Activities
Snow Day Fun!
Snowy Days call for fun with Snow Paint. Learn how to make your own. Easy-Peasy.
Activities
Five Goals For Summer Break with the Family
I want this summer to be like the summers I remember as a kid. I want to do things with them, and I want them to remember this summer as one of the best ever.
Party & Play
Let’s Host a Pan Party (Easiest Potluck Ever)
Hosting a “Pan Party” is a low-stress and fun way to get friends together over yummy food. Super easy to execute. We show you how to do it!
Big Kid
How to Determine if a Pool is Right for Your Family
The decision to own a pool is not one to be taken lightly, so I have a few simple questions to help you figure out if it’s right for your family.
Party & Play
Tried & True Playdate Packing Tips
Getting out of the house with a toddler in tow can be a challenge. Between packing up the stroller, toys, diapers, snacks, water bottle, change of clothes (along with my wallet and phone)… the must-haves of what you need when leaving the house with your active toddler can seem endless. Here are some tried and true tips that have worked for me when packing and preparing for playdates.
Young Child
Thoughts on the Underscheduled Child
With kids in activities and sports every single day of the week, there’s something to be said about just playing and being together.
Party & Play
Best Outdoor Toys for Your Kids This Summer
Check out some of these awesome outdoor toys we reviewed. They have been tested by my children and a few neighbors and any other kid that looked bored. And some of these toys definitely got the Alpha Mom Favorite award!
Party & Play
Transformers Outdoor Celebration: Becoming Kindergartners
In honor of these preschoolers graduating, we threw a end-of-the-school year outdoor Transformers celebration. Easy to do and most of all, fun!
Holidays
Holiday Gift Ideas for Bigger Kids: Active Toys
We have some great holiday gift ideas of active toys for older kids. We tested them out and have interesting picks to get the kids moving.
Crafts
DIY Ribbon Wand Tutorial
Learn how to make a ribbon wand (or is it a ribbon stick?) for playing, dancing and twirling outside this summer!
Activities
The Best Outdoor Games For Kids (especially summer)
My goal for the summer is a lot of old fashioned fun. I’ve come up with a list of 10 of my family’s favorite neighborhood outdoor games.
Activities
The Best Kid’s Outdoor Games
Summer’s almost over so get the kids outside before they’re trapped back inside all winter. We have some ideas to help get them out the door for a good time.
Activities
Teaching Your Kid how to Ride a Bike
It’s up to us to not only birth these little creatures we also have to teach them to ride a bike. And teaching them is quite an adventure.
Activities
Making Ice Cream with Kids
What do we want?! Ice Cream! When do we want it? In about 20 minutes after shaking this ball around! Not much of a battle cry but passion comes in many forms.
Crafts
Bubble Making, Sidewalk Chalk & Playdough
Why spend money buying things like bubbles and playdough when you can have fun making your own with the kids? Here are some recipes for doing just that.
Party & Play
The Best Play Tents, Forts & Teepees
We have some ideas to make the idea of an outdoor fort appealing to the kids so you can get the space in your house back.