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Spring
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- Crafts
Rainbow Quickle: the Quick Spring Pickle!
Teach your kids to "Eat the Rainbow" by getting them involved in this food craft for Spring. Learn to easily make a pretty and delicious vegetable pickle.
- Crafts
St. Patrick’s Day Craft: Big Chunky Clover Rings
For St. Patrick's Day we make chunky four-leaf clover and rainbow rings from clay. It's fun and easy craft you can make with your kids. We show you how.
- Crafts
Lunar New Year Craft: Dragon Mask
It's the year of the dragon. Celebrate the Lunar New Year with a dragon mask. It is super simple with this free printable to download!
- Holidays
Fortune Cookies for Valentines & Lunar New Year
If you are looking for a fun way to celebrate the Lunar New Year (Feb 10, 2024) and Valentine's Day give these fortune cookies (with a special message inside) a try! They make thoughtful little gifts.
- Holidays
Sweet Little DIY Honey Bee Cards for Rosh Hashanah!
For Rosh Hashanah this year, we're making some little bee cards since apples and honey are customary to eat to symbolize a sweet new year. Bees on honeycomb would be just the thing!
- Family Fun
Dragonfly Hairpins DIY
We show you how to use fake feathers and fake crystals to make your on homemade dragonfly hairpins... a great summer craft to keep the kids busy.
- Activities
Sea Shell Coloring Printable for Kids
A fun printable coloring sheet for your kids. We've decided to bring beach sea shells to you with this printable!
- Crafts
Graduation Flower Bouquet DIY (updated for 2022)
Show the graduate how much you care by gifting them with this fab flower bouquet with congratulatory notes and if you've got it, some rolled-up cash, too! We show you how to make your own. Easy peasy.
- Holidays
Tiny Easter Egg Vases
Recycle plastic eggs into spring decor or for the holiday. We show you how to make Tiny Easter Egg Vases for mini faux flowers.
- Holidays
Rising Wishes Mobile to Celebrate the Chinese Lantern Festival
On the 15th day of the Chinese Lunar New Year many Chinese celebrate with a Lantern Festival. Children decorate colorful lanterns. We are inspired to make our own that are safe to hang inside your home.
- Holidays
Rainbow Valentines for Kids
These Rainbow Valentines for kids are great for the young ones to handout in the classroom and friends. Free printable. Just download, print, cut, and share.
- Holidays
Lunar New Year: Year of the Tiger Printable
The Year of the Tiger is upon us. Celebrate the Lunar New Year with the fun and easy craft. Just download, print, and cut.
- Food & Home
Three Tasty Alternative Chili Recipes (That Don’t Taste Like Alternatives)
Nothing warms up the family on a cold day like a hearty chili, but why stick to the standard? These three recipes are all very different and super delicious.
- Toddler
The 10-Minute Eater
Help! My toddler is highly distracted at dinnertime and will only eat for 10 minutes unless I can entertain them. I think that's a bad habit to establish. Suggestions?
- Toddler
The Good Eater Regression
A toddler starts rejecting more foods from her mom's dinner repertoire. Is this normal and how can she get her young child's diet back on track?
- Toddler
Toddler Dinnertime vs. Parent Work Schedules
Are nutritious and joint family dinners possible when both parents have busy work schedules and your toddler has an early bedtime?
- Food & Home
How to Make Tacos (Recipes Kids Should Know How to Make Before Leaving Home)
Teach your kids to make tacos with vegetarian, chicken or beef fillings. It's a great dish for a kid to know how to make before leaving home.
- Products & Services
Best Meal Kit Delivery Services for Families to Solve the Daily Dinner Grind (we tested 9 of the most popular ones)
Wondering which meal kit delivery service might be right for your family? An experienced family cook (of picky teens) tried most of them and gives you the 411.
- Food & Home
Super Crunchy Tuscan Kale & Brussels Sprouts Salad that Kids Love, too!
Have you ever come across a recipe and thought, "no way will my kid eat that," made it anyway, and then found a miraculous, inexplicable hit on your hands? This is one of those recipes.
- Food & Home
Build a Healthier Nugget for Kids: Double Cauliflower Turkey Nuggets Recipe
Amalah shows you how to make your own nuggets for kids that are not only packed with vitamins and low in sodium, but are less expensive than the store-bought version as well.
- Food & Home
America, It’s Time for Taco Tuesday
Ready for a tantalizing array of taco recipes to help get you through Election Night? I'm here for you with some of my favorites.
- Health
Being a Parent Gave Me a BLT (Bites, Licks, Tastes) Habit!
It's easy to get into a habit of BLTs (bites, licks and tastes) and consuming many unwanted calories while we prepare our children's dinner. Here's how to stop.
- Your Life
Undeniable Middle Age: What’s Important, What’s Not
Turning 45 forced me to accept that ominous "middle age" label, and to think about what matters to me now (and what has changed over time).
- Toddler
Raising a Kid With Restaurant Manners (and Managing Behavior Expectations, Too)
A mom wants to know what she should expect as typical behavior and expectations from her toddler when eating out at a restaurant. Amalah chimes in with effective strategies for a good overall experience, as well.
- Travel
“Safecation” at the Hyatt Regency Hill Country San Antonio
After months of sheltering in place, my family of four recently found a change of scenery at the Hyatt Regency Hill Country Resort in San Antonio, Texas. We spent some days working, attending remote school, and having fun (safely), too.
- Family Fun
It’s Fun to Stay at the YMCA (of the Rockies in Colorado)
Looking for a family vacation this summer? This resort in the Colorado Rockies is driving distance from many cities and is set up for social distancing.
- Travel
Winter Fun in Colorado with Teenagers
We hit our favorite affordable and family-friendly resort in the Colorado Rockies but during the beginning of winter this time. It's just as much fun and there's plenty of activities for the teens.
