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The Artful Parent Editorial Team The Artful Parent Editorial team (Rachel, Anna, Andrea, Heather) loves to gather great content and fun, fresh art activities and sensory play ideas for kids. SEE AUTHOR’S POST Originally published in artfulparent.com

If you’ve been on RetreatGuru, traveled to Tulum or attended any yoga or music festival in the last 5 years, you’ve likely seen “psychedelic retreats” or “psilocybin retreats” being advertised, or terms like plant medicine being used more...

GRAB YOUR LOIS MAILOU JONES TUTORIAL >> Here you’ll find an easy Loïs Mailou Jones art lesson and Coloring Page. She paved a path for black artists who had been shut out of the world of fine art. More about...

Rachel Withers Rachel is the Editorial Manager at The Artful Parent. She is passionate about engaging with kids through art, whether at art groups or through teaching photography at a local elementary school. Rachel lives in Portland, Maine,...

Here you’ll find an easy step-by-step tutorial for how to draw like Floyd Norman. He was a trailblazing figure in animation history. How to Draw Like Floyd Norman Art Lesson When students try out a project that shows them how...

Anna Harpe Anna is a lifelong Midwesterner who spent time as a barista, teacher, bookstagrammer, and party planner before landing at The Artful Parent. Now she spends her days well-caffeinated, parenting two crafty kids and planning the best creative activities...

GRAB YOUR ALMA ART LESSON >> Below you’ll find a step-by-step tutorial for an easy abstract art lesson. It was inspired by the African American artist, Alma Woodsey Thomas, and her love of simple dashed lines. Alma Woodsey Thomas Art...

Can you stop thinking for a bit? This is possibly the most important question you can ever ask yourself. Try it now! Ready, steady, go . . . How far did you get before a thought crept in?...

Valentine’s Day activities for kids including Valentine art projects, baking ideas and books for celebrating love & friendship. Updated December 2024 It’s almost February! And you know what that means, right? It’s time to start thinking about homemade valentines and...

The fun-loving Aquarius zodiac sign will never take the conventional route. They are an inventive thinker who forges their own path, taking the liberty to rewrite the rules as they go. Many admire the Aquarius zodiac because of...