The original idea

As an arty mom, I was always proposing a never-ending series of arts and crafts projects in my daughter's pre-K class, and when career day came around, I wanted to introduce the kids to animation without adding to their screen time. Ms. Tse, their teacher, said that the December curriculum was focused on trees, so the idea for my first flipbook was created.

Annnd the kids really loved them. It was a hit! The adults admired how creative they were. Most importantly, I began to feel the joy that brought me to animation in the first place.

Expanding the idea

The most popular item in our household is unicorns, whether it’s toys or stickers or drawings, so I naturally I tested out a unicorn with a rainbow and sparkles.

Next up in this series: race cars, rocket ships, ballerinas and dinosaurs!

happy birthday

Then, I found out one of the classmates didn’t get a flipbook, and since his birthday was coming up, I wanted to make it up to him.

I also learned a better way to bind it together and to add a page on the back.

how many ways can you say “i love you”?

What a nice surprise. This is too sweet. Come here and give me a hug.

There was a brief window…

when it seemed like nothing was going to work out. I thought to myself, why won’t you believe in me. And my next best seller was born.

AND THE PRE-K CLASS APPROVED!

One of Colette’s classmates asked for a shark. I revised the animation 2 times to satisfy the sweetly sinister sensibilities of these 5 year olds, ahem, this user.