This year's DIY slime craze isn't going anywhere anytime soon, if my kids' obsession is any indicator. So when I saw this DIY Santa Slime tutorial at The Best Ideas for Kids I knew I had to bookmark it. Honestly, how brilliant is this as…
Each year around Christmas, our readers ask us whether you can give a postal carrier a gift -- or a UPS or FedEx delivery person for that matter, especially if you get as many packages as we do! Well we've got a list below of each organi…
On this Giving Tuesday, we're 100% for you donating whatever money, time, and resources you can the causes you care about most. And we know there are a lot of them. While you're at it, consider another group that could benefit from your …
What would we do without Thanksgiving activity printables this week! After all, cooking for Thanksgiving can intimidate even the most seasoned cook, let alone when you're surrounded by young kids who are a little too eager to "help." (Or…
I'm skeptical of anything that masquerades as cake and doesn't taste like cake. Slash isn't edible at all. So naturally diaper cakes -- those sculptural designs made out of diapers and used as centerpieces at baby showers to make people …
While all kids' Halloween costumes are of course wonderful and creative and adorable and perfect, well, we're kind of blown away by these in particular. They're all handmade, all made by regular old parents in our network -- no professio…
Well, it's officially November. And while it's been a warm October for a lot of us, there's no fighting the fact that it's now fall. We know kids everywhere are excited, too, so we've rounded up 8 fun, easy crafts using gorgeous fallen l…
Why yes, this is a Halloween Bingo card just for parents. (Possibly precocious teens.) We're always looking for ways to make one of the craziest days of the year as a parent just a little more fun. Just download, print, and enjoy filling…
We love putting together non-candy Halloween treat ideas for our readers who want to to offset the all the candy, have options that will delight trick-or-treaters with food allergies , or just have something fun for Halloween party goodi…
Halloween is a great time to be a parent! You probably remember picking your baby's first costume or maybe you're picking that costume right now. If you're the parent that thinks outside the box you have to check out these 2017 pop-cultu…
The teal-colored pumpkins on stoops throughout your neighborhood are more than just pretty — they have a special meaning. Thanks to the Teal Pumpkin Project , a blue jack-o-lantern signals that a house offers non-edible treats that accom…
When you have young kids, you tend to find inspiration in cute Sharpie Pumpkins or maybe painted pumpkins -- perhaps with a little pastel paint and some glitter glue ? But when your kids get older, it's all about having the creepiest pum…
I'm really excited to share these 13 empowering girl Halloween costumes based on some of our favorite real-life heroes. Not that there's anything wrong with comic superheros and imaginary self-rescuing princesses, but there's something s…
I've spent most of this month trying to tame my kids' all-out obsession about their Halloween costumes. They've swung the gamut from obscure Harry Potter characters to obscure Studio Ghibli characters to morph suits. I can't keep up, muc…
My six-month-old baby can't eat candy yet, but I'm not above exploiting his cuteness to satisfy my own sweet tooth when we go trick-or-treating. (Kidding. Sort of.) So I'm all for adorable, easy, no-sew Halloween costume ideas for babies…
With Día de Los Muertos coming up on November 1 and the Pixar film Coco premiering November 22 -- my kids are so excited to see it! -- I've been seeking out some fun sugar skull crafts for the family to work on together. It's such a nice…
I'm not one to go all out and decorate my entire house for Halloween, but I do love turning my front door into a showpiece and DIY Halloween door decorations are a simple way to let all those trick-or-treaters know that yep, you're home …
We are here for the unicorn pumpkin trend! And, maybe you are too. I mean, unicorns are not going away because, unicorns. And magic. And glitter. And make-believe. Whether you've got a kid trick-or-treating dressed as a unicorn, or just …
We're all such fans of the wonderful work of maker, designer and crafter Ursula Rosien of KRAFT&MINT design . So when we connected to discuss creating a series of free printable inspirational posters just for our kids, a whole lot of lig…
If your post-bedtime routine is all about Westeros, Wildlings, and Winterfell, you're going to love these cheeky Game of Thrones inspired costume ideas for kids this Halloween. And while there's no chance my kids will be watching The Mou…
We first spotted Lovelane Designs' amazing superhero capes on Etsy a few years ago and became instantly obsessed. In fact, we've featured them in more than one gift guide for kids over the years. That said, the quality and handmade desig…
One of the fun things about getting old -- ahem, I mean being a parent -- is seeing the trends we loved as kids reemerge on our own kids. Case in point: DIY customized denim jackets. Not only are they on trend this fall for back-to-schoo…
We've been hard at work rounding up some of the absolute coolest back to school gear for the season, like unicorn school supplies , crazy cheap preschooler gear , fun space-themed supplies , with tons more still coming. And now we've fou…
We're big fans of free printable paper dolls and find ourselves downloading them all the time for our kids. But while vintage Betsy McCall paper dolls from our childhood still hold a nostalgic place in our hearts, our older kids are ofte…