While of course our holiday gift guide is always full of wonderful gifts you can buy, we adore homemade holiday gifts of all kinds. It's not just that homemade gifts allow us to save some money (well, depending on the gift of course!), b…
Every year, we love to find the best handmade, DIY holiday gifts for the kids to make for all the VIPs in their lives. Even if we're not the craftiest people on the block, we love to give out DIY holiday gifts that feel more personal. (N…
Dia de los Muertos may sound ominous to those unfamiliar, but this holiday recognized in Mexico, throughout Latin America, and increasingly around the US is traditionally a sweet time for families to come together to pray for and celebra…
Our Seder includes a new tradition, the reading of the Hamilton Haggadah. But to keep the little ones happy, we happily share this: an awesome set of free printable Passover 10 plague finger puppets at Tori Avey's blog. Oh, like you alre…
I'm just about ready to think about all things Thanksgiving , but I'd be remiss if I didn't mention that NOW is the time to order an amazing Advent calendar so you can start the countdown to Christmas on December 1st. The best ones goes …
One of our readers' favorite posts over the past few years has been Kate's roundup of 5 beautiful gratitude journal printables for kids -- and frankly, for us adults too. Related : 8 gratitude activities to practice with your kids this T…
I've been looking around the web for some great free printable Halloween coloring pages (did I mention free?) to help keep the kiddos occupied while the adults polish off that first bag of peanut butter cups. If your kids are anything li…
As Easter gets closer, sitting down with Ukrainian Easter egg coloring pages and crayons or markers opens the door to talk to our kids about what they’re coloring — just as we mentioned in our roundup of fabulous, famous International Wo…
I totally get the last-minute holiday gift problem. Believe me! I mean, we may have started amassing ideas for our 2020 Holiday Gift Guide in, like...February, but hey, we're busy moms. And we're busy shopping for you sometimes at the ex…
With Thanksgiving looking so different this year, we're really trying to focus on gratitude and gratitude activities, so that we're spending more time feeling, well, thankful, instead of resentful. With my own Thanksgiving family plans c…
Every year (since 2008 !) we've scoured the internet to find the coolest Advent calendars to help you -- and your excited kids -- count down to Christmas. In spite of all the hardships this year has thrown our way, or maybe because of th…
We've had quite a few readers ask for some trick-or-treat-signs for candy to help keep a socially distanced Halloween. This is a time that we may want to hand out candy but uh, maybe in a less-contact way. And hey, we found some great on…
As we look for the best Father's Day crafts for kids to make for their dads, grandpas and stepdads as part of our annual Father's Day Gift Guide , one thing becomes evident: While not all dads have mustaches, or wear neck ties, or play g…
No matter how you celebrate Easter with your kids, things are going to be different this year during quarantine. There will be no town-wide Easter egg hunts or photos with the Easter Bunny at the mall. Church services, if you attend, wil…
I really love the idea of kids handing out printable bilingual Valentine's cards to their classmates. These days, knowing a second language is de rigeuer. (See what I did there?) Lots of our kids are growing up in bilingual households, t…
Trying to find classroom activities for Valentine's Day parties that are fun enough, cool enough, easy enough, and affordable enough isn't a simple task. Plus, not every kid is comfortable with the "tell every kid in your class you love …
Yep, it's that time we fill our site with the best free printable Valentines for the classroom , to help save you all time, money, and the conundrum of shopping for 26 store-bought Valentines when they call come in packs of 24 . If you'r…
A couple years ago, we shared 10 wonderful non-candy Valentine's Day treat ideas for the classroom , and this year, I've put together so many more. And they all come with free printables , whoo! We love giving out little treats with our …
Wish you could slow the kids down just a little bit on Christmas morning? Then check out BugabooCity's free printable Christmas Secret Decoder Wheel that will pause the tearing of wrapping paper long enough for your kids to play detectiv…
If you're like me, you're already kind of dreading the annual, late night "OMG we have to wrap every one of these gifts after the kids get in bed" conversation on the 24th. Or, if you're like half the people in my Instagram feed, you've …
We've had so much find finding creative 2018 Advent calendars for kids. And even if you don't think the holiday season needs more presents and candy (agree to disagree), I think you might change your mind when you see these awesome calen…
Having some themed Thanksgiving crafts on hand is a great way to entertain your younger holiday guests over what can be a long day, but I'm never quite sure what to do with all the finished projects after the kids are done with them. So,…
While there's no shortage of websites out there that offer free Thanksgiving coloring pages for children surrounded by lots of blinking ads and downloadable PDFs of dubious quality, we have an alternative: A selection of nicely designed,…
This year, I've been on a mission to track down more culturally and historically accurate Thanksgiving coloring pages for my own kids and for our readers. Because most of us know by now that, however uncomfortable it may be, the story of…