Hi Scribblers,

It’s Back to School Week! I hope you have been having fun with the crafts so far this week.

To make Back to School Week even MORE exciting- we’re doing a GIVE AWAY!!

We will give a copy of the book Now I Know my ABC’s to the first 3 people to post their (or their children’s) finished scribble on our Scribble Town Facebook page or send us a picture of their finished scribble via email!

A Scribble Town GIVE AWAY!!!

Now I Know My ABC’s is a Scribble Book by Scribble mats! Each book comes 6 crayons and the inside pages are black-and-white. They’re made of a special material so that you can Color On the pages with your little ones and then Wipe Off to use the book again and again for more scribbley fun learning!

Not only will the first 3 people receive a free copy of Now I Know My ABC’s, your scribble (finished art) will also be featured here on Scribble Blog and on our Facebook page.

***Sorry, at the moment this Give Away is open to US residents only.***

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Hi Scribblers,

As most of you probably know, there was an earthquake on the East Coast today! I have lived in NYC for years- I knew we were on a fault line, but I have never felt an earthquake- I thought that only happened on the West Coast! At first I didn’t quite know what was going on…. was it construction?….a terrorist attack? The first thing I felt were slight tremors going through my body, Knowme, my dog, started barking and then things on the shelves started to rattle as I felt the ground shake!

Once the walls were shaking, I knew it was an earthquake but I was completely caught off guard. After making sure my co-workers, friends and family were okay, I watched the news and then immediately felt the need to scribble!

Yikes, Tremors and Quakes, by Andi Thea

This is what came out of me after all the stress and tension. The words going around the scribble are a mixture of what I was hearing, thinking and feeling.

Now that I know everyone is okay and nothing more is expected, it’s kind of oddly exciting…I now know what it feels like to experience a quake!

Did you feel the earthquake? What’s your quake story? I’d love to see it in a scribble! Share with us

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Hi Scribblers,

I hope you’re having a lovely day! This past weekend, I went to the beach with my sister.  As you may know, the weather on the east coast has been a bit crazy lately. As I sat on the beach, I watched the wind make tiny ripples in the sand.

It was just beautiful…there was something so relaxing and peaceful about it. This brought to mind an old scribble I had done about a year ago for my friend, Cecil.

Cecil's Sea

Cecil and I were very close friends. We used to meet almost every week for dinner but one day I got a message from her saying she would have to cancel our plans because she was having a stomach ache and needed to go to the hospital. Her “stomach ache” turned out to be a diagnosis for  pancreatic cancer. After being diagnosed, she only lived for another ten days, but those days were really a struggle for her as she was experiencing a lot of discomfort. She died just before last summer and her ashes were recently scattered off the shore of Fire Island. I made this scribble for Cecil during her last days in hopes that wherever she was going, she would be at peace.

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Good Evening Scribblers!

I know yesterday my scribble was inspired by my earrings, well today, I was inspired by my ring! I was having a hard time trying to figure out what to do for my Scribble Jam scribble and as I sat with pen in hand, I stopped to look at my Frog ring!

Humphrey my Frog ring

I tend to look at him when I’m pensive or have an artistic block- he makes me happy- and today, he inspired this Paper Plate Frog Craft!

A Paper Plate Frog!

I love frogs and I love funky jewlery. These have inspired me the last two days and it got me thinking of a fun exercise! If you are an artist, crafter, an occasional scribbler or even if this is your first time visiting this blog, why don’t you try this at home:

Think of something you LOVE- a pet, a song, a piece of jewelery, or even a piece of clothing! Think about this person, pet, object, etc and what makes it special to you. From there, start scribbling-seriously, just scribble in a way that this thing makes you feel! Scribble your feeling and you may be suprised with the finished results!

If your adventurous, feel free to share your finished scribble on our Scribble Town Facebook page.

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Hi Scribblers,

It took a little extra effort for me to do my Scribble Jam scribble. I wanted to do something completely different. Instead of scribbles, I started with lines and blocks of lines.

Lines and Squiggles, by Andi Thea

The small lines, scribbles & squiggles you see on the left were never intended to be part of the picture. The small lines were when I was testing out a color. The squiggles came from when I was overlapping one color over another in the main part of the picture. When this happened, the tips of the marker turned black so I started to just scribble out the mixed color to get back to seeing the pure color. In the end, the part I was using as “scrap paper” somehow just became a part of the art!

I had fun making this. I hope you like it!

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Hi Scribblers!

I hope you are having a good day! As I was getting ready this morning, I picked up my new pair of peacock feather earrings.

