The following post is from Kristina of Toddler Approved: I love to decorate for all types of holidays. St. Patrick's Day isn't a big holiday for us, but I love focusing on rainbows and shamrocks during March and coming up with simple ways that we can spruce up our house and make it festive. Right…
This giveaway is now closed! The winners are Christy ([email protected]) and Amanda ([email protected])! I've loved VeggieTales since my little sister started watching them when I as a teenager, and I know many of the silly songs by heart, His Cheeseburger being my favorite! It's fun to enjoy the music and movies with my girls now,…
The following post is from Kristina of Toddler Approved: We love reading books and have fun creating book-inspired activities and crafts. One of our favorite ways to make books come alive is by making puppets. Puppets are fun to create and a fabulous way to help kids practice retelling stories and learning about sequencing and…
The following post is from Jason & Jennifer Bruce of New Season Design: When it's time to wrap Christmas gifts, we go all out. Cute bows, cute paper, and especially cute gift tags. But what about the rest of the year? Do you put the same thought and effort into wrapping Mother's Day, birthday, or anniversary…
I love birthdays -- actually, forget birthdays; here we celebrate birthweeks or birthmonths! -- but the one challenge we face in creating fun yearly traditions is that three of our daughters have birthdays within three weeks of each other. That's a lot of celebrating! We're slowly creating yearly traditions that are doable on that timetable,…
The following post is from Kacey of Next Level Mama: February marks Black History Month--an annual celebration of the accomplishments, contributions and triumphs of African Americans here in the United States. While there's no way to capture the entirety of black history in 28 days, this month serves as a conscious reminder to teach our children…
The following post is from Kristina of Toddler Approved: During the year we are always looking for ways to show kindness towards friends and family members. One simple way to spread a little cheer is by sending a note or card to say thank you or express love. This week we decided to revisit sandpaper printing,…
The following post is from Kacey of Next Level Mama: One of my favorite things as a kid was opening up a Valentine’s Day card from my dad. Every year without fail, he’d give me a card selected just for me. The tradition never got old. Being a kid, I probably didn't tell dad how the gesture…
I love Valentine's Day, and although it's a so-called "Hallmark holiday", I think it's a fun one to celebrate. What's not to love about sugary treats, pretty decorations and lots of hearts and "I love yous"? Here are some of my favorite treats, projects and printables from the archive! P.S. Be sure to download the…
The following post is from Kristina of Toddler Approved: We love to find simple ways to decorate our house for the holidays. After we took down our Christmas decorations, our house felt really barren and kind of sad. This week we decided to add some color to our doorways by making some sparkly heart garlands…