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Austin Coloring Presents... The Social Emotional Learning Coloring Book

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Austin Coloring Presents... The Social Emotional Learning Coloring Book

A few years ago I took a risk at a family pop up event in Austin. The organizers asked me to pitch an art activity for families. I sat on the thought for weeks. What if we painted with toys? What if we created comic books? Eventually I settled on an unlikely idea. I picked up dozens of floor carpets from a thrift store, some essential oil, a diffuser, and soft music. On the day of the event I spread the studio floors with Austin Coloring Book pages, mason jars of coloring supplies... and waited.  We were going to color. {Color?} people looked at me...

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