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Easy to Pack Beach Toys 

Easy to Pack Beach Toys 

June 2, 2025

Whether you are flying to a beach destination or packing the car and trying to save space, here’s your guide to easy to pack beach toys. When I think of beach toys and activities, I think of loading up a wagon and pulling it down to the beach. That’s great if you are in a beach house for the week… Read More

Filed Under: Gift Ideas for Kids, Kids' Rooms, Organization, Preschoolers, School Age, Summer, Tips & Tricks, Toddlers, Travel, Uncategorized

Lunch Packing Hacks: 50 Things to Put in a Lunchbox

Lunch Packing Hacks: 50 Things to Put in a Lunchbox

September 9, 2024

Who could use a list of 50 Things to Put in a Lunch Box? It’s almost that time…. back to school aka back to lunch packing for the next 10 months! This year I will have four lunches to pack each day x 180 days of school…. When I asked on Instagram last month what types of Back to School… Read More

Filed Under: Back to School, Preschoolers, School Age, Uncategorized Tagged With: Back to School, lunch box, Lunchbox, Planetbox, See Kai Run, Tea Collection

Fun Summer Footprint Craft: Watermelon Footprint

Fun Summer Footprint Craft: Watermelon Footprint

July 29, 2023

I love making handprint and footprint crafts with the kids. We’ve made many over the years and it’s fun to see how they grow. Today I’m sharing a fun summer footprint craft! Here’s how to make a watermelon footprint: Watermelon Footprint Watermelon Footprint Supplies: white paper or canvas pink and green paint 2 small sponge paint brushes (the super cheap… Read More

Filed Under: Babies, Preschoolers, Summer, Toddlers

Mother’s Day Craft: Easy Hand Shaped Flower Bouquet

Mother’s Day Craft: Easy Hand Shaped Flower Bouquet

April 29, 2023

Dads: paper, scissors & tape… you can handle this one. The kids aren’t bringing home any cute Mother’s Day crafts this year & mom might like a handprint (to remember how small they were before they snacked their way through quarantine & ended up bigger than her). This is a cute one to make for grandma too. This hand shaped… Read More

Filed Under: Class Parent Ideas, Preschoolers, Spring, Toddlers Tagged With: Mother's Day

St. Patrick’s Day Fine Motor Activity for Kids

St. Patrick’s Day Fine Motor Activity for Kids

March 1, 2023

Looking for a St. Patrick’s Day Fine Motor Activity for Kids? Here’s a fun one to.  Back when school shut down, we had 2 preschoolers at home. Doing preschool “virtually” is not easy. Our awesome teachers would put together packets for the week of activities to do at home. One of the activities was for them to work on fine… Read More

Filed Under: Preschoolers, St. Patrick's Day, Toddlers

Simple Preschool Activities: Apple Week

Simple Preschool Activities: Apple Week

September 17, 2022

This week’s theme is APPLES! What’s a more iconic preschool theme than apples? Apple crafts are always my favorite and something I love hanging up all of fall. Today I’m sharing apple themed crafts and activities for kids. This week we’ll make, taste, read and play with all things apple! For more on our free simple preschool activities at home… Read More

Filed Under: Fall, Preschoolers, School Age, Toddlers, Uncategorized

Fall Fun for Kids

Fall Fun for Kids

September 1, 2022

It’s almost fall! Here are a few fun fall things you can enjoy with your families this September. There will be lots more coming to the blog over the next few weeks. Our Fall Bucket List has tons of Fall activities for families, there are books to read and crafts to try.    Fall Activities for Families       … Read More

Filed Under: Book Lists, Fall, Free Printables, Preschoolers, Toddlers Tagged With: Book Lists, Fall, Free Printables, Preschoolers, Toddlers

Fun Activities to Go Along with Your I Can Read Books

Fun Activities to Go Along with Your I Can Read Books

July 27, 2022

We don’t do much school work in the summer but we love reading and crafts. Today we’re sharing some fun activities and book character crafts! These easy crafts that go with books are perfect for a rainy day or a quiet afternoon home.   When people ask me “how the girls learned to read” my first response is that they had… Read More

Filed Under: Birthday Party Ideas, Book Lists, Preschoolers, Uncategorized Tagged With: Biscuit, books, crafts, crafts for boys, dog crafts, easy crafts, Fancy Nancy, I Can Read!, Mighty Truck, pink milk, Pinkalicious, princess crafts

Printable Chore Chart for Kids

Printable Chore Chart for Kids

July 1, 2022

Have you been looking for a free printable chore chart for kids? I know that chores are important.  But, for some reason I have a hard time being consistent about making my kids do chores.  Yes, I do ask my kids to do things around the house everyday but we do not have a daily list of responsibilities & expectations… Read More

Filed Under: Free Printables, Kids' Rooms, Preschoolers, School Age Tagged With: Chore Chart, Free Chore Chart, Kids' Chore Chart, Kids' Chores, Printable Chore Chart for Kids

Slinky Dog Paper Chain: An Easy Toy Story Craft

Slinky Dog Paper Chain: An Easy Toy Story Craft

April 26, 2022

By: Ali McNulty    Here is a fun Disney preschool craft!  This Slinky Dog Paper Chain is fun to make and you can also use it as a Disney Vacation countdown chain!!  Especially with the opening of the new Toy Story land and the Slinky Dog Dash roller coaster!     Slinky Dog Paper Chain Slinky Dog Supplies: Strips of… Read More

Filed Under: Disney, Preschoolers Tagged With: Disney World, easy crafts, paper chain, Slinky Dog, Toy Story

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