I found these after I had visited the Dr. Seuss Exhibit in San Diego. After leaving the gallery, there was a market just up the block. These earrings immediately caught my attention! They reminded me of a peacock feather my father had given me when I was a little girl. I loved how colorful it was and the way the feathers fringed out on the ends.

After getting dressed this morning, I sat down to do my scribble. I guess the peacock earrings were on my mind, because this was my finished scribble!

I named it, “Rainbow Eyes!”

Have you been getting scribbley? How have you been doing on your scribbles?

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As I sat down to do the Scribble Jam today, I wanted to try something different. My idea was to try to make a scribble without connecting any lines and I really wanted to play around with different types of lines.

As you can see, there are dashes and squiggles- I also played around with how thick the lines were. There are all different types of textures and patterns in this scribble, so in the end, I was really happy with the way it came out.

Have you ever tried to do a drawing without connecting the lines? Why not try this for Scribble Jam! Or, if you prefer, you may have noticed that I didn’t color in my scribble. If you’d like, you can print out this image, paste it into your Scribble Journal and have fun coloring it in!

I’d love to see your finished Scribbles! You can share them with me via email or on our Facebook fan page!

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Hello Scribblers,

It’s Tuesday and today we have a special Guest Scribbler, Chloe Hunter. Chloe is a summer intern at Scribble Town and she is very creative! She spends a lot of time brainstorming and her finished projects have been the source of inspiration for many of the crafts we have shared here on Scribble Blog!

Chloe is going on to her Junior year at Pace University and is studying Art History. When she graduates, she hopes to find a job that combines her passions of art, traveling and working with children.

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Hi Scribblers!

I’m Chloe. I believe that inspiring creativity in children is one of the gretest things an adult can do. I have had many wonderful opportunities helping kids grow through art. One example was when I had the opportunity to assist teaching art for classes of children with special needs. Whether they enjoyed the act of doing the art or getting to work with others, it was such a joy for me to see the smiles on their faces as they created art and explored their creativity!  Even if kids are just drawing shapes on a piece of white paper and coloring them in, like I did for Scribble Jam, they are still allowing their creative juices to flow.

Colors and Bubbles, by Chloe Hunter

I’ve always been inspired by color so I tried to incorporate as many colors as I could. This specific scribble of mine inspired me to create even more scribble for Scribble Jam in my Scribble Journal!

I encourage you to encourage yourself and others to keep on creating- Let your creativity soar!

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Hi Scribblers!

Have you been having fun with the Scribble Jam? I know I have! I have been having a great time playing with colors, shapes, movement and seeing where my scribbles take me. Some things I scribble (draw) with purpose, sometimes I just let myself scribble and I’m always surprised to see the finished results- you never know where a scribble may take you!

Check out this cool scribble submitted by Anastasia, one of our Scribble fans who has been getting scribbley with the Scribble Jam!

Anastasia's Scribble

Thanks, Anastasia!

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by Melissa McClain

Happy Thursday Scribblers! How’s your Scribble Jam going? Have you gotten your colors out and started using them? I can’t wait to see your scribbles!

So, I heard earlier this week from the cool Scribblers at Scribble Blog that it’s National Clown Week and I’ve been following along with the celebration of the clown. It seemed natural to write something fun and creative about the clown today, but…

…Authentic blogging moment…

When I was a little girl I was REALLY afraid of clowns!!

I know it’s silly. It was just a doll and clowns are cute and fun…but irrational fears are real fears. We all have them, and so do our kids. So I decided to use this opportunity to work with my fear and find a creative way to clown around on the post today and move past the fear. After I thought about it, I was inspired by the color red and shapes.

A close-up on a metal sculpture creates shape and color fun. Red and turquoise balloons would make great balloon animals!

Clowns always have fun red hair and big red lips. Their clothes usually have fun colorful shapes and they make those really silly characters by twisting balloons into different animals.

So in honor of the clown, let’s get creative with colors and shapes this week! Look around you this weekend and see how many red shapes you can find.

Shapes are everywhere! Circles remind me of the polka dots on clown pants. I found this fun image only a block from my house. You don't have to go far to get creative.

Take some pictures of them and post them on Scribble Blog or on the Facebook page. The more unusual the better! Get close. Create some intrigue about your subject. Make us guess what the shape really is.  Clowns are notorious for intrigue.

Clown around with your Scribble Jam and use red in your scribbles. Include some fun new shapes inspired by the clown.

Colors reflecting in water created great shapes and colors, a pop of red like the nose on a clown.

If you are feeling REALLY daring, buy some balloons and try your hand at CREATING your own characters through shapes and colors.

Inside of every fear there is creativity waiting to be tapped. What are you afraid of? What fears do your children have? How can you use creativity to overcome the fear and turn it into a creative game that turns fear to fun?

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