The Song of LIFE
One of my favorite board games has always been The Game of LIFE – primarily because of our house rules: When you stop the car to get married, you have to tell everyone who it is you are marrying – so it’s kind of like truth or dare. It has to be someone real that […]
What’s the Big Idea?
I once read a study that tried to discover why some people are more creative than others. Their conclusion? We ALL have creative ideas all day, every day. Some of us are just better than others at writing them down or doing something with them. I often marvel at the things someone had to dream […]
Chocolate Milk
Our song Chocolate Milk was inspired by seeing an Ike Reilly show at Schubas then playing the same stage with ScribbleMonster shortly thereafter. I thought, “We really need a put your arm around your buddy, sing-along drinking song that creates that same fun vibe for the whole family.” There is definitely a void of festive, […]
With a Smile (It’s Christmastime)
I’m a big fan of kindness. With a Smile (It’s Christmastime) is a reworking of a tune that originally appeared on the award-winning Songs With No Character. Jayne, Joyce and I were putting together a Christmas set and Jayne suggested the song could work with the other holiday songs. Changing the words “It’s pretty neat” to “It’s […]
I’m a Utility Pole
My son was obsessed with utility poles. We researched them, found out a lot of neat things and I thought the information would make an interesting song. Then it occurred to me it would also make a horrible dance. The idea amused me and a new song and dance were born! Listen (and dance) to […]
I Want To Hold Your Ear
I grew up with Sesame Street. Bert was always my favorite, but all the online quizzes say I’m Ernie. Maybe that makes sense. I took second place in a talent show lip synching to the original version of this Bert song when I was in college. Maybe I shouldn’t be sharing that. You can hear […]
I Really Like You, Baby
Most people probably write a new baby song when… I don’t know… when they have a new baby, maybe? I wrote mine after I dropped my oldest off at college. I thought to myself, “It seems like I just brought that kid home from the hospital.” The memories still clear, this song presented itself as […]
Give the Holidays a Spin!
It’s that time of year to pull out ScribbleMonster’s musical Christmas cards. These songs and bits were all created with the same mindset and process for crafting any handmade gift. So here they are, like the angel ornament you made in second grade that still gets hung on the tree. It’s fun to reflect on […]
The ScribbleBooks Company
I was working with kids three and younger and they would tell me that they couldn’t draw because they weren’t good enough. “You’re not good enough? You’re two!” The idea behind our ScribbleBooks (and everything we do at The ScribbleBooks Company) is to give kids opportunities to be creative in an open-ended way where they’ll […]
Our Summer Song
The weather in Chicago that winter wasn’t remarkably cold or snowy, but I think we may have set a record for days without sunshine. It seemed to rain every day in April and we still hadn’t had much sun or warm weather. There was finally a beautiful, warm, sunny day mid-May. I dropped everything and […]
