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Here are my 3 super simple Halloween garlands.  They were easy and fun to make with the kids … plus, they add some festiveness to our family room. The one at the top, the Yarn Pumpkin Garland, was inspired by this

One of the very first posts on this blog was on a super fun Noodle Monster project the kids and I did.  Ever since then I thought that redoing the project would be great for Halloween and create Noodle Ghosts instead.

Another Friday and another fabulous blog to highlight in my “ABCs of” series!  This week I’m featuring Katie from Gift of Curiosity.  Along with being a blogger, she is a educator, researcher, and mom.  “Through my professional and personal experiences, I have developed

Just for fun the other day I went on a search for fun Halloween Apps for Kids for my iPhone.  I was amazed at how many turned up and downloaded a bunch, almost all of them free.  The kids and I

Today I am featuring the ABCs of Creative World of Varya.  She is a mother of 2 girls, an ESL teacher, a Montessori teacher, and a dance teacher.  Varya enjoys music and singing. She grew up on Classical music and fairy tales.

I really amazes me how many wonderful children’s books there are about Halloween.  I keep on finding more … and more … and more.  So, I decided to do a round-up of Halloween reading for kids! Here’s some titles we found

This month the Virtual Book Club for Kids is featuring Nick Sharratt!  Once again I collected all the books I could by him at our library … and a couple that we had around the house.  Here are some of that

I’m excited that today I get to feature the ABCs of Megan from Coffee Cups and Crayons.  A mom, a blogger, and fellow lover of caffeine!  She blogs about “fun things.  Easy things.  Great ABC activities and cool holiday crafts. Birthday party ideas and pictures of dessert tables.”

One of the things that really sets the mood for any season for my family is sitting down together and watching some holiday related movies.  Here are some of my favorite Halloween movies for kids … Mickey’s House of Villains– A

Calling all Room Parents!  If you are in the same position I was last year when undertook being a room parent for the first time and searching for fun, simple, and inexpensive ideas for a Halloween Party at School, then look

The question isn’t what can you find on Tara’s blog, Feels Like Home, it’s what CAN’T you find there!  Seriously.  Looking for some great recipes?  She’s got them.  Have an issue your family is struggling with?  Check out her “Family” posts.

Jack and Annie, the main characters from The Magic Treehouse series (MTH), by Mary Pope Osborn, are favorites around our house.  We’ve been reading through the series (on & off) for about a year now.  It was just pure luck that