Can’t wait for things to green up? Give it a jump start by sprouting some seeds indoors! Starting a window sill garden is a great activity for Spring Break too! You can plant seeds as a little science experiment, or just for the fun of watching your creation grow! Either way, your kid will love …
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What to stuff inside Easter Eggs for the big Hunt Are you stuck for ideas on what to put inside those tiny plastic eggs for your big Spring Easter Egg Hunt? Trying to avoid loading your kids up with sacks of sweets just to make their egg hunt “interesting”? Me too. Back in the good …
If you can’t get enough Clydesdale goodness from a trip to Grant’s Farm, I highly suggest a road trip to Warm Spring Ranch, the true home of the Budweiser Clydesdales. What is Warm Springs Ranch? Warm Springs Ranch is the breeding and training facility for the Budweiser Clydesdales, located just outside Columbia, Mo. This is …
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 …
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 …
Use these ideas to put some fun in our extra long spring break. It’s Spring Break, but we’re all practicing “social distancing” this year to avoid that nasty flu going around. I don’t think too many of us are heading for a warm sandy beach this year with resorts like Disney closing down to keep …
Updated 4-2-2022 Springtime Village is BACK! Spring has many heralds in St. Louis: the Cardinals are playing in Jupiter, the Missouri Botanical Garden is sprouting crocus (croci?) and Purina Farms is hosting the Spring Time Village. What is Springtime Village? Springtime Village, the Farm’s annual nod to Easter, is back for one week only: April 15-16, …
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 …