All the ways we kept ourselves distracted before and after the election, what we were reading social media to help us process, and our wishlists this November (toys, Etsy shops, and justice demands). Plus some good-looking side dishes! We're making costumes, working the polls, weaving sensory blankets, shopping small businesses, and drawing pictures of Steve Kornaki.
Some of What You'll Find Inside:
Self-Care Bingo (Pandemic Edition)
Cheap costumes
Our favorite Tweets this month
MeowTalk Cat Translator
MLB The Show cards
Shopping over FaceTime
Artists We Love: Phil Noto
Toy shopping wish list with DC Super Hero Girls, G.I. Joe Beachhead, the PS5 and more
Patchwork—Madeline finishes a sensory blanket started weaving in 2017
Halloween costumes made at home—a Patriot jacket from scraps, a transforming Bumblebee from cardboard and duct tape, and re-using last year's Spinel
Making a Difference: Small shops we love to support, such as Duchess of Soapshire, Clover718, and Pandemic Patches