- Travel
Exploring London with Older Kids
London has no shortage of things to do, but because I was there with teenagers we're highlighting activities, landmarks and restaurants that older kids may enjoy.
- Family Fun
How To Visit Disney World Without Needing A Vacation Afterwards
Ideas for enjoying Disney World more and stressing less when visiting with your kids, from a huge Disney fan and annual visitor.
- Activities
Visiting Chicago with Teens & Tweens
Suggestions for what to do in Chicago with tweens/teens. It's walkable, there are plenty of activities, and the pizza/hotdog/steak restaurant game is strong.
- Travel
Family Trip Advice: Pack Away Your Expectations
When heading out for your family trip this summer, be sure to pack your swimsuit, your books, and your expectations. That’ll make it a good trip for everyone.
- Travel
Woodloch Pines: a Family-Friendly Resort
We visited the Woodloch Pines Resort in the Poconos area of Pennsylvania and share how it's a fun all-weather resort for families with kids of all ages.
- Products & Services
Keep Kids Entertained in the Car Without Staring at Screens: Circle Round Podcast
Looking to keep your kids (ages 4 to 10) entertained while also using their imagination? Check out the new storytelling Circle Round podcast.
- Travel
Family Fun and Adventures at Zion Ponderosa Resort
Headed to the gorgeous Zion National Park? Check out this family-friendly resort. Zion Ponderosa has lodging and activities to suit every taste and budget.
- Travel
10 Secrets for a Successful Family Road Trip (from a mom who has traveled 10,490 miles with her kids!)
Best secrets from the road. What you must know before you do a family road trip with your kids from a mom who' been there and done that.
- Travel
Texas-Sized Family Fun at Hyatt Regency Hill Country Resort
The Regency Hyatt Hill Country Resort and Spa in Texas (with 5 acres of water fun!) is perfect for families who want to spend some time together, and some time apart.
- Holidays
Hanukkah Craft: Tiny Little Neighborhood
Tired of homemade menorahs and popsicle-stick Star-of-Davids? Here's something new and fun to do with your children during Hanukkah. Make a happy little Hanukkah Village out of raisin boxes!
- Holidays
Ombre Paper Dreidel Printable for Hanukkah
Use our free printable ombre dreidel for decoration for play. Happy Hanukkah!
- Holidays
DIY Abacus Menorah
Here's a fun Menorah craft you can make without a real flame in sight! This is great for a teachable tool or a toy children can play with.
- Holidays
Blooming Holidays FREE Printable Gift Tags & Wine Bottle Hangers
The holidays are upon us! Don't go out in the cold to shop for holiday wrap, just print out these gift tags, small enclosure cards and wine bottle hangers.
- Holidays
Handmade Holiday Stamps
Who doesn’t love to play with rubber stamps? The problem is they can be pricey and it’s tough to find the perfect design. So, we teach you how to make our own.
- Holidays
Handprint Menorah to Celebrate Hanukkah
A fun and no-fire craft to celebrate Hanukkah with the littlest of children.
- Holidays
DIY Holiday Advent Calendars
We created two free printable calendars customizable to reflect your family's own celebration of the holidays. One calendar is a gingerbread house with 24 days to count down until Xmas and the other calendar is a winter village with eight window openings to celebrate the days of Hanukkah. Enjoy!
- Holidays
Worst Kids’ Toys of 2007
We share four toys we think you should avoid buying your kids this holiday season.
- Holidays
Hanukkah Traditions
Families typically celebrate the eight nights of Hanukkah with shared meals, often latkes are part of the meal, small gifts and dreidel games.
- Education
The Homework Blues: Five Strategies for a Better Experience
Homework can be hard on families and we can all benefit from been-there-done-that advice and should be open to learning about new helpful resources, too.
- Education
Helping Kids with Homework: Yes or No?
Ah, homework. It can be the bane of your existence. It may be your nightly battle. Here we tackle finding the balance between helping your children accomplish their responsibilities and fostering independence.
- Big Kid
Taking The Power Struggle Out Of Homework Struggles
Power struggles with your teen may feel inevitable, but when you add homework issues to the mix, is there any hope for peace and productivity? I say yes.
- Big Kid
Sidestep Homework Battles
Homework doesn't have to be a battleground in your home; keep in mind a few simple rules for a practical approach and peace can indeed coincide with homework!
- Big Kid
A Tale Of Two Posters
With my teens sharing a class for the first time, the inevitable comparisons are making me wonder how I can coax the best out of each of them.
- Education
Three Kids, One Homework Packet…and a Million Distractions
A mom needs help teaching her child effective homework skills, especially when there are younger ones around whose homework is to distract their older sibling.
- Big Kid
How To Help With Homework If Math Is A 4-Letter Word In Your House
Apparently I'm not the only parent alone in my sentiment of being mystified by grade school math. Here's how to help your grade schooler without having to go back-to-school yourself.
- Big Kid
I Am Heading to Hell in a Handbasket Full of Homework
There has been plenty of research that points out how homework isn't really helping anyone. Let's discuss.
- Young Child
More Purposeful Plans and Family Routines for the School Year
How do you make better use of family time during the school year to keep things feeling light instead of hurried? New habits and purposeful plans are key.
- Big Kid
My Tips For A Successful School Year
Back to school is here! We have some tips to help you start the school year off right and keep things running smoothly throughout the year.
- Parenting
Report Card Time for Mom
What if the tables were turned and you were going to get graded on your child's report card on your parenting? How do you think you would do?
- Big Kid
Homework, How Much Should Parents Do
If you're looking to find the balance between helping too much and teaching them to be successful on their own, this list of homework rules is for you.