Crafts
Start the New Year with Your Own DIY Calendar!
Keeping the kids busy during holiday break? A calendar at a glance for this upcoming new year is productive and fun! Just use our free printable and tutorial.
Holidays
DIY Mini Flip Calendar Printable for Kids
Here we are turning the page on another year. How about we turn the page on a printable flip calendar your kids can make with their own hands? It’s little mini calendar with cute drawings drawn by them.
Holidays
Fun Ways to Celebrate New Year’s Eve With Kids
Make New Year’s Eve festive for even the guests of all ages with these fun crafts and activities.
Crafts
Annual Family Time Capsule (memorialize the past year)
Start off the new year by remembering some great family times from last year. Here’s how to make an annual family time capsule that’s petite yet complete.
Holidays
New Year’s Confetti Poppers for Kids Tutorial
Kids can celebrate New Year’s Eve with handmade these festive confetti poppers. Learn how to make them here.
Food & Home
Our Morning Protein: a “new” New Year’s Resolution!
This month I’m focused on getting the family starting the day off with more energy and focus. That means we’re eating a more nutritious breakfast, making sure we get enough protein in our diets throughout the day. See how I’m doing it.
Holidays
Happy New Year’s Eve Mini Rattle Drums!
To celebrate New Year’s Eve so we crafted a rattle drum with a special twist. They’re perfect for kids because they make noise but aren’t as annoying as kazoos.
Holidays
The Friendship is Really Over When You Stop Sending a Holiday Card
When do you know it’s time to take someone off your holiday card list? Or is sending cards a life time commitment?
Holidays
My Kind Of New Year Celebration
How to embrace a new year when you’re not a resolution-making type? Maybe with some scissors and glue. Seriously!
Big Kid
9 New Year’s Resolutions for a Happier Family
Last year was a tough for me on many levels. I lost my joy. This upcoming year I am determined to get it back and make my family happier in the process.
Your Life
A New Budget for the New Year
Make this the year you finally figure out where all the money goes…and how to stop some of it from getting away from you in the first place.
Holidays
Decorate your Calendar with Event Stickers
To get your New Year started off right Alpha Mom has a free little gift for you. We hope these stickers to help you and your children dress up your calendars!
Holidays
Make Your Own New Year’s Eve Noise Makers!
Ring in the new year with these shiny new noisemakers made from raisin boxes! They’re fun to shake and even more fun to make!
Parenting
Parenting Resolutions: What are Yours?
I’m making some resolutions this year. And what better place to start than with some of my less-than-exemplary parenting habits?
Holidays
How to Throw a Kid-Friendly New Year’s Eve Party
Include the kids in your New Year’s festivities with these fun and simple crafts and activities.