We Heart Homewood: Colorful mural brings 'a little happiness' to the neighborhood

Tiffany Slocum, a fourth grade teacher at Shades Cahaba Elementary School, gave her children a colorful task during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Their We Heart Homewood mural, shown above, is on the fence of her house on Windsor Drive. 

She saw the idea for a geometric chalk mural on Facebook. She used painter’s tape to create the design, and then she asked her three children to use chalk to color it in. In all, she said it took about an hour.

“I just thought we could use a little happiness right now,” Slocum said. “I’d seen people doing it on the sidewalk. But on the fence, everyone can drive by and see it. I’ve had several people stop and tell me they liked it and that it made them happy.”

If you or your children create chalk art during your COVID-19 quarantine, take a photo and send it to The Homewood Star’s community editor at ischnader@starnespublishing.com.