We’ve had a great time sharing the new bumGenius Artist Series with you this week and reading all of your comments.
To wrap up our fun week, we’re doing one last BIG giveaway and leaving it open all weekend for all our fans to have a chance to enter.
Here are the rules:
Write a NEW blog post, MySpace blog, Facebook note or other online post that answers the question below. Be sure to tag Cotton Babies and bumGenius or link to our websites www.cottonbabies.com and www.bumgenius.com
Return to this blog post and leave a link to your answer in the comments section. One entry per person please.
Need to know how to post on your favorite social media site? Try the Facebook Help Center or MySpace FAQ. Make sure to mark your post public or visible to everyone so everyone can enjoy your story. Don’t forget to disclose that this is for a contest entry.
Two winners will be selected on Monday, October 11, 2010. One winner will be selected by a random draw, one by Cotton Babies staff. Each will receive a full set of Tiny Socialite Collection bumGenius 4.0 Artist Series cloth diapers. That’s one of each of the color combinations: Concrete Jungle, Jet Setter, Free Spirit, Retail Therapy and Eiffel Tower!
Answer the following question:
How do you encourage a creative, artistic spirit in your baby, toddler or young child?
About the Author
Heather is mom to four, born within 40 months (single, twins, single). She writes transparently about her chaotic household to encourage others through the twists and turns of parenting.
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I posted a note and tagged it. My first time making a note, so I hope I did it ok.
Michelle
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Here is my comment from twitter.com/kikiandkyle
All the years of watching me sew and knit have finally inspired Kiki to take on a project of her own! @cottonbabies http://yfrog.com/9gb2kjj
I wrote a note on my facebook page…
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We are very much into our older daughter creating music. She has lots and lots of musical instruments to play. She has keyboards, a drum kit, and many more interesting things to create music. My husband is very into music, so she gets to play around with his equipment a lot.
We have lots and lots of art supplies that are always available to her. She has an easel, paints, play doh, crayons. I am not one of those moms who is crazy about keeping the house perfect, so we even have some drawings on our walls 😉
Being a pastry chef, I also love to bake with my daughter. I let her help me bake cookies and cakes. I let her choose and help with her birthday cakes every year. She loves it!!!
We love our bumGenius diapers!!!
Check out the awesome new Artist Series of bumGenius diapers…
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Sorry to have missed this!
I am having trouble getting mine to post. here we go again.
adventuresintotschool.blogspot.com
Here’s my post. Please tell me I’m not too late!
http://angelynpg.wordpress.com/2010/10/11/how-to-encourage-creativity-or-why-my-daughter-calliope-and-i-are-the-bum-genius-tiny-socialite-collection/
http://www.diaperswappers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1089748
taraz9 at excite dot com
Here is the actual post:
Part of encouraging children to discover their own creativeness means allowing them the freedom to become who they will. With four children between the ages of eight months and five years, it’s no small statement to say they are all uniquely different in their personalities. That’s obvious, and any mom can tell you the same thing. What was surprising to me when I first became a mom, however, was to discover these personalities were visible right from birth. The baby that was so relaxed right from the start, for example, is still the one who grabs any chance she can to cuddle with her dad or I. And contrarily, the one who- as a baby- burst into tears when a stranger came in her sight is still sensitive to new situations today.
How, then, does a parent encourage such ranging personalities to grow together while becoming their own individual who realizes their own talents? In our house it’s not fancy toys or electronic gadgets that accomplish this. It’s not constant direction from me, but it’s giving them the foundation of an idea and letting them build upon it. It’s giving my son a pan full of flour and letting him figure out what to do with it. And then, it’s standing back and letting the floor become covered in a fine dusting of flour while he ploughs it into make believe snow banks with his trucks. It’s giving a child a lump of dough while you’re making bread to let her do what she will with it. And it’s not worrying that the little clumps of dough she formed are bumpy and too small. It’s letting her see the results of her work and being proud of her little accomplishments.
I have learned one of the most important things about raising kids is to not worry about the mess that results. There was a time when the mess worried me. I was convinced I wasn’t a good enough mom if the dishes weren’t done and the laundry was piling up. And I would feel guilty for not being this ideal homemaker I dreamed of being. Time and children have changed that, and while a clean house is still a dream, I’m okay with the mess. Allowing children to make a mess and get their hands dirty is one of the greatest ways to encourage creativity in them. It’s when the kitchen floor is covered in play dough or the table is a mess of brightly colored paint splashes, when their true spirits become visible.
One of the greatest rewards as a mother is watching my children discover their own strengths. Letting their imaginations make a town out of wooden blocks, a hunting camp out of blankets strung across chairs, a school bus out of pillows. These are the things that get them thinking, spark their creativity, and make them discover the things that bring them joy.
So much of what we become is the characteristics we were born with given a lifetime of opportunity to expand. Rigorous schedules and extracurricular activities at frighteningly young ages are not the things that bring about the joy of childhood in our children. But spending time with them- coloring at the kitchen table, laying on your backs under the stars, or pointing out cloud animals marching across the sky- these are things that open up children to their own happiness.
Creativity is not something that is taught to our children, but rather something that is discovered by them. Give them the opportunity to make messes and mistakes, bad decisions and wrong turns. Only through the process of trial and error can they truly discover what they are capable of doing. And how exciting it is to watch that discovery happen.
