Denise is a mom on a mission to share all the fun things you can do with kids in St. Louis...and beyond! 
You may have noticed that kids love to play with cardboard boxes. You get your kid a cool toy, and then sit there baffled as they play with the shipping box from Amazon instead. Once your kids get to a certain age–you know, when you can trust them with free access markers and scissors–you can […]
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kidzxplor: Save Your Kids from Boredom, One Day at a Time
Wish you could find a fun new activity for your kid at the touch of a button? Want to dabble in art, science, dance, sports…without the commitment? I know how you feel momma. It can be a real adventure trying to figure out what spark’s your child’s interest, especially when they are young and everything–EVERYTHING–is new […]
Quit Telling Your Kid How to Create Art
Some expert somewhere probably said that you should just let your kids experiment when they do art. After all, there’s no “wrong way” to paint, draw or sculpt. Right? Right? So I had to stop myself recently when I pulled out some water colors for the little dude. He can really do some cool art […]
Sidewalk Chalk Paint: Recycle those old stubs!
I love sidewalk chalk! Mitch can spend HOURS outside covering the concrete patio in trains,trucks and snails. (I don’t know why snails are so popular, but they are.) The only problem with sidewalk chalk are the stubby bits that chalk “accidentally” turns into when it’s worn down…or thrown back into the bucket. So what do […]
5 Reasons You Need to go to Yucandu!
No, Yucandu is not an exotic island in the tropics…but it is just about as fun. And a little exotic. Yucandu is the ultimate crafty studio for kids and adults to make fun and funky art. Yucandu is an “open” art studio where you can wander in, grab supplies and get crafty! No experience required! […]
Mom FAIL: From the Pencils of Babes
One day my son told me we had to do something “interesting” over the weekend so that he could draw about it at school. See, my little dude is in kindergarten and every Monday they have to draw a picture of what they did over the weekend. At the bottom they write a sentence explaining […]
Attack of the Googly Eyes!
It all started last Halloween, when I put out my collection of faux pumpkins. Every year I decorate the orange foam pumpkins, usually by taping black paper Jack-o-Lantern faces to them. When November rolls around, I just remove the bits of paper and leave the pumpkins out for Thanksgiving. Last year I was inspired […]
