Looking for a fun way to ring in the New Year with your kids? Here’s a great idea- crank up the tunes and have a fun dance party! Grab some fun party hats and 2015 glasses, candy, soda and popcorn for a low key but fun way for your kids to celebrate on New Years Eve. When you’re tired from… Read More
12 Days of Kid-mas Activities: Holiday Fun!
I thought an Advent Calendar with kids activities would be a fun holiday tradition, but then I realized 24 activities might be hard to fit in with everything else going on during the season (shopping, sending cards, decorating etc!). So, instead I came up with 12 Days of Kid-mas! 12 kids activities to do with your toddler or preschooler this… Read More
M is for Monster Subscription Box!
Around here we love doing activities! We have a special tray that my son knows is for activities and he always gets really excited when I set it out to start setting something up. This month we tried out the activities in the M is for Monster preschool in a box subscription box and they were a big hit! M… Read More
Thanksgiving Coloring Pages- Free Printables!
The week leading up to Thanksgiving is a busy one! As you’re busy preparing all that food print up a few of these fun Thanksgiving coloring pages to keep the kids busy! As a bonus- they can use the pages to help decorate the table! The first one can be used as a place-mat, so be sure to print enough… Read More
Monster Spaghetti and Eyeballs!
We’re upping our sensory bin game around here with a little bit of dyed cooked pasta this time! Pasta is a great base for a sensory bin and we made a Halloween themed bin with green spaghetti as the base! It is so easy to dye the pasta and here’s how! All you have to do is: cook the pasta,… Read More
5 Road Trip Tips For Traveling with Kids!
This week we will embark on the longest car ride we have ever taken Carter on, and needless to say I am a little nervous! We decided to dived the trip over two days to cut down on the length of time continuously sitting in the car and hopefully that will help! Beyond that I’ve been doing some thinking on… Read More
The Ivory Soap Experiment!
I have been wanting to try out this Ivory soap activity for awhile now and finally got around to it! Basically, you place a bar of Ivory soap on a paper plate and pop it in the microwave* for about a minute or two and it turns into soap fluff! Or as some may call it, a soap cloud. See… Read More
Toddler Science School: Fizzy Ice
The most basic of childhood science experiments is the mixing of baking soda and vinegar- who didn’t make a tiny volcano in their kitchen as a kid? For this experiment I decided to step it up a notch by making baking soda ice “bombs” that Carter could drop into the vinegar to see what would happen! All you need a… Read More