I hope it’s not too late to enter! I wrote up a heartfelt respnose to this question on my blog. Even if it’s too late, I had fun writing this as it is all so close to my heart! Thanks!!
http://sarahscoffeebreak.blogspot.com/2010/10/creativity-in-children.html
oops I forgot to link to the post where I blogged about this (above)!
http://motheringspirit.wordpress.com/2010/10/11/nurturing-a-creative-spirit/
One of the cloth diapering companies I love – Cotton Babies – recently posed a thoughtful question to its loyal following: How do you encourage a creative, artistic spirit in your young child?
This question gave me pause. For parents of babies and toddlers, so much energy is devoted to the basics of feeding, cleaning, and soothing. Where is there time and space to nurture a creative and artistic spirit?
Caring for S’s creative side can seem like a “someday” prospect. When he is bigger, we’ll take him to the art museum. When his attention span is longer, we’ll enjoy the children’s concerts at the orchestra. When his hands get more dextrous, we’ll dive into the world of crayons and clay and crafts.
But what about today? As the original question notes, this is not just a developmental concern – it’s a spiritual matter as well. I believe our human spirit longs for beauty, for imagination, for the freedom and experssion that art and music and dance and literature let loose.
How do I, as a mothering spirit, call forth S’s artistic spirit – today, as he is, as a busy, squirmy toddler?
I sing to him – over breakfast, before naps, after bruises, during bath.
I read to him – picture books, board books, prayer books, grown-up books.
I play with him – blocks and balls, animals and cars.
I talk with him – about our day, about our friends, about our hopes, about our loves.
But this question challenges me to do more.
We can make more time for music, for silly dance parties in the living room and banging sessions on the keyboard in the basement. There are songs in each of us waiting to be heard.
We can make our own books, the first scribbling creations of a toddler who can grasp a crayon (or the first scribbling words of a mother braving the blank page). There are stories to be told and imaginations to cultivate.
We can venture outside more to play, as S’s legs get stronger and the sunny fall days beckon. There is nature to explore, to question, to wonder.
We can learn new words and new languages, the ones we create and the ones the world has to offer. There are worlds that open up when we push beyond our borders.
Created a facebook post. Tagged cotton babies and bum genius!
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?created&¬e_id=287353009949
okay – my answer, posted and tagged to CottonBabies and bumgenius on FB:
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?created&¬e_id=10150103975987524
http://www.facebook.com/notes/allison-jarmon/how-do-you-encourage-a-creative-artistic-spirit-in-your-baby-toddler-or-young-ch/10150292634405347
Tagged cotton babies and bum genius diapers
http://longfamilychronicles.blogspot.com/2010/10/artist-series.html
allyson dot long at yahoo dot com
Ack! Internet issues over the weekend…I hope I’m not too late…
Posted a Facebook note: http://www.facebook.com/notes.php?id=591116935¬es_tab=app_2347471856
Complete with the MOST.AWESOME. video of a wildly creative baby :o)
http://daynerstwins.blogspot.com/2010/10/img68073gp.html
Posted a Facebook Note and tagged cotton babies and bumgenius
How do you encourage a creative, artistic spirit in your baby, toddler or young child?
I find ways to have them draw, color and paint. We will use different things (apples, hands, even made our own paint with food coloring and kyro syurp). I also show them how to reuse things like magazines for making collages and old shoe boxes and tissue paper for making storage boxes. And my daughter (18mo) loves to dance so I play music every day and sing with her and dance around with her
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?created&¬e_id=440110471218
I posted on Facebook. I would love to win these diapers! We just got some flip diapers and we love them. I have been wanting to try these as well. Thank you!
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?created&¬e_id=102121723187734#!/notes.php?id=7709414
How do you encourage a creative, artistic spirit in your baby, toddler or young child?
by Misty Brammer on Monday, October 11, 2010 at 12:34am
Our little boy has a very active imagination. We like to encourage his creativity by giving him lots of creative play toys. He loves to build things out of cardboard blocks and use his imagination to build all kinds of crazy things. The best way I have found to encourage him is to sit and listen to his stories and rants about his made up adventures and play along and really get into the story. It makes him so happy to hear you get involved in his story. It creates a good bond between us. 🙂
Wrote on my profile on FB and linked the website as well as tagged @Cotton Babies.
Check it out here:
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=649530721
or here:
Trying to win a set of the new Artist series from Cotton Babies. Q: How do you encourage a creative, artistic spirit in your baby? A: I allow & encourage her to use her own VERY expressive voice to be loud, quiet, show excitement, & all other emotions that a 9 month old expresses. To encourage her creative fashionista …side – I let “2 diff.sock wearing” Daddy dress her in anything he wants. Some very cool colour and style creations.
Had to get creative in my answer due to limitation of characters by FB. Love the new prints!
I wrote a note on FB and tagged Cotton Babies and bumGenius. 🙂 I hope you enjoy reading it!
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150290896570363
I just posted on my blog
http://blessedbeyondadoubt.blogspot.com/2010/10/creative-kids.html
Myspace : http://www.myspace.com/polenbear2/blog?bID=539810660
not sure how to make it public but all my friends can see it and here is a copy:
So my daughter keeps going on about cottonbabies.com and how they are giving away some new cloth diaper and all you have to do is answer a question about inspiring creativity in a toddler.
She really wants them so I’m going to give it a go and hopefully win her a Christmas present I know she really wants !
When my grandbabies come over I inspire their creativity through baking, coloring, and letting them put on shows for their papa and I. If you give them the love and tools they need to be creative that should be inspiration enough.
Here is my answer: http://twitter.com/cyndi_bb/status/26992786901
I tagged both!
cyndi_steinke at hotmail dot com
I made a post on my blog! Enjoy!
http://theparenthoodexperiment.blogspot.com/2010/10/inspiring-creativity.html
I wrote a note on Facebook.
