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Christmas Felt Wreath Craft with Kids

This Christmas felt wreath with pom-poms and puffy paint is super easy and fun to make, even for a toddler! We’ve had so much fun this December coming up with ways to use felt, pom-poms and puffy...

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Christmas Craft with Kids – Felt Star Tree Topper

A quick and easy tree topper your child can make for their own Christmas tree using felt, pom-poms and puffy paint! We have literally gone hog wild this holiday season in our house with felt, pom-poms...

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DIY Kids Felt Christmas Tree Craft

This felt kids Christmas tree is perfect for young children as it’s virtually indestructible, and even the craft-challenged parent can tackle it in an hour or less. You just need felt, scissors, and...

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Kids for Kindness – A Year of Family-Centered Random Acts of Kindess

Join the #kidsforkindness challenge as we do one kid-friendly random act of kindess for 2013! Well, it’s officially 2013! I love how a new year gives us a fresh start, a blank slate. For me, it’s a...

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Crafting with Kids – Snow Paint Winter & Valentine’s Garland

Painting with snow paint is so much fun, and once it dries, it really looks like snow! It’s the perfect craft to do with a toddler, too, because it doesn’t require precision. I’ve also included a free...

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Free Fun for Kids – Shredded Paper Sensory Play

Before you recycle or throw out the bin of shredded paper from your shredder, consider letting it loose for the kids! This is a great sensory activity and my boys loved using their diggers and dumpers...

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Mud Pie Kitchen Fun with Kids – Preschool Activity

There’s something so primal and animalistic about mud. It’s cold, wet, slimy, sloppy, sticky, gooey and brown – a sensory bin at it’s finest. Recently, I let my kids tap into their inner cave boys and...

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How to Go on a Nature Walk – Preschool Learning Activity

Going on a nature walk or scavenger hunt with your children is an excellent way to inspire a love and appreciation for the natural world. I share how we do it and give a free printable for your own...

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How To Get Kids to Eat Real Food Without the Battles

I think we can all agree that we want our children eating the healthiest food possible, but unfortunately, information on how to practically do it, day-to-day, meal-to-meal is not widespread. Here are...

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Real Food Snacks for Kids (that even adults will love!)

We all want to raise our children with good healthy food, but it can be very hard in a processed, convenient world. Welcome to my series on how to eat real, healthy food with kids. If you missed my...

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Easy Veggie Chips Your Kids Will Love

A simple and quick recipe for vegetable chips that will help make those “eat your vegetable” battles a bit more peaceful. Plus, they are tasty and fun for adults, too! Recently, I’ve found myself deep...

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Homemade Fruit Roll-Ups

Here is one of our favorite homemade snacks- homemade fruit roll-ups!  These are so simple to make and you need only a few REAL food ingredients.   Any parent scanning the snack aisle at the local...

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Calm Essential Oil Spray Recipe

Calm the crazies with this super easy essential oil DIY spray recipe! It smells so good you could use it as perfume, to freshen up linens, and many other things. This is so easy to make and use, and is...

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How I Learned to Love Exercise (as a mom)

As a mama of four littles, I’ve finally found a way to find the motivation for and fit in exercise and eating healthy, and the answer is probably not what you think! I used to be Super FIT! I grew up...

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How to Stop Beating Yourself Up

I am done, so so done, with beating myself up. I’ve found another way to still accomplish my goals and get stuff done by being kind and gracious with myself, and I am so much happier and more at peace!...

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8 Natural Remedies for Car and Motion Sickness

It’s the time of year when we will start traveling and going on vacations – yay! But for my family with four kids, we tend to have a lot of motion sickness so I’ve had to get creative to help them feel...

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Free Fun for Kids – Shredded Paper Sensory Play

Before you recycle or throw out the bin of shredded paper from your shredder, consider letting it loose for the kids! This is a great sensory activity and my boys loved using their diggers and dumpers...

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Easy Veggie Chips Your Kids Will Love

A simple and quick recipe for vegetable chips that will help make those “eat your vegetable” battles a bit more peaceful. Plus, they are tasty and fun for adults, too! Recently, I’ve found myself deep...

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Homemade Fruit Roll-Ups

Here is one of our favorite homemade snacks- homemade fruit roll-ups!  These are so simple to make and you need only a few REAL food ingredients.   Any parent scanning the snack aisle at the local...

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Top Valentine’s Gifts for Kids Under $20 on Amazon Prime

Here are my top Valentine gift ideas for kids this year, with ten picks for boys and ten picks for girls, all of which you can purchase on Amazon Prime! So if you’re a last-minute shopper like me, I...

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