Pixar artist debuts animated short film 'Mother's Nature' on YouTube

By Sofia Martinez · Culture & Entertainment Editor

May 8, 2026 · 2 min read

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Watch: Pixar Artist's Extra Cute Animated Short Film 'Mother's Nature'

by Alex Billington **May 8, 2026

_ "You have to stop staring at that. You're gonna burn your eyes out!"_ But you can stare at this all day! Pixar has premiered an extra cute animated short to enjoy online via their YouTube channel. This isn't an official short film released by Pixar, per se, but it is still a short film made by Pixar and it is directed by a storyboard artist / story supervisor who works at Pixar. Mother's Nature** is a 3-minute animated short with a series of fun vignettes about moms trying to teach their kids lessons. Featuring the voices of Maureen Russell & Jenna Louie Lohouse as the moms in this short. The scenes explore how familiar parental phrases are reimagined through the lives of various animals and plants. It's a very fun and very quick little short – more of an experiment and fun video to share online than anything to watch in theaters. Most of all, it just makes me wish Pixar was still attaching new short films in front of their new movies ever year. I miss Pixar shorts.

Thanks to Pixar for debuting this streaming on their own YouTube channel. Their original intro: "Mother's Nature_ is a series of vignettes with a playful twist on what it means to be a mom, whether you're a turtle, parrot or anything in between. See more animated shorts on The Pixar Show on Pixar's YouTube page!" 🐦 Mother's Nature is an animated short film directed by Valerie LaPointe - a storyboard artist from Pixar Animation Studios, first joining the studio for the 2008 short film Presto. She was also story supervisor on Toy Story 4 and wrote / directed Pixar's short series Dream Productions for Disney+. The short is produced by Claire Munzer and Paige Johnstone. For more info on the short, visit Pixar's YouTube or over head to their official site. To discover more shorts (including animation), click here. What did you think of this one?

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