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?created&¬e_id=444055444937#!/note.php?note_id=444055444937
I created a note on facebook with public access, and tagged cotton babies!
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?created&¬e_id=439408469122
Made it my status on facebook and linked it to the website so they can check out the cool new prints for themselves.
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/profile.php?id=614254156
Christine Kamp
Blog post:
http://knockedupandnursing.blogspot.com/2010/10/bum-genius-is-having-giveaway-for-tiny.html
knockedupandnursing at gmail dot com
Thank you for this opportunity.
I blogged about this contest, and here is the link http://lifewithmylittles.blogspot.com/2010/10/bumgenius-artist-seriesthoughts-and.html
Here is my answer to the question: “”How do you encourage a creative, artistic spirit in your baby, toddler or young child?” In my opinion, they could not have asked a better question! I am all about nurturing my children in various ways, at all stages of life! I have two boys, ages 2 and 9 months. There are several ways I encourage them to be creative and artistic. First off, my boys do not spend all day in front of the television, and they do not play any video games. Although there is nothing wrong with doing these things, in my opinion being glued to the television hinders imagination and creativity. Instead, we spend time painting, coloring, and making little craft projects. (Our upcoming craft project is to make pumpkins out of construction paper to hang on our front door).
I think one VERY important part of helping your child(ren) develop in their creativity and art is to simply follow their lead. For instance, my 2 year old is very interested in nature and bugs. So quite often we go outside and collect different kinds of bugs and we talk about them. I teach him what kind of bug it is that he found, the colors of the bug, what the bug eats, where the bug lives and so on. We do this in all areas that he shows interest in. When your kids are showing interest something, their little synapses in their brains are firing at will and searching for information! This is an ideal teaching time.
Another way I help my boys to be creative and artsy, has to do with the toys they have. They do not have many toys that serve one purpose only. Toys in our house can be described as pots and pans (drums), lots of art supplies and so on. We play games to include pretend games that foster imagination. One of our favorite games is when we pretend we are hiking in the jungle and we will talk about all the different kinds of animals we see! It is such fun!
Another way to foster creativity is to embrace nature. I have vowed to get my kids outside at least once every day. Even if its just to splash in the puddles as it is pouring down rain! Being outside in the fresh air does something to us. It refreshes and energizes us, and its just plain fun!”
Go to the blog to read more!!
Made a post about it on myspace
http://www.myspace.com/makingibbletswthbedrmpimp/blog?bID=539806197
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?created&¬e_id=482502970126
Created a facebook note and tagged cotton babies.
Facebook- http://www.facebook.com/note.php?created&¬e_id=446835697607
i posted on my facebook staus and taged you. How do you encourage a creative, artistic spirit in your baby, toddler or young child?
We have kids hight table that has crayons and paper at all time, for our two children to use, we also have a chalkboard/paint easel out side for the kids, as well as finger paint. and our kids LOVE the video game Rockband. Cotton Babies and bumGenius
Facebooked it! http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000248467455
Posted a blog about it 🙂
http://gibbsfamilyadventures07.blogspot.com/2010/10/cotton-babies-artist-series-give-away.html
Blog post:
http://theclothexperiment.blogspot.com/2010/10/bumgenius-artist-series-is-here.html
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=438522749471&set=a.438522744471.224442.766099471&ref=nf
Shared one of my sons digital art pieces and as always a little message to try and convert those non cloth moms out there!
I created a post called Fostering creativity in kids
http://www.theconnectedmom.com/2010/10/fostering-creativity-in-kids.html
Here’s a note I wrote on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?created&¬e_id=439492027746#!/note.php?note_id=439492027746 , and it’s as my status, as well.
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?created&¬e_id=439492027746#!/laurahsauls
I created a note on facebook and linked cottonbabies and bumgenius.
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?created&¬e_id=160809133943208
Thanks for the opportunity, I LOVE your diapers.
http://www.facebook.com/neonstarfish?v=wall&story_fbid=102274789837844
Shared on FB
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001276556494&v=wall&story_fbid=160469390648447&ref=mf
I posted my answer/entry on facebook, thanks Lindsey Robbins for posting about the contest!! I have wanted to try these dieapers for a while, and with another one on the way, this is an exciting opportunity. Thanks cotton babies!
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/profile.php?id=580391052
I tweeted about it!
http://twitter.com/lolson3/status/26945491807
princesslolly18 at hotmail dot com
On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150099253258102
I logged into CottonBabies.com – do I need to create another login here? This is my first posting, hope I did it correctly!
As a note on FB:
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?created&¬e_id=435521604093
i wrote mine, thought i posted it, here it is.
http://www.facebook.com/?sk=2347471856#!/note.php?note_id=10150097326317004
Posted on FB:
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?created&¬e_id=101993393201434
What a great question!
http://anurbanfarmwife.blogspot.com/2010/10/bumgenius-artist-series.html
Wrote on FB! http://www.facebook.com/note.php?created&¬e_id=487189695258
Posted on my blogger
http://5cunninghams.blogspot.com/2010/10/www.html
I posted a note on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?created&¬e_id=437882772404#!/notes/rosana-lebron-thompson/contest-entry/437882772404
I posted a note on facebook!
http://www.facebook.com/notes/mari-desilva/trying-to-win-bgs-new-print-diapers/156915531006646
I blogged!
http://learningtogogreen.blogspot.com/2010/10/creativity-q.html
rastrassbur at gmail dot com
I posted a note on facebook. I will be a new mom in January and would love to have a stash of the Tiny Socialite diapers right from the very beginning!
http://www.facebook.com/#!/notes/susan-dougherty/creative-spirit/438572776913
Thanks!
