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 […]
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24 Christmas Kindness Activities to Raise Kinder Kids
Inside: Help your kids focus on kindness this December with these 24 daily Christmas Kindness Activities that can be turned into a Christmas Countdown Advent Calendar. Every December, we hear about the Naughty and Nice list. Kids get threatened with coal in their stockings, and we sing songs about Santa who “sees you when you’re […]
Thanksgiving Gratitude Activities that are the Most Meaningful
Inside: Help your kids focus on what they’re really grateful for this November with these 14 meaningful Thanksgiving Gratitude Activities your family will love. Teaching our kids to be grateful and to appreciate the list of things they have in their lives is a year-long endeavor. Gratitude is not meant to only be taught once […]
Gratitude Pumpkin to Celebrate Thanksgiving
Inside: Help your kids be more grateful and celebrate what they’re thankful for with this gratitude pumpkin that’s perfect for November and Thanksgiving. This afternoon, I told my daughter she could have a cookie. She immediately countered with her, “Can I have two cookies?” So I reminded her to be grateful that I offered her […]
Create Sibling Books to Build a Stronger Sibling Bond
Inside: Create a strong sibling relationship between your kids by making this simple, yet meaningful Sibling Books for them as a reminder that they do in fact like spending time together. When I brought my son home from the hospital, my two-year-old daughter wasn’t exactly thrilled. She wasn’t mad, or sad, or even overly jealous. […]