Denise is a mom on a mission to share all the fun things you can do with kids in St. Louis...and beyond! 
We’ve been playing Minecraft for a while now, and every fall we have the same problem. Where are the Minecraft costumes?? I’ll admit, it’s gotten easier to find the parts now that Minecraft is so uber popular, but store bought costumes are never quite at good as homemade. Mitch has been a Creeper, a Enderman […]
Halloween
Halloween Brush Bots: STEM it Up Like a Mad Scientist
Electric spiders! Flapping bats! Jittering ghosts! What happens when you mix Halloween spooks and a young mad scientist? Why, Monster Brush Bots, of course! Brush Bots are a super simple way to introduce kids to robotics. The hardest part is finding the tiny little motor to drive them, but I’ve got a few ideas to help you […]
13 Tips to Survive Friday the 13th
It’s Friday the 13th and I’m ready to go hide under my covers! Are you the superstitious sort? I try not to be…but sometimes I just can’t help it. Is it really a day of bad luck, or is it just that I notice “bad” things more easily today? Friday the 13th I got the […]
Amazing: Brookdale Farm Corn Maze
It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon in October, with clear blue skies and some of that lingering St. Louis summer still in the air. A little hot for Autumn, but not so much to make a person complain. We could hear kids squealing in the bounce house not far away, but all we could see was […]
DIY: Minecraft Play Armor from Foam
Last week I showed you Mitch’s Minecraft “diamond” helmet, so here’s the chest plate to go with it! We got it finished just in time to wear to Grant’s Farm Halloween Nights this weekend and it was a great success. Plenty of kids skipped up to Mitch and said they loved his costume! The armor […]
Ghost Ball: A Bean Bag for Spooky Games
Mitch loves making up games with cardboard and markers and whatever he can get his hands on…he’s a cardboard artist! Today we’re going to share Ghost Bean Bag Balls, a fun twist on the old DIY balloon stress ball. These are great for fidgeting with or for adding Halloween flare to a beanbag game!
Chesterfield Pumpkin Patch Review
The Chesterfield Valley Pumpkin Patch is the newest addition to the metro area’s fall festival line up. The patch is trying to fill a hole in our hearts left by the unfortunate closing of Rombach’s 100 year old family farm, just a few hundred feet down the road. But can it fill the void? Mitch […]
How to Survive Halloween Monday with the kids
This is super spooky…Halloween is on a MONDAY and the kids (at least mine) are off school. Now I know this doesn’t apply to everyone, but Rockwood is taking the day off, so that means there are at least 20,000 other kids who will be bouncing off the walls waiting for trick-or-treat time! The really […]