I posted on facebook. I love the new diaper line. So cute. Hope I win!! :O)
http://www.facebook.com/notes/jessica-vogel/nurturing-creativity/147338961975798
http://ziemkes.blogspot.com/2010/10/diaper-giveaway.html
A highlight of just a portion of the art my girls create on a daily basis.
http://www.jeremyandkarene.com/blogs/karene/item/87-parenting-with-npr
I wrote a blog post about how we have been playing jazz and classical music for our son since long before he was born 🙂
I posted on facebook.
http://www.facebook.com/notes.php?id=1281870037¬es_tab=app_2347471856#!/note.php?note_id=102416143159511
and also on my blog.
http://babygoose7.blogspot.com/2010/10/my-cotton-baby.html
I just posted on my blog!
http://etktbt.blogspot.com/2010/10/bumgenius-giveaway.html
Thanks for making me think! We encourage it more than I thought we did initially!
I just posted on facebook
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=695048726
Thank you:)
Made a note on Facebook!
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?created&¬e_id=149987995042614
Posted on facebook
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?created&¬e_id=447482009628
I wrote a whole blog post about this! I also included one of my favorite photos of my little man expressing his creativity. Check it out!
http://companiontothewind.blogspot.com/2010/10/how-do-i-encourage-creative-artistic.html
Blog Post:
“I believe that if you do something with your children it can have a long lasting impact and can create a love for many things, arts, crafts, outdoors, or games for example. My child and myself are regular attendees of a quilting guild, an artists guild, and a scrapbooking club I believe the group environment helps inspire and see different ways of thinking. Another creative outlet our family loves to do together is cooking very free form, rarely do we use recipes and when we do rarely does what we make end up looking like the recipe. Granted we have had some weird stuff to eat, seaweed, olive, and sausage soup for an example, but we all enjoy the failures, even if it is just through laughter. Storytelling is another of our favorites, we read books, but the bed time story is always completely made up and can become a very long multi-night saga with children being characters, recently my little boy has been a knight, a wizard, a baseball enthusiast, and a frog. We also accept that being creative may lead to massive messes and even destruction, these things happen, and while we will sometimes try to redirect we do not punish these behaviors. Sometimes children need to see how something works, or really think the walls look better with a crayon mural, and we believe these to be healthy behaviors. “
http://www.angelfire.com/az/jrosel/addictedtogiveaways/index.blog/1418758/how-do-we-try-to-stay-creative/
jrderatany@gmail.com
Here’s my blog post! http://gravidherpetologist.blogspot.com/2010/10/infanttoddler-creativity.html
Here’s mine on Facebook. Thanks for this because even though I really would like the diapers it reminded me of the gift I’m sharing with my daughter 🙂
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?created&¬e_id=440375207873
Here’s my love http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/ … love the new diapers 🙂
http://www.whattoexpect.com/blogs/on-parenthood/encouraging-creativity
Thank you – you guys got me to write on my blog!
http://threegoodreazins.blogspot.com/2010/10/its-creative-mind.html
LOVE LOVE LOVE the new series!!!
Here’s my blog:
http://lifeinanuttshell.wordpress.com/2010/10/09/bringing-up-a-creative-genius/
Posted My Cotton Babies love on FB!
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=659293887
I posted a note on FB abd tagged Bum Genius and Cotton Babies: http://www.facebook.com/note.php?created&¬e_id=139527816093496
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?created&¬e_id=435556699610
http://pinchingmypenny.blogspot.com/2010/10/bumgenius-artist-series-giveaway.html
I made a Myspace Blog: http://www.myspace.com/ashleypolen/blog?bID=539769666
My name is Ashley Polen and boy would i love to win we dont have any BG at all! I cant afford em 🙁 so this would be awesome 🙂
So I’m a little slow and forgot to sign in first so here’s my second attempt!! Disregard my last attempt! http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=514715212
Here’s my post!!! http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=514715212
I wrote a blog about this today!
http://slightlycrunchymom.blogspot.com/2010/10/how-do-you-encourage-creative-artistic.html
posted on my wall:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=100000006765342
I tweeted! http://twitter.com/mrs_hawkins/status/26860340027
I posted a status update and link to cottonbabies on my facebook
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=37602997
“Shannon Farrell: When my baby gets here in December, I’m not going to pigeonhole him/her into any of our American Baby Stereotypes. He/She is going to be an all-natural free-spirit baby starting with being born at home. Although I guess being a free-spirit is also sort of a stereotype. It’s a catch-22. I’ll just let my little one decide.”
I listed the wrong link to my note on fb. The correct link is http://www.facebook.com/#!/notes/melissa-parker/encouraging-a-creative-artistic-spirit-in-my-child/120448454679484
I posted a note on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/note.php?created&¬e_id=120448454679484
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?created&¬e_id=156814297685143
I liked on facebook!
Posted a blog! http://trackthebundicks.com/2010/10/born-to-create/
I posted on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/saraheankrom
Sarah Ankrom ”For Cotton Babies: How do you encourage a creative, artistic spirit in your baby, toddler or young child?” Reading books, especially ones with flaps, shapes, & “touch & feel” aspects. Crayons and paper. Going to farms to pet animals and experience different textures, noises, etc. Giving him a variety of blocks to build and create his own towers.
