To spread kindness to our neighbors this year I had big plans for all the cute, fun things we could make. I had visions of pinterest-worthy crafts to show our neighbors just how much we appreciated them. And then tragedy struck Sandy Hook Elementary last week and beautiful creations no longer seemed to be what our neighbors needed. Our local elementary school was in partial lock down all week. Parents could not walk their kids to their classrooms … [Read more...]
Christmas Fun: Holiday Ornament Exchange
The holidays are filled with exchanges...cookie exchanges, gift exchanges and ornament exchanges! We took part in the Christmas Ornament Challenge and Exchange hosted by Red Ted Art, Inspired by Family Mag, The Imagination Tree, and Mom to 2 Post Lil Divas and got a beautiful ornament in the mail! We were paired with All about the Whites who sent us this gorgeous Fabric Ornament Ball! Head to her site to see the instructions and check out her fun … [Read more...]
Fun Kids Craft: Upcycled Gingerbread House
This month's author for the Virtual Book Club for Kids is Jan Brett! We checked out a bunch of her books from our library and have had lots of fun reading them. My littlest one turns 3 on Saturday and is having a gingerbread themed party so, of course, the two Jan Brett books that got the most love were Gingerbread Baby and Gingerbread Friends! In Gingerbread Baby, Matti is a little boy who uses a special recipe to make his own Gingerbread Baby who … [Read more...]
Random Act of Christmas Kindness: Help a Neighbor
Our family has loved counting down to Christmas with 24 Days of Random Acts of Christmas Kindness. It has been a great way to slow down and really appreciate what the season is about and we have gotten just as much out of it as the people we are RACKing. Especially yesterday. For Day 10's RACK we helped our neighbors by raking all of the leaves in their front yard. The kids were so excited to do this one and there was a pretty large (by FL … [Read more...]
Christmas Craft for Kids: Family Tree with Mini-Ornaments
We had so much fun doing my son's preschool's "family homework" last week! They sent home a large green sheet of paper and asked each family to create a Christmas tree to be displayed at the school. When we were talking about what our family should do the kids were adamant that we each make our own mini-ornament to put on the tree--which I thought was a great idea! At first we were going to try and glue string bead necklaces (we have tons that we … [Read more...]
Holiday Mail for Heroes: Send a Card to a Service Member
We have been having a blast counting down the days 'til Christmas with 24 Days of Random Acts of Christmas Kindness! Today's RACK was making cards for deployed servicemen and women. The kids sent their Halloween candy to their troops last month and loved the idea of sending cards for the holidays. How to Send a Card to a Servicemember We used to send ours through the Red Cross Holiday Mail for Heroes program. They have … [Read more...]
Advent Calendar Idea: Random Acts of Christmas Kindness
How do you countdown to Christmas with your family? Do you use an advent calendar? Our family has decided to try something new this year and do a Random Acts of Christmas Kindness Advent calendar! We really enjoyed participating with Moms Fighting Hunger this fall and I thought this would be a fun way to bring the spirit of giving to the Christmas season. We made a list of ideas for Random Acts of Christmas Kindness, but … [Read more...]
Top Board Games for Kids and Families
Many of your favorite bloggers have teamed up to bring you The HUGE Holiday Family Gift Guide featuring over 200 gift ideas for your family! affiliate links included below And I'm excited to share some of my top recommendations for board games for kids and families! It was difficult to narrow it down to 10 so I decided to focus on games that fostered fun family interaction. Here's what I came up with: Bananagrams is a fun word making … [Read more...]
