Category: Life with A Toddler


  • Traveling with a toddler can feel overwhelming before you even leave the house. Between the car seat, stroller, snacks, diapers, toys, extra clothes, and the fear of a mid-flight meltdown, it can feel like you are packing for a tiny person who somehow needs more than everyone else combined. We recently took a trip to…

  • Having a special place for children to make art can make a big difference at home. Toddlers and young kids love to create, but art can quickly take over the kitchen table, the floor, the high chair tray, or whatever surface is closest. A kid-sized activity table, art desk, or easel gives them a space…

  • The kitchen can be one of the hardest places to get anything done with a toddler. You are trying to cook, unload the dishwasher, pack lunches, clean up snacks, or make dinner, and your toddler wants to be right where the action is. They want to open cabinets, pull things out, climb, touch buttons, grab…

  • Art with toddlers can be so much fun, but let’s be honest — it can also get messy fast. Paint on the table, glue on the floor, markers on hands, paper scraps everywhere. As an art teacher and a mom to a toddler, I love giving children opportunities to create, explore, and make choices, but…