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. Happy Drawing! More Girls That Create posts: Power of Buttons and Pins Photo by Sharon McCutcheon from Pexels.

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 …

Sometimes a good song is all it takes to lift our spirits. Here are 10 inspiring quotes by women in music. If you’re really in a rut, I suggest downloading their work and putting the headphones on. “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 “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.” ~Annie Lennox “Even before I had a daughter, I was passionate …