Rice Krispie Treats, but make it spooky cute 👻. There are a lot of things I look forward to in the fall, but homemade halloween treat ideas should be at the very top of that list. I made these adorable Rice Krispie Treat ghost pops for Harper's Halloween party at school last year and she requested to make another batch this year to enjoy at home! A childhood ...
Eek! You've Been Booed! Spread spOoOoky Halloween fun by Booing your friends and neighbors this year! *Updated 2021 We joined in on this tradition in 2020 when I was searching for new ways to celebrate Halloween since it turns out that traditional Trick-or-Treating during the 2020 pandemic was not my thing... One of the best ideas that I've come across is "Boo-ing" friends and neighbors. Thanks to some ...
To say Ethan has been Transformer obsessed lately would be an understatement, so it came to no one's surprise that he asked for his 4th birthday party to have a Transformers theme. What DID come as a surprise is that we'd be stuck celebrating his birthday with just our immediate family at home during a global pandemic 🙃- some things you just can't plan for, huh? I wanted ...
Like almost everything else this year, getting ready to go back to school in 2020 feels kind of wild. We aren't browsing the Target school supply aisles with a Starbucks in hand. There's no new backpacks or school clothes. Instead we're searching for sold-out desks and comfy child-sized loungewear. We're brushing up on our own study skills as we get ready to take part in our kids' schooling ...
I love this firework craft that I shared last year on Instagram so much that I want to reshare it here. It is such a fun and simple 4th of July activity that kids of all ages will love! Given the Coronavirus hoarding, I know you all have plenty of toilet paper rolls stashed around your house; here's the perfect way to use them this July! We used ...
Cheers to kicking off July 4th celebrations with this easy and delish Red, White & Blue treat! Bonus: these Fourth of July frozen yogurt popsicles are healthy enough to eat any time of the day - so go ahead and be the fun mom that gives your kids dessert for breakfast 😉. Harper and Ethan love mixing up different flavor combinations of these pops all summer long! ...
I never thought I'd overhear my kids talking to each other about how the Easter Bunny might not be allowed to leave the house this year to deliver baskets, but I was pleasantly surprised that they were okay with it because "everyone" is staying at home right now. Welcome to Easter, pandemic-style. Here's how I still made our Easter at home egg-stra special for my kids. This year held ...
As an allergy family, we usually avoid having real eggs in the house, meaning we have to get extra creative around Easter time. Making pretty paper Easter eggs with paint-covered marbles is a fun alternative to traditional egg decorating- or just a fun art project leading up to Easter. It's such a simple craft that it's perfect for toddlers all the way up to school-aged children! I ...
Germs! They're everywhere, especially when you have young children. As the Coronavirus continues to spread, I find myself trying to explain what exactly is going on to my kids. Why school is closed, why I am constantly reminding them to wash their hands/keep their fingers off their face/cover their mouth/insert all the other gross things preschoolers do. I have found some fantastic resources, such as this one put ...
Holy moly, this just got really real, really fast. The governor just shared the unprecedented order that each and every school in our entire STATE would be closed for 3+ weeks due to COVID-19 mitigation. If you're in the position of staying at home with your young kids while they're on this Coronavirus "extended spring break" - as our district called it- you may be feeling a ...
Ever since we introduced the concept of recycling to Harper, oh, say, a year ago, she has basically made it her life's work to maintain a stockpile of empty toilet paper rolls in a basket in her bathroom. "For crafts," she says. Given her dedication, I try my best to incorporate her cardboard paper roll collection in many of our crafts and activities, which is so easy to ...
Happy February! Let's start LOVE month with a simply bright and colorful Valentine's Day DIY ! One of my goals this January was to clean out the depths of our cabinets throughout the house. The craft closet was an absolute disaster gold mine of broken and lost crayons in just about every container I came across. Instead of tossing them, I put them aside to make these melted ...