidcostume #thelittlemermaid #diymermaidtail

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It’s December 1st so I’m hoping you have your

It’s December 1st so I’m hoping you have your advent calendar displayed all pretty somewhere! If not, it’s okay…I never get anything together on time these days!
🎄
I love a good countdown but it can def be a lot of work to prepare. This one that I made for @countrylivingmag a few years back is super easy, but it takes some prep—getting the pegboard, painting it, making the little ornament notes, etc.
🎄
My advice? Just package up 25 pieces of their leftover Halloween candy, number them, and string on a piece of ribbon. Even if it’s just a crumbly pack is Smarties, it’s still fun to open a treat everyday! #adventcalendar #diyadventcalendar #christmascrafts

Not much gets me talking on the ‘gram, but this

Not much gets me talking on the ‘gram, but this is IMPORTANT! 💙 On this #cybermonday, help me raise some moolah for @raphaelwarnock so we can retain some dignity and keep a completely unqualified man out of the Senate.

Watch the reel, share it, and help me raise money to keep Warnock in the Senate! I want bragging rights that we raised $1000 for @raphaelwarnock-that’s only 59 shirts! We can do this!💙💙💙

A handprint turkey made from a family of hands, sm

A handprint turkey made from a family of hands, small to big! Happy Thanksgiving to everyone that celebrates! 🍁🍂🌿 #handprintturkey

Don’t you feel like Thanksgiving came early this

Don’t you feel like Thanksgiving came early this year with these midterm results? And now that I can breathe and start thinking about celebrating anything, I can also start sharing some fun, crafting ideas on how to set your table to celebrate home, warmth, family, and friends. I made these for the bright and lovely @revealmag, and sadly this was their last print issue. I so enjoyed crafting for the @ScottBrothers and @imlindork.

This craft is 100% from your local @loweshomeimprovement or @Homedepot...and if your taste changes next year, just repaint them!

One of the central raison d’etres of #ProjectKid

One of the central raison d’etres of #ProjectKid is to show kids that they have what it takes to be the designers of their world...by making decisions, starting from their point of view, using what they have and adding a little special sauce. Usually we communicate this with a craft showing how you can upcycle a yogurt tub into a cute desk accessory, but sometimes we hit pause on the home design crafts and get to speak to true action that kids can take to help make a difference.

A few weeks ago I volunteered to host a craft table at #TheBigSend, a letter writing event with @votefwd @plannedparenthood , and @northsix The mission of the event was to put 10,000 letters in the mail to voters, urging them to get to the polls in whatever way they could. I had the pleasure of crafting with kids so their parents could get busy writing letters, but I was also so impressed to see kids write letters themselves. (I made all-blue 3D glasses, based on the idea of “seeing the world through rose-colored glasses”...but in this case, just making the world more bluetiful.) Big shout-out to @lovepipsticks for sending us the best dang stickers and tape with which to decorate!

As I try to dispel the “do as I say not as I do” mantra in my own life, I want to urge parents to teach the DO AS I DO tactic. Show your kids how much voting matters, how we have to help lift up those around us that lack resources, and how we have to advocate for fairness, equity, and democracy.

So whether your kids are wearing bluetiful glasses on #electionday or sporting your I VOTED sticker, let them see you voice your choice. Loud and proud, my friends!

Oh, and buy them one of these cute shirts that we made! Proceeds go to @aclu_nationwide

✨BUY A T-SHIRT AND SUPPORT @raphaelwarnock in th

✨BUY A T-SHIRT AND SUPPORT @raphaelwarnock in the last few days of his Georgia senate run-off✨

With the #midtermelections less than a week away, it's pretty much all I can think about. Along with many of you, my husband and I proactively keep our kids informed about current social issues (that seem to be moving in a backwards direction). Based on the scouting tradition of earning badges for learning a new skill or deeper understanding, I designed this t-shirt to encourage families to talk openly together about these issues and our fundamental rights.

Please talk to your kids, watch videos, and share real stories about what is at stake. And buy a T-shirt (all proceeds support the @aclu_nationwide) so your kids can show off their earned badges!

Click right on this pic to head to ProjectKid.com to buy!

Education never ends…here are just a few resources for ways to talk to your kids about various issues…
@theconsciouskid
@akidsco
@gretathunberg
@pflag
@raicestexas
@reenabpatel
@scarleteenorg

(👚Shirts printed by the amazing @thebrooklynpress; patch illustrations designed by @hannahpeareater)

For once I was not hot-gluing, sewing, or duct tap

For once I was not hot-gluing, sewing, or duct taping my kids into their costumes as they walked out the door! Sommer, a collector of snow globes, asked to be go as one this year for #halloween.
🌺
If you’ve ever googled #snowglobecostume, you’ve likely seen the Hawaii one made by a Brooklyn dad about 10 years ago. I tried to convince Sommer to represent another location but she really latched onto the hula idea, so here we are! It was a labor of love, but she was thrilled! (And as we walked home from a friends house in the rain, it was the ideal costume!)

🧠BRAIN FREEZE🧠 This project goes out to my @

🧠BRAIN FREEZE🧠 This project goes out to my @sixflags, #horrormovie loving son (who sweetly agreed to perform in this reel). When I saw the brain ice cream cone on his #frightnight sweatshirt, #Brainfreeze the Ice Cream was born!

