When you find a rainbow with your kids, do you: a) explain to them how light refracts when it hits tiny water droplets in the sky, allowing you to see a spectrum of color? b) tell them all about Leprechauns and their pot of gold at the end of the rainbow? If your answer was …
Crafts for Kids
Find more ideas on How to Dye Easter Eggs this Spring Here! Every spring I love to decorate eggs with my kids! Since we like to admire our hard work, we usually do paper mache eggs for display. But we still dip a few hard boiled eggs in dye just for traditions sake. Or peel …
Remember those cute little candy hearts with sayings that you usually buy by the sack full every Valentine’s Day? Well, sad news. They’re in short supply in 2019 because Necco, the company that cranked out 8 billion “SweetHearts” every year, went out of business last summer. You might still be able to pick up some …
Ready to make send off your kid’s first baby tooth in style? Take your mythical elf game up a notch with these Tooth Fairy ideas, including crafts for kids and sneaky tips for parents. And if you totally missed tooth fairy night, it’s ok. We got you covered for that too!
I remember being 9-years-old and sitting in my room agonizing over a pile of department store Valentine cards to hand out to my classmates. I’d rank the pile from those cards that exuded true love down to “I acknowledge your existence” and pick the best one for that boy I had a crush on. My …
When it comes to making a super fast Pinewood Derby car for Cub Scouts, there’s a ton of noise and bad advice. You don’t have to leave it to luck, though a little certainly helps. Here’s some great advice–using real science–to make a winning Pinewood Derby car. First things First Always–ALWAYS–check with your Pack rules …
Both of my kids are scouts, which means we’ve made more than a few Pinewood Derby cars. It’s the highlight of the Cub Scout year in our house–a time when we break out the drafting paper and the power tools! Our cars may not have always been the fastest, but they’ve crossed the finish line …
Confession: I still have a tiny Star Wars poster I made with Shrinky Dinks when I was 12. I traced it off a post card sized Star Wars poster. It was soooooo cute. Yeah, I love Shrinky Dinks. And I still do. Shrinky Dinks are harder to find these day, but well worth the special …