The Easiest Valentine’s Day Crafts for Kids.
I realize it’s only January and Valentine’s Day doesn’t come until next month and everything. But if you’re like me and your kids are going to be involved in making valentines for their class/friends/loved ones, guess what, you better start thinking about it now, even if they are easy Valentine’s Day gifts. Last year I [...]
National Penguin Awareness Day: Celebrating With Your Kid
January 20th is National Penguin Awareness Day, a day when you should be come more familiar with the penguins in your life. No, really Penguin Awareness Day is a day to celebrate the penguin. Here are five ways you can celebrate penguins and their waddling cuteness with your little penguin fan. Go here and watch [...]
Organizing Kid’s Craft Supplies.
Mitzi emailed asking for a way to store her kid’s art supplies. The crayons, markers, dry erase markers, chalk, glue, glitter glue, scissors, stir sticks, finger paint, paint brushes – it is taking over my laundry room. The only thing I can come up with is to get a HUGE tackle box and sort it [...]
Mad Libs For Kids
I thought I’d share a little story my family wrote together. The Farmer by The Summers Farmers work very hard planting wheat and tennis rackets. They begin by plowing their puppy and if they don’t have a tractor, they use high heels. Then they plant squishy seeds, and by the next Fall, they have many [...]
Make a Paper Snowflake Day
You probably didn’t know this but there is such a thing as a Make Cut Out Snowflakes Day. Since you didn’t know there was such a thing, you missed it. I knew there was such a thing but somehow thought it was January 3rd. Further research revealed my wishful thinking, still a belated snowflake is [...]
New Year’s Eve With Kids
For the fourth year in a row we’re hosting a family-friendly New Year’s Eve party with our friends. I shared some great ideas last year, but thought I’d throw out a few more for your viewing pleasure for the 07-08 party. This year since we’ve moved to a place with quite a bit more room [...]











