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December Meal Planning Calendar

December Meal Planning Calendar

By: Kristen Mider, Cooking for Friends  Winter is here and so is a busy month of holiday events. We hope this December Meal Planning Calendar will help you stay organized and give you ideas for great cold weather meals. You can download and print the calendar for free and below the meal planning calendar is a list of all of… Read More

Simple Rainy Day Craft: Paper Plate Instruments

Simple Rainy Day Craft: Paper Plate Instruments

Ready for April showers? For us spring means getting back to playing outdoors. This is very welcomed after months of cold weather in the winter. April can also bring plenty of rainy days indoors too. Today I’m sharing an easy rainy day craft for kids: easy paper plate instruments. You probably have all of the supplies already, so it’s a… Read More

Minted Valentine’s Day: Parties, Gifts & Classroom Valentines

Minted Valentine’s Day: Parties, Gifts & Classroom Valentines

Valentine’s Day is one of my favorite holidays to celebrate. It wasn’t always my favorite but with little kids, a holiday all about love, is something extra special. It’s a time to talk about kindness, love and sending cards to people to show you care. They get excited to pick out cards for school and family members. I get excited… Read More

A Polar Express Party

A Polar Express Party

This year for my daughters 1st grade class, we are having a Polar Express class party at school before we break for the holidays. The kids get to wear pajamas to school which is fun in itself! Below are the crafts, activities, etc that we’ll be using for the party plus a few other fun things we are doing at… Read More

New Year’s Eve Activity for Kids: Free Printable 2016 Time Capsule

New Year’s Eve Activity for Kids: Free Printable 2016 Time Capsule

What a year! For our family, 2016 has been extra special as we grew our family by one and added our sweet little Miles to the crew. In 2017 Julie’s family will be adding to their crew (unless of course she’s blessed with a New Year’s Eve baby tomorrow!). We are thankful for everyone who has visited our site over… Read More

Build A Snowman: Craft + Book + Snack

Build A Snowman: Craft + Book + Snack

This is a really easy kids craft and a really easy snack. I like the craft, book and snack below because they are great for a large age range (toddler to Kindergarten+). I used the Craft + Book + Snack in my daughter’s pre-k 4 class and it was a lot of fun and all of the kids enjoyed it…. Read More

Easy Stovetop Hot Chocolate Recipe

Easy Stovetop Hot Chocolate Recipe

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #SendHallmark #CollectiveBias   Every year before the holiday season begins, we fill in our boxes of our Advent calendar with fun activities to do with the kids each day.  Some of the activities are scheduled such as the preschool holiday program or special holiday… Read More