I posted on Facebook 🙂
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/astonestreetscott
For Cotton Babies and bumGenius:
We encourage our daughter, being 8 months old, to show her free spirit
in whichever way she pleases. She loves her books, loves her musical
drums and loves to groove to music (especially Veggie Tales). Her smile
and laugh lets us know she’s happy 🙂 *This is for a giveaway – check out t…heir site to find out more!*
Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1417249715
Cotton Babies bumGenius :How do you encourage a creative, artistic spirit in your baby, toddler or young child?
Since she is (almost) 2 months old, we play and sing along to a lot of music and dancing! We try to do this daily. She loves music and dancing.
I posted on Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/esmckinley
”For Cotton Babies and bumGenius: How do you encourage a creative, artistic spirit in your baby, toddler or young child?” This is really important to me because I have NO creativity! We try to encourage drawing, coloring, painting, etc. I try my very best to hang up ALL of our kids artwork so they know we are proud …of them and all their creations!! We also do a lot of dancing in our house.
Here is a link to my note on Facebook!
http://www.facebook.com/notes/jennifer-feris-meyers/how-do-you-encourage-a-creative-artistic-spirit-in-your-baby/147357458640170
I posted on Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/profile.php?id=586146438
How do you encourage a creative, artistic spirit in your baby, toddler or young child? I encourage my baby to be her own-self by reading to her, enjoying outdoors with her, and by using cloth diapers like bumGenius. Cotton Babies has great ideas also with tips from working mom’s like me.
emilyjanehhi at gmail dot com
Thanks!
I posted this question and my answer in a facebook group of over 600,000 moms. Not bad for advertising! (Do I get a free diaper for reaching that many mom’s?) =)
Here’s hoping for some good answers!
http://www.facebook.com/iheartbeingamom?ref=sgm
nic32 at hotmail dot com
Here is a link to my blog post
http://atlantacaldwells.blogspot.com/2010/10/cotton-babies-and-creativity.html
Another great Cotton Babies – bumGenius giveaway. How do you encourage a creative, artistic spirit in your baby, toddler or young child? I let them be independent and embrace their individuality.
http://www.facebook.com/belizabethchapman
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=521543496
http://www.lifeisnotbubblewrapped.com/2010/10/09/raising-a-creative-child/
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Status update on FB
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1195425500#!/profile.php?id=1195425500
Sorry, here’s the corrected Facebook note:
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?saved&¬e_id=453167823736
I posted on fb, jenandmike torres =)
Who wouldn’t want these on their babies butts? If I were a baby, I would rock it =) http://www.cottonbabies.com/product_info.php?cPath=98&products_id=2543
This gives a whole new meaning to surrounding you child with art, which is how I try to encourage a creative, artistic spirit in my kids =)
I can’t figure out how to make it public =( I will be working on it!
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Children are creative and artistic by nature. To encourage their behavior, just hold back your own ideas and let them BE THEMSELVES!
I shared my thought on Facebook and also shared the link to your giveaway.
Thanks!
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?created&¬e_id=483288025099
Posted on a facebook note.
http://www.facebook.com/notes/stacie-botsay-miles/cotton-babies-is-giving-away-bum-genius-artists-series-diapers/444531123761
And here is my answer
My three year old son’s easel is located in our dining room where he has access to his paints, colors, watercolors, and markers at anytime. We have a storage shelf where more paper is stored, playdough and construction paper. I frame his work and display it in my husband’s office and in our home. When looking at public art we look for fimiliar items in art like colors, animals, shapes and people. He also has access to books about artists and their works. He has access to music with a toy drum, piano and other musical toys. It is exciting to be able to share art with my children. His little sister (5 months) is being exposed to music through a mozart toy. I can’t wait until she is old enough to experience the gooey paint between her fingers and toes. I also regularly visit blogs about how to incorporate art in our children’s lives. A good example is the artful parent blog(http://www.artfulparent.typepad.com/).
http://craftertime.blogspot.com/2010/10/how-do-you-foster-your-kids-creativity.html
I broke out the old blog for this occasion.
http://www.facebook.com/notes/allie-henderson/bumgenius-diaper-giveaway/160351433994740
I wrote a note on FB!
OOPS! It didn’t copy the correct link: Here, I think this one should work:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/notes/lindsay-ekblad/cotton-babies-artist-series-contest/436388546541
I posted on Facebook:
I loved the question! Could have wrote a novel!
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?created&¬e_id=153548911351090
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=533662445#!/note.php?note_id=156591147706434
Posted on facebook.
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/brownch6?v=wall
Thanks for the chance to win your new diapers, I enjoyed the question!
Posted on a Facebook note:
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?created&¬e_id=153548911351090
What a great reflection! Thank you!
Here is the blog post… I really dig the question!
http://rrcasa.blogspot.com/2010/10/budding-artists.html
also linked on my facebook status: http://www.facebook.com/noplacelikerome
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?created&¬e_id=450954715418
I posted on my blog!
http://skhogg.blogspot.com/2010/10/what-is-this-like.html
http://www.facebook.com/notes/emily-griffin/how-do-you-encourage-a-creative-artistic-spirit-in-your-baby-toddler-or-young-ch/453638454864
I almost forgot to post my link here, lol
Hope these links work:
Note on FB:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/note.php?note_id=160787087272886
Or FB URL:
http://www.facebook.com/lauralynhofmann
Here is my facebook note
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?created&¬e_id=109419609120590
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?saved&¬e_id=476462967663#!/note.php?note_id=476462967663
sorry, this should be the correct link 🙂
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I tweeted:http://twitter.com/#!/jennhull/status/26807178810
I just blogged my answer to the question here:
http://foreverandyesterday.blogspot.com/2010/10/how-to-encourage-artistic-and-creative.html
Here’s a link to my note:
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?created&¬e_id=442680653029
The contents of that note:
With our toddler we encourage a lot of hands on play – rhythm instruments, crafts, balls, books. Things that allow him to direct his own discovery path within a safe setting (aka adult supervision). He loves to pound away on our Casio keyboard, sort his colored blocks, “mix” up a dish in his kitchen – and you can tell when he’s made a new connection between things because he does victory laps through the house.
