Is your family suffering from stressful vibes? Have everyone sit down to create art using one or several of the drawing prompts below. Prompts let creativity run wild and family members will enjoy seeing what each other comes up with. Take it one step further with having kiddos make a new list of prompts to work from in the future. 10 Drawing Prompts  Water Slide Comet Snow Globe Robot Tacos Field of wildflowers Roller Coaster Bird’s Nest Party Hat Something from the future If you have sidewalk chalk, consider taking this activity outside. Need more convincing? Check out this recent article from NPR about how making art helps your brain. Crayola Drawing Supplies Below are affiliate links, which means Girls That Create will be compensated if you purchase products by clicking on the links. Thank you for supporting the website. My First Crayola-Designed for little hands Colored Pencils, Long 12 ct. Washable Super Tips Markers, 10 Count Crayola Crayons, 96 Count Special Effects Sidewalk Chalk – Color Core Children’s Chalk, 12 Count Silly Scents Twistables Colored Pencils 12ct Happy Drawing! More Girls That Create posts: Seven Unique Coloring Books Your Creative Girl Will Love and What I Like About Me Activity Photo by Sharon McCutcheon from Pexels. www.girlsthatcreate.com

International Women’s Day is today (#IWD2020)! A global celebration of the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women, the day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity. This year’s theme #EachforEqual reminds us a gender equal world can be a healthier, wealthier and more harmonious one. Consider These Key Points An equal world is an enabled world The rise of women is not about the fall of men Everyone can play a role in forging gender parity Gender balance is not a women’s issue, it’s an economic issue Advocacy, inclusive mindsets and tangible action are needed from all Journalist and activist Gloria Steinem once said, “The story of women’s struggle for equality belongs to no single feminist nor to any one organization but to the collective efforts of all who care about human rights.” Visibility of Creatives A key piece of IWD is to increase the visibility of women creatives and promote their work for commercial projects. This year IWD joined forces with the all-women street artist group International Women’s Crew to run an IWD Street Art Competition. Female street artists worldwide made works based on three categories: #EachforEqual, Happy International Women’s Day, and Women’s Equality. Go see their powerful submissions. IWD also holds a photography competition and typography competition (winners have now been announced). Seeking a woman typographer for a project? Look through all the 2020 entries and connect with creators online. Additionally, you can read about multi-talented musician C Cane who made this IWD video on the importance of taking action today. What You Can …

10 powerful quotes from women in music. Often it just takes strong words and good songs to lift spirits. If you’re really in a rut, I suggest downloading the incredible catalogs of these artists and putting the headphones on. 10 Powerful Quotes from Women in Music “You can’t move mountains by whispering at them.” ~P!nk “My legacy is that I stayed on course… from the beginning to the end, because I believed in something inside of me.” ~Tina Turner “I believe in individuality, that everybody is special, and it’s up to them to find that quality and let it live.” ~Grace Jones “My mother would really make me notice the world of women, and in Latin America they have a kind of magic in that they make society function in every kind of intimate way, as well as in the bigger picture.” ~Lila Downs “You have to fail and then get better. Then you have to fail again, and then get even better.” ~Lady Gaga “Everyone looks to an artist for something more than just the music, and that message of being comfortable in my own skin is number one for me.” ~Lizzo “We only have one rule and that is there are no rules, so stand up and sing as much as you want to.” ~Natalie Maines (The Chicks) “Women are not always taken as seriously as we should be, so sometimes we have to put our foot down.” ~Missy Elliott “Each individual is as individual as their fingerprints, and I think that’s extraordinary.” …