Inside: Valentine’s Day craft to use your kids’ Valentine’s Day cards that they bring home from school. Don’t toss them, make this Valentine’s Day Placemat craft. As a kid, I loved Valentine’s Day. I loved collecting the valentines my classmates brought in to school. The My Little Pony cards. The Lisa Frank unicorn cards. And the […]
Valentine’s Day Pointillism Art to Celebrate Valentine’s Day
Inside: Celebrate Valentine’s Day and love and hearts with these Valentine’s Day Pointillism art projects. The day after Christmas, my kids turned to me and asked me the same thing they ask me every day after a holiday, “so when’s the next holiday?” My kids have been counting down to Valentine’s Day ever since Dec […]
How to Teach Your Kids to Sew With this Valentine’s Day Craft
Inside: Try this fun Valentine’s Day Craft and teach your kids beginning sewing skills at the same time. All you need is a few supplies and your kids will be sewing in no time. My grandma was an incredible seamstress, but she didn’t pass down the skills to my mom or to me. I can […]
Encourage Emotional Intelligence in Children With These Kid Books
Inside: If we want to build emotional intelligence in children who know how to have big emotions in healthy ways, we can use these books about emotions. The other day, my daughter bounded to the car, hugged me, and hopped in. But then I asked her about her school day the way I often do: […]
How to Use Kindness Valentines to Spread Kindness this Valentine’s Day
Inside: Spread kindness this Valentine’s Day with these printable Kindness Valentines kids can give to their classmates and friends. It was December 26. The first words out of my kids’ mouths after, “Good Morning,” was “So…when’s Valentine’s Day?” Luckily, we have a countdown calendar they can set to see how many days are left. Because […]