🎃🍩Pumpkin donuts 🍩🎃 for breakfast? Yes

🎃🍩Pumpkin donuts 🍩🎃 for breakfast? Yes, please!

Another project that I made for @parents

📷 @danetashima
Props @pammorris
Art direction @agnethe12

A year ago, I crafted and photo’s d some pumpkin

A year ago, I crafted and photo’s d some pumpkin projects with a total dream team… @danetashima on 📷, @pammorris on gourd style, @agnethe12 on visual storytelling, @jomuenz as the talent matchmaker, and myself as the carver, painter, assembleur de pumpkins.

These were supposed to appear on the October pages of @parents, but sadly the print magazine folded (RIP). Let’s be honest though…content never dies.

If you’ve been torn over how to decorate you buddies, here are some fun projects for the weekend!

(Props to my former assistant @cyaghjian who sketched this wacky pink, oozing brain 🧠 pumpkin about 5 years ago…and I finally got to make it!)

🍝Seriously…truly…totes simple #diycostume t

When I was in 7th grade, my bat mitzvah year, I wa

When I was in 7th grade, my bat mitzvah year, I was in chorus (a required class) at an Episcopalian private school in Atlanta. I was a timid kid, rarely advocating for myself in personal or academic scenarios. In Dec. the chorus would perform the Christmas pageant on the day before winter break began.

I decided ON MY OWN (a big thing for this bashful 12-year-old) that I didn’t feel comfortable singing about Christ our lord & whatnot, so I told my chorus teacher that I didn’t want to perform in the pageant. Her response to me was “just mouth the words.” I pushed back saying that still didn’t feel right, & she said “well, then I’m going to have to fail you.” Asking this studious kid to choose between her beliefs & an F was just too much to bear.

So I went home and told my mom—and she, a child of a general’s asst in World War II who helped to liberate concentration camps—immediately called our rabbi to ask for advice. I’m not 100% clear on what happened behind the scenes, but I didn’t have to lip sync “O Little Town of Bethlehem”, nor did I fail the class. Instead I was given the job of candle-snuffer…I was to sit in the back of the chapel and make sure that none of the pew candles caught the greenery on fire. I got to wield a poll-length candle snuffer and I did a damn good job! 🕯️

Fast forward 2 months and on the day of my bat mitzvah, the rabbi’s speech to me was centered on the courage of this story. This was 1988, only 43 years after the Holocaust. We are now 77 year post and I can’t believe we are moving in the wrong direction.

I obviously stand with the Jewish people—my friends, my family, and every single Jew that carries the ancestral trauma of the most horrifying time. I tend to live in a state of denial, or maybe it’s just a state of confusion that this type of unsound hate could actually exist and materialize into what we are seeing here in 2022.

In Hebrew, the word shalom means hello, goodbye, & peace, so when ever you greet or part from others, you are asking for, wishing for, hoping for peace. ✌🏼Sweet illustration by @suzyultman.

(Plucked from a caption on her feed, resources for education & action in 1st comment)

#optimusprime! I asked if he could just be the rob

#optimusprime! I asked if he could just be the robot or the truck, but he insisted on transforming! Michael and I studied the toys and animations to get it as right as possible. Costumes have all been downhill since then 🤪 #transformerscostume #transformerscosplay #optimusprimecostume #optimusprimecostume

📢 I'm interrupting this craft feed for this ver

If your kid can use scissors, they can craft this

If your kid can use scissors, they can craft this pumpkin!

Follow this simple how-to for a #decoupage pumpkin that’s easy as 🎃 pie!

Sometimes the best way to get creatively unstuck i

Sometimes the best way to get creatively unstuck is to simply just MAKE SOMETHING. Easier said than done, but if you take away the pressure to be perfect, you might discover something surprising in the process. These easy-to-make inkblot tote bags are the perfect project to help you create something beautiful with super low stakes. #ad

We are so excited to be at @Altsummit on Friday in NYC to make these with attendees—you can spin a color wheel to remove the decision-making completely, letting chance play a part in the doing. Many thanks to our sponsor, @joann_stores for the perfect selection of materials! 🎨

Yom Kippur is one of the most sacred days in the J

Turn your @stonyfield yogurt tub into the cutest 🍄 desk accessory! #upcycledcrafts #ad

Looking for playful 🎃pumpkin 🎃 inspo? Chec

Looking for playful 🎃pumpkin 🎃 inspo?

Check out these cute weirdos from some past @parents stories.

Which one is your fave?
🎃
(📷by @danetashima and @tedandchelsea, all styled by @pammorris)

#halloweenpumpkin #halloweenpumpkins #pumpkincarving #halloweencrafts #happyhalloween #pumpkinspice

Make an easy mermaid tail costume for Halloween! I

Make an easy mermaid tail costume for Halloween! I made this as a project for a Barbie #mermaid, but thought it could inspire a homemade version for ALL of the little mermaid hopefuls! #lilmermaid #littlemermaid #littlemermaidcostume #thelittlemermaid #diymermaidtail

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