Did you see Beauty and the Beast yet? Wasn’t it awesome?
Crafts for Kids
Mitch worked very hard on this project. He made a teeny tiny house from clay so we could bring you a DIY fairy garden terrarium made from–get this–a soda bottle! Fairy Garden in a Soda Bottle You might recall that we’ve done this project a couple summers ago and called it the Soda Bottle Green …
Minecraft is such an awesome game, but it’s also a blackhole of screen time. To peel my kid’s eyeballs off the computer I like to distract him with fun crafts that incorporate his favorite games! Yes, this is a bowl from Chick-fil-A. Why? Why not? The Chick-fil-A bowl is perfect for turning into a Minecraft …
Bring some Christmas cheer to that boring ol’ frig with a handful of bottle cap magnets! This craft is so simple, your kids can make without a lot of help. You know what else brings a ton of cheer? You’ll need just a few items for these magnets: traditional recycled caps from soda and beer …
Mom, you know all about dirt, dontcha? Today, we’re going to talk about the SCIENCE of dirt! Or rather, the science of soil, a vital resource to farmers and gardeners. I have a fun STEM recipe to make your own edible “soil” with your kids. Lucky for me, my kid is a fourth grader and is currently …
I don’t often get giddy about Disney Princess movies, but Moana is special. I think it’s because the hubs and I had a chance to visit Hawaii–and the island of Maui–last spring. To this day Maui is a wild and magical island…just the sort of place I’d imagine meeting a demigod.
Mitch is taking over the blog today with some of his cartoons! Sit back and enjoy these Sunday Funnies–and if you like them, we’ll make more. In fact, I’m up to my eyeballs in sketches here, so it’s just a matter of scanning and loading them up. Enjoy! A Trip to the Arch
It took me three years of begging to get my first Millennium Falcon, and when that baby showed up under the Christmas tree in 1981 I was one happy nerf herder. I still have that Kenner Falcon, and believe it or not, and I actually let the boys play with it. I’m not one of …