We also have a 2 month old baby. With him we play music, engage him with textures and books, and let him interact as much as possible in our world. Babies and toddlers learn so much just from doing and seeing that we’ve always included the boys in what we’re doing. That means that sometimes it takes longer to do laundry or cook dinner because we’re talking about colors, textures, processes but that is the point of it all really. Passing something small and mundane to someone and then having them transform it – a culinary masterpiece, a new invention or product, a philosophical viewpoint. All important because it comes from them.
I posted my entry here:
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/notes/ashley-lawson/bumgenius-is-flipn-awesome/437374602211
I hope that goes through o.k, I also tagged you guys! I need a little luck here, so I’m keeping my fingers crossed! Love and hugs, Ashley
I posted to FB:
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1447389770
“For a Cotton Babies / bumGenius contest… We encourage Alexa’s music creativity by exposing her to lots of different music (she always asks for “more” when a song finishes) and letting her have free reign of the piano. I also love to give her household items to see how creative she can be with them (i.e. a canning ring makes a great bracelet!).”
(I’m posting here using my husband’s google account).
I blogged! I wrote all the ways we let our kids be artistic. My family and friends are going to love this!!
http://www.leeandbethany.com/posts/7386
From my blog: http://nerdmomma.blogspot.com/2010/10/cotton-babies-bumgenius-artist-series.html
lauren.allpress at gmail.com
I tweeted!
http://twitter.com/cassie_m_hill
Music is important in our house!
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000302859529
Shared to fb.
We encourage our kids in every way possible. The are allowed to express themselves. My oldest draws and loves it. My middle one comes up with great stories.
Here’s my entry via Facebook note:
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?created&¬e_id=450848382839
http://www.facebook.com/notes.php?drafts&id=1593188086
Heres my note on facebook. I love the new designs, I hope I can try some!! Thanks for this opportunity, Chrissie
Check out my answer on Busyland blog!
http://life-caroline.blogspot.com/2010/10/bum-flippin-genius.html
Answered the question on my blog with links
http://ifionlyknewnow.blogspot.com/2010/10/how-do-you-encourage-creative-artistic.html
I wrote a note on facebook.
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?saved&¬e_id=436326368806
I posted on FB http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000324122168 Please pick me 🙂
http://chadyostfamily.blogspot.com/2010/10/artistic-spirtit.html
I posted on a note on facebook.
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?created&¬e_id=438183477077
Debbie McEvoy
I posted note on facebook
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?created&¬e_id=10150284342250521
Here is my answer! Thanks, Maria
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?created&¬e_id=450001732459
http://www.facebook.com/notes/jenn-mathie-senior/how-do-you-encourage-a-creative-artistic-spirit-in-your-baby-toddler-or-young-ch/441246051834
I posted a note on my FB 🙂
I posted on my blog.
http://appreciatingthelittlethings-beccajoy.blogspot.com/2010/10/for-cotton-babies.html
Heres a link to my Facebook Note
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?created&¬e_id=438011631657
And just incase the link doesn’t work here is a copy of it:
Cotton Babies is having a giveaway to win their Bumgenius Artist Series diapers. To enter you have to answer this question:
How do you encourage a creative, artistic spirit in your baby, toddler, or young child?
I encourage all three of my kids by letting them be kids. I don’t know how to NOT encourage my kids to be creative. Our home is filled with all sorts of crafts supplies and dress-up clothes but those things don’t get used as often as you would think. When I am working in my kitchen I have the radio playing and all three of my kids sing and dance right along with me. I read books at night and pretty much whenever they ask. During holidays we do a big craft project with the kids. This year for Halloween we are going to be painting pumpkins. Last year for Christmas I had the kids paint Christmas tree ornaments to give to relatives as gifts. The rest of the time we just have fun doing whatever it is we are doing. I think the biggest way of encouraging my kids is allowing them to join in on the everyday activities like the dancing in the kitchen while cooking and cleaning. Kids are so eager to learn things, they want to know about everything and they want to have fun. I love the imagination of a child, infact I think the question should be more of “How does you child encourage a creative, artistic spirit in you?” I know I am a lot more creative and artistic now that I am a mom. 5 yrs ago I can guarantee that you would not have caught me crawling around on my hands and knees pretending to be a bear, but its very likely to happen today.
I recommend checking out the new bumgenius Artist series diapers at http://www.cottonbabies.com
question: How do you encourage a creative, artistic spirit in your baby, toddler or young child?
Answer: I simply do not interfere
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?created&¬e_id=447200391925
I posted on my facebook wall and copied it to here.
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#!/profile.php?id=291700137
For Cotton Babies and Bumgenius: How do you encourage a creative, artistic spirit in your baby, toddler or young child? Well since my little one is so small we make sure that she has lots of experiences with new places and people and lots of new toys so she can learn and grow. We want her to experiences in life to be varied.
I blogged here: http://clothdiaperingmommytosix.blogspot.com/2010/10/getting-creative-with-bum-genius-artist.html
mandalynn72756@yahoo.com
Posted on my blog! 🙂
http://this-is-my-life-with3cs.blogspot.com/2010/10/how-i-encourage-creative-and-artistic.html
http://www.facebook.com/notes/mandy-lynn-johnson/creative-play-with-my-kidos/438569664747
Here is my post. Thank You!
