Spring officially arrives next week, which means two things: the kids suddenly want to be outside all the time, and your backyard might be looking a little… overgrown. Before you panic and start pricing out a full patio makeover, take a …
Mother’s Day will be coming up before you know it, and while we love getting fresh cut bouquets of flowers , there are other options! Consider these flower bouquet alternatives for Mother's Day that will last way past the big day. Yes, i…
It's a year into this pandemic (like pretty much officially now), and if you're like us, you're longing for connection with people. Well, people not in your home. We want to do something with other people! And that's no surprise. We're h…
Need a creative gift that doesn't cost a fortune and will have the recipient saying, you got me WHAT?! in a happy, not horrified, way? You've got to check out the Succulent-of-the-Month subscription club from Succulent Studios. When I sa…
We hope some of these will inspire a little fairy garden magic for you!
If you're feeling a bit #clambitious about that bucket of shells you and your kids collected on your beach vacation, we've got good news for you. Here, we've rounded up some of our favorite seashell art projects for those summer finds, g…
If your kids can't get enough of Laurie Berkner's music , they're going to eat up the news that she's coming to Sirius XM's Kids' Place Live this weekend--and throughout the year--to promote healthy eating. Oh, and play lots of tunes, to…
Stickers can be the bane of a parent's existence, especially when they're plastered to the car windows or gumming up the vacuum cleaner. Ask me how I know. But a mom-and-pop company from Massachusetts caught our attention among the Marth…
Thanks to Guardians of the Galaxy, a sentient tree who can only say three--fine, four--words is this summer's coolest superhero. And when I think of how cool these plantable, sprouting pencils will look once they bloom in a pot of soil, …
If you have yet to get your kids into gardening, you're in for a treat - kids are naturals. Last year my husband built us a small garden box in the back yard, and my kids and I planted some seeds and watched them grow into tomatoes and s…
I get so excited about school programs that are innovative and exciting for kids, and one of my favorites is the seed-to-table education offered by Alice Walter’s esteemed Edible Schoolyard program . In New York's East Harlem neighborhoo…
We've featured some really great micro-gardening tools here over the years, like the cool Click & Grow smart herb garden , which helps to create gardening projects for those of you with kids -- but not a lot of space for traditional sowi…
It's the time of year that I can go for a nice, beautiful little indoor herb garden on my urban windowsill. I love the idea of always having fresh basil for pesto, and fresh mint for lemonade or iced tea. A Click and Grow Smart Herb Gard…
There's a zombie on your la-awn… and on your windowsill, thanks to this fun new Zombie Plant Growing Kit from our pals at TickleMe Plants . Since I kill most of the plants I try to grow, I'm intrigued by the idea of a plant that is actua…
I have to say that one of my proud parent moments is realizing my girls aren't afraid of bugs or worms or things they see in the garden . Of course I can't take credit for it at all (thanks, grandparents!) but nonetheless, I love encoura…
The start of the school year means once again, the hunt for creative party favors and teacher gift s begins. Well we've brought you cookies in a jar , dreidels in a jar , and pickles in a jar . Now we've got a forest in a jar-- made by y…
I am planning a garden-themed 4th birthday party for my daughter in a few weeks. I need some creative inspiration! So far, we're going to have the kids each plant something in a pot to take home .. And that's all. I need ideas for other …
If there are three things I was sure would never happen in my life, it would be: 1) writing the word "SeedBallz"; 2) knowing what to do with something called SeedBallz; 3) having kids who would fall in love with something called SeedBall…
I'm not the best gardener -- my entire vegetable haul, from June to September probably equals little more than one large salad -- but gardening really is good for the soul. And, there are always gardening chores that even the smallest ki…
When I first read about Kiwi Co's monlhly craft box suscriptions for kids (here, in fact), I couldn't wait to gift one to my niece. She clapped in delight each time her box arrived because she knew it'd be packed with fun, engaging, and …
Grow-it-yourself is the new do-it-yourself. Unfortunately, I tend have the touch of death for plants. But you know what? I didn't let looking awful in denim overalls stop me from wearing them throughout the 90's, so I haven't let being p…
I envy those people (you know who you are!) who pick fresh tomatoes from their garden before making a bruschetta with ingredients all grown in their backyard. Believe me, I have tried to be one of these people. But, I was born without a …
Of all the gifts my sigOth has given to me over all the years, there's one that I think might be my very favorite: garden shears. Yes, garden shears. And I don't even have a garden. We are rarely without cut flowers in the house, and it …
I am an earnest, but distracted gardener. I have a garden box in my yard, one withholding lemon tree, and an egg carton (maybe) sprouting herbs on my windowsill. I've also grown a fungus or two, but it's always been accidental and I neve…