Effective & Safe Clean-up Tips and Tricks for the Crafty Mom
When you’re a mom and an artist you are bound to make big beautiful artsy messes. It comes with the territory. Before you start twitching because there is glitter all over your floor or you redecorate your entire house to match your kid’s finger paint palette, read on for a few effective and safe clean-up tips that might just save you a headache or two.
100 Days School Project
by Cindy Hopper
Soon our kids will be a 100 days smarter! If you celebrate this occasion at your school your child will be asked to bring 100 items to school. At first glance it might seem overwhelming, but really it can be a fun school project.
Angry Birds Snowflakes for Sandy Hook
We’re cutting paper snowflakes into Angry Birds, a favorite of elementary school-aged kids, and then sending them to decorate the new school of the Sandy Hook elementary school kids. Want to help?
26 Acts of Kindness
by Chris Jordan
I began to tell my children about all the good things that happen. All the people who are good that far out number the bad. Often we don’t recognize or acknowledge these things. We do good quietly. But, doing good is contagious. I learned that from Ann Curry’s #26Acts of Kindness movement.
51 Things Your Child Should Do Before Growing Up
by Chris Jordan
What are the things that you want to do with your kids before they leave childhood behind? I feel like I can write this list with authority now that I have almost grown kids. Most of these things my children have done, except for my oldest who still has not mastered the cartwheel. It is something that makes me laugh every time he attempts it.
Toy Review: Sphero Robotic Ball
by Wendi Aarons
Have you heard of the Sphero? It’s a new gaming system masquerading as a robotic ball. Download different games and have lots of fun.











