Summer

Yummy! 4th of July on Your Plate!

Bring the 4th of July to your children's plates with these delicious and easy to make sandwiches. We made two versions - one with strawberry jam and the other one with cream cheese. Here is how you make your own stars-and-stripes-super-yummy-4th-of-July sandwich. Add sliced banana halves to the jam sandwich .... ... and sliced strawberries […]

Happy Tin Can Tossing

With 4th of July just around the corner, I thought it would be fun to share a DIY, new edition of the all time favorite outdoor game, tin can tossing. This game will be the perfect pastime for young and old and shouldn't be missing on any July 4th barbecue or picnic. Most of the […]

The Most Adorable First Date Ever

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With Father's Day approaching, it seemed appropriate to show this video that honors what being a father really means. This video called 'Best First Date' has gone viral for good reason. The opening shows a man dressing up and preparing for a first date. He tells his friend how he's planned everything and 'she won't expect […]

Could This Be The World’s Best Father? Amazing Father + Daughter Pictures

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  Dave Engledow was a new father when he first started taking funny photo's with his baby girl. Over the years, they have staged many hilarious scenes of the extremes of fatherhood together. And at the same time they were building an unmistakable bond with each other that truly does represent the father-daughter relationship. I'm […]

Creative Uses For Sidewalk Chalk

With the weather outside getting warmer, I've been more inspired to find fun ways for kids to stay outside. Sidewalk chalk is a go-to for summer fun. All you need is some blacktop and color for your kids to create a masterpiece. And when it rains you have a fresh canvas to start over.  I […]

Growing Six Inches In Five Minutes

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I remember reading in a book when I was little about a girl who made herself stilts out of tin cans and string. I thought that was so cool but for whatever reason, never did it for myself. But that image has always stuck with me. Now as a mother, I’m again looking for fun […]

Duct Tape Mini Golf

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Growing up, my family played mini golf quite often. It’s one of my sister’s favorite things to do so every summer she’d find any excuse and opportunity to have us all play a round. Some times though, there just aren’t enough moments together in the day to make a whole family outing to play an […]

Sail away with your own cork boat

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Ahoy, matey! All hands on deck! Jump aboard this simple adventure that will leave your kids with their own floating boat. For this easy project we just used a few items from the junk drawer. Three corks String Two rubber bands Construction paper A twist tie Rubber band the three corks together. Tie a string at the […]

Watch out! There’s a Family of Octopuses in your Bathroom!

What's the plural of octopus? Octopi? Octopuses? This is a question I was asked by one of my school kids and I really had to think about that 🙂 While looking for the right answer, I had the idea to do a mobile with these sea creatures and the kids loved it. To make this mobile with […]