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Hi, I'm Dawn Lynn, mom of 5, art educator & heart behind Wildcats Create! Join me in our colorful space where creativity thrives & ideas come to life!
My curriculum is guided by Studio Habits of Mind fostering personalized learning & student agency. 🌈 25+ Years in Education | 📍 St. Louis
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11 Years StL TAB Regional Leader
🎯 Love to help and inspire others in the studio!
The smallest classroom upgrades are sometimes the ones you use every single day. ✨ These little pushpin clothespins make displaying student work so quick and easy—and they’re sturdy enough to hold a sheet of paper without tape or staples. Sometimes it’s the simple finds that make the biggest difference! 🎨📌
08/06/2026
Studio Habits of Mind BINGO makes artistic thinking visible! 🎨✨
As children create, they can mark spaces when they practice a skill, make a plan, solve a problem, look closely, revise their work, take a creative risk, or explain their artistic choices.
This playful activity helps artists recognize that success in the studio is not only about the finished artwork. It is also about persistence, reflection, experimentation, observation, and growth.
It would be perfect for studio centers, early finishers, reflection time, or as a fun way to earn a stamp in a Studio Habits Passport.
How many creative habits can your artists show? 🌈
08/06/2026
Our artists are ready to travel through the Studio Habits of Mind! 🎨✨
As children demonstrate habits like developing craft, engaging and persisting, envisioning, expressing, observing, reflecting, stretching and exploring, and understanding the art world, they can earn a page in their very own Studio Habits Passport.
Each page becomes a colorful reminder that being an artist is about so much more than making a finished product—it is about problem-solving, taking creative risks, practicing new skills, sharing ideas, and growing through the process.
I love giving children a way to recognize and celebrate the incredible thinking habits they use every day in the studio. Every stamp is proof that their creative superpowers are growing! 🌈🦸♀️🦸♂️
✨ Little time—BIG impact! ✨
Bold black lines and colorful chalk pastels are one of those magical combinations that almost always lead to success. The strong contrast makes every illustration pop, while blending and layering give children opportunities to explore color, texture, and personal choice.
Quick to create. Simple to set up. Beautiful no matter what. 🌈
✨ Friendship bracelets are more than just a fun trend—they’re powerful learning in disguise!
Kumihimo weaving strengthens fine motor skills, builds focus, develops pattern recognition, and encourages perseverance. As students repeat the weaving sequence, they’re engaging logical thinking while their hands work together to create something beautiful.
The best part? They leave with a handmade bracelet and stronger creative confidence. 💚🌈
Would your students love a Kumihimo center? Save this idea for later!
07/31/2026
✨ Don’t stop at “I’m done!”—take time to ELEVATE your artwork! ✨
Creating is only one part of the creative process. Artists also reflect and decide what their work needs next.
My ELEVATE Your Showpiece poster gives children simple ideas for strengthening their artwork—adding details, developing the background, creating contrast, including patterns, or making their message clearer.
Revision teaches children that their first attempt does not have to be their final one. It builds perseverance, problem-solving skills and confidence as they learn to look closely and make thoughtful choices.
The goal is not perfection or making every artwork look the same. It is helping each child slow down, honor their original idea, and ask:
“What can I add or improve to make my artwork feel complete?”
That is where good ideas begin to grow—and where children truly begin to think like artists. 🌈🎨
Comment "Elevate" and I will send you the link.
07/30/2026
🦋 Our butterfly wall is flying again! 🌈
After construction required us to remove the original installation, we were finally able to resurrect the panels and bring this joyful collaborative artwork back into our school.
Students created individual clay butterfly tiles while exploring texture, pattern, symmetry, color, and ceramic techniques. Each butterfly is unique, but together they create something even more beautiful—a celebration of creativity, community, and belonging.
What I love most is that this installation is not finished. We will continue adding new butterflies through our ceramics centers, allowing more young artists to become part of its story.
This project has been incredibly successful, and seeing these colorful wings back on the wall brings so much joy to our school. Sometimes beautiful things deserve another chance to fly. 🦋✨
Seven people live in our house, yet somehow no one ever knows where my chargers go. 🤔😂
I was tired of searching for my phone, iPad, and laptop chargers, so I gave them a colorful makeover using acrylic paint pens and a thin layer of clear gel nail polish.
Now they are easy to identify, less likely to be “accidentally borrowed,” and much faster to find. Personalizing everyday items is practical, prevents mix-ups, and adds a little creativity to something completely ordinary.
Problem solved—because everyone knows the colorful charger belongs to me! 🌈🔌
Seven people live in our house, yet somehow no one ever knows where my chargers go. 🤔😂
I was tired of searching for my chargers, so I gave them a colorful makeover using acrylic paint pens and a thin layer of clear gel nail polish.
Now they are easy to identify, less likely to be “accidentally borrowed,” and much faster to find. Personalizing everyday items is practical, prevents mix-ups, and adds a little creativity to something completely ordinary.
Problem solved—because everyone knows the colorful charger belongs to me! 🌈🔌
“You used permanent adhesive on the school wall?!”
Yes—but hear me out… I learned the hard way when construction caused us to lose several schoolwide collaborations.
NOW, we create a wall of MDF panels that secured with screws over the existing walls
Then we can use strong adhesive, hide the unsightly gridlines over the cinderblock, and fill the space with color.
Best of all, the panels can come down with minimal damage, allowing us to celebrate every artist—or curate something completely new.
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