Elementary School Age (6-9 years old)

Barbie’s New Look

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For years now we heard people talking about Barbie and the idea that she promotes body image issues with her unrealistic proportions and 'perfection.' Barbie sales in the last years have reflected this mentality with steadily dropping numbers. Mattel has finally come up with a solution by diversifying Barbies body type, height and skin tones. She now […]

Your Starry Imagination

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Most ancient cultures from the Greeks to the Native Americans had traditions where they would look up at the night sky and associate stories with shapes they saw in the stars. Here's a sweet, evening activity to do with your kids ages two and up. You need binoculars or a telescope. Bring your little one […]

Make Your Own Water Xylophone

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Need a quick distraction on a busy day? This is a fun project for kids about five years or older. Take a few different glass bottles and fill them to different levels with water. Put a little food coloring in each bottle to make it even more exciting. If you want, hang the bottles from […]

Awesome Baby Hair: Tips For First Haircut

A kids first haircut can be a pretty traumatic experience. Having a stranger come at you with a pair of scissors can be a terrifying experience if their aren't prepared. Here's a few quick tips: 1. Give them warning ahead of time. Let them watch you getting a trim or maybe play hairdresser in front […]

8 Tips for Making Hand Washing Fun

Germs are everywhere! It's that time of year with the weather changing and holiday stress when little ones start to get sick. The hard part is that they don't understand when they wipe snot across their face with their little hand, that they are making it worse! If it hasn't happened yet, now is a […]

Kids Clothes: Then And Now

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Do you remember when you were little, looking at old family pictures and thinking how funny your parents dressed when they were younger? Styles come in and go back out. I remember a pair of wedge shoes I wanted when I was a teenager that my mom really didn't like. She had some that were similar at […]

Help Your Kids Make New Year’s Resolutions

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As the new year gets closer, people often start thinking about the resolutions they want the make. Everyone wants to use this opportunity to make a fresh start. But everyone knows that resolutions are often broken and soon after they're made. How about teaching your kids how to make goals for the new year in […]

Is Santa real? – Tricky Christmas Questions and How to Answer Them

Christmas is not only the time of love and family; it’s also the time when the big old man with the long white beard makes children behave like little angles. But what if they start doubting the existence of Santa? Here are some original answers for tricky questions that your young ones might ask around […]

Help Your Kids Bring Color to Your Winter Wonderland

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Who doesn't love the first snow when it's so pretty and clean? I love it...at first. But after a few days of dreary weather, freezing temperatures, gray clouds and slush on the streets I get a little tired of it. Why not bring a little excitement to the outside and make the white snow shine […]

Unique Snowmen Ideas To Build With Kids

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One of the fun things to looking forward to snow is anticipating your first snowman. But why stick with the traditional old Frosty with his corn-cob pipe when there are so many unique inspirations out there?   Why not shake up the neighborhood a little bit with these unexpected snowmen that look like they're on a mission? […]

Your Own Personal Toddler Stylist

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When your kids are learning to dress themselves, sometimes you may think their fashion sense is a little questionable. Or maybe they are just ahead of the crowd and a forward thinker. One mom decided to try a fun bonding activity with her little boy by letting him pick out her clothes for a week […]

Best Door Decoration Inspiration For Kids At Christmas

Ho, ho, ho!!! Christmas is coming and what better way to spread Christmas cheer than putting up home made decorations? (And singing loud for all to hear, of course.) Get your kids in on the fun by choosing their own theme and begin wrapping your door like a present! The more detail, the better.  I […]

Creative Do-It-Yourself Advent Calendars

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Can you feel the anticipation building as we get ready to countdown to Christmas? One fun way to get your kids in the Christmas Spirit is to mark each day with an advent calendar. Of course you could buy the chocolate calendars that are pre packaged in cardboard. But if you want something a little […]

Thankfulness For Kids: Fun Activities For Turkey Day

thanksgiving fun for kids

Turkey day is coming fast and sometimes it's nice to be able to slow down and remember what this day is really about. Not just stuffing our stomachs to bursting! With the hustle and bustle of the holiday's starting, we rush through Thanksgiving with our families and move right on to Black Friday shopping and […]

10 Interesting Facts About Kids You Probably Didn’t Know

Children are these wonderful, questioning, fulfilling, exasperating, inspiring, exhausting, loving, little people that enter our lives and change them forever. Here are some little known facts about them. As you read, you will probably be nodding your head and thinking, 'Well, that makes sense.' 1. 2. 3. 4.  5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.   

33 Photos That Prove Children Can Sleep Anywhere

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Being a kid is real work and there are times you just need to take a moment and close your eyes...no matter where you are. Even if your kids struggle to take naps at regular times, there will come that time when they just can't help but give in to fight. Between being too tired to bother […]