Crafts
How To Make Pretty Tissue Paper Flower Pencil Toppers!
If your kids are at home with distance learning, add some extra to the day with these paper flowers pencil toppers. We teach you how to make them.
Holidays
First Day of School Photos
Here’s a fun way to commemorate the first day of school with photos and a mini interview. Use our free printable to capture this special day forever.
Crafts
Easy School Locker Decor DIY
School lockers aren’t very big spaces but there are a few things kids can do to make them their own. We show you some easy and functional decor kids can incorporate.
Holidays
Recycle What’s In Your Lunchbox!
Plastic cups, juice boxes, baggies, lids.. You could recycle these items OR you could save yourself a money at the craft store and make things with it!
Crafts
Customize Your Cloth Lunch Bags for Back-to-School
Getting excited for back-to-school? We teach you how to decorate your own cloth lunch bags with fabric paint.
Crafts
Waxed-Fabric Food Wraps for School Lunches
A quick step-by-step tutorial post for on how to make your own reusable waxed-fabric food wrappers.
Products & Services
Back-to-Preschool Shoes: The Yay to the Nay
I did some back-to-school shoe shopping at a kids’ shoe store with my young daughter. Here I share what I found and which shoes we liked best.
Family Fun
DIY Chore Chart, Family Calendar and Magnetic Pen!
Do you need help getting organized for back-to-school season? We’ve got your covered with our free and customizable kids’ chore chart and family calendar.
Parenting
Nerves, Fears, Tears: a High School Orientation Story
“I feel like I don’t belong here.” She said. Her words hit me like a punch to the gut. How could I just get up and leave her in a place where she felt so alone?
Money & Work
Doable Money-Saving Tips for Back-To-School from a BTDT Mom
We have some practical tips to help reduce back-to-school spending and get the most out of your back-to-school budgets.
Money & Work
Use Back-to-School Budgets to Teach Kids Money Management
We list some ways that parents can use back-to-school shopping as a lesson in money management by putting the kids in charge of their own budgets!
Crafts
Pom-Pom Crafts for Back-to-School
Pom-poms are an exceptionally easy to make and we show you how and all the fun crafts you can make with them.
Food & Home
The 10 Commandments of Drama-Free School Night Dinners
Feeding your family shouldn’t be a slog. Here’s my 10 commandments for getting dinner on the table with a minimum of drama on busy school nights.
Big Kid
Senior Year: The Last First Day and The First of Many Lasts
I thought getting my oldest off to college was the hardest transition, but now it’s time for the last everything as her little brother heads into senior year.
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.
Education
Free Printable Personalized Bookplates for Back-to-School
It’s back-to-school and we have some personalized bookplates you can use to make sure your kids keep track of their books in style. Best of all, they’re FREE!
Crafts
Washi Tape and Wrapping Paper Book Covers DIY
Carrying heavy books can be such a drag for students. You can’t lighten their load but you can brighten it with some fun book covers you can make together.
Food & Home
Fun Paper and Pencil Snack for Back-to-School
Who says that healthy after school snacks need to be boring? This after school snack is not only fun but surprisingly easy to make. Happy Back-to-School!
Crafts
Back-To-School Friendship Bracelet Cards
These Friendship Bracelet Cards are perfect for back to school and handing out to new friends and older ones that we missed dearly over the summer.
Family Fun
Fun Back-to-School Door Hanger Printables!
Began preparing for back-to-school with these fun Back-to-School door hangers. Help kids get into studying mode with these free printables!