Articles: Family Fun

Family Games that Come in a Junior/Kids Edition for Preschoolers, Kindergarten, and Young Kids

If your family is anything like ours, you love to play games together. We're still in that phase of life where we want to play board games, but there's so many games that our young boys just can't handle yet! Thankfully, there are a TON of games out there that have a junior/kids edition to complement the "grown-up"/family edition... check them out below! 

Easter Crafts & Supplies For Kids

Can you believe it's almost Easter already? I sure can't. This year is just FLYING BY! Here's a bunch of Easter Crafts that kiddos can do to celebrate. Have fun! 

Wishlist Wednesday: Glow in the Dark Play-Doh Edition

My youngest son helped me pick out this week's Wishlist Wednesday item. He's REALLY been in to Play-Doh lately, and he found this Play-Doh at the store and asked me to get for him. I said no, but I did put it on his wishlist! 

Wishlist Wednesday: Construction Puzzles edition

This latest issue of Wishlist Wednesday is from Cocoa Puff's wishlist. It seems as though he has a new thing he likes to do: jigsaw puzzles! 

TWO Last-Minute Quick and Easy Dollar Store Valentine's Day Crafts

Valentine's Day is TOMORROW! Here are TWO fun, easy, and inexpensive last-minute crafts made from stuff I found at the dollar store. 

Valentine's Day Windsock Mobile Craft

We've been crafting like crazy over here! The boys and I made these adorable Valentine's Day decorations that are sort of a cross between a windsock and a mobile. They were pretty easy enough to make and I even had everything on hand to make them! 

Keepsake Heart Handprint Craft for Valentine's Day (or Whenever)

The boys wanted to make Grandma and Grandpa something special for Valentine's Day this year. We decided to make a handprint heart picture for them to hang somewhere in their house. 

Polka Dots and Moonbeams

"Suddenly I saw polka dots and moonbeams all around a pug-nosed dream." 

-Frank Sinatra 

10 Things: Ten Must-Have Accessories for Your Doll House

Froot Loop got a big "Doll House" for Christmas. He could care less about the doll aspect of it: He wanted to remodel it and put furniture in it as well as wire it up with lights and fans and other electricity. It's going to be a FUN project for us to do together and I'm really looking forward to it. 

Christmas Wreath Cookies

We've been cookie crazy over here. No, not eating them, although the boys have been devouring their share of cookies for sure, but decorating them! After a cookie decorating party we hosted at church for our preschool/kindergarten kiddos, Froot Loop wanted to decorate some more cookies for his teachers! We decided to make wreath cookies!