I posted on my blog http://www.fantasticfeasts.blogspot.com/
Happy Thanksgiving 🙂
I posted here!!! Great give away and a fun week.
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?saved&¬e_id=140269672685576
http://thenerdmama.blogspot.com/2010/10/creating-creativity.html
Also shared through facebook since most of my blog readers (aka my family) contact me there. http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=100000194394347
I posted my FB note on how we encourage our son’s love of music. He’s already making up his own words to sing as he “plays” his guitar.
Melanie Nygaard
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?created&¬e_id=486402870930#!/notes/melanie-nygaard/encouraging-my-little-musician/486402870930
Cottonbabies and bumGenius are both tagged.
http://www.cafemom.com/journals/read/1626406/How_do_you_encourage_a_creative_artistic_spirit_in_your_baby_toddler_or_young_child
Thanks! 🙂
My answer can be found here: http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/home.php?sk=lf.
You are so generous for offereing these contests…this is great!
Posted a Facebook Note and tagged both BumGenius and Cotton Babies
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?created&¬e_id=437039071926
http://www.facebook.com/#!/ltippey
I wrote a tweet!
http://twitter.com/#!/cdep1
Just posted on facebook http://www.facebook/lorrainebernard
We sure could use these dipes, with #4 (surprise after the IUD that’s still in place obviously did not work!) on the way, and with our 2-yr-old still rocking her bumgenius elementals!! Thanks!!!
I posted a blog post on Myspace…
http://www.myspace.com/selenajean/blog?bID=539761002
Wrote a note on facebook…
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?saved&¬e_id=447231578797
blog post:
http://littlehouseinthewoods08.blogspot.com/2010/10/encourage-creative-artistic-spirit-in.html
I posted on my facebook but I can only comment in my husband’s name! It was fun to get the opportunity to think about how I help my son to be creative!
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=132220303497550&id=502472161&ref=mf
Thanks!
Sara
I also posted a new blog…http://mommyorientation.blogspot.com/
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?created&¬e_id=485648912564
I tweeted about it on http://twitter.com/miacupcake
I just posted on FB…
http://www.facebook.com/jennifer.mercieca
Posted on facebook: Allison Stevens Mikkelsen: Cotton Babies is giving away a set of their new Artist Series diapers and you can win by answering the following question: (See all the details at this blog entry: http://clothdiapers.blogspot.com/2010/10/bumgenius-artist-series-giveaway.html)
How do you encourage a creative, artistic spirit in your baby, toddler or you…ng child?
Well, the little miss is only 9 months old, BUT she is very observant and is constantly surveying the world around her. To help foster a creative spirit, we painted her room an eye-popping apple green, with black and white checkered and ladybug accents. No muted pastels here for this little girl. 😉
We also read her lots of stories and act out little songs to develop that young, ever-learning imagination and too-large-for-her-little-body personality!
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I posted a note on facebook!!! It’s been a journey in cloth diapering but Cottonbabies have made it incredible!!!!
Facebook note:
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?created&¬e_id=438663121597
*crosses fingers*
I also posted on our childcare group:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=404819556336
I posted on my blog! Good luck to all!
http://faulknerfamilynews.blogspot.com/2010/10/contest.html
I posted on my facebook!
http://www.facebook.com/lasallefamily
Mine is in two parts…
http://twitter.com/beccasbows/status/26790690772
and
http://twitter.com/beccasbows/status/26790760108
ohhhhh! LET THIS BE MY FIRST WIN! (we need the elementals though!) Here’s my blog post:
http://munificentme.blogspot.com/2010/10/how-do-you-encourage-creative-artistic.html
Here’s my Facebook Note: http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=438485565905
http://hippiemama-lovinglife.blogspot.com/2010/10/bumgenius-artist-series-giveaway.html
Here’s where my entry on fb is:
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?created&¬e_id=439875727803
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/photo.php?fbid=1609575648753&set=a.1607133307696.87459.1517075041
Thanks for the opportunity!
flutterby1210 at sbcglobal dot net
http://www.facebook.com/notes/chantal-marie-mullens/how-do-i-encourage-creativity-in-my-children-simple/438945081817
Posted my entry! 🙂
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?saved&¬e_id=437613371394
My FB post answering the question.
I posted on my facebook!
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150096060488998&set=a.10150092411078998.288136.828438997&ref=nf#!/beth.erwin?v=wall
chocolategirl81 at rocketmail dot com
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?created&¬e_id=131731553544392
I tagged Cotton Babies and bumGenius on my facebook note. 🙂
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=438524773718&set=a.98410773718.88279.11866693718&comments#!/profile.php?id=184603617
http://www.facebook.com/notifications.php#!/profile.php?id=1087134034
here’s to hoping!!
summerwarrenRN@gmail.com
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Here is the link to my note! 🙂
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?created&¬e_id=438329385921
I LOVE how they build with their legos, blocks and bristle blocks— Every day it’s…
I posted a “Blog” like post on my facebook.. I referenced your giveaway site and your online site!!!! Thanks for this chance!!!!
I
I posted on my Facebook status update:-)
facebook.com/sdsalyer
My blog post: http://carrieroer.blogspot.com/2010/10/artistic-spirit-of-4-month-old.html
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#!/profile.php?id=1456596297
http://naturallyattachedmommy.blogspot.com/2010/10/how-do-you-encourage-creative-artistic.html
I have to say…I really enjoyed writing that. Thanks for the great blog inspiration!
momslikeme.com
http://stlouis.momslikeme.com/members/journalactions.aspx?g=190627&m=14693884
I am keeping my fingers crossed!
