We all love our kids. We all love spending time with our kids. And most of us, between work and school and sports and everything else, feel as though we don’t get enough.

We weren’t, however, any of us, expecting to get quite as much “togetherness” as we currently have.

It’s okay to be overwhelmed. It’s okay to be struggling not to yell, “Everybody shut up for five seconds!” It’s okay to let them watch three movies on a Tuesday afternoon because damn it, you have to get some work done.

But even kids get bored of screen time eventually (I know; i’s nearly impossible to believe but I’m almost positive I saw it happen once), and we could all use some suggestions on how to fill those holes in the old “schedule.”

If your kids like superheroes, then your entire family is in luck!

DC Kids Camp starts today.

Per the press release:

“With DC Kids Camp, kids will learn how to draw their favorite DC Super Heroes, gain inspiration and skills to make their own comics, and unlock their creativity with fun, off-the-wall how-to videos like draw-alongs with Agnes Garbowska (DC Super Hero Girls), origami tutorials with Gene Luen Yang (Superman Smashes the Klan), make-your-own Green Lantern ring demonstrations with Minh LĂŞ (Green Lantern: Legacy), and many more captivating activities!

Activity sheets, coloring pages, blank comic book pages, middle grade graphic novel previews, and additional downloadable content will be shared daily to parents across DC Kids social channels. Parents can also receive DC Kids Camp content directly in their inboxes on Mondays and Fridays by signing up for the DC Family newsletter.”

Families can also tune in Monday through Friday at 10:00 a.m. PT to the @dccomicskids Twitter and @dckids Instagram channels to watch fun, interactive videos with DC authors and artists together. The first installment, “Make a Green Lantern Ring with Minh Lê,” debuts today, Wednesday, March 25, 2020, at 10:00 a.m. PT.

The first week’s author/artist video schedule includes:

  • Wednesday, March 25, 2020 – “Make a Green Lantern Ring with Minh Lê”
  • Thursday, March 26, 2020 – “Superman Origami with Gene Luen Yang”
  • Friday, March 27, 2020 – “Make Your Own Superhero with Dustin Hansen”

Other authors and artists scheduled to lead activities are:

Additional books and DC author/artists to be featured via DC Kids Camp include:

  • Franco Aureliani, Art Baltazar (Superman of Smallville)
  • Meg Cabot (Black Canary: Ignite)
  • Matthew Cody (Zatanna and the House of Secrets)
  • Amanda Deibert (DC Super Hero Girls)
  • Shea Fontana (Batman: Overdrive)
  • Agnes Garbowska (DC Super Hero Girls)
  • Dustin Hansen (My Video Game Ate My Homework)
  • Shannon Hale, Dean Hale (Diana: Princess of the Amazons)
  • Thomas Krajewski, Jennifer Muro, Gretel Lusky (Primer)
  • Minh LĂŞ (Green Lantern: Legacy)
  • Demitria Lunetta, Kate Karyus Quinn (Anti/Hero)
  • Michael Northrop (Dear Justice League)
  • Ridley Pearson (Super Sons trilogy)
  • Kirk Scroggs (The Secret Spiral of Swamp Kid)
  • Brittney Williams (Lois Lane and the Friendship Challenge)
  • Gene Luen Yang (Superman Smashes the Klan)

I know, right? Don’t think I won’t be right there with 7 and 10 on days I’m not in the office. Except maybe the origami. I suck at origami.

Everyone deserves to find some fun wherever they can right now. And if we’re going to be stuck at home, we may as well geek the place out.

S.W. Sondheimer
When not prying Legos and gaming dice out of her feet, S.W. Sondheimer is a registered nurse at the Department of Therapeutic Misadventures, a herder of genetic descendants, cosplayer, and a fiction and (someday) comics writer. She is a Yinzer by way of New England and Oregon and lives in the glorious 'Burgh with her husband, 2 smaller people, 2 cats, a fish, and a snail. She occasionally tries to grow plants, drinks double-caffeine coffee, and has a habit of rooting for the underdog. It is possible she has a book/comic book problem but has no intention of doing anything about either. Twitter: @SWSondheimer IG: irate_corvus

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