How a teacher's email turned into a whole new page

A few weeks ago I got an email from a teacher.

She wanted to do a coffee monster project with her class and asked if I had any tips. You know—paper, technique, that kind of thingy. Surely I replied with a one-liner.

Yeah. That's not what happened. 😉

I started typing and literally couldn't stop. 

Paper choices. Splat techniques. Drying times. Tricks. Before I knew it, I had something that was way too good to live in one person's inbox.

So I turned it into a guide on how to make coffee monsters.

It's called the Monster Factory and it lives right here on the site now. It's for anyone who's ever stared at a coffee ring on their desk wondering what creature is hiding inside it. Teachers, parents, kids, monsterfolks of all kinds.

Spoiler: there's always a creature hiding inside it.

Go check it out and if you end up making monsters with a class, a kid, or just yourself on a Tuesday afternoon, I'd genuinely love to see them.

Tag me. Send me a photo. Slide into my inbox like that teacher did.

Look where that got us, right? :D