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/amanda.e.mariano
“for Cotton Babies … I encourage my son Boden’s creativity by creating a safe environment to him to explore with all his senses. Lots of music, time outdoors, and talking to him about the world around him.”
http://www.facebook.com/hunterdquinn
My note on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/note.php?created&¬e_id=481371260109
I posted on FB and tagged Cotton Babies and BumGenius
http://www.facebook.com/meyermtacm#!/notes/trina-meyer/creative-boys/437579481431
I blogged about it!
http://mandimatt.blogspot.com/2010/10/how-do-you.html
I tweeted as laurawatt, which also shows up on my facebook:
@bumgenius @cottonbabies We encourage creativity in our baby by striping her down to her #clothdiapers and letting her paint up a storm.
http://twitter.com/#!/laurawatt
posted on my fb page! http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=26504196
This is a great question! I enjoyed writing this blog post, which I needed to share anyhow!
http://tripleah.blogspot.com/2010/10/creativity-and-imagination.html
Amber Wiebers Hyink
great question!!
hope you enjoy my answer
I posted on Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001062955816
I’ve posted a rather lengthy response (sorry!) on my blog: http://daniellebartran.blogspot.com/2010/10/how-do-you-encourage-creative-artistic.html
blog post on creativity…
http://corderoclan.blogspot.com/2010/10/creativity.html
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?created&¬e_id=442494983690
Here is my note on Facebook.http://www.facebook.com/note.php?created&¬e_id=154199651286642.
Would love to win these diapers
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?created&¬e_id=477922165265
Posted a note on Facebook and tagged both CottonBabies and BumGenius!
Cortney Hitchcock
Blog post! http://domesticgoddess666.blogspot.com/2010/10/for-cotton-babies.html
I wrote a blog post!! I hope I win!! I love sharing BG’s with my readers!! My twins would rock these like crazy!!
http://alittlesugar-n-spice.blogspot.com/2010/10/bumgenius-artist-series.html
mylilcupcakes@q.com
I used my status update on FaceBook: http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=21423690
“For Cotton Babies-I encourage creativity through a variety of toys that require building/stacking.”
And linked to CottonBabies.com
i posted on facebook! thanks for the giveaways!
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=50800609&v=wall&story_fbid=136693766378359&ref=mf
csilve03 at yahoo dot com
It’s on my facebook page!
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=701015850
Here’s a link to my note:
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?created&¬e_id=10150292188545383
To encourage creativity in my children we color, paint, do crafts, play with playdoh, dance, play pretend, bake, decorate the house for hoildays, play in the dirt and a whole lot more. The gift of being creative has been given to each one of us and all we have to do is create! If we grow this gift we will have a lifetime of sharing creativity with others around us. It is so important that as parents encourge creativity in our children and in the process we will also become more creative too!
sparx100@aim.com
Music, music, music!
http://www.myspace.com/hennasarai/blog?bID=539759862
hennasarai26 at yahoo dot com
I posted on my facebook status and tagged Cotton Babies. “We encourage Kelan to experience art and music. He loves to draw and express himself by playing the drums! We encourage him to play independently and explore his world!”
http://www.facebook.com/notes/alison-stamps/how-do-i-encourage-creative-and-artistic-spirit-in-my-babytoddler/10150281674130198
:O)
http://www.cafemom.com/journals/read.php?post_id=1626405&edited=1
thanks for the opportunity!
I posted to my Facebook profile and tagged this page! Q: How do you encourage a creative, artistic spirit in your baby, toddler or young child?
A: Connor LOVES music and loves to dance to the beat with us. We play him all kinds of music, not just kid stuff. He saw his first Picasso exhibit at age 3 months. And I can’t wait until he is old enough to paint, color, and craft!
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home
my post 🙂
My post is a status update on FB. Miranda LeMaster http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=670945343&v=wall&story_fbid=149764505064717&po=1&ref=notif¬if_t=feed_comment#!/profile.php?id=670945343
Cotton babies is tagged and I write “Since my son is only 11 mo old I encourage creativity by making sure we engage in free play and that he has toys that require him to move and think rather than always flashing and making noise.”
http://www.facebook.com/notes/sara-garside/new-prints-from-bg/452450161696
Here’s hoping!!
http://www.facebook.com/notes/amber-cain-mierta/bumgenius-and-cottonbabies/451971026117
My post is in a note there! Amber Cain Mierta
http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=1635854455
my post on helping our son be creative! He is an amazing little spirit that loves to laugh. We try to encourage him every single day to keep laughing, dancing, and creating…. the marker all over his arms are my favorite 🙂
Ooh, I love this one – good question!
Left my answer on my Facebook page here: http://www.facebook.com/kellerbrooke#!/kellerbrooke/posts/163092723717399
Just in case the link doesn’t work, my profile is here: http://www.facebook.com/kellerbrooke
I posted on facebook!
“For Cotton Babies and bumGenius: How do you encourage a creative, artistic spirit in your baby, toddler or young child? I give him many outlets to express himself – he has our keyboard for music, he has crayons, markers, pencils, paint & playdoh to create, and many sets of blocks to build whatever he wants! Plus his Aquadoodle mat!!”
http://www.facebook.com/meason98
Michele Cook
mcook04 at gmail dot com
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I posted a note on facebook & tagged cotton babies in it.
http://www.facebook.com/notes/kelley-collins/bumgenius-artist-series-diaper-set-giveaway/10150285885345104
Here’s my entry via facebook status update!
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/home.php?sk=lf
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?created&¬e_id=159779980718544