things to do with your kids Archive

 Day 21:  Our Christmas elf, Brief, brings the kids a note with a gift to celebrate the first day of Winter Break vacation.  The note stated, “Happy Winter Break.  Please plant these magic seeds in the marshmallow snow … and see

Here’s a Collection of Christmas Fun we’ve had.  Some the kids did at school with their amazing teachers; others we did at home.  Hover over the photo to learn more about each project!

 Got the idea from The Chocolate Muffin Tree: Spin Art Christmas Trees.  LOVE THIS BLOG!  We used our spin art machine, not a salad spinner, so ours our pretty tiny.  I used tape to secure the half circles into cones (because

This year Honor and Henry (with lots of help from me!) made Homemade Playdough Snow to give to their friends for Christmas. I followed this basic Playdough Recipe, but added in iridescent glitter at the end in some of the batches. Honor

Come see what our Christmas Elf has been up to THIS week … Day 15:  Caught up in the Garland on the staircase Day 16: Being Naughty … Caught sneaking cookies … and trapped in the box! Day 17:  Being Nice

If you haven’t been following along, my son is an avid Angry Birds fan.  He’s made videos, paintings, and even dressed as the red bird for Halloween. So, having a Angry Bird themed Christmas tree for his room seemed to just

Well, Brief Houser (our Christmas Elf) has been very busy this week.  If you haven’t checked out the first week of his return this year, check out last week’s post … Our Elf, Week One, 2011.  This week he’s been a

In wanting to post a lot of great gift ideas for kids this month I want to include of book ideas … in looking through our books I realized that many of our favorites come in a series or are all

Following with my hopes to blog this month about great books and toys for kids, here are 24 must-have Christmas books … The 12 Bugs of Christmas, by David A. Carter Jingle Bugs, by David A. Carter Santa’s Magic Gifts, by

Our family moved in October to a new home and we still have many painting projects to finish.  Our close friends were displaced from their home last May due to burst pipes and are just now able to begin painting their

Our Christmas Elf is named Brief Houser.  He was named by my son (now 5) because the elf only visits our “house” for a “brief” time.  Brief Houser came to us in 2008 and it has been a pleasure to have

Being the holiday season many parents (like myself, friends, and relatives) are searching for high-quality presents to give children.  One of my favorite thing to give to children of any age are BOOKS.  So, here’s my